September, 2008

• 7 September

  Europe wants to work with U.S. on Georgia: minister

  CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) – The European Union wants to work closely with the United States in resolving the Georgian crisis, Italy’s foreign minister said after meeting U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday.

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• 7 September

  Pakistan’s Zardari urged to change image and focus

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s new president, Asif Ali Zardari, must dispel the perception he is an artful politician and urgently address a deteriorating economy and worsening militant violence, newspapers said on Sunday.

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• 7 September

  Workers clear path to access Cairo rock fall site

  CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian workers cut through a railway embankment on Sunday to bring heavy earth-moving equipment to the site of a rock fall which killed at least 31 people in a Cairo shantytown.

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• 7 September

  Lebanese hold reconciliation talks in volatile city

  TRIPOLI, Lebanon (Reuters) – Lebanese Sunni Muslim leader Saad al-Hariri held talks with an Alawite community leader in a volatile northern city overnight, paving the way for agreement to end four months of sectarian tensions, politicians said on Sunday.

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• 7 September

  Iraq says historic Kuwait visit delayed

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammad al-Sabah will visit Iraq after Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, an Iraqi government official said on Sunday.

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• 7 September

  Olmert promotes West Bank settler buyout plan

  JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday it was time to consider offering compensation to Jewish settlers who volunteer to leave parts of the West Bank that Israel would hand to the Palestinians in a statehood deal.

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• 7 September

  Serb opposition leader resigns

  The head of the main opposition party in Serbia has resigned after senior colleagues refused to back the country’s efforts to join the EU.

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• 7 September

  Cairo rockslide search continues

  Rescuers in Cairo are continuing their search for survivors after a rockslide crushed dozens of houses in Egypt’s capital, killing at least 31 people.

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• 7 September

  Iran Cautions about Further Oil Price Falls

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister said a continued fall in crude prices would harm producers, the Oil Ministry said on Saturday, three days before OPEC ministers are due to meet in Vienna.

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• 7 September

  UNHCR Chief: Iran Not to Expel Registered Afghan Refugees

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday that Iran was committed not to expel more than one million registered Afghan refugees.

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