Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- An Iranian lawmaker blamed big powers for provoking the Persian Gulf Arab states to use rude literature against Iran.
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August, 2008
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25 August
Iran Designing 2nd N. Power Plant
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has begun designing its second light-water nuclear power plant, a 360-megawatt facility in the southwest.
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25 August
CBI Replaces Certified Checks with High-Denomination Paper
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s central bank has begun issuing its own high-denomination paper notes to replace the certified checks issued by private banks which will now be banned.
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25 August
Kyrgyzstan Plane Crash Kills 66
TEHRAN (FNA)- The crash of a passenger jet outside Kyrgyzstan’s main airport which killed 66 people is being blamed on technical issues.
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24 August
We will not be the next on Russia’s hitlist, vows defiant Ukraine
Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian President, was in a fierce and defiant mood yesterday as he urged Nato to respond to the Russian invasion of Georgia by moving quickly to expand the frontiers of the alliance eastwards.
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24 August
Dismissed to ‘reserve’ Yamadayev says that 20 Chechen girls left for the mountains
In his interview to Utro.ru website, a ringleader of “Vostok” (East) gang who had just been dismissed to “reserve” with preservation of “ranks and awards”, said that a number of young people, who leave for the mountains to the Mujahideen increasing in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus Emirate.
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24 August
Chechens sympathize with Georgia
The fighting in South Ossetia and the subsequent invasion of Georgian territory by Russian troops have become the most widely-discussed topic in Chechnya. Unlike the early 1990s, when Chechnya unconditionally supported the Abkhazians and South Ossetians, the majority of Chechens are nowadays sympathetic to the Georgian side, even though the …
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24 August
NATO ships enter Black Sea for exercises
NATO warships entered the Black Sea on Thursday for what the alliance said were long-planned exercises and routine visits to ports in Romania and Bulgaria.
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24 August
Russia «fails to comply» in Georgia
The United States and France have criticised Russia for failing to comply with a ceasefire agreement to end the conflict Georgia, as hundreds of troops remained on Georgian territory.
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24 August
An explosion occurred in Nazran city
According to occupation sources in the Wilayah (Province) of Ghalghaycho (Ingushetia) of the Caucasus Emirate, a bomb exploded in Nazran city near a house, where the village of Maisky’s mosque imam was living. Â “The explosion took place around 03:00 on Thursday near the house of Aslan Korohoyev, the imam …
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