Eurasia Press & News
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) – An earthquake measuring 5.6 hit Afghanistan’s Hindu Kush region on Saturday, but caused no casualties, a provincial official said.
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September, 2008
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6 September
Zardari wins Pakistan election
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, swept to victory in a presidential election on Saturday.
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6 September
At least six killed by car-bomb in Pakistan
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – A car-bomb went off by a police post in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday killing at least six people and wounding about 40, police and hospital staff said.
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6 September
Georgia crisis demands Baltic gas link rethink
BERLIN (Reuters) – The conflict between Georgia and Russia requires a rethink of a planned pipeline which will pump Russian gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk told a German newspaper on Saturday.
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6 September
Georgia war risks derailing long-term EU-Russia ties
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Strains in Russia-EU relations over Russia’s war in Georgia pose a long-term threat to investment flows and risk further complications when critics of Kremlin policy assume the EU presidency over the next 12 months.
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6 September
Deadly rockslide hits Cairo homes
At least 20 people have been killed by a rockslide which destroyed homes in Cairo, emergency services say.
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6 September
Iraq to quiz US over spying claim
Iraq is to ask US officials for an explanation after a new book suggested the United States had been spying on senior members of the Iraqi government.
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6 September
Sarkozy makes fresh bid to repair ties between Russia and Georgia
The French President is preparing a visit to Moscow in a renewed effort to strengthen a peace deal between Russia and Georgia over its breakaway regions.
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6 September
Libya travels a long road to redemption
Libya’s long journey towards international acceptance began four years ago. It was in 2004 that diplomatic relations between Washington and Tripoli were re-established. Dialogue was re-opened and economic sanctions were brought to an end.
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6 September
Peres Declares Israel’s Readiness for War with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Israeli president said exercising a military option against Iran’s nuclear program would be an error, but meantime stressed that Tel Aviv is prepared for war with Tehran.
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