August, 2008

• 23 August

  Gunmen kidnap eight Iraqis in Diyala raid

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Gunmen kidnapped eight Iraqis from their homes on Saturday and held them through the day in volatile Diyala province, where al Qaeda militants continue to roam despite a crackdown by Iraqi security forces, police said.

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• 23 August

  Russia invasion speeds Georgia NATO membership: U.S.

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has hastened Georgia’s march toward membership in NATO by going to war with it over its breakaway province of South Ossetia, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Saturday.

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• 23 August

  Suicide bomber kills five in Iraq’s Kirkuk: police

  KIRKUK (Reuters) – A suicide bomber killed at least five people and wounded eight more on Saturday in Iraq’s northern city of Kirkuk, police said.The bomber detonated a suicide vest in a car market in southern Kirkuk, said Major-General Torhan Abdul-Rahman, a senior police official in the city.

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• 23 August

  Russian pullout becomes pullback

  So have the Russians left Georgia, or not? People who normally live in the buffer zone Russia has unilaterally set up are dismayed to see armour digging in instead of heading off back into south Osettia.

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• 23 August

  Russians dig into buffer zones in Georgia

  Life in Georgia is slowly returning as refugees from the Russian military occupation return and re-populate towns and villages that have been deserted for 10 days. They find much of Gori ruined, especially any official or military location.

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• 23 August

  Taliban threaten bombing offensive

  (Pakistan) – Many bodies are still trapped under the rubble of the police station in Mingora in Pakistan’s Swat valley.Eight have been recovered, but there are fears of more after the Taliban warned of a bombing counter-offensive if the government does not stop military operations in the area, once a …

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• 23 August

  Palestinian aid activists allowed to land in Gaza

  Two boats that set off from Cyprus packed with Palestinian activists; emergency supplies; and the sister-in-law of Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair have landed in the Gaza strip.

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• 23 August

  Iran’s Melli Bank Posts 33% Rise in Profit

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Assets of the Baku branch of Bank Melli Iran (BMI) stood at AZN 20.7 million on July 1, up 15% from a year earlier.

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• 23 August

  PGCC Chief Lauds Enhancement of Iran-Qatar Ties

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Persian Gulf Cooperation Council (PGCC) Secretary General Abdulrahman bin Hamad al-Attiyah praised the visit to Iran by Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani and his talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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• 23 August

  Iran Increases Slab Imports

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian customs announced that the slab has become the second largest imported product of the country.

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