August, 2008

• 30 August

  Former Speaker Highlights Iran’s Regional Influence

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Former speaker of the Iranian parliament Gholam Ali Haddad Adel said here Thursday that Iran is now in zenith of grandeur and is a country with an influential and decisive role in the regional and global equations.

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• 30 August

  Iran to Start Exporting Gas to Armenia by October 1st

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran will start gas exports to Armenia by Oct. 1st, head of the gas export operation office of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIOC) said following the latest round of talks between the two sides.

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• 29 August

  Karadzic plea entered as “not guilty” by tribunal

  THE HAGUE (Reuters) – The U.N. tribunal for the former Yugoslavia entered a plea of not guilty on behalf of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic for war crimes and genocide charges on Friday after he refused to plead.

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• 29 August

  Iraqi girl tells of ordeal as suicide bomber

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Rania is only 15-years old, but in the past week the softly spoken Iraqi girl has been drugged, strapped with explosives, arrested by men she nearly blew up and then shoved into a detention centre.

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• 29 August

  U.S. sees Iraq militias dropping arms

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s once formidable Mehdi Army appears to be bowing to orders to lay down arms, but it is yet unclear if Shi’ite fighters are preparing another offensive with Iranian help, a U.S. intelligence official said.

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• 29 August

  Russia urges West to refrain from sanctions

  PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia and European powers took a step back from confrontation over Georgia on Friday, with Moscow urging the EU not to rush into punitive action and France saying now was not the time for sanctions.

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• 29 August

  Georgia was the “last straw” for Russia

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – A keen sense the West cheated Moscow out of promised warmer ties after the Cold War explains why Russia, recovered from post-Soviet collapse, has refused to be cowed over Georgia and demanded its views be heard.

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• 29 August

  Latvia backs suspension of EU-Russia talks

  RIGA (Reuters) – Latvia favors the suspension of talks on a new cooperation pact between the European Union and Russia until Moscow has withdrawn its troops from Georgia, the Baltic state’s foreign minister said on Friday.

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• 29 August

  Georgia cuts diplomatic ties with Russia

  TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgia said on Friday it was cutting diplomatic ties with Russia over the Kremlin’s recognition of two Georgian rebel regions as independent states.”We have received instructions at the Foreign Ministry and we will cut diplomatic relations with the Russian Federation,” Deputy Foreign Minister Grigol Vashadze told reporters.

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• 29 August

  Russia says will ensure oil to flow to Europe

  DUSHANBE/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s energy minister and a top oil company denied on Friday they were preparing to cut oil flows to Europe in response to threatened sanctions, a step Moscow never took even at the height of the Cold War.

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