August, 2008

• 18 August

  Iranian movie to go to Chicago Film Festival

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iranian filmmaker, Behnam Behzadi’s first flick “We Live Only Twice” is to be screened in this year’s Chicago Film Festival. The 44th round of the festival to be started on October 16 will last for 13 days in Chicago.

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• 18 August

  Russia claims troops have started withdrawal from Georgia

  Russia has begun pulling its troops out of Georgia, according to its deputy chief of staff. In a daily official briefing, Col-General Anatoly Nogovitsyn said the pull-out started in accordance with a six-point ceasefire plan brokered by French President Nicolas Sarokzy.

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• 18 August

  Georgia urges Russia to give peace a chance

  As conflicting reports come in of the state of Russia’s troop withdrawal, Georgia President’s Mikheil Saakashvili has called for direct peace talks. In a televised address, he struck a conciliatory tone and urged the Kremlin to discuss ways to avoid “discord for future generations.”

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• 18 August

  Iran Proposes Investment Guarantees to German Firms

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is ready to offer investment guarantees to German companies, an official said Monday.

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• 18 August

  Iran Arrests 35 Pakistanis for Illegal Entry

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian border security guards on Sunday arrested 35 Pakistanis on the two countries’ border and handed them over to Taftan police, police officials said.

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• 18 August

  Iran Opens New Gas Export Route to Oman

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran signed a deal to export gas to Oman that could open new export routes well beyond the neighboring Arab state.

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• 18 August

  Iran Achieves Satellite Launch Technology

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has achieved the technology to design, build and launch satellites into space, the head of Iran’s Space Organization said on Sunday.

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• 18 August

  Iran: US Unable to Continue Overseas Military Operations

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The United States will no longer afford its large overseas military operations because of its failing economy, a senior aide to the Iranian president said Saturday.

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• 18 August

  Iran Boosts Range on Warplanes

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has revamped its fighter jet fleet to fly distances of 3,000 kilometers without refueling, air force commander said on Sunday.

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• 18 August

  Iran’s Dummy Satellite Successfully Orbited

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran put a dummy satellite into orbit on a home-grown rocket for the first time on Sunday.

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