Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) held a session on Tuesday to discuss the ways for promotion of Iran and Serbia bilateral trade ties.
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August, 2008
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28 August
Iranian TV Urged to Broadcast Films with Arabic Subtitles
TEHRAN (FNA)- The establishment of a TV network broadcasting films and serials with Arabic subtitles, has been proposed to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB).
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28 August
Signs of Conflagration Discovered at Parthian Castle in Northern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Archaeologists have recently found evidence indicating the Parthian castle at the ancient Kaluraz mound site burned down about 2200 years ago.
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28 August
Iran, Turkmenistan to Decide about Gas Deal by Year-end
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and Turkmenistan will decide about the new price of imported gas from Turkmenistan by the end of the current year, Iran’s ambassador to Turkmenistan said on Wednesday.
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28 August
More than 100 Taliban killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 100 Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand during three days of fighting, the U.S. military said on Thursday.
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28 August
U.S. troops to hand back Iraq’s Anbar province
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – U.S. troops will on Sept. 1 hand over control of Iraq’s Anbar province, once the heart of a bloody Sunni Arab insurgency, reflecting a dramatic drop in violence across the country, an Iraqi official said on Thursday.
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28 August
Iraqi PM changes team negotiating U.S. troops pact
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has reshuffled and replaced the head of a negotiating team seeking to finalize an agreement on the future presence of U.S. troops here, a senior Iraqi politician said on Thursday.
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28 August
Russia long-range missile test a success
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defence systems from its Plesetsk launch site, a Russian military spokesman said on Thursday.
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28 August
Iraq cleric Sadr extends ceasefire for Mehdi militia
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr extended indefinitely a ceasefire for his Mehdi militia on Thursday and ordered his followers to protest peacefully against the U.S. occupation.
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28 August
Georgians pray for nation after war with Russia
TBILISI (Reuters) – Georgians flocked to church on Thursday to pray for their country, reeling from military defeat by Russia, and their Orthodox Patriarch asked God to give them back two breakaway provinces backed by Moscow.
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