Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- The fire, which began at the National Golestan park in the Northern Khorasan province of Iran in the morning of 15 August, is still going on.
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August, 2008
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16 August
2 Iranian Businessmen Abducted in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (FNA)- Unknown armed men kidnapped two Iranian businessmen in Afghanistan’s western Herat province and police have yet to locate them, police spokesman in western region Abdul Rauf Ahmadi said Saturday.
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16 August
US Sends Two More Carrier Groups to Persian Gulf
TEHRAN (FNA)- The impending arrival of new US warships in the Persian Gulf region will mark the largest build-up of US naval forces in the area since the 1991 Persian Gulf War.
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16 August
Ruhr Theatre to Stage Iran’s Terminal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian stage director Siamak Ahsaei is slated to present his Terminal at Theater an der Ruhr’s Landscapes Festival this September.
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16 August
Iran Stresses Continued Progress in N. Technology
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said sanctions against the Islamic Republic will not impede the country’s nuclear progress.
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16 August
Iran Boosts Gas Exports to Turkey
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran increased its gas exports to Turkey after the Russia-Georgia conflict disrupted supplies from Azerbaijan.
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16 August
Russia signs Georgia ceasefire deal
Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed the ceasefire agreement faxed to him by US diplomats, formally ending hostilities with Georgia. Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili put pen to paper yesterday on the deal, which had already been signed by separatist leaders in the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
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16 August
More than 60 insurgents killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 60 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.
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16 August
The weekend begins with Russian armour establishing facts on the ground in South Ossetia.
The occupation of Georgian territory and the methods used have brought some of the fiercest words from the USA in two decades. In an apparent violation of the ceasefire deal the Russian army is extending the zone it controls, and while US foreign minister Condoleezza Rice has recieved faithful assurances …
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16 August
Russian troops show no signs of moving
Russian tanks remain parked deep inside Georgia this morning, and there are reports of two more towns being brought under military control. An armoured column has been seen just 45 kilometres from the capital, shadowed by three helicopter gunships. Other Russian forces are on the move in Georgia well outside …
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