August, 2008

• 25 August

  Kyrgyzstan Plane Crash Kills 66

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The crash of a passenger jet outside Kyrgyzstan’s main airport which killed 66 people is being blamed on technical issues.

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• 24 August

  We will not be the next on Russia’s hitlist, vows defiant Ukraine

  Viktor Yushchenko, the Ukrainian President, was in a fierce and defiant mood yesterday as he urged Nato to respond to the Russian invasion of Georgia by moving quickly to expand the frontiers of the alliance eastwards.

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• 24 August

  Dismissed to ‘reserve’ Yamadayev says that 20 Chechen girls left for the mountains

  In his interview to Utro.ru website, a ringleader of “Vostok” (East) gang who had just been dismissed to “reserve” with preservation of “ranks and awards”, said that a number of young people, who leave for the mountains to the Mujahideen increasing in Chechnya and other parts of the Caucasus Emirate.

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• 24 August

  Chechens sympathize with Georgia

  The fighting in South Ossetia and the subsequent invasion of Georgian territory by Russian troops have become the most widely-discussed topic in Chechnya. Unlike the early 1990s, when Chechnya unconditionally supported the Abkhazians and South Ossetians, the majority of Chechens are nowadays sympathetic to the Georgian side, even though the …

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• 24 August

  NATO ships enter Black Sea for exercises

  NATO warships entered the Black Sea on Thursday for what the alliance said were long-planned exercises and routine visits to ports in Romania and Bulgaria.

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• 24 August

  Russia «fails to comply» in Georgia

  The United States and France have criticised Russia for failing to comply with a ceasefire agreement to end the conflict Georgia, as hundreds of troops remained on Georgian territory.

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• 24 August

  An explosion occurred in Nazran city

  According to occupation sources in the Wilayah (Province) of Ghalghaycho (Ingushetia) of the Caucasus Emirate, a bomb exploded in Nazran city near a house, where the village of Maisky’s mosque imam was living.   “The explosion took place around 03:00 on Thursday near the house of Aslan Korohoyev, the imam …

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• 24 August

  Iran’s Best Animations Awarded

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The organizers of the 12th annual Iran Cinema Celebration held their animation festival in a ceremony that took place on Friday evening at the Aseman Art and Cultural Complex.

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• 24 August

  Iran, Russia to Discuss Launch of N. Plant

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Head of Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Kiriyenko will visit Iran to finalize the launch date of Bushehr power plant.

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• 24 August

  OPEC Supply to Rise in August

  TEHRAN (FNA)- OPEC’s oil supply will probably increase in August by 400,000 barrels a day, or 1.2 percent, as Iran releases crude held in storage, according to preliminary estimates from PetroLogistics Ltd.

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