MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has boosted its forces in Abkhazia, a second rebel region of Georgia, and now has more than 9,000 paratroopers and 350 armour there, Interfax news agency quoted an aide to the commander of Russian peacekeepers as saying on Monday.
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11 August
Bush: Russian response to Georgia “disproportionate”
BEIJING (Reuters) – President George W. Bush said on Monday he had expressed grave concern to Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin about Russia’s “disproportionate response” against Georgia in the South Ossetia conflict.
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11 August
Syria rules out new inspection
DAMASCUSÂ – Syria on Sunday ruled out the UN atomic watchdog making a second inspection of a contested site bombed by Israel last year and alleged by the United States to be the location of a nuclear facility.
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11 August
Ahmadinejad and Bouteflika discuss expanding ties
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Algerian counterpart Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika here on Monday discussed ways to promote bilateral ties.
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11 August
Jalili and Solana call for more talks
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s senior nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana agreed to continue talks in a constructive room.
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11 August
Ahmadinejad due in Turkey Thursday
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will trip to Turkey on Thursday to meet the country’s high-ranking officials.
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11 August
Mottaki says extremism the aftermath of U.S. measures
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Extremism is the aftermath of the United States measures, maintained foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki meeting with state-run committee of Azerbaijan’s Islamic foundations.
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11 August
Price drop to damage security of supplying oil: Iran’s representative
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi warned oil price drop will damage security of supplying oil.
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11 August
Barzani calls for Iranian businessmen to invest in Iraq’s Kurdish
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iraq’s Kurdish regional prime minister Nechirvan Barzani made sure Iranian businessmen over Kurdistan’s security and said the region with great potentials and natural resources has paved the way for making investment.
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11 August
Iran and Iraq’s Kurdish regional government plan more ties
TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president deputy in administrative affairs Ali Saeedlou met with the premier of the Iraqis’ Kurdish regional government Nechirvan Barzani in Tehran.
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