Eurasia Press & News
ANKARA (Reuters) – A Turkish man set himself on fire during a protest by ethnic Uighurs in front of the Chinese embassy in Turkey on Friday against China’s rule in the region of Xinjiang as Beijing opened the Olympics.
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August, 2008
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9 August
Russia to cut Georgia air links from Friday midnight
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will cut all air links with Georgia from midnight on Friday, a spokeswoman for the Russian Transport Ministry said.
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8 August
Iran Oil Income $29.5 bln since end-March
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil revenue totaled more than $29 billion in the first four months of the Iranian year which started on March 20, a senior oil official said.
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8 August
Diplomat Warns of Crushing Response to any Strike on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- If Israel does something stupid, it will face a shocking response the likes of which it has never encountered before, an Iranian diplomat in Syria said.
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8 August
Iran to Sell 25% Stake in National Operator
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian government is planning to sell off up to a quarter of the state owned telecoms operator, Telecommunications Company of Iran (TCI).
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8 August
Iraqi President to Pursue Talks with US on Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraqi president Jalal Al Talabani is in the United States to receive medical treatment, but he will make time during his journey to follow up secret talks with American officials on the Iranian nuclear issue, sources from the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, headed by Al Talabani, said.
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8 August
Terrorist Leader Willing to Talk to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The leader of a terrorist group responsible for a string of attacks in southeastern Iran said in an interview broadcast on Thursday that he was ready to enter talks with the Tehran government.
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8 August
India Rejects Permission to N. Korean Plane
TEHRAN (FNA)- India this afternoon withdrew its permission for a North Korean plane to overfly Indian airspace on its way to Iran, just before it could take off from Mandalay in Myanmar where it had made a stopover.
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8 August
Iran Aids Lebanon with Reconstruction
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran sign a grant agreement with the Lebanese Council for Development and Reconstruction to help the Council repair the road between Naqoura and Marjayoun in southern Lebanon.
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8 August
IAEA Deputy Head Starts Talks with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The second man of United Nations nuclear watchdog agency began talks with Iranian officials in Tehran on Thursday over the country’s nuclear program.
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