TimeLine Layout

September, 2008

  • 3 September

    Russia Issues War Warning To NATO

    As the attention of the America public is focused on the American election, with the Democratic Convention having just ended, and the announcement today of McCain’s female running mate, and the Republican Convention next week, the public has missed something. Something not missed by Europeans, even mainstream European news media …

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  • 3 September

    Russia says EU was right not to choose sanctions

    Russia praised the European Union on Tuesday for taking a  “responsible approach” to its conflict with Georgia by declining to impose sanctions on Moscow but said the EU had failed to understand its reasons for intervening.

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  • 2 September

    Iran Wants Excess Supply on OPEC Agenda

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Tuesday called for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to discuss quota-busting by some members at its meeting in Vienna on September 9.

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  • 2 September

    Russian Delegation Arrives in Iran to Visit N. Plant

    TEHRAN (FNA)- A team of Russian nuclear experts is visiting Iran as part of regular checking of the Islamic Republic’s first nuclear power plant which is under construction by Russia in the southwestern Iranian port city of Bushehr.

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  • 2 September

    Iran Mulls Lopping Zeros off Currency

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is considering lopping three to four zeros off its currency, a top official said Monday.

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  • 2 September

    Iran Shuns Al-Arabiya Satellite Channel

    TEHRAN (FNA)- The Saudi-owned Al-Arabiya satellite channel should be dealt with forcefully because of its so-called “opposition campaigns,” an Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday.

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  • 2 September

    Iran: OPEC could Cut Output

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries could call for oil production cuts next week because of crude’s steep decline from record prices.

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  • 2 September

    Iran Ships Last Heavy Oil Stored in Persian Gulf to Suez Canal

    TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is shipping the last load of heavy crude oil that was stored in tankers in the Persian Gulf to the Suez Canal for delivery to buyers, an oil ministry official said.

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  • 2 September

    Israel Must Come to Terms with N. Iran

    TEHRAN (FNA)- In a rare departure from his pro-Israeli rhetoric, the US Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate, Joseph Biden, was quoted in the Israeli press on Monday as telling senior Israeli officials behind closed doors that the Zionist regime would have to reconcile itself to a nuclear Iran.

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  • 2 September

    Iran Starts DNA Tests of Kyrgyz Plane Crash Victims

    TEHRAN (FNA)- A Tehran laboratory started to test 59 DNA samples of casualties of the plane crash, which happened on August 24, 2008 near the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek.

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