August, 2008

• 7 August

  German-Afghan believed kidnapped in Kabul

  BERLIN (Reuters) – A German-Afghan citizen has gone missing in Kabul and German officials believe he has been kidnapped, the Foreign Ministry in Berlin said on Wednesday.

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• 7 August

  Blast kills four in southwest Pakistani town

  QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded in a town in Pakistan’s insurgency racked province of Baluchistan on Wednesday, killing four people, police said.

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• 7 August

  Pakistan puts move to rein in spies on ice

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s 4-month-old civilian government has suspended a decree issued last month to put the military’s powerful and controversial spy agency under Interior Ministry control, according to an official statement.

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• 7 August

  School bombers killed in Pakistan’s Swat valley

  MINGORA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Three Islamist militants were killed by their own explosives while planting a bomb at a girls’ school in Pakistan’s northwestern Swat valley on Wednesday, police said.

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• 7 August

  Al Qaeda says it was behind Algeria bombing: website

  DUBAI (Reuters) – Al Qaeda’s North Africa wing said it was behind a deadly suicide bombing in Algeria on Sunday, according to a statement posted on the Internet on Wednesday.

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• 7 August

  Iraq’s female bombers rise as Qaeda’s men fall

  BAQUBA, Iraq (Reuters) – In a video sold in Baghdad’s souks, a group of women draped in cartridge belts and clutching pistols and rifles explained why they had taken up arms against the U.S. military in Iraq.

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• 7 August

  15 Oil, Gas Projects to Be Put to Tender

  TEHRAN (FNA) – The National Iranian Oil Company is to propose 15 project packs to the global market for investment.

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• 7 August

  Iranian Border Police Chief Meets Azeri Counterpart

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Good relations between Iran and Azerbaijan have been conducive to the development of partnership and cooperation between the two sides’ border officials, the chief of the State Border Service of the Azerbaijan Republic said.

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• 7 August

  Iran Extends Wheat Tender Deadline

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s state purchasing agency has extended the bidding deadline in an international tender to buy 100,000 tons of Kazakhstan-origin milling wheat to August 9, from August 2, European traders said.

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• 7 August

  Iran Plans to Boost Petrochemical Production

  TEHRAN (FNA) – An amount of 100mln dollars has been allocated for the development of Bandar Imam petrochemical infrastructures this year (Iranian year started 20 March 2008), an official said.

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