August, 2008

• 16 August

  Ruhr Theatre to Stage Iran’s Terminal

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian stage director Siamak Ahsaei is slated to present his Terminal at Theater an der Ruhr’s Landscapes Festival this September.

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• 16 August

  Iran Stresses Continued Progress in N. Technology

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said sanctions against the Islamic Republic will not impede the country’s nuclear progress.

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• 16 August

  Iran Boosts Gas Exports to Turkey

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran increased its gas exports to Turkey after the Russia-Georgia conflict disrupted supplies from Azerbaijan.

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• 16 August

  Russia signs Georgia ceasefire deal

  Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has signed the ceasefire agreement faxed to him by US diplomats, formally ending hostilities with Georgia. Georgia’s President Mikheil Saakashvili put pen to paper yesterday on the deal, which had already been signed by separatist leaders in the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

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• 16 August

  More than 60 insurgents killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan and U.S.-led coalition forces have killed more than 60 militants during several days of fighting in the south of the country this week, the U.S. military and the Afghan Interior Ministry said on Saturday.

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• 16 August

  The weekend begins with Russian armour establishing facts on the ground in South Ossetia.

  The occupation of Georgian territory and the methods used have brought some of the fiercest words from the USA in two decades. In an apparent violation of the ceasefire deal the Russian army is extending the zone it controls, and while US foreign minister Condoleezza Rice has recieved faithful assurances …

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• 16 August

  Russian troops show no signs of moving

  Russian tanks remain parked deep inside Georgia this morning, and there are reports of two more towns being brought under military control. An armoured column has been seen just 45 kilometres from the capital, shadowed by three helicopter gunships. Other Russian forces are on the move in Georgia well outside …

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• 16 August

  Refugees return to shattered south Osettia

  Five days of heavy fighting have left Tskhinvali, south Osettia, in ruins, but now at least refugees are returning. They find a cleanup struggling to make a difference, with few services and no utilities.

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• 16 August

  Poland in eye of missile storm

  As international tension rises, parades marking Army Day in Poland have been held against a backdrop of Russian rage. Moscow is furious that Warsaw has agreed to host elements of a US global anti-missile system. By doing so, a senior Russian general was quoted as saying that Poland was making …

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• 16 August

  Georgia signs ceasefire deal

  Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili has signed the ceasefire agreement delivered to him in person by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to end the week-long conflict with Russia.

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