August, 2008

• 13 August

  Russian army in Georgia advances

  Russia’s defence ministry has said that its forces have carried out military operations around the west Georgian town of Senaki in order to prevent Georgian troops from regrouping there.

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• 12 August

  Curfew in Iraqi province after governor attacked

  BAQUBA, Iraq  – Iraqi authorities imposed a curfew on the capital of restive Diyala province on Tuesday after the governor survived a suicide attack that left the bomber’s body parts scattered across the street.

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• 12 August

  Yemeni tribesmen abduct French-Algerian man

  SANAA (Reuters) – Yemeni tribesmen abducted a French-Algerian man on Tuesday to press for the release of jailed relatives, a provincial government source said.

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• 12 August

  Pakistan army won’t support Musharraf: government

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s ruling coalition said on Tuesday the army would not intervene to support embattled President Pervez Musharraf, whom the government says it will impeach for years of alleged misrule.

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• 12 August

  Bomb attack on Pakistani air force bus kills 13

  PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Thirteen people were killed and 10 wounded on Tuesday in a bomb attack, claimed by the Taliban, on an air force bus in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said.

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• 12 August

  Iran gives proportionate response to minimum threats: FM spokesman

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi declared on Tuesday Iran’s top nuclear negotiator’s letter to the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana was not Iran’s answer to the 5+1 countries’ package of incentives.

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• 12 August

  There is nothing as a stalemate for N-talks: Iran president’s adviser

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran president’s adviser Morteza Tamadon emphasized Tehran believes that there is nothing as a “stalemate for the nuclear talks” with the West.

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• 12 August

  Iran and Algeria call for more bilateral defense cooperation

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iran’s defense minister Brigadier General Mustafa Mohammad Najar and the Algerian president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika held a meeting on Monday.

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• 12 August

  Algerian Bouteflika emphasizes Islamic countries unity

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Algeria’s president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika and foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki conferred economy, industry, energy and major international issues on Monday.

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• 12 August

  Iraqi deputy prime minister due in Tehran

  TEHRAN,  (ISNA)-Iraqi deputy prime minister Barham Saleh will travel to Iran to hold three days of discussions on Tehran-Baghdad bilateral relations on Wednesday, reported an Iranian official.

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