Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Pakistan signed an agreement with Iran to import 1,000 megawatts of electricity to overcome the power shortage in the country and Iran would finance the project’s completion, a senior official in Pakistan’s Water and Power Ministry said on Sunday.
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August, 2008
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11 August
OPEC Chief Calls on Members to Stick to Output Quotas
TEHRAN (FNA)- OPEC members should keep oil output within the group’s agreed targets, OPEC’s President Chakib Khelil said in remarks published on Monday.
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10 August
Abkhazia declares ‘state of war’
The separatist region of Abkhazia has declared a 10-day ‘state of war’ in its territories close to the de facto borders with Georgia.
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10 August
US incited Georgia offensive in S. Ossetia’
The White House has orchestrated the current conflict between Russia and Georgia in South Ossetia, a high-ranking Russian official says.
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10 August
Syria: One IAEA inspection enough
Syria has rejected the IAEA’s request for a second inspection of its alleged nuclear site, bombed by Israel last September.
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10 August
Iran mulling currency system change
Central Bank of Iran says rising inflation in recent years has intensified the need for a change in the nation’s currency system.
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10 August
Iran to reveal details of new weapons
 Iran’s Defense Ministry has announced plans to make public details of the latest developments in the country’s weapons arsenal.
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10 August
Copies of independent Egyptian newspaper seized
CAIRO (Reuters) – The Sunday edition of the independent Egyptian newspaper al-Dustour, which contained a story about the murder of a Lebanese singer in Dubai, disappeared from the market on Saturday, officials said.
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10 August
Russia takes S.Ossetian capital, Georgia pulls back
TSKHINVALI, Georgia (Reuters) – Russian troops and tanks took the capital of the separatist Georgian region of South Ossetia on Sunday after a bloody three-day battle as Georgian forces retreated and offered a ceasefire.
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10 August
Karzai urges world to target militants in Pakistan
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai urged the world on Sunday to target the Taliban in Pakistan, adding that operations by foreign troops in his country had only led to civilian deaths among Afghans and not success in the war.
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