August, 2008

• 10 August

  Pope calls for halt to fighting over South Ossetia

  BRESSANONE, Italy (Reuters) – Pope Benedict called on Sunday for an immediate halt to the fighting between Russia and Georgia over the breakaway South Ossetia region and urged world powers to help find a peaceful solution.

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• 10 August

  Georgian president visits South Ossetia boundary

  ERGNETI, Georgia (Reuters) – Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili visited the village of Ergneti on the very border with South Ossetia on Sunday as Tbilisi said it had withdrawn it forces from the breakaway territory.

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• 10 August

  Georgia, Russia to stay at Games despite conflict

  BEIJING (Reuters) – The Georgian and Russian Olympic teams have decided to stay on at the Beijing Games despite Russian military attacks on Georgia’s breakaway region of South Ossetia, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said.

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• 10 August

  Afghans check reports foreign forces killed civilians

  KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan authorities were checking on Sunday reports more than a dozen civilians were killed by a foreign forces air strike in an area to the northeast of the capital, an official said.

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• 10 August

  Jalili meets Iraq’s Kurdish regional government premier

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran will do its best to provide Iraq’s security vital for the country’s development, said Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili as meeting prime minister of Iraq’s Kurdish regional government Nechirvan Barzani.

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• 10 August

  Tehran ready to answer 5+1 questions: MP

  TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (ISNA)-Iran in its letter to the EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana has said it is ready to give an appropriate response to 5+1 countries’ offer as soon as possible.

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• 10 August

  FM deputy: Iran respects territorial integrity of others

  TEHRAN, Aug. 10 (ISNA)-Iran’s foreign ministry deputy Manouchehr Mohammadi said the Islamic Republic of Iran’s everlasting approach is on the basis of respect for territorial integrity of all countries.

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• 10 August

  Iran says Zionist regime objection to Turkey “is of no value”

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s president senior adviser Samare Hashemi said the Zionist regime letter of objection to Turkish government over Mahmoud Ahmadinejad visit to Istanbul is “of no value.”

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• 10 August

  Iranian defense minister: making new arms in Iran boosts authority

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-Iran’s defense minister Mustafa Mohammad Najjar said on Sunday that making new weapons in Iran will boost Islamic Republic’s authority.

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• 10 August

  Iran, Algeria to discuss formation of gas exporting countries forum

  TEHRAN, (ISNA)-The Algerian foreign minister Mourad Medelci and four other ministers of Algeria arrived in Tehran on Saturday to prepare the grounds for the visit of Algeria’s president Abdul- Aziz Bouteflika.

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