September, 2008

• 14 September

  Iranian FM Arrives in Baku for Talks

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, heading a political delegation, arrived in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Saturday to discuss the latest developments in the Caucasus region.

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• 14 September

  Iran Terms US Sanctions on Shipping Line Illegal

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iranian mission to the UN declared that the US sanctions on the country’s largest shipping line are “illegal and unjustifiable”.  

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• 14 September

  Iran 17th in Using Worldwide Web

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran ranks 17 among the major 20 states with the highest numbers of Internet users, the Iranian minister of Communications and Information Technology said.

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• 14 September

  Iran Seeks to Promote of Ties with African Countries

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Saturday that expanding ties with African countries is one of Iran’s major diplomatic approaches.

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• 14 September

  Majidi’s Children of Heaven to Go to US

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Renowned Iranian filmmaker Majid Majidi’s Children of Heaven is slated to be screened at the first annual Bridal Veil Film Festival.

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• 14 September

  Iranian FM to Arrive in Baku

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to pay a daylong visit to Baku, the Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Iran, Abbasali Hasanov said Saturday.

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• 14 September

  Ecuador Calls for Mining Cooperation with Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Ecuador’s Minister of Mines and Petroleum Galo Chiriboga Zambrano on Saturday called for Iran-Ecuador petrochemical, gas and oil cooperation.

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• 13 September

  Medvedev condemns Georgia NATO membership promise

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Friday NATO’s promise to extend membership to Georgia was unjust, humiliating and intolerable to Moscow.

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• 13 September

  Russian military withdrawal in Georgia

  Russian troops have withdrawn from the Georgian port of Poti on the Black Sea coast in the first phase of a pullout brokered by France. They have also been dismantling various camps and checkpoints they established elsewhere in Western Georgia, after a brief war erupted early in August over the …

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• 13 September

  Iraq bombs target security forces

  At least 10 people have been killed in two bomb attacks targeting security forces in Iraq. A roadside bomb killed six Kurdish peshmerga fighters in Khanaqin town in Diyala province, north-east of Baghdad.

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