September, 2008

• 26 September

  OPEC Sept Oil Supply to Fall

  TEHRAN (FNA)- OPEC’s oil supply is expected to fall sharply in September because of lower output from members including Saudi Arabia and Iran, industry consultant Petrologistics said on Wednesday.

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• 26 September

  LHC to Resume Operation in Spring

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator will be offline until next spring after a malfunction led to a large helium leak.

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• 25 September

  Lebanese Sunni, Shiite leaders meet for reconciliation

  BEIRUT, Sept. 25 – A Shiite Hezbollah delegation has visited Sunni majority leader MP Saad Hariri at his residence in Beirut for the first time in two years, local As-Safier Daily reported on Thursday.

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• 25 September

  Weekly report on Israeli human rights violations in the occupied Palestinian territory 18 – 24 Sep 2008

  Source: Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR)  Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Continue Systematic Attacks against Palestinian Civilians and Property in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT)

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• 25 September

  Britain at forefront in support of two state solution

  LONDON, Sept – The British Government continues to adhere to its commitment to work for a two state solution between the Israelis and the Palestinians, a UK special envoy for the region reaffirmed Thursday.

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• 25 September

  Palestinian life worse after Annapolis

  A group of prominent aid agencies warned Thursday that the lives of Palestinians had not improved and may have worsened since the Annapolis conference last November.

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• 25 September

  Hamas official calls on Quartet to reconsider Middle East conflict

  GAZA, Sept. 25 – The political Advisor of the ousted Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya, Ahmed Yousef, called on the international Quartet to reconsider its position towards the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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• 25 September

  Russia after Georgia war: We aren’t isolated at all

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday dismissed suggestions by U.S. and European officials that it has become isolated since its war with Georgia and insisted it acted in justifiable self-defense.

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• 25 September

  Rice takes aim at Russia as she meets Lavrov

  NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice piled new criticism on Russia as she met with its foreign minister on Wednesday in their first encounter since Moscow’s incursion into Georgia last month.

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• 25 September

  Pakistani troops kill militants as airports on alert

  ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani security forces have killed 25 Islamist militants in fighting on the Afghan border while security was stepped up at airports across the country on Thursday after a telephone threat, officials said.

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