Eurasia Press & News
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Eighteen Ukrainian sailors are missing after their tug boat sank off the Hong Kong coast following a collision with a cargo ship last night, local media reported on Sunday.
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March, 2008
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23 March
Musharraf vows support for new Pakistan govt
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf assured his full support on Sunday for an incoming government that will almost certainly be led by a prime minister he had jailed for over four years.
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23 March
Bhutto party announces candidate for Pakistani PM
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – The party of assassinated former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto nominated on Saturday former National Assembly speaker Yousaf Raza Gilani as its candidate for prime minister.
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23 March
Palestinian talks in Yemen seen stalled
SANAA (Reuters) – Reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas appeared to have stalled on Saturday, as the two sides wrangled over proposals about the future of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
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23 March
Iran, Yemen Discuss Power Cooperation
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian deputy power minister and his visiting Yemeni counterpart in a meeting here in Tehran explored avenues for implementing an agreement held earlier by the two sides on energy cooperation.
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23 March
Quake Hits Southwestern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the Richter scale jolted the area in the vicinity of the city of Ardal in Iran’s southwestern province of Char-Mahal and Bakhtiari on Friday.
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23 March
Iran LNG Liquefaction Deal Signed
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has signed a Euro700 million ($1.1 billion) deal for the liquefaction segment of “Iran LNG” plant with Chinese and European consortia.
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23 March
Chris de Burgh Determined to Perform in Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Celebrated Irish musician and singer Chris De Burgh says media misinformation will not change his opinion about performing in Iran.
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23 March
Iran Reiterates N. Stance
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki underlined that the Islamic Republic has had no diversion in its drive to access nuclear technology and would not backtrack on its stance even one iota.
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23 March
Omani King Felicitates Iranian President
TEHRAN (FNA)- Omani King Sultan Qaboos bin Said sent a cable of greetings to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the occasion of the Iranian New Year.
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