MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Serbs attacked a U.N. convoy carrying Serb detainees from a raid in Kosovo on Monday, enabling several detainees to escape, a Reuters witness said.
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March, 2008
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17 March
Twenty-two students burn to death in Iran road crash
TEHRAN (Reuters) – Twenty-two students were killed when their bus crashed with a fuel tanker and burst into flames in Iran’s southwest, Iranian media said on Sunday.
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17 March
Iranian President Ahmadinejad Meets Swiss FM
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad conferred with Switzerland’s visiting Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey about bilateral relations and cooperation as well as other issues of mutual interest in a meeting here in Tehran on Monday.
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17 March
Migrating Birds in Southern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- Although winter is gone and the lush green Jungles, meadows, plains and lakes in different parts of the country are now ready to witness a return of the birds, these beautiful, but delicate, creatures of the God seemingly like to stay in the warm waters of the Persian …
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17 March
Iran Urges More Brazilian Involvement in Oil Sector
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has called for Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras to become more active in its oil sector.
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17 March
Taiwanese Scientist Wins Iran’s Khwarizmi Award
TEHRAN (FNA)- National Taiwan University Professor Wu Chung-chih has won the 21st Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) for Science and Technology from Iran for his study of organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) and technologies, making him the first Taiwanese ever to receive the award.
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17 March
Solana Hopeful of New N. Talks with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Sunday that he hoped to meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator within the next three months.
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17 March
Iraq Underlines Good Neighborly Ties with Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi deputy prime minister has called Iran an important neighbor and stressed his country’s willingness to strengthen bilateral ties.
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17 March
Solana Terms Iran Fundamental to Nabucco Project
TEHRAN (FNA)- The EU foreign policy chief has described Iran as fundamental to the Nabucco gas pipeline to Europe from the Middle East and Central Asia.
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17 March
Iran Likely to List $90 bln Energy Company in Dubai
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran may list a $90 billion energy holding company on the Dubai International Financial Exchange to attract investment to its oil and gas industry.
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