March, 2008

• 25 March

  Iraq Closes Border to SW Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq has sealed a border crossing with Iran to block entry and exit of Iranian pilgrims through territory, a senior Iranian official said.

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• 25 March

  Iran to Hold Second Round of Polls in April

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranians will vote on April 25 in the second round of parliamentary elections to decide the final make-up of their new parliament, with conservatives set to retain control, officials said Monday.

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• 25 March

  Iraq Prepares Iran Pipeline Bid

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iraq announced tenders for international oil companies to test two of its largest oil fields, develop a major natural gas field and build a pipeline to Iran.

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• 25 March

  Five members of mine-removal team are killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL: In one of the bloodiest attacks in months on a nongovernmental organization in Afghanistan, gunmen killed five members of a mine-clearing team and wounded seven more in a relatively peaceful northern province, officials said Monday.

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• 25 March

  Turkish army chief says sending troops to Afghanistan is state policy

   ANKARA, March 24 (Xinhua) — Turkish Chief of General Staff Yasar Buyukanit said Monday that sending Turkish troops to Afghanistan was not the policy of Turkish Armed Forces, but a state policy, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

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• 25 March

  Threats holding back reconstruction in Afghanistan

  PANJWAYI, Afghanistan (AFP) — Taliban attacks against the state and its symbols have left thousands dead in Afghanistan and are holding back plans to develop the country from the ruins of war, meaning much more international aid is spent on security than reconstruction.

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• 24 March

  Quake Hits Northwestern Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 5 degrees on the Richter scale rattled a remote region in northwestern Iran on Sunday.

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• 24 March

  Iran, Sri Lanka Discuss Expansion of Ties

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s ambassador to Colombo and Sri Lanka’s minister of port and aviation discussed expansion of relations and mutual cooperation in a meeting in the Sri Lankan capital.

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• 24 March

  Iranian FM to Visit Tajikistan Monday

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is scheduled to pay a visit to Tajikistan at the head of a high-ranking delegation on Monday.

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• 24 March

  Iranian MP: Iran’s Power Growing Despite US Antagonism

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Despite US efforts to undermine Iran, the Islamic Republic is getting more and more powerful, an Iranian lawmaker said here on Sunday.

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