Eurasia Press & News
LONDONÂ – Iraqi refugees who are running out of money in Syria may head for Europe if the international community fails to supply sufficient relief funding, the United Nations said on Thursday.
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28 February
Millions defy bombs to attend Iraqi Shi’ite ritual
KERBALA, Iraq – Iraqi officials said on Thursday they had defused three car bombs aimed at some of the 7 million pilgrims visiting Kerbala for one of Shi’ite Islam’s most important rituals.
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28 February
Egypt to study upgrading diplomatic presence in Iraq
CAIRO – Egypt will send a team to assess security in Baghdad with a view to upgrading its diplomatic representation, reduced after the 2005 killing of an Egyptian diplomat, Egypt’s foreign minister was quoted as saying.
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28 February
FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
Following are security developments in Iraq at 9:30 a.m. EST on Thursday.AMARA – Gunmen in two cars kidnapped a senior official of Iraq’s electricity ministry after he left work in Amara, 365 km (230 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. The official was identified as Mutar Thamer, director of electricity …
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28 February
Thousands pay respects at Georgian tycoon’s burial
TBILISIÂ – Several thousand Georgians paid their last respects on Thursday to the country’s richest man, Badri Patarkatsishvili, in a low key funeral ceremony which his most well-known business partner did not attend.
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28 February
Afghans say 25 Taliban killed in clash
KABUL – Afghan police have killed 25 Taliban fighters including an insurgent commander in a clash in the south of the country, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
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28 February
Azerbaijan to pull troops from Kosovo: official
BAKUÂ – Azeri President Ilham Aliyev has asked parliament to vote to withdraw the ex-Soviet country’s peacekeepers from Kosovo, an Azeri official said on Thursday.
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28 February
ElBaradei’s Report Vindicates Iran’s Peaceful N. Drive
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates Hamid Reza Asefi said on Wednesday that the new report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was very clear and proved that Tehran has never diverted from the peaceful path of its nuclear program.
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28 February
President Meets Moroccan Trade Minister
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Morocco’s Foreign Trade Minister Abdelatif Maazoz discussed further expansion of ties and cooperation in a meeting here in Tehran on Tuesday.
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28 February
Police Arrest Drug Dealers, Gangs in Tehran
TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran’s public security police squad shows strong resolve to enhance citizens’ security as it continues to arrest drug dealers and street gangs in the Iranian capital.
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