March, 2008

• 23 March

  France expected to send more troops to Afghanistan

  LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to inform British Prime Minister Gordon Brown next week of France’s plan to send some 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, reported the Times on Saturday.

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• 22 March

  Dutch protest against Islam critic’s Koran film

  AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – About one thousand people protested in central Amsterdam on Saturday against right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders and the imminent release of his film expected to be critical of the Koran.

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• 22 March

  Serb minister details Kosovo division proposal

  BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia has proposed a plan for the “functional division of Serbs and Kosovo Albanians” in Kosovo, Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic was quoted on Saturday as saying.

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• 22 March

  Kurdish spring festivals in Turkey turn violent

  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 100 Kurdish demonstrators and 10 policemen were injured and more than 160 Kurds detained across southeastern Turkey on Saturday when police broke up spring festival celebrations, security sources said.

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• 22 March

  Palestinian talks in Yemen await Hamas response

  SANAA (Reuters) – Reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas hinge on Hamas’ response to a proposal about the future of the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Saturday.

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• 22 March

  Egypt holds talks with Gaza Islamists on truce

  ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt held talks on Saturday with representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, part of a push for a truce between the militant groups and Israel, officials said.

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• 22 March

  Afghan police, U.S. troops kill three Taliban

  SHAJOY, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police backed by U.S. troops killed three Taliban fighters and captured three more in a 40-minute gun battle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.

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• 21 March

  Iran Spreads Underwater Haft Seen

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran laid out a Haft Seen in the depths of the breathtaking turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf on the occasion of the Iranian New Year.

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• 21 March

  Iran Starts Year of Innovation, Flourish

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei on Thursday called the new Iranian calendar year of 1387 (March 20, 2008-March 20, 2009) as the year of “innovation and flourish.”

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• 21 March

  Iran’s New Year

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The ancient Iranian calendar was a solar calendar. The fact is repeatedly documented in the ancient Avesta writings. One of the most important solar festivals is called Nou Rouz – the New Year. Nou Rouz literally means the ‘New Day’ and is celebrated on the vernal equinox in …

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