Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan warned Thursday that military action against Iran would be “a real disaster” and the Middle East could explode if the international community does not handle the many conflicts in the region very carefully.
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March, 2008
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21 March
Iran LNG Signs 700 mln euro Deal
TEHRAN (FNA)- Managing director of Iran LNG Company reported that Tehran has signed its largest natural gas liquefaction contract valued at 700 million Euros.
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21 March
Russian FM Warns Military Action on Iran Disastrous
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday warned that any military means to solve Iran’s nuclear issue would have a “disastrous” effect.
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21 March
Democrats Jump on McCain’s Iran-Qaeda Gaffe
TEHRAN (FNA)- Republican presidential candidate John McCain touts his foreign policy expertise at every turn, but he has given Democrats ammunition against his experience by wrongly saying Iran trains Al-Qaeda members.
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21 March
Leader: Iran’s Foreign Policy Based on Wisdom, Resistance
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Thursday that Iran will approach the world through both wisdom and resistance in the new (Iranian) year.
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21 March
Quake Hits Central Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4.1 degrees on the Richter scale jolted south of Shahreza city, 80 kilometers south of Isfahan on Wednesday.
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21 March
Iran Signs Kish Gas Drilling Deal
TEHRAN (FNA)- The state-run Iranian Petroleum Engineering and Development Company (IPEDC) and the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) have signed a contract for drilling 12 wells in the massive Kish gas field.
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21 March
UN mission’s mandate in Afghanistan extended by one year
UNTIED NATIONS: The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN mission in Afghanistan by one year, giving the world body central role in coordinating humanitarian activities being carried out by various bodies in the war-ravaged country.
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20 March
Moldova wants big power to guarantee its neutrality
Ex-Soviet Moldova wants major powers to sign a declaration guaranteeing its neutrality, its president said, a step that could ease the way for a peace deal over its breakway Transdniestria region.
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20 March
4 killed in Nagorno-Karabakh region in skirmishes
Azerbaijani and ethnic Armenian forces exchanged more gunfire near the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh over the weekend, killing two civilians and at least two soldiers, officials said Monday.
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