Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian government finally decided to provide the country’s motorists with non-rationed petrol to give them a free hand in taking family trips during the new year holidays, starting this weekend.
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March, 2008
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17 March
No Impasse in Iran’s N. Case
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini dismissed any impasse over Iran’s peaceful nuclear activities.
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17 March
Iran Plans to Boost Oil Output 500,000 bpd by 2011
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran oil production capacity from western fields will have an increase of 500,000 barrels per day by 2011, a senior Iranian oil company official said.
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17 March
Iran’s Heavy Crude Up $38 p/b in 2008
TEHRAN (FNA)- The average price of Iran’s heavy crude oil rose by almost $ 38 per barrel year on year, reported the March edition of the OPEC bulletin.
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17 March
Pasargad Border to Be Identified
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and French archeologists conduct archeogeophysic research in Pasargad to find the borders of the ancient Iranian capital.
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16 March
Rescuers search for survivors from Albania blast
GERDEC, Albania (Reuters) – Albanian troops searched through rubble on Sunday for survivors of a huge munitions blast that razed an army base near the capital Tirana and killed at least nine people.
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16 March
Serb-Kosovo trade hits hurdles, smuggling thrives
BELGRADE/PRISTINA (Reuters) – The red box of the buttery ‘Plazma’ cookie, one of ex-Yugoslavia’s best-loved snacks, offers a quick introduction to the dilemma of businesses trapped in the political tussle between Serbia and Kosovo.
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16 March
Afghan urges “name and shame” war on graft, drugs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Afghanistan is ready to launch a “name and shame” campaign against high-level corruption and drug trafficking if it gets international backing, a senior minister and ally of President Hamid Karzai said on Sunday.
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16 March
Iran Plans to List $90bln Energy Firm’s Shares on DIFX
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is planning to list shares in a $90 billion energy holding company on the Dubai International Financial Exchange (DIFX), the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) magazine reported, citing unidentified Iranian sources.
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16 March
Iran to Attend Arab Summit in Syria
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is to attend this month’s Arab summit hosted by Syria that is expected to be dominated by the political crisis in Lebanon.
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