March, 2008

• 6 March

  President in Mahshahr to inaugurate major projects

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Mahshahr to inaugurate several major petrochemical and development projects in this southwestern city.

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• 5 March

  EU president Slovenia recognizes Kosovo

  LJUBLJANA (Reuters) – Current European Union president Slovenia became the first former Yugoslav republic to recognize Kosovo’s independence from Serbia on Wednesday.

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• 5 March

  Turk planes strike Northern Iraq but no casualties reported

  ARBIL, Iraq – Turkish warplanes bombed villages in remote northern Iraq on Tuesday, a week after a major eight-day offensive by Turkish forces against Kurdish PKK guerrillas in the region, border officials said on Wednesday.

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• 5 March

  Azerbaijan blames Armenia for armed clash

  BAKU – Azerbaijan accused neighbor Armenia on Wednesday of stoking unrest in the breakaway region of Nagorno-Karabakh, following shooting there in which Azerbaijan said 16 soldiers had been killed.

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• 5 March

  Ukraine leader tells PM to resume Russia gas talks

  KIEV – Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko told his prime minister on Wednesday to resume talks with Moscow urgently after Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom halved supplies to Kiev in a row over payments .

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• 5 March

  Enter Russia’s new first lady, Svetlana Medvedeva

  MOSCOW – A patron of Russian fashion, socialite and supporter of the arts, Svetlana Medvedeva is shaking off her air of mystery as she prepares to become Russia’s first lady.

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• 5 March

  Russia’s Medvedev faces fight to install own team

  MOSCOW – The first big test of whether Russia’s president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, is really in charge will come when he tries to appoint his own allies into key Kremlin jobs occupied by Vladimir Putin’s loyalists.

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• 5 March

  Russian opposition activist goes on hunger strike

  ST PETERSBURG, Russia – A Russian opposition activist jailed for two months for taking part in anti-Kremlin protests has gone on a hunger strike, his liberal Yabloko party said on Wednesday.

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• 5 March

  Ukraine will stick to gas export obligations: PM

  KIEV – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko pledged on Wednesday that Ukraine would stand by its obligations to export Russian gas to Europe and remain a “reliable partner”.

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• 5 March

  World Needs Iran Despite Phony Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN Security Council has imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear progress but China and many more countries said on Tuesday the step would not affect their trade with the Islamic Republic.

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