February, 2008

• 14 February

  UNSC to Revise Draft Resolution on Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) – The UN Security Council will revise a draft resolution on new sanctions against Iran over its atomic program and call a vote after the International Atomic Energy Agency issues its report on Iran, Britain’s UN envoy said on Wednesday.

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• 14 February

  Cabinet Ministers Respond to Reporters’ Questions

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian ministers elaborated on the latest decisions adopted during a cabinet meeting here on Wednesday.

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• 13 February

  Georgia opposition leader dies suddenly in Britain

  LONDON – Georgian businessman Badri Patarkatsishvili, who feared assassination and faced accusations of plotting a coup in his homeland, has died in Britain and British police are treating his death as suspicious.

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• 13 February

  Italian soldier killed in Afghanistan

  ROME – An Italian soldier serving in Afghanistan was killed and another was wounded on Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on them, the Defence Ministry said.

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• 13 February

  German army union against extending Afghan mission

  BERLIN – Boosting the number of German troops in Afghanistan and shifting them to the violent south makes no strategic sense and would stretch military equipment to the limit, the main association for German soldiers said.

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• 13 February

  Hamas calls Arabs to unite after Damascus bombing

  GAZA – Hamas Islamists on Wednesday called for the Arab world to unite against Israel after Hezbollah accused the Jewish state of assassinating one of its founders.

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• 13 February

  EU and Russia meet as Kosovo independence looms

  BRDO, Slovenia – The European Union sought to convince Russia on Wednesday that the status-quo in Kosovo is unsustainable, the EU’s external relations commissioner said.

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• 13 February

  Ukraine says will not allow NATO bases

  MOSCOW – Aspiring NATO member Ukraine is prepared to adopt legislation banning the alliance’s bases from its soil, Russia’s RIA news agency quoted Ukrainian president Viktor Yushchenko as saying on Wednesday.

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• 13 February

  Iraqi parliament meets to try to resolve crisis

  BAGHDAD – Iraqi lawmakers met on Wednesday in an attempt to end a protracted standoff over the 2008 budget and other bills, which has led to some calls for parliament to be disbanded.

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• 13 February

  New Kosovo faces long fight to rein in Serb north

  MITROVICA, Serbia – There are some new faces in the Serb-controlled slice of northern Kosovo, the breakaway province where 2 million Albanians will declare independence from Serbia within days.

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