March, 2008

• 2 March

  British MPs: Military Strike on Iran Unlikely to Succeed

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A military strike against Iran would be unlikely to succeed and would only inflame tensions in the Middle East, an influential group of British MPs warned on Sunday.

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• 2 March

  Iran president officially welcomed by Iraqi counterpart

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran was officially welcomed by President Jalal Talabani here on Sunday. The Iranian president arrived in Baghdad this morning heading a high-ranking political and economic delegation on a two-day official visit.

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• 2 March

  Iran and Iraq will stand by each other: Ahmadinejad

  President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said in Baghdad on Sunday that the “Iranian and Iraqi nations will always stand by each other.” In a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Jalal Talabani, Ahmadinejad called his landmark visit to Iraq “a new page in the history of the relations between the two countries …

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• 2 March

  Afghanistan parliament approves new drugs minister

  KABUL – Afghanistan’s parliament approved Saturday a new minister to lead the fight against an opium and heroin industry that is at historic highs and funding a growing Taliban insurgency.

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• 2 March

  Bush warns Iran, calls for more NATO troops in Afghanistan

  CRAWFORD, Texas (AFP) — US President George W. Bush on Saturday warned his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to “stop exporting terror” ahead of the Iranian leader’s historic visit to Iraq.

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• 1 March

  Bookmakers lose interest in “shoo-in” Russia vote

  MOSCOW (Reuters) – An Internet bookmaker has stopped taking bets on Russia’s presidential election because the outcome is so predictable.

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• 1 March

  Bush puzzles over who’ll be in charge in Russia

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Imagine a crisis breaking out somewhere in the world, and President George W. Bush suddenly has to get the Kremlin on the hotline. After Sunday’s presidential election in Russia, who’s he going to call?

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• 1 March

  Bush says doesn’t see Medvedev as Putin puppet

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President George W. Bush on Thursday dismissed the notion that Russia’s likely new president would be Vladimir Putin’s puppet but said he did not know how much power Dmitry Medvedev would wield with his predecessor still in the picture.

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• 1 March

  Israel kills 46 in Gaza

  GAZA – Israel killed 46 Palestinians on Saturday in its deadliest and deepest incursion into the Gaza Strip since pulling out in 2005, stoking fears of a broader conflict that could derail renewed U.S.-backed peace talks.

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• 1 March

  FACTBOX-Hamas’s options in Gaza

  Here are some of Islamist group Hamas’s options in Gaza: TRUCE Hamas has signaled its willingness to reach a ceasefire with Israel that would end rocket launchings by Hamas and other militant organizations. In return, Hamas wants Israel to cease all military strikes in the Gaza Strip and occupied West …

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