Eurasia Press & News
BAGHDAD – The new commander of American forces in Baghdad plans to increase the number of local garrisons across the Iraqi capital even as U.S. troop levels drop in the coming months.
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January, 2008
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29 January
Police detain Turkish Airlines hostage-taker
ISTANBUL – Police detained a Turkish Airlines employee on Tuesday after he released a woman he had been holding hostage with a gun at the company’s headquarters, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
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29 January
Watchdog complains of “restrictions” in Russia vote
MOSCOW – Europe’s election watchdog complained on Tuesday of “serious restrictions” in the invitation it has received to monitor Russia’s March 2 presidential poll.
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29 January
Kremlin favorite campaigns as Putin’s alter ego
PENZA, Russia – Who looks like President Vladimir Putin, speaks and moves like Putin — but is not the man himself? Step forward Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s chosen successor for the top Kremlin job.
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29 January
Iran: All IAEA Questions Responded
TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran has responded to all questions about its nuclear program, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman announced on Tuesday, reiterating that transparency of his country’s nuclear activities has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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29 January
Quake Hits Southeastern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Anbar Abad in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman Tuesday morning.
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29 January
Iran, Indonesia Bourses Sign MoU
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Indonesia have established cooperation in development of capital markets in the two countries.
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29 January
$1.74bln of Petrochemicals Exported from Khuzestan
TEHRAN (FNA) – Since the beginning of the year [Iranian year started 20 March 2007] more than 2.99m tons of petrochemical products have been exported from the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.
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29 January
Iran, Malaysia Hold 1st Agro Meeting
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Malaysia have identified four areas of collaboration in the agriculture sector namely, research and development, improvement in crop production, husbandry and fishing.
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29 January
Iran Launches First E-radio
TEHRAN (FNA) – In the age of e-communications, Iran launches its first twenty-four hour Internet radio for direct interaction with a millennium audience.
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