February, 2008

• 19 February

  UN says Iraqi refugees need more help

  Iraq’s government and international community must give more funding and support to resettle Iraqi refugees displaced by sectarian bloodletting, the United Nation’s top official for refugees said Monday.

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• 19 February

  Correction: Iraq Refugees story

  In a Feb. 14 story about Jordan imposing visa restrictions on Iraqi refugees, The Associated Press erroneously quoted U.N High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres as calling on countries hosting Iraqi refugees to increase the opportunities for refugees to settle there and saying 70,000 Iraqi refugees want to resettle.

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• 19 February

  Iran Launches Oil Bourse

  Iran established its oil bourse Sunday in a free trade zone on the Persian Gulf Island of Kish and 100 tons of polyethylene consignment was traded at the market’s opening on the island, which houses the offices of about 100 Iranian and foreign oil companies.

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• 19 February

  Leader Calls For Greater Unity Among Revolution Loyalists

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called on all loyalists to the Islamic Revolution to maintain unity and to ignore minor and unimportant issues.

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• 19 February

  Suicide Attack Kills 36 in Afghanistan

  KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — In the second serious attack in southern Afghanistan in two days, a suicide bomber set off an explosion on Monday as he drove his car near a convoy of Canadian troops on a crowded border town street, killing 36 civilians and wounding 38. The governor of Kandahar …

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• 18 February

  Serbia urges U.N. council to block Kosovo secession

  UNITED NATIONS – If the U.N. Security Council does nothing to stop Kosovo from seceding, it will tell the world that no country’s sovereignty and borders are safe, Serbian President Boris Tadic said on Monday.

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• 18 February

  Romania will not recognize Kosovo independence

  BUCHAREST – Romania’s will not recognize Kosovo independence, parliament declared on Monday, highlighting fears that such a move could fuel separatist moves in the Balkans.

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• 18 February

  Ethnic Serbs in Balkans push for “no” to Kosovo

  SARAJEVO – Ethnic Serbs in Bosnia and Montenegro reject Kosovo’s declaration of independence from Serbia and will try to block its recognition by their own countries, officials said on Monday.

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• 18 February

  Iraq inches toward luring big oil investment

  DUBAI – Iraq is inching toward attracting the billions of dollars needed to revamp its oil sector but international oil companies are still not ready to commit the massive sums required.

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• 18 February

  Over 70 firms bid for Iraq oil contracts: ministry

  Iraq currently produces only a fraction of its vast reserves, the third-largest in the world and among the cheapest to produce, and international oil firms have been positioning for years to gain access.

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