January, 2008

• 26 January

  Iraq ready for “final” battle with al Qaeda: PM

  BAGHDAD – Iraqi security forces have begun a “decisive” final offensive against al Qaeda in Iraq to push the Sunni Islamist militants out of their last major stronghold in the north, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday.

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• 26 January

  Beirut car bomb kills police intelligence officer

  BEIRUT – A car bomb killed a police intelligence officer involved in the investigation of assassinations in Lebanon, in an attack in a Christian suburb of Beirut on Friday.

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• 26 January

  Iran Calls on UNESCO to Save Palestinians’ Lives

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s permanent envoy to the United Nations Educational, Social and Cultural Organization condemned Israel’s crimes in Gaza, and urged the UN body to take urgent measures to rescue lives of innocent Palestinian citizens, specially teenage patients under treatment in Gaza hospitals.

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• 26 January

  Senegalese DM Due in Tehran Tomorrow

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Senegal’s Defense Minister Becaye Diop is scheduled to arrive here in Tehran on Sunday.

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• 26 January

  Iranian Speaker to Leave for Egypt Tuesday

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel is due to pay a visit to Cairo to attend the fifth meeting of the Parliamentary Union of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Member states (PUOICM) in Egypt on Tuesday.

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• 26 January

  Mottaki Calls on UNSC to Return Iran’s N. Dossier to IAEA

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki underlined the need for the UN Security Council to return his country’s nuclear case to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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• 26 January

  Mottaki Meets Malaysian PM, FM

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s foreign minister and Malaysian prime minister in a meeting on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Friday discussed arrangement of a ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).

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• 26 January

  Iran Joins Iodine Producing Countries

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran joined 9 other iodine-producing countries of the world after starting extraction from its mines in the northern province of Golestan, a local official said here on Saturday.

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• 26 January

  Iranian FM Meets Iraqi Deputy PM

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland on Friday.

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• 26 January

  Tehran Mayor Hails Iran-Switzerland Ties

  TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf advised western countries to not deprive themselves of advantages of interacting with Iran.

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