Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (FNA) The opening of new checkpoints between Iran and Azerbaijan is realized in the level of state bodies, Iranian ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to Azerbaijan Nasser Hamidi Zare said.
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January, 2008
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24 January
South Zagros Co. Producing 55% of Iran Gas
TEHRAN (FNA) South Zagros Oil and Gas Exploitation Co. managing director said his company was producing 55 percent of Iran’s gas.
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24 January
US Trying to Block Indo-Iran Gas Pipeline Project
TEHRAN (FNA) The United States has been “trying to block” the Indo-Iran gas pipeline via Pakistan, as it did not want Iran to expand its contacts in the region, New Delhi’s former Foreign Secretary Salman Haider said on Wednesday.
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24 January
Iran Sees Fuel Imports at $3.2bln in 2008-09
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian government is predicting it will need about $3.2 bln for gasoline and petroleum imports in the budget for the Iranian year that starts in March.
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24 January
Iran Views Turkmenistan as Untrustworthy Following Gas Disruption
TEHRAN (FNA) Iran may review energy ties with Turkmenistan after the neighboring country last month cut gas exports to the Islamic Republic, an Iranian official warned on Wednesday, saying Ashgabat could “not be trusted”.
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24 January
Rice Offers Conciliatory Message to Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday held out the prospect of a better relationship with Iran, a day after her country brokered a draft UN resolution against Tehran.
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24 January
Taliban offensive unlikely in east Afghanistan-US
WASHINGTON, Jan 23Â – A senior U.S. military commander said on Wednesday he did not expect the Taliban to mount a major offensive in eastern Afghanistan this spring, but experts warned of rising violence and a stronger insurgency.
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22 January
British soldier killed in Afghanistan
A British soldier was killed and five were injured by a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan yesterday, the Ministry of Defence revealed today.
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22 January
Iran leader under fire for gas shortages
Iran’s supreme leader Monday reversed a decision by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and ordered him to implement a law supplying natural gas to remote villages amid rising dissatisfaction with the president’s performance.
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22 January
Saudi women can now stay in hotels alone
Women in Saudi Arabia can now stay in a hotel or a furnished apartment without a male guardian, according to a government decision that comes as the country faces increasing criticism for its severe restrictions on women.
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