Eurasia Press & News
BAKU (Reuters) – Authorities in Azerbaijan said turnout was high on Wednesday in a presidential election boycotted by the opposition and almost certain to return Ilham Aliyev for a second term in the oil-producing state.
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October, 2008
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15 October
Fatah rejects Hamas request for bilateral talks
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction has rejected a request by Hamas rivals to meet separately ahead of multi-factional reconciliation talks next month in Cairo, Fatah officials said Tuesday.
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Russia to start Politkovskaya murder trial
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Three men go on trial on Wednesday for involvement in the murder of Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist and Kremlin critic.Politkovskaya, whose reports on Russia’s breakaway Chechnya region detailing rights abuses angered the Kremlin, was shot dead outside her Moscow apartment in 2006.
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Iraq mulls new US security draft
Iraqi leaders are examining a new draft deal under which US troops would remain in the country after the UN mandate expires later this year, officials say.
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Syria and Lebanon formalise ties
A signing ceremony has been held in Damascus establishing diplomatic relations for the first time between Syria and Lebanon.
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15 October
Iran Slams US Propaganda Effort
TEHRAN (FNA)- US officials must end the practice of pointing to Iranian interference every time the Washington strategy for Iraq falters, Iranian officials said Tuesday.
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Iranian Engineers Ready to Work on N. Plant
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran said its engineers trained in Russia are ready to begin work at the country’s first nuclear power plant.
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15 October
Iran Cuts Military Service Term
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran Tuesday shortened the length of its mandatory military service by up to two months.
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Iran Plans Fuel Subsidies Cut on Path to Phase-out
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to gradually cut from the next Iranian year the amount of heavily-subsidized gasoline motorists can buy and completely eliminate subsidies by 2011, an Iranian official said in comments published on Tuesday.
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15 October
Iran Plans Gas Link to Europe Distinct from Nabucco
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to build a Persian Pipeline for shipping its natural gas to Europe that would be independent of the EU-backed Nabucco project, a senior Iranian official said on Monday.
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