January, 2008

• 20 January

  Quake Hits Central Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted the region of Tabas in Iran’s central province of Yazd on Sunday.

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• 20 January

  Russia Delivers 4th N. Fuel Consignment to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) Russia has delivered more than half the fuel for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant, after a fourth consignment arrived on Sunday.

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• 20 January

  Iran Holds out Possibility of Gas Pipeline

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s finance minister has raised the stakes in Southeast Asia by another notch by suggesting that a planned natural gas pipeline to Pakistan can be extended to Thailand.

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• 20 January

  Iran Slams US Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili criticized a US drive to impose sanctions over its atomic program, and reiterated support from Beijing ahead of crunch high-level talks next week.

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• 20 January

  Iran to Screen Life of Jesus

  TEHRAN (FNA) Fresh from tackling World War II and the Holocaust in local blockbuster “Zero Degree Turn,” Iran’s state broadcaster is turning to religion as the subject of a pair of big budget skeins.

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• 20 January

  2 Arrested in Bhutto Assassination Plot

  SLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — A 15-year-old detained near the Afghan border has confessed to joining a team of assassins sent to kill Benazir Bhutto, officials said Saturday, announcing the first arrests in the case since the attack that killed the opposition leader.

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• 20 January

  Afghan war only just beginning, security group warns

  KABUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) – The war in Afghanistan is only just beginning as NATO forces, far from pursuing remnants of a defeated Taliban, are entering a widening and deepening conflict they may well lose security NGO said on Saturday.

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• 20 January

  US Troops Kill, Wound 2 Dozen Taliban

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — U.S. and Afghan troops killed or wounded more than two dozen Taliban fighters during a 21-hour battle in eastern Afghanistan that ended Saturday, military officials said.

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• 20 January

  IAEA Pleased with Iran’s Progress on N. Program Explanation

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran had made progress in the explanation of certain questions concerning its nuclear program, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohammed ElBaradei said in Bratislava, capital of Slovakia on Friday.

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• 20 January

  Rafsanjani: Bush’s Mideast Visit Fiasco for US

  TEHRAN (FNA) Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani termed the visit to the Middle-East by US President George Bush as unsuccessful and a great failure for Washington, stating that Americans failed in attaining either one of their premeditated goals.

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