January, 2008

• 18 January

  Iran N. Issue to End Soon

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran voiced optimism yesterday that the standoff with the West over its nuclear program would soon be resolved “once and for all”.

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• 18 January

  Iran Ready to Open $22 bln LNG Deal

  TEHRAN (FNA) In a major breakthrough, Iran on Wednesday said that it was ready to re-open and negotiate the till now frozen $22 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) deal signed with India in 2005 offering five million tons of LNG for 25 years.

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• 18 January

  Iran Halts Afghan Repatriation Program

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran said on Wednesday it had temporarily stopped the expulsion of illegal Afghans for “humanitarian reasons” after Kabul called for an immediate halt.

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• 18 January

  Gates urges allies not to quit Afghanistan

  Forced into damage control after criticizing NATO shortcomings in Afghanistan, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates still had a message Thursday for Canada and any other allies thinking of withdrawing its troops – don’t.

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• 16 January

  Israeli air strike kills three members of Gaza family

  GAZA – Israeli forces killed six Palestinians on Wednesday, including three members of a Gaza family in a botched air strike, a day after Palestinians said some of the worst violence in months could harm peace moves.

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• 16 January

  Abbas speaks to Hamas official after Gaza killings

  GAZA – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called a leader of rival Hamas on Wednesday to commiserate on the killing of his son by Israeli forces, Hamas said, the first such contact since a Palestinian factional schism last year.

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• 16 January

  U.N. sees Iraq progress despite misgivings

  BAGHDAD – The United Nations envoy to Baghdad said on Wednesday he would present a positive picture of progress in Iraq in a report to the Security Council despite earlier having serious misgivings about reconciliation efforts.

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• 16 January

  FACTBOX: Military and civilian deaths in Iraq

  Following are the latest figures for military deaths in Iraq and Iraqi civilians killed in attacks since the U.S.-led invasion in March, 2003: U.S.-LED COALITION FORCES: United States 3,926

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• 16 January

  Three U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military

  BAGHDAD – Three U.S. soldiers were killed by small arms fire during operations in Iraq’s northern Salahuddin province on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.

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• 16 January

  Rifts widen on U.S.-British Afghanistan tactics

  LONDON – Behind stepped-up commitments from the United States and Britain, stark differences are emerging between the two biggest powers operating in Afghanistan about how best to tackle the Taliban and al-Qaeda threat.

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