January, 2008

• 3 January

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Iranians to Maintain Confidence

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei has called on Iranians to maintain their self-confidence to defuse propaganda of the enemies.

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• 3 January

  Seven killed in Afghanistan suicide raid

  A suicide bomber has killed six police and an Indian engineer in southeastern Afghanistan, a provincial official says.

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• 3 January

  Privatization is a requirement: Rafsanjani

  Currently privatization is a requirement in the country, Expediency Council Chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said here on Tuesday.At a conference held for law graduates, Rafsanjani said experience has proved that delivering issues to people will help boost the quality of performing the tasks.

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• 3 January

  Cabinet draws up national budget plan

  President Mahmud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that the administration has made every effort to draft a transparent and simply-worded budget plan, which is a significant development in the history of budget drafting in the country.

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• 3 January

  Leader urges active participation in legislative elections

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has called for the full participation of Iranians in the parliamentary elections, advising them to choose the most qualified nominees with careful attention.

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• 3 January

  Khans of Central Asia

  Uzbek President Islam Karimov won the December 23 national election, which was not unexpected. However, it is quite unusual that this will be his third term in office, despite the fact that the Uzbek Constitution limits presidents to two terms.  The Karimov administration made no attempt to amend the constitution …

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• 2 January

  At least 16 Taliban killed in Afghanistan: officials

  HERAT, Afghanistan (AFP) — At least 16 Taliban rebels including a suspected would-be suicide bomber were killed in US-led and Afghan operations across insurgency-plagued Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

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• 1 January

  Abbas urges Hamas to agree to early elections

  RAMALLAH – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a “new page” by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.

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• 1 January

  Death toll rises in Gaza faction fighting

  GAZA – Hamas and Fatah fighters waged gun battles in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday that raised to seven the number of people killed in the deadliest clashes between the rival Palestinian factions in months.

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• 1 January

  Palestinians stranded in Egypt to return to Gaza

  ISMAILIA, Egypt – Israel has agreed to allow 550 Palestinians who have been stranded in Egypt for roughly four months to cross into the Gaza Strip on Tuesday via the Jewish state, Egyptian security and border sources said.

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