March, 2008

• 5 March

  Ukraine will stick to gas export obligations: PM

  KIEV – Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko pledged on Wednesday that Ukraine would stand by its obligations to export Russian gas to Europe and remain a “reliable partner”.

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• 5 March

  World Needs Iran Despite Phony Sanctions

  TEHRAN (FNA)- The UN Security Council has imposed a third round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear progress but China and many more countries said on Tuesday the step would not affect their trade with the Islamic Republic.

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• 5 March

  IAEA Drops Iran Sanctions Resolution

  TEHRAN (FNA)- A push by Western nations for a resolution against Iran at a UN atomic watchdog meeting has been dropped amid objections from Russia, China and developing countries, diplomats said Tuesday.

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• 5 March

  Iran Calls for Complete Ban of All N. Weapons

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki on Tuesday called for a complete ban of all nuclear weapons through an international convention.

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• 5 March

  Russia to Sell 100 Airliners to Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Russia plans to sell up 100 passenger jets to Iran in what would be the largest such deal ever for Russia’s aviation industry, an official said Tuesday.

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• 5 March

  Iran may Shut down Internet during Election

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian government may block private access to the Internet on its election day, March 14.

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• 5 March

  Iran: OPEC to Consider All Market Factors

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister said on Tuesday OPEC would consider all factors that affect the market at its meeting on Wednesday, but would not be drawn on whether he supported no output change.

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• 5 March

  How to End US-Iran standoff

  TEHRAN (FNA)- US policy toward Iran is stuck; It is more a holding game than a policy, The International Herald Tribune reported.

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• 5 March

  Algerian Deputy FM

  TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s top nuclear negotiator and Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Saeed Jalili met with Algeria’s visiting deputy foreign minister here on Tuesday.

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• 4 March

  A Surge To Help Afghanistan

  In the run-up to the NATO summit in Bucharest next month, the Bush administration has launched an intensive diplomatic campaign to persuade our European allies to send additional combat troops to southern Afghanistan, where the Atlantic alliance has been struggling against a resurgent Taliban.  

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