October, 2007

• 17 October

  South Pars Phase 6 Ready for Operation

  Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Wednesday said that phase 6 of Iran’s South Pars Oil and Gas field is now ready to go into operation.

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• 17 October

  Quake Hits Southern Iran

  An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Mohr in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Wednesday.

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• 17 October

  FM Due to Visit Afghanistan This Week

  Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to Leave Tehran for Herat, Afghanistan late this week to attend the 17th ministerial meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).

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• 17 October

  Vice-Speaker : Iran’s Successful Strategy of Convergence Substantiated in Caspian Summit

  Vice-Speaker of the Iranian parliament Mohammad Reza Bahonar said the second summit of the heads of Caspian Sea littoral states in Tehran indicated success of Iran’s strategy for sparking regional and international convergence through dialogue and understanding.

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• 17 October

  Iran Stresses Efforts to Release Japanese Student

  Iran on Wednesday assured of its continued efforts to set a kidnapped Japanese student free, but meantime, called on Tokyo to refrain from direct intervention in the case

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• 17 October

  Quake Hits Northeastern Iran

  An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Taybad in Iran’s northeastern province of Khorassan Razawi on Wednesday.

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• 17 October

  Putin Blames Tech Problems for Delay in Bushehr N. Power Plant

  Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed technical problems for the delays in completing Iran’s first nuclear power plant, being built with Russian help.

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• 17 October

  Czech Republic, Iran Start Talks on Diplomatic Ties

  Czech-Iranian relations should be stabilized and a space for communication should open, Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zuzana Opletalova told CTK after a meeting between Foreign Minister Karel Sschwarzenberg and Iranian parliament foreign committee head Alaaddin Borujerdi Tuesday.

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• 17 October

  Funeral held for digger killed in Afghanistan

  Prime Minister John Howard, Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd and Defence Force head Angus Houston have joined mourners at Brisbane’s Saint Stephen’s Cathedral for the military funeral of trooper David Pearce.

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• 17 October

  Canadian government plans to extend Afghanistan mission

  The Canadian government plans to extend the country’s Afghanistan mission until at least 2011 — two years beyond the proposed February 2009 deadline.

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