Eurasia Press & News
A LEADING military analyst with the Ministry of Defence’s own think tank warned that Nato was on the “precipice of failure” in Afghanistan unless it swaps throwing “money and troops” at the country’s problems for a more coherent approach.
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January, 2008
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12 January
Palestinian gunmen attack school in Gaza
GAZA – Palestinian gunmen stormed the American International School in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Saturday, smashing windows, seizing computers and torching buses but causing no injuries, security sources said.
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12 January
Iraq and U.S. want strategic pact by July: minister
AMMAN – Iraq hopes to conclude by July a pact with the United States that lays the basis for long-term strategic ties between the two countries and defines the legal status of U.S. troops, Iraq’s foreign minister said on Saturday.
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12 January
Iraq parliament passes law to rehire Baathists
BAGHDAD – Iraq’s parliament passed a law on Saturday to ease restrictions on mostly Sunni Arab members of Saddam Hussein’s Baath party returning to public life, one of the main political benchmarks set by the United States.
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12 January
Afghan journalists seek release of colleague
MAZAR-I-SHARIF, Afghanistan – Dozens of Afghan journalists and activists on Saturday sought the release of a journalist detained by security officials for allegedly making blasphemous comments.
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12 January
Dozens killed by snow, cold in Afghanistan
KABUL – Dozens of people have been killed by heavy snow and freezing weather in recent days in Afghanistan, an official said on Saturday.
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12 January
ElBaradei Hopeful about Normalization of Iran’s Case by March
TEHRAN (FNA) UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei expressed the hope that continued cooperation between Tehran and the International Atomic Energy Agency would lead to the normalization of Iran’s nuclear issue by the next meeting of the IAEA Board of Governors in March.
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12 January
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Calls on IAEA to Act Justly
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on the International Atomic Energy Agency not to be influenced by the great powers and to fulfill its duties on the basis of legal criteria.
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12 January
Iranian parliament’s Commission Seeking to Boost Iran’s Defense Budget
TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission is decisive to increase the country’s defense budget, a commission member said here on Saturday.
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12 January
Quake Hits Southwestern Iran
TEHRAN (FNA) An earthquake measuring 3.8 on the Richter scale jolted the region of Hoseiniyeh in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan on Saturday.
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