At least 17 people were killed and another 21 injured early Saturday in a road accident in northern Iran.
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October, 2007
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6 October
Asian Fuel Oil Rises to Record as Iran Cuts Exports
Asian benchmark 180-centistoke fuel oil rose to a record on higher benchmark Dubai crude and lower supplies in the Middle East after Iran cut exports.
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6 October
Iran Seeks to Expand Ties with Arab Countries
Tehran said that expansion of relations with the Arab countries underpins its foreign policy.
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6 October
Mideast Peace Conference an Effort to Hide Failures of US Neocons
The Middle-East peace conference has been designed to help Israel get rid of its present political isolation, Iran’s ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak Ayeen said, adding that the US neoconservatives are striving to hide their political failures by making such a move.
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6 October
Quake Hits Northeastern Iran
An earthquake measuring 3.1 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Esfarayen in Iran’s northeastern province of Northern Khorassan on Friday.
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6 October
Senegal Stresses Bolstering of Cooperation with Iran
Senegal’s Culture Minister Birame Diouf underlined his country’s enthusiasm for expanding cultural cooperation with Iran, specially in grounds of film production, movie screening and training Senegalese filmmakers.
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6 October
Ahmadinejad Underlines Iran’s N. Rights
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that Tehran will not negotiate over its nuclear rights but said his government is prepared to answer questions from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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5 October
British soldier, several militants killed in Afghanistan
KABUL (AFP) — A British NATO soldier was killed in a roadside blast in southern Afghanistan overnight while US-led coalition forces killed several militants, officials said Friday.
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5 October
Canada Increases Support for Education in Afghanistan
MONTREAL, QUEBEC–(Marketwire – Oct. 4, 2007) – The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, today joined the Afghanistan Minister of Education, His Excellency Haneef Atmar, to announce that Canada’s New Government is taking a leadership role to increase the access to and quality of education in Afghanistan, by …
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5 October
Violence highest since invasion
KABUL, Afghanistan — Violence in Afghanistan has spiked to its highest level since the 2001 U.S.-led invasion, with an Associated Press count of insurgency-related deaths this year surpassing the 5,000 mark.
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