October, 2007

• 30 October

  Head of IAEA Urges Iran to Open its Nuclear Records

  The head of the U.N. nuclear agency says Iran’s refusal to suspend uranium enrichment is “regrettable,” but said its willingness to cooperate with U.N. investigators is a step in the right direction. From VOA’s New York Bureau, Mona Ghuneim reports on the agency’s efforts to work on a diplomatic solution …

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• 30 October

  Deciphering the PKK

  “America will always do the right thing, but only after exhausting all other options,” Winston Churchill once famously remarked when asked about US foreign policy. Little has changed since Churchill expressed his frustration 60 years ago. Today, all of Turkey is angrily waiting for Washington to do the right thing.

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• 30 October

  2.000 Turkish Soldiers are in Iraq

  The number of Turkish troops inside Irq has reached 2.000. The Turkish soldiers are based in Batufa-Begova-Kanimasi triangle, in Northern Iraq. The Turkish security forces make operations in 8-20 km inside of the northern Iraq against the PKK terrorists.

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• 30 October

  UN: 34 Aid Workers Killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The United Nations on Monday said 34 aid workers have been killed in Afghanistan this year and called on Taliban fighters and criminal gangs to stop attacking humanitarian convoys so food can reach millions of needy Afghans before winter. Tom Koenigs, the head of the U.N. …

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• 29 October

  Commander Stresses IRGC Readiness to Combat Enemy Troops in PG

  An Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) commander underlined preparedness of his troops to fight enemy forces in the Persian Gulf, saying that Iran can stun enemies due to its geographical advantages in the strait of Hormoz.

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• 29 October

  IRGC Changes Aimed at Obtaining Strategic Goals

  Changes and transformations in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps are aimed at materializing its strategic goals and implementing its policies, chief of IRGC’s joint staff said.

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• 29 October

  Syria Shares Iran’s Call for Anti-Terrorism Efforts in Iraq

  Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Mualem in a meeting with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki on Monday said that Damascus and Tehran share similar views about the need for anti-terrorism efforts in northern Iraq.

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• 29 October

  US Seeks to Intensify Crisis in Myanmar

  Iran’s Accredited ambassador to Yangon Mohsen Pak Ayeen said that the US and certain European countries have mobilized dependent and opportunist media to foment unrests and intensify crisis in Myanmar in a bid to implement a regime change plan in that country.

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• 29 October

  Iran to Boost Cultural Cooperation with Azerbaijan

  Iran announced that it is seeking to bolster cooperation with the republic of Azerbaijan in cultural and cinematic grounds.

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• 29 October

  Sanctions against Iran Indicative of US Paralysis

  A prominent Iranian MP said here on Monday that the Unite States’ one-sided sanctions against the Islamic Republic reveal that Washington has come to a state of paralysis.

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