January, 2008

• 5 January

  Turkish police detain 40 in Hezbollah raid: agency

  ISTANBUL – Turkish police have detained more than 40 suspected members of the outlawed Turkish Islamist militant group Hezbollah, state news agency Anatolian said on Friday.

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• 5 January

  Death toll from Turkey bombing rises to 5 as 110 hurt

  DIYARBAKIR, Turkey – The death toll from a bomb explosion in southeast Turkey’s largest city has risen to five, including three children, and the number of injured stands at 110, security sources said on Friday.

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• 5 January

  Israeli troops kill 2 Gaza militants: Hamas

  GAZA – Israeli troops killed two Palestinian Hamas gunmen and wounded three others in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Islamist faction and hospital officials said.

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• 5 January

  Cleric Calls for Energy Saving in Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) Tehran’s interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani called on Iranians to watch out for any wasteful use of the country’s heavily subsidized energy supplies, cautioning that Iranians are the only world nation consuming cheap energy supplies extravagantly.

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• 5 January

  Iran’s Vice-President Appointed as Ambassador to Syria

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian Vice-President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Seyed Ahmad Moussavi was assigned as Tehran’s ambassador to Damascus.

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• 5 January

  Deputy FM Assigned as Iran’s Ambassador to Japan

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Seyed Abbas Araghchi was appointed as the country’s ambassador to Japan.

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• 5 January

  Libya Dismisses Further Sanctions on Iran

  TEHRAN (FNA) Libya has hinted it will not support further sanctions on Iran if its nuclear file goes back to the UN Security Council.

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• 5 January

  Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution: Iran Should Have Launched N. Efforts Long Ago

  TEHRAN (FNA) Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said in the central city of Yazd on Thursday that Iran should have launched nuclear efforts several decades ago to meet the growing need to electricity.

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• 5 January

  Iranian Embassy in Turkey Blasts Article by UK’s Miliband

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iranian embassy in Ankara reacted angrily to an article last month by British Foreign Secretary David Miliband in the Turkish daily Zaman which argued the need to keep up the pressure on Iran over its nuclear activities.

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• 5 January

  Iranian FM Holds Talks with Pakistani Counterpart

  TEHRAN (FNA) Iran’s nuclear program and the multi-billion dollar gas pipeline project involving three countries, including India, were among the issues that figured in talks Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki had with his Pakistani counterpart Inam-ul Haque in Islamabad on Friday.

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