September, 2007

• 10 September

  Warning shots fired during Karzai speech

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Sensing unrest outside a packed stadium, Afghanistan’s president abruptly cut short a speech Sunday as police fired shots into the air in an attempt to restrain a crowd trying to enter, officials said.Shortly after being rushed off the podium, President Hamid Karzai said security in Afghanistan was …

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• 10 September

  Militants free abducted Pakistani troops

  Pakistan – Pro-Taliban militants on Monday freed more than 260 Pakistani troops who were kidnapped nearly two weeks ago in a restive tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, security officials and a militant said.The soldiers were handed over to members of a jirga, or tribal council, in Ladha, a …

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• 9 September

  Pakistan’s Former N. Official Proud of Iran’s N. Power Plant

  We are waiting for the inauguration of the largest nuclear power plant of the world of Islam, former head of Pakistan’s atomic energy organization said.

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• 9 September

  Int’l Conference on Iraq’s Economic Reconstruction Opens in Tehran

  The first international conference on Reconstruction of Iraq’s Economy kicked off work here in Tehran on Sunday.

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• 9 September

  Rafsanjani Pleased with Iran’s Economic, Security Conditions

  Head of Iran’s Assembly of Experts Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said his country is today enjoying proper economic and security conditions, and voiced Tehran’s preparedness to share experience with other nations, Iraq in particular.

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• 9 September

  President Shares Concerns with Central Bank Governor

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has called on his newly-appointed central bank governor to pay maximum care and attention to 8 crucial issues.

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• 9 September

  Quake Hits Western Iran

  An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Sahneh in Iran’s western province of Kermanshah on Sunday.

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• 9 September

  Iran Joins Wheat Exporting Countries

  Iran’s Agricultural Jihad Minister Mohammad Reza Eskandari said his country has joined the club of wheat exporting countries.

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• 9 September

  Iran Dismisses US Ruling on 1983 Attack

  Iran said that a US federal court decision to fine Tehran $2 bln and 650 mln for the 1983 bombing of a Marine barracks in Beirut was “baseless” and aimed at plundering Iranian assets.

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• 9 September

  Baghdad Hosts Regional Conference

  The third major gathering of Iraq’s neighboring states, including Syria and Iran, starts in Baghdad on Sunday.

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