August, 2007

• 28 August

  Iran Becomes New World Champion in Boy’s Youth Volleyball

  Iran vaulted into the volleyball history books to become the new 2007 Boy’s Youth World Champion for the first time ever, with a electrifying 3-2 (21-25, 25-22, 26-24, 31-29, 15-7) victory over China in 130 minutes, in an spectacular all Asian final at the Gimnasio de Usos Multiples in the …

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• 28 August

  6 Western soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers — including six Westerners — in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion, officials said Monday. Reports from officials Monday and Tuesday indicated 29 militants also were …

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• 28 August

  Militants release abducted Pakistani soldiers

  WANA, Pakistan (AFP) – Pro-Taliban militants on Tuesday released 19 Pakistani soldiers who were abducted earlier this month in the rugged tribal belt bordering Afghanistan, officials said.Armed militants kidnapped 16 Pakistani soldiers from the South Waziristan tribal district on August 9 and seized another four security officials including a colonel …

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• 27 August

  Afghanistan’s opium production doubles in two years

  KABUL (AFP) – Afghanistan’s opium production has doubled in two years, reaching a new high in 2007, with the country almost the exclusive supplier of the world’s deadliest drug, the United Nations announced Monday. Production was estimated to have jumped 34 percent this year over last with the number of …

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• 27 August

  6 Western soldiers killed in Afghanistan

  KABUL, Afghanistan – Fighting between NATO troops and Taliban fighters killed eight soldiers — including six Westerners — and 10 militants in eastern and southern Afghanistan, where insurgent attacks are running at their highest level since the U.S. invasion, officials said Monday.French President Nicolas Sarkozy said he was adding 150 …

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• 26 August

  Iran to Start Production of Smart Bombs Tomorrow

  Iran said that it has developed a new 900-kilogram (2,000-pound) smart bomb and that it will start industrial-scale production of the bomb on Sunday.

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• 26 August

  Saeqeh Fighter Jet to Join Iranian Air Force Fleet Soon

  Given the successful flight of the Iran-made Azarakhsh fighter jet, the second generation of this fighter, called Saeqeh (Thunder blot) will soon start flying across the Iranian sky, Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar said.

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• 26 August

  Iran Ready to Provide Facilities for Foreign Investors

  Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki voiced Tehran’s preparedness to provide facilities for foreign investors willing to conduct activity in the Iranian tourism sector.

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• 26 August

  Iran Striving to Release Imam Musa Sadr

  Iran is striving to find and release Imam Musa Sadr, said a member of the directing board of the Lebanese Amal movement, who took Libyan government responsible for the abduction of Sadr in 1979.

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• 26 August

  President Highlights Iran’s Tourism Potentials

  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called on officials to provide the required facilities and possibilities for hosting foreign tourists, saying that all the world nations are keen on visiting Iran.

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