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Afghanistan’s Taliban said Saturday it has freed two women among 21 South Korean hostages captured more than three weeks ago by the hardline militia. Two spokesman for the insurgents said both women were ill and had been freed unconditionally as a “gesture of goodwill,” just hours after the conclusion of …
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11 August
Conflicting claims on Taliban-held Korean hostages
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s Taliban said on Saturday they had freed two female South Korean hostages, but local and national government officials said they had no knowledge of such a release. “Today at 6.30 pm (1330 GMT), we released two of the female Korean hostages who were seriously ill, …
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11 August
Leader Terms Unity of Iraqi People a Religious Necessity
Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei viewed deployment of occupying troops as the most important problem of Iraq, and further called on Iraqi Sunnis, Shiites, Arabs and Kurds to show enhanced unity and Solidarity.
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11 August
Iraqi PM Pleased with Iran Visit
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki described the results of his visit to Iran as excellent.
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11 August
Quake Hits Northeastern Iran
An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Bojnourd in the northeastern Iranian province of Northern Khorassan.
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11 August
Iraq Calls for Iran’s Aid in Campaign against Terrorism
Iraq is still in need of Iran’s humanitarian aids to fight against terrorism, Iraqi government spokesman stressed on Thursday.
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11 August
Rafsanjani: US in Desperate Need of Iran’s Assistance
Tehran’s provisional Friday Prayers leader Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said the United States’ efforts to get rid of its humiliating situation in Iraq and Afghanistan would lead to nowhere unless it revises its wrong policies and attracts Iran’s positive view and assistance.
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11 August
Iran Calls on US to Make Up for Mistakes
During the trilateral talks, the United States accepted its errors in Iraq and it should now make up for them, Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq and head of the Iranian delegation in talks with the US over Iraq said.
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11 August
Iran, Iraq to Sign Pipeline Deal
Iran and Iraq will sign a deal in the next few days to build a pipeline that would transfer crude from southern Iraqi oilfields to refineries in Iran, a senior Iranian official said yesterday.
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11 August
Official Dismisses US Allegations about Iran’s Intervention in Iraq
Iran’s envoy at a conference on Iraq security in the Syrian capital denied accusations by the United States that Teheran is fueling Iraq’s violence.
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