August, 2007

• 5 August

  Turkish Company Looking for Iran Gas Deal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A major Turkish oil distributor says it has reached a joint venture deal to bid for oil and gas exploration contracts in Iran.

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• 5 August

  Iran to Build Oil Refinery, Chemical Plant in Senegal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran will build an oil refinery and petrochemical plant in Senegal and speed up plans to construct a car factory there, the West African country’s government said in a statement published on Friday.

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• 5 August

  Iraqi PM Set to Visit Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit Turkey to discuss Ankara’s mounting concern about Kurdish separatism next week and then continue to Iran for security talks, an official said.

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• 5 August

  US Seeks Hegemony over Middle-East

   TEHERAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the US for its plan to increase weapons sales to several Arab countries and step up military aid to Israel, saying Washington was trying to impose its dominance on the Middle East.

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• 5 August

  US Playing a Suspicious Game in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- US is projecting the responsibility of its failures on other actors in a bid to hide its actual intentions and policies on Iraq, an informed source said, viewing the United States’ instrumental approach towards Iraq’s issues as a suspicious game.

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• 4 August

  353 U.S. military deaths in Central Asia

  As of Friday, Aug. 3, 2007, at least 353 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures July 28, 2007.

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• 4 August

  Taliban wants neutral venue for hostage talks

  Afghanistan’s Taliban was holding out for a neutral venue for talks with South Korea over the fate of 21 hostages they are threatening to kill.

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• 3 August

  South Korea tells Taliban it has limited influence

  SEOUL (Reuters) – The South Korean government has told Taliban insurgents holding 21 Koreans there is a limit to what it can do to resolve the hostage standoff that has stretched into a third week, an official said on Friday.

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• 3 August

  Taliban offer Kabul talks on hostages

  GHAZNI, Afghanistan – The Taliban sought guarantees of safety from the U.N. mission in Afghanistan for possible hostage talks with South Korean officials in government-controlled territory, a purported spokesman for the militants said Friday.

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• 3 August

  Bosnian Serb Tolimir refuses to attend Hague session on his health

  Retired Bosnian Serb General Zdravko Tolimir, who was recently captured and sent to The Hague war crimes tribunal for alleged involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, refused to attend a court session Wednesday (August 1st) regarding his health, claiming he was “in excellent condition”.

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