Eurasia Press & News
LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan – A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a mosque in southern Afghanistan on Thursday killing a deputy provincial governor and at least five other people, officials said.
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31 January
FACTBOX: Tadic, Nikolic face off in Serbia president vote
Serbia’s pro-Western President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that is seen as a referendum on the nation’s future.
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31 January
FACTBOX: Profile of Serbia, torn between East and West
SERBIA – Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that will decide Serbia’s attitude to the West after the imminent loss of breakaway Kosovo province.
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Afghans protest against death sentence for reporter
KABUL – Around 200 Afghans demonstrated in the capital Kabul on Thursday against the death sentence passed against a reporter convicted of blasphemy.
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31 January
Abbas sets conditions for Gaza talks with Hamas
CAIRO – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas rejected demands on Wednesday by Hamas rivals for control of the breached Gaza-Egypt border and told the Islamist group to “end its coup in Gaza”.
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31 January
Iraq has million-woman social time-bomb
BAGHDADÂ – Every week, letters from Iraqi widows spill across Samira al-Moussawi’s desk. One wrote to ask whether she should spend what scant money she gets on her infant or on school books for her older son.
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Suicide bomber kills one, wounds four in Kabul
KABUL – A suicide bomber targeted an Afghan army bus in the centre of Kabul on Thursday, causing numerous casualties, officials said.
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31 January
Iran Vows to Defend Persian Gulf Security against Threats
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed on Thursday that Tehran would not allow any trans-regional power to endanger security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran Preparing for N. Energy Production
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that Tehran is close to its target of producing nuclear energy.
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31 January
Iran Pledges Support for Construction of Industrial Park in Sri Lanka
TEHRAN (FNA) – A visiting Iranian delegation said in a meeting with Sri Lanka’s Minister of Urban and Sacred Area Development Dinesh Gunawardene on Wednesday that Tehran would assist Colombo in constructing industrial parks.
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