With less than a week to go before Lebanon’s parliament convenes again to elect a president, all indicators are that the session is doomed to fail or will be cancelled for lack of consensus among the country’s feuding political factions.
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October, 2007
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17 October
Iran, Russia warn outside countries against using Caspian territories for military action
Russia, Iran and other Caspian Sea countries strongly warned outside nations on Tuesday against using their territories for launching military action, but they failed to reach an agreement on ways to divide the sea’s vast energy resources.
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17 October
Syrian leader visits Ankara
Syrian President Bashar Assad arrived here Tuesday for a four-day visit to discuss regional issues and bilateral ties, Anatolia news agency reported.
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17 October
Putin Raises Special View in Meeting with Iran’s Supreme Leader
Iran’s top nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has raised a very specific view in his Tuesday meeting with Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei.
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17 October
Bandits Change Place of Japanese Hostage
A senior Iranian law enforcement official said that the Japanese student abducted in Iran’s Kerman province several days ago has been taken to the border province of Sistan and Balouchestan.
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17 October
IRGC Ground Force Equipped with Smart Ammunition
Commander of the artillery and missile unit of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) ground force said that his troops are using smart ammunition.
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17 October
Iran Has Different Agendas on Table to Defend Itself
Iran said on Wednesday that it has and will take the needed options to defend itself against western powers, particularly the US.
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17 October
South Pars Phase 6 Ready for Operation
Iran’s caretaker Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari here Wednesday said that phase 6 of Iran’s South Pars Oil and Gas field is now ready to go into operation.
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17 October
Quake Hits Southern Iran
An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale jolted the town of Mohr in Iran’s southern province of Fars on Wednesday.
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17 October
FM Due to Visit Afghanistan This Week
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is due to Leave Tehran for Herat, Afghanistan late this week to attend the 17th ministerial meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO).
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