March, 2007

• 23 March

  Police Defuse Bomb at American University of Beirut, Security Officials Say

  Police defused a small bomb at the American University of Beirut on Thursday in what appeared to be the latest of a series of attempts to cause explosions in Lebanon, security officials said.

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• 22 March

  AFGHANISTAN: Record numbers enrol in new school year

  Photo: IRIN Thousands of girls go to school in Kabul KABUL, 21 March 2007 (IRIN) – Schools in Afghanistan will open their doors to more than six million pupils at the start of the new academic year on 24 March – almost double the number of the past five years. …

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• 22 March

  Freed reporter tells of murder

  Freed reporter tells of murder           Mastrogiacomo was met by his wife and children at Ciampino airport in Rome [AFP] Daniele Mastrogiacomo, the Italian journalist freed on Monday after being held captive by the Taliban in Afghanistan, has described how he was forced to watch his chauffeur …

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• 22 March

  Supreme Leader Names 1386, Year of National Unity, Islamic Solidarity

  In a message on the occasion of the new Iranian year 1386, the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Khamenei named the new Iranian year 1386, the year of national unity and Islamic solidarity.

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• 22 March

  Najjar Wishes Afghan, Tajik, Azeri Defense Ministers Happy New Year

  Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar Conveyed Separate Messages to the Defense Ministers of Afghanistan, Azerbaijan and Tajikistan wishing them happy Norooz (new year).

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• 22 March

  Armenian Nation Will Not Forget Iran’s Assistances

  President of Armenia Robert Kocharian stressed the point that the Armenian nation will not forget the assistances that the Islamic Republic of Iran provided to the Armenian nation during the hard times experienced by the Armenian nation.

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• 22 March

  Iran-Armenia Cooperation Serves Interests of Both Nations

  Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the ceremonies marking inauguration of the pipeline project for the transfer of Iran’s natural gas to Armenia reiterated that Iran-Armenia joint projects reinvigorate friendship bonds between the two nations and cause expansion of mutual cooperation to the interest of the two nations as well as …

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• 22 March

  Iran, Iranians Enjoy a High Status with World Nations

   In his message on the occasion of the new Iranian year 1386, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad wished the Iranians a happy new year and reiterated that today Iran and Iranians are known in the world as symbols of ethics, faith, purity, culture, affection, unity and might.

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• 22 March

  Hosseini Tash Denies New York Times News on Bushehr Power Plant

  Undersecretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council rejected New York Times’ news alleging that the Russian officials have made supply of nuclear fuel requirements of Bushehr power plant conditional on the suspension of enrichment activities.

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• 21 March

  india funds new power projects in Afghanistan

  ndia is funding the construction and reconstruction of various power projects in Afghanistan. Some of these are: Construction of 220kV double circuit transmission line of 202 km from Pul-e-Khumri to Kabul and a 220/110/20kV substation in Kabul, Afghanistan, at an estimated cost of Rs 478 crore. It involves the construction …

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