January, 2007

• 22 January

  Kenya sends 30 suspects to Somalia

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Kenya has sent about 30 prisoners shackled hand-and-foot on a plane to Somalia after arresting them near the border on suspicion of belonging to an ousted Islamist movement, their representatives said on Sunday.

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• 22 January

  Envoy cites ‘quiet war’ between Chad, Sudan

  N’DJAMENA (AFP) — A “quiet war” is under way between Chad and Sudan fuelled by instability in the western Sudanese region of Darfur, a special US envoy said here Saturday.

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• 21 January

  20.01.2007 – Eurasian Security Services Daily Review

  REVIEW TOPICS: Scotland Yard to not publicise Heathrow cameras’ pics of man they believe poisoned Litvinenko Litvinenko’s film-maker friend fears returning to Russia Finnish politicians sign open letter worried about Russian ex-security officer Trepashkin

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• 21 January

  Iran, Sri Lanka to Boost Economic Cooperation

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Sri Lanka are due to consolidate bilateral ties in the cooperative sector through enhancement of cooperation between the two countries’ private sectors.

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• 21 January

  Envoy Terms West’s Sanctions on Iran a Futile Measure

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Ambassador to Thailand Mohsen Pak-Ayeen said in Bangkok on Saturday that sanctions imposed on Iran by a UN Security Council resolution will bear no fruit.

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• 21 January

  Iran Sends Envoy to Erbil to Discuss Fate of Diplomats

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An informed source in Iraq’s northern city of Erbil said that Iran’s Ambassador to Iraq will leave Baghdad for Erbil Saturday afternoon to pursue the case with the Iranian diplomats kidnapped by the US forces during a raid on the Iranian consulate general in Erbil.

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• 21 January

  IAEA Aids to Iran Continue

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aids to Iran have not been discontinued, an informed source said, adding that the IAEA Board of Governors will decide about the issue only after the Agency’s Director General, Mohammad ElBaradei, presents its report.

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• 21 January

  Iran Calls for Release of Diplomats in Occupied Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran has accused the United States of kidnapping five of its citizens who were working as consular officials in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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• 21 January

  Iran to Complain to UN over Arrests in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran said it would soon lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council about the kidnapping of five Iranians diplomats by the US troops during a raid on Iranian consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil.

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• 21 January

  Iranian Bid-Boland 2 Refinery Project Begins

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The construction of the Bid-Boland 2 Refinery kicked off through an amending contract signed with two Iranian consortiums.

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