March, 2007

• 3 March

  Heads of Persian Gulf Littoral States Due in Tehran

  Heads of several Persian Gulf littoral states are scheduled to arrive here in Tehran in the near future to confer with senior Iranian officials about issues of the region, world of Islam and the international community.

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• 3 March

  Quake Hits Tehran

  An earthquake measuring 3.2 on the Richter scale jolted Shar-e Rey in the vicinity of Iran’s capital city of Tehran on Friday.

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• 3 March

  Jordan’s king: Israel must choose `fortress’ or peace

  Jordan’s King Abdullah II said Friday that Israel must choose between the mentality of “Israel the fortress” or “peace and security with its neighbors.”

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• 3 March

  New Israeli raid targets Nablus

  Israeli forces have wounded at least two Palestinians in a fresh raid in the West Bank city of Nablus, Palestinian sources say.

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• 3 March

  Palestinian People’s Party to join unity gov’t

  The Palestinian People’s Party on Saturday announced its initial acceptance to join a national unity government that is expected to be ready in a week.

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• 3 March

  2 bomb attacks hit police in Baghdad

  A police commando member was killed and four policemen wounded in two bomb attacks in Baghdadon Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.

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• 3 March

  Spokesman: Iran studying U.S. proposals for talks on Iraq

  Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said on Saturday that Iran is studying U.S. proposals for talks on Iraq.

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• 3 March

  Hamas submits ministerial names to Palestinian PM

  Hamas gave Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh its list of nominees for ministerial posts in a national unity cabinet on Saturday, but a source in the Islamist movement declined to reveal the names.

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• 3 March

  U.S. Congress’ Iraq struggle evokes Vietnam years

   A large portrait of Mike Mansfield, dogged Democratic foe of the Vietnam war, hangs near the U.S. Senate chamber where a new generation of Democrats is trying to stop another unpopular conflict — in Iraq.

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• 3 March

  Iraqi Air Force shows off rebuilt Huey helicopters

  Iraq’s Air Force should have 50 to 60 helicopters by the end of the year, including 28 new Russian aircraft, Iraq’s defence minister said on Saturday as he inspected two refitted Vietnam-era Huey helicopters in Baghdad.

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