January, 2007

• 15 January

  Larijani in Saudi Arabia

  RIYADH (AP) — The top Iranian national security official visited the king of Saudi Arabia to discuss Iran’s contentious nuclear programme on Sunday, a day before US secretary of state arrives in the kingdom.

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• 15 January

  AU in Somalia to plan peace force, gov’t hunts arms

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — African Union officials arrived in Somalia to finalise plans for a peacekeeping force as government troops searched for weapons in the latest push to bring back order after weeks of war, an official said on Sunday.

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• 15 January

  6 Islamists arrested in Cairo

  CAIRO (AP) — Police on Sunday arrested six prominent members of the Muslim Brotherhood, including two leaders and four top businessmen, in separate dawn raids across the country, police and the Islamic opposition group said.

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• 15 January

  Ahmadinejad in Caracas on an anti-US tour

  CARACAS (AFP) — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeking support among Washington’s critics, arrived here Saturday for talks with his ideological “brother” President Hugo Chavez in a decidedly anti-US Latin American tour.

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• 15 January

  Egypt, Saudi Arabia warn reconciliation in Iraq crucial for new strategy

  CAIRO (AP) — Reconciliation and national unity in Iraq are necessary for the success of US President George W. Bush’s new strategy for the war-torn country, Egypt and Saudi Arabia warned.

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• 14 January

  DM Meets Sudanese Counterpart

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Mostafa Mohammad Najjar in a meeting with his Sudanese counterpart here on Saturday stressed that withdrawal of the US occupying forces is the only way to restore peace and stability in the region.

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• 14 January

  Envoy Views Vetoed UNSC Resolution as New Failure of US

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s accredited ambassador to Myanmar Mohsen Pak Ayeen said that the double veto of the US proposed draft UN Security Council resolution by Russia and China is viewed as a fresh failure for Washington’s foreign policy.

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• 14 January

  Iranian Mission Blasts West’s Unfair Interaction with Tehran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian embassy in London in an open letter published on January 12, has protested at the western countries’ wrong and unfair treatment of Iran’s nuclear issue.

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• 14 January

  Iran’s Kidnapped Diplomats still in Detention

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The five Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped during a raid by the US troops on Iranian consulate general in the northern Iraqi city of Erbil are still incarcerated and diplomatic efforts by the Iranian and Iraqi officials have not yet turned any fruits, an informed source …

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• 14 January

  Iran Demands Halt of US Adventurism in Iraq

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki in a phone contact with his Iraqi counterpart Hoshyar Zebari on Friday called for an immediate stop of the United States’ adventurism and illegal measures in Iraq.

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