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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP) — Beleaguered Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert faced increased criticism and plummeting polls Friday after returning empty-handed from a summit with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.
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January, 2007
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7 January
Experts debate plan to develop jobs programme for Iraqis
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just as debate rages over sending more US troops to Iraq, there are differing views about whether economic incentives such as micro-loans and US-funded jobs programmes would coax fighters to trade guns for tools.
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7 January
Iraqi PM slams critics of Saddam hanging
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki on Saturday threatened to “review†relations with countries which criticised the bungled execution of Saddam Hussein, saying the hanging was an internal matter.
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7 January
Iran reformists slam government’s nuclear policy
TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iranian reformist parliamentarians on Saturday blamed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s government for failing to prevent United Nations sanctions.
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6 January
Iran-Pakistan Ties to Enter a New Stage
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A senior Pakistani lawmaker voiced his country’s support for the construction of Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline, stressing that Tehran-Islamabad cordial ties will enter a new phase following the endorsement of the pipeline construction contract.
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6 January
Official Calls on Iran, West to Keep N. Issue under Control
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A former senior Iranian nuclear negotiator stressed the need for the two parties in Iran’s nuclear standoff to harness the present crisis.
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6 January
China Stresses Iran’s Opposition to N. Proliferation
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chinese Ambassador to Tehran underlined the peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear activities, and further stressed that the Islamic Republic has always been opposed to the proliferation of nuclear arms.
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6 January
Iran to Own 2 Drilling Platforms
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Oriental Oil Kish is due to receive ownership of Fortuna and Orient drilling platforms from the Romanian company GSP, an informed source said here on Saturday.
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6 January
Iran in Talks with India’s Essar on Oil Refinery
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s state oil refining company is in talks with India’s Essar Group to build a new refinery in southern Iran, officials said, part of Tehran’s $18 bln-drive to meet soaring domestic fuel demand.
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6 January
ElBaradei to Report on N. Aid to Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- IAEA chief Mohammed ElBaradei is to report on whether the UN atomic agency should cut down on aid to Iran as part of UN sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program.
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