December, 2006

• 27 December

  Sudan leader backs Darfur plan but concerns remain

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — Sudanese President Omar  Bashir has told the United Nations he endorses a plan for a joint African Union-UN peacekeeping force to help quell violence and protect civilians in Darfur.

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• 27 December

  US Court Postpones Hearing on Iranian Artifacts

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The US court due to verify the case with a large number of Iranian clay tablets entrusted to Chicago University late December postponed the session to 25 days later.

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• 27 December

  UNSC Resolution 1737 Defective, Unjustifiable

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Since referral of Iran’s case to the UNSC lacked legality from the onset, Iran perceives no reason to accept the UN Security Council Resolution 1737, an Iranian MP said here on Tuesday.

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• 27 December

  Oil Rallies as Iran Stresses N. Progress

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Crude oil rose after Iran, the Middle East’s second-largest exporter, said it will pursue nuclear research.

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• 27 December

  Iraq President Protests US Arrest of Iran Diplomats

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iraq’s president on Monday protested the arrest by US forces in Iraq of two Iranian diplomats who had been invited to Iraq by Talabani.

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• 24 December

  Muslim Scholars Capable of Standing Up to Bullying Powers

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Science Minister Mohammad Mehdi Zahedi stressed that Muslim scientists and scholars can easily stand up to those powers which bully the

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• 24 December

  Parliament Speaker Warns West against Punitive Measures

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Gholam Ali Haddad Adel warned here on Saturday that in case the UN Security Council embarks on issuing a resolution against Iran

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• 24 December

  Rafsanjani Condoles Turkmen Nation

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Expediency Council chairman Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani extended his condolences to the Turkmen nation and government on the demise of that country’s President Saparmurat Niyazov.

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• 24 December

  Iran Football Federation Transitory Board Set Up

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- FIFA officially informed the Islamic Republic of Iran Football Federation (IRIFF) on December 19 2006 that the suspension imposed on the federation on 23 November 2006 had been lifted.

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• 24 December

  Iran Talks Highlight US-Russia Rift

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The effort to sanction Iran in the UN Security Council was meant to showcase international unity against Tehran’s nuclear programs.

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