Eurasia Press & News
BEIRUT — Lebanese opposition protesters led by Shiite group Hizbollah are digging in for the winter and vowing not to quit their central Beirut encampment until the Western-backed government falls.
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December, 2006
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24 December
Bahrain’s main Shiite party boycotts parliament
MANAMA (AP) — Bahrain’s main Shiite opposition party boycotted the king’s inauguration of parliament Friday, protesting what it called the “marginalisation” of the country’s Shiite majority.
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24 December
Somali MP, Islamists sign deal
MOGADISHU (AP) — A Somali lawmaker bypassed the government and signed an agreement Saturday to end hostilities with the country’s powerful Islamic Courts, a symbolic gesture that is unlikely to have any real effect.
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24 December
Rice plans to boost funding for Abbas forces
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Friday she would ask the US Congress for tens of millions of dollars to strengthen the security forces of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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23 December
Pakistani FM Meets Iranian MP
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Visiting Pakistani Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri met with chairman of Iran-Pakistan parliamentary friendship group Ali Aghayee here on Thursday.
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23 December
Pakistan Stresses Peaceful Solution of Iran’s N. Case
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Pakistani Foreign Minister Mian Khurshid Mahmood Kasuri stressed Iran’s right to access and use peaceful nuclear technology, and further reiterated that Tehran’s nuclear issue should be resolved through peaceful means.
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23 December
High Turnout Illustrates Iranians’ Loyalty to Islamic Republic
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran’s Interim Friday Prayers leader Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said here on Friday that massive participation of the Iranians in elections proved their loyalty to Islam, the Supreme Leader and the Islamic Republic.
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23 December
UNSC Resolution Incapable of Pressurizing Iran
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani stressed here on Thursday that the likely UNSC resolution on Iran’s nuclear activities would be incapable of exerting any pressure on the Islamic Republic.
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23 December
Iran, Pakistan Stress Anti-Drug Campaign
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Chairman of the Iranian parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission and Pakistani foreign minister underlined the need for intense efforts to fight cultivation and trafficking of illicit drugs.
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23 December
Iran, Switzerland discuss regional, int’l issues
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Europe and American Affairs Saeed Jalili met with Swiss Vice-President and Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey in Bern on Thursday.
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