December, 2006

• 5 December

  Parliament Shortens Ahmadinejad’s Term

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iranian parliament voted to unite the presidential elections with the upcoming parliamentary ones.

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• 5 December

  Iran won’t Bow to Pressure on N. Issue

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Tuesday Tehran would not bow to pressure to give up its right to nuclear technology.

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• 5 December

  Six-Party Iran Talks in Paris on Tuesday

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Officials from six world powers meet in Paris on Tuesday seeking progress towards ending a deadlock that has held up agreement over a sanctions resolution on Iran’s nuclear program.

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• 5 December

  Azeri DM Pays Tribute to Late Imam Khomeini

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Visiting Azeri Defense Industry Minister Yavar Jamalov here on Monday paid tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini.

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• 5 December

  Iran, Malaysia to Form Joint Commission on Women

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Malaysia are set to form a joint commission for cooperation on women and family affairs, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Women’s Fraction said.

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• 5 December

  4 dead as US helicopter crashes into Iraqi lake

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — Thirteen US troops died in Iraq over the weekend including four killed when a military helicopter made an “emergency landing” in the restive west of the country, the US military said Monday.

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• 5 December

  Controversial Bolton to end UN tenure

  UNITED NATIONS — US Ambassador John Bolton has pushed President George W. Bush’s global agenda with a lawyer’s drive during his 16 months at the United Nations — not a diplomat’s finesse which has upset some ambassadors and UN officials.

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• 5 December

  Israel kills activist, arrests 17 in West Bank

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army killed a Palestinian and arrested 17 fighters Monday in raids across the West Bank, despite a decision by the military to scale back such operations in order to bolster a shaky truce with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

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• 5 December

  Lebanese army increases forces in tense capital

  BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon’s army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shiite demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.

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• 5 December

  Saddam trial witness phase wraps up

  BAGHDAD (AFP) — The genocide trial of Saddam Hussein heard its penultimate witness Monday in a sign it will soon concentrate on documents allegedly linking former Iraqi authorities to the 1988 massacres of Kurds.

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