December, 2006

• 3 December

  Palestinian Premier Due to Visit Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyah is due to arrive in Tehran within the next few days.

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• 3 December

  Litvinenko’s SVR Poisoner, Igor Vlasov, Named

  UK’s News of the World newspaper claims that they know who poisoned former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, but only print his middle name – Igor “for legal reasons.”   

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• 3 December

  Iranian, Russian Nuclear Chiefs to Attend Talks

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Russia’s Federal Atomic Energy Agency Sergei Kiriyenko is due to attend two rounds of talks with his Iranian counterpart Gholam Reza Aghazadeh during his visit to Tehran in the next two weeks.

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• 3 December

  Revealed: Litvinenko’s Russian ‘blackmail plot’

  The FBI has been dragged into the investigation of Alexander Litvinenko’s death after details emerged that he had planned to make tens of thousands of pounds blackmailing senior Russian spies and business figures. 

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• 3 December

  No Message Conveyed from US to Iran by Talabani

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini stressed that the Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has not conveyed any message from the US during his recent visit to Tehran.

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• 3 December

  Rehn: Croatia likely to join EU before decade’s end

  A day after NATO announced plans to invite Croatia to join it in 2008, the former Yugoslav republic’s EU hopes also received a boost. Speaking on Thursday (November 30th), EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said the country would likely enter the Union before 2010.

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• 3 December

  Six-Party Iran Talks to Be Held Tuesday

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said six-party talks on Iran’s nuclear program would take place on Tuesday, swiftly reversing an earlier statement that the talks had been delayed.

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• 3 December

  Local election fever grips Tirana

  President Alfred Moisiu said on Thursday (November 30th) that he is through waiting for the various political parties to agree on electoral reform and will use his constitutional powers this Saturday to set the date for local elections himself. Sources suggest he will choose either January 20th or 21st.

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• 3 December

  Arab States Stress Peaceful Solution to Iran’s Nuclear Case

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Kuwait’s Minister of Social Affairs and Labor and Deputy Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah al-Khalid al-Hamad Saturday said that the Arab states share the common view that Iran’s nuclear standoff with the West should be settled through peaceful ways.

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• 3 December

  BiH, Montenegro, Serbia to join Partnership for Peace

  Wrapping up a two-day summit in Riga, leaders of the 26 NATO countries invited Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Montenegro and Serbia to join the Partnership for Peace (PfP) programme — a key step towards membership in the Alliance.

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