December, 2006

• 1 December

  Bosnian Paper Apologizes to Iranians for Unintentional Insult

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Editor-in-chief of Bosnia’s ‘Slobodna Bosna’ apologized to the Iranian nation for his weekly’s insult to the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the late Imam Khomeini, and described it as an unintentional mistake.

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• 1 December

  Iran, Sweden Stress Expansion of Parliamentary Ties

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Tehran and Stockholm reiterated the need for the development of their parliamentary relations here on Tuesday.

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• 1 December

  Mottaki Meets Iraqi President

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met with the visiting Iraqi President Jalal Talabani here on Tuesday.

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• 1 December

  EC recommends partial suspension of Turkish accession talks

  The European Commission (EC) recommended on Wednesday (November 29th) a partial suspension of Turkey’s EU membership talks, over the country’s refusal to open its ports and airports to ships and planes from Cyprus.

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• 1 December

  Quake Hits Central Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- An earthquake measuring 3.6 on the Richter scale jolted Firouz Abad in Iran’s central province of Fars Wednesday morning.

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• 1 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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• 1 December

  Ahmadinejad to Address a Letter to Americans Today

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is due to convey a five-page message to the American nation on Wednesday.

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• 1 December

  Tender announced for third mobile operator in Macedonia

  Nine foreign and four domestic telecom companies have expressed interest in becoming Macedonia’s third mobile operator. The tender was announced late last month, and bids will be accepted through January 12th. By July 2007, the company is expected to be up and running.

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• 1 December

  Iran, Iraq Ink 2 Agreements

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Senior Iranian and Iraqi officials signed two cooperation agreements and Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) at the end of the two-day visit to Tehran by President Jalal Talabani.

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• 1 December

  Balkan News

  Pope Benedict XVI, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I meet in Istanbul 30/11/2006 ISTANBUL, Turkey — The process of dialogue between the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches was the focus of a closed-door meeting between Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I and visiting Pope Benedict XVI in Istanbul on Wednesday (November 29th). They also …

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