October, 2006

• 15 October

  70th Annual Meeting of IAU Board of Directors Kicks off in China

  IAU is an affiliate of UNESCO, which was established in 1950 and aims to develop the scientific and cultural exchanges among the world universities. The IAU board of directors convenes once a year at one of the member universities to compile new rules and regulations to develop relations among the …

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• 15 October

  North Korea’s N. Test a Reaction to Violation of NPT

  Speaking to FNA here on Sunday, Mahmoud Mehdi Soltani said attention must be paid to the very fact that the nuclear test carried out by North Korea is a domestic issue of that country, the correctness or incorrectness of which should be viewed under the national authority and sovereignty of …

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• 15 October

  Iran not Bound by a Limited Geography

  Speaking to FNA here on Sunday, Mostafa Mosleh-zadeh said Iran is seeking to remove the existing injustice and lack of balance within the international system. He further called on the 57 Islamic states as well as the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to initiate a strategic change through informing the world public …

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• 15 October

  Dissolving Palestinian Government-Elect a Political Coup

  Speaking in a press conference, Musa Abu Marzouq said Abu Mazen is entitled and authorized to do so, “but once such a measure is adopted, Palestine will have to face tensions and chaos.” The Palestinian leader, meantime, stressed that Hamas does not reserve the right to recognize the Zionist regime, …

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• 15 October

  Iran Exports $575m Worth of Goods to Iraq

  Deputy director of Iran’s Trade Development Organization Ali Houshmandi Maneshi said Iran is always prepared to boost the volume of its trade exchanges and export of technical and engineering services to Iraq. He also called on the different Iranian governmental and private sectors, institutions and associations involved in the export …

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• 15 October

  Security Council imposes sanctions on North Korea

  UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) — The UN Security Council voted unanimously on Saturday to impose financial and weapons sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test, which the resolution called a “clear threat to international peace and security”. The US-drafted resolution allows nations to stop cargo going to and from North …

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• 15 October

  Bush shifts justification for war

  WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush keeps revising his explanation for why the US is in Iraq, moving from narrow military objectives at first to history-of-civilisation stakes now. Initially, the rationale was specific: To stop Saddam Hussein from using what Bush claimed were the Iraqi leader’s weapons of mass destruction …

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• 15 October

  Israel kills 8 Gaza fighters

  ISRAELI TROOPS KILLED eight Palestinian fighters in clashes in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, including seven from the Hamas group, amid a surge in violence in the coastal territory. In the past three days, 21 Palestinians have been killed in fighting in Gaza, the majority of them fighters, and two …

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• 15 October

  Iraqi gov’t pledges action to stanch violence as 15 die in attacks

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Shiite-dominated interior ministry, whose police forces have been accused of complicity in the sectarian attacks wracking the country, will change top commanders and has already fired 3,000 employees accused of corruption or rights abuses, a spokesman said Saturday. Thousands have died this year in the cycle …

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• 15 October

  Sudan signs peace deal with eastern rebels

  KHARTOUM (AP) — The Sudanese government signed a peace deal Saturday in Eritera with a group of rebels from the mountains of eastern Sudan ending a deadly strife that has been overshadowed by the conflict in Darfur. “I tell you that we will abide by this agreement,” Sudanese President Omar …

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