September, 2006

• 26 September

  Iran-Azerbaijan Friendship Group Starts Work

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran-Azerbaijan friendship association officially started its work as of today. The association is said to pursue different goals, particularly development of relations and utilization of the two countries’ potentials. Member of Iran-Azerbaijan Association Mir-Qasem Mo’meni told FNA that given the significance of the Republic of Azerbaijan …

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• 26 September

  France: Solana, Iran Have Weeks to Agree on Talks

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- France said on Sunday that EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and Iran had weeks rather than months to agree an agenda for talks about Tehran’s nuclear program.

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• 26 September

  800,000 Foreigners Working Illegally in Iran

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Some 800,000 foreigners are working in Iran illegally. An Iran Daily report on Monday said that

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• 26 September

  Iran Able to Launch Power Plant without Russians

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (IAEO) Gholam-Reza Aghazadeh said that Iranians can complete Bushehr power plant and put it into operation without any need to Russian experts.

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• 26 September

  Abbas calls off talks with Hamas on unity gov’t

  RAMALLAH —  In a deepening of the political tension between Fateh and Hamas, a senior aide to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday said Abbas would not travel to Gaza Tuesday for a planned resumption of negotiations to form a Palestinian unity government.

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• 26 September

  Pope assures Muslims of respect, dialogue

  CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Seeking to end anger in the Islamic world caused by his remarks on holy war, Pope Benedict XVI told Muslim ambassadors Monday that the two faiths must overcome any historic enmities and together reject violence — saying the future of humanity is at stake.

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• 26 September

  Somali Islamists open fire on port seizure protest

  KISMAYO, Somalia (AFP) — Muslim gunmen opened fire Monday on crowds protesting the overnight Islamist takeover of Somalia’s key port of Kismayo, with conflicting reports of casualties.

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• 26 September

  AU to increase Darfur troops to 11,000

  ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) — The African Union will add 4,000 troops to its extended Darfur peacekeeping mission, bringing the number of police and soldiers in western Sudan to 11,000, a spokesman for the AU said on Monday.

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• 26 September

  French hostages in Yemen freed

  SANAA (AFP) — Four French nationals kidnapped by Yemeni tribesmen two weeks ago have been freed and are well, state-owned news agency Saba said Monday.

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• 26 September

  Morocco socialists broaden base ahead of polls

  RABAT (Reuters) — Morocco’s once secretive socialists have launched a mass membership drive to boost their chances at polls next year in which their message of secular modernity faces a challenge from resurgent Islamists.

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