December, 2006

• 31 December

  Mogadishu falls to Ethiopian-backed gov’t troops

  MOGADISHU (Reuters) — Triumphant Somali government forces and their Ethiopian allies marched into Mogadishu on Thursday after Islamist rivals abandoned the war-scarred city they held for six months.

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• 31 December

  UN ‘encouraged’ by Sudan acceptance of joint force

  UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The UN Security Council on Wednesday gave a guarded welcome to Sudanese President Omar Bashir’s readiness to accept the deployment of a joint African Union-UN force in strife-torn Darfur.

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• 31 December

  Bush talks with top advisers on new Iraq strategy

  CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) — President George W.  Bush met with top advisers at his Texas ranch on Thursday to hash out a new Iraq strategy that he plans to unveil next month to an American public weary of the war.

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• 30 December

  Saddam Hussein executed with ‘fear in his face’

  BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign. The execution took place shortly after …

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• 27 December

  Larijani Assigns a Group to Study Restricting Ties with IAEA

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani Wednesday appointed a committee to examine restricting Iran’s ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

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• 27 December

  Ahmadinejad’s Message to Pope

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Ahmadinejad’s letter to the pope is a non-political message stressing the establishment of new relations in the international arena

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• 27 December

  Iran, China Ink Agreement on Tourism

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Chinese officials here on Wednesday signed an agreement to facilitate tour packages to Iran for the Chinese nationals.

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• 27 December

  Deputy FM Views UNSC Resolution on Iran as Illegal

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister for Consulate and Parliamentary Affairs Hamid Reza Asefi described the UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran’s nuclear activities as an illegal

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• 27 December

  FM Conveys Ahmadinejad’s Message to Pope

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran for the Vatican on Wednesday to convey President Ahmadinejad’s message to the world Catholic Church leader Pope Benedict XVI.

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• 27 December

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A parliament approval here on Wednesday urged the Iranian government to reconsider its cooperation and relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

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