May, 2006

• 17 May

  Syrian-Iranian Relations are Good, Sheikh Khomeini Says

  Tehran, Iran, SANA Grandson of Imam Khomeini in Iran Sheikh Sayyed Hasan al-Khomeini described Thursday relations between Iran and Syria as good, expressing hope that these relations will be continued during the current conditions.

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• 15 May

  Ahmadinejad’s Epistle to Bush Heralds New Era of Politico-Spiritual Thinking

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A European Islamic thinker, Leonardo Aladdin Clerici, says the central message of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s historic epistle to US President George W. Bush is that Iran’s Islamic policy in the Middle East and in the world is a warranty of peace and stability for the …

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• 15 May

  CNN Admits Muslim Leaders’ Support for Iran’s Nuclear Program

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The US CNN TV Network has admitted the support voiced by leaders of Muslim nations towards Iran’s nuclear program. According to a CNN report, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in his recent visit to Indonesia gained the support of Muslim leaders concerning Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.

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• 15 May

  UN Chief Begins Asian Tour

  TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has arrived in South Korea on the first leg of a five-nation Asian tour that will also take him to Japan, China, Thailand and Vietnam. Annan was hoping to ease regional tensions in Asia where divisions over its bitter past have …

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• 15 May

  Iran to reject EU offer to end atomic work

  TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran said on Sunday it would reject any demand to stop what it calls peaceful nuclear work, a day before Europe’s foreign ministers discuss incentives and penalties designed to rein in Tehran’s atomic ambitions.

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• 15 May

  Palestinians married to Israelis lose residency battle

  OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Israel’s high court on Sunday narrowly upheld a law that denies Israeli residency to many Palestinians who marry Israelis, rejecting appeals against a statute critics condemned as a violation of human rights.

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• 15 May

  Darfur rebel resists pressure to join peace deal

  ABUJA (Reuters) — A rebel leader from Sudan’s Darfur region has rebuffed the latest proposals from African Union (AU) mediators for him to join a peace deal despite intense pressure by diplomats desperate to gain wider support for the accord.

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• 15 May

  Nuclear scientist seen as Iraqs oil minister

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Nuclear scientist Hussain Al Shahristani, a Shiite Islamist dissident once jailed by Saddam Hussein, seems increasingly likely to be Iraq’s next oil minister, leading negotiators said on Sunday.

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• 15 May

  Israeli troops kill 6 Palestinians

  Abbas in Moscow to meet with Putin, tries to build up diplomatic pressure against any unilateral moves by Tel Aviv   JENIN (AFP) — Two leaders of the movement Islamic Jihad were among six Palestinians killed by Israeli troops Sunday during an eruption of violence in the northern West Bank.

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• 15 May

  41 die in Iraq attacks

  BAGHDAD (AP) — A string of deadly attacks ripped through the Iraqi capital on Sunday, killing at least 26 people and wounding nearly 70, police said. Six small Shiite shrines also were damaged in a series of blasts around the Baqouba, a mixed Sunni Arab-Shiite region where sectarian tensions are …

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