Eurasia Press & News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez stressed that the ideals of the Islamic Revolution have undoubtedly had influence in widening public participation in the presidential elections of that country.
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December, 2006
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5 December
Parliament Shortens Ahmadinejad’s Term
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Iranian parliament voted to unite the presidential elections with the upcoming parliamentary ones.
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5 December
Iran won’t Bow to Pressure on N. Issue
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani said on Tuesday Tehran would not bow to pressure to give up its right to nuclear technology.
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5 December
Six-Party Iran Talks in Paris on Tuesday
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Officials from six world powers meet in Paris on Tuesday seeking progress towards ending a deadlock that has held up agreement over a sanctions resolution on Iran’s nuclear program.
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5 December
Azeri DM Pays Tribute to Late Imam Khomeini
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Visiting Azeri Defense Industry Minister Yavar Jamalov here on Monday paid tribute to the Father of the Islamic Revolution, the late Imam Khomeini.
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5 December
Iran, Malaysia to Form Joint Commission on Women
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran and Malaysia are set to form a joint commission for cooperation on women and family affairs, chairman of the Iranian parliament’s Women’s Fraction said.
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5 December
4 dead as US helicopter crashes into Iraqi lake
BAGHDAD (AFP) — Thirteen US troops died in Iraq over the weekend including four killed when a military helicopter made an “emergency landing” in the restive west of the country, the US military said Monday.
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5 December
Controversial Bolton to end UN tenure
UNITED NATIONS — US Ambassador John Bolton has pushed President George W. Bush’s global agenda with a lawyer’s drive during his 16 months at the United Nations — not a diplomat’s finesse which has upset some ambassadors and UN officials.
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5 December
Israel kills activist, arrests 17 in West Bank
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli army killed a Palestinian and arrested 17 fighters Monday in raids across the West Bank, despite a decision by the military to scale back such operations in order to bolster a shaky truce with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.
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5 December
Lebanese army increases forces in tense capital
BEIRUT (Reuters) — Lebanon’s army deployed more soldiers in Beirut on Monday after the killing of a pro-Syrian Shiite demonstrator raised fears anti-government protests could turn into sectarian violence.
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