August, 2006

• 24 August

  Comunicat de Presa al Ambasadei Republicii Islamice Iran la BucureÅŸti privid conflictul dintre compania iraniana si cea romaneasca

  Din nefericire, ieri am fost martorii publicării si difuzării de către diverse    surse    mass    media    a   unor   informaÅ£ii   unilaterale    si neadevarate   referitoare   la   atacul   forÅ£elor   iraniene   asupra   unei platforme petroliere romaneÅŸti aflata in Golful Persic. Åžtirile apărute in presa nu au avut alt scop decit crearea unei atmosfere tensionate, distrugerea …

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• 24 August

  IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE ALMIGHTY

  DezminÅ£irea Ambasadei Republicii Islamice Iran in legătura cu folosirea forÅ£ei armate impotriva platformei petroliere “Orizont” In vederea clarificării opiniei publice din România cu privire la divergentele apărute intre compania iraniana si cea romanesca, E.S. Dl. Aii Akbar Farazi, Ambasador al Republicii Islamice Iran la BucureÅŸti a susÅ£inut ieri, 23 august …

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• 24 August

  Syria, Israel in showdown over UN force mandate

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria hotly opposed deployment of an international force along its border to prevent arms shipments to Hizbollah, and Israel on Wednesday called the situation in Lebanon “explosive”, as the ceasefire was shaken by artillery shells and explosions that killed three Lebanese soldiers and an Israeli.

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• 24 August

  Saddam’s trial adjourned until September 11

  BAGHDAD (AP) — Kurds on Wednesday told of entire families killed in chemical weapons attacks against their villages in the 1980s, saying survivors plunged their faces into milk to end the pain from the blinding gas or fled into the hills on mules as military helicopters fired on them.

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• 24 August

  Unknown group claims Gaza kidnapping of Fox journalists

  Two Western journalists kidnapped in Gaza earlier this month were shown in footage released yesterday by a previously unknown group calling themselves the Holy Jihad Brigades.

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• 24 August

  US says Iran nuclear response fell short of Security Council’s demand

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States said on Wednesday that Iran’s request for talks fell short of the UN Security Council’s demand for it to halt its nuclear programme.

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• 24 August

  Assad says UN troops on border with Lebanon ‘hostile’ move

  BEIRUT (AP) — Syria’s President Bashar Assad was quoted in a TV interview Wednesday as saying that he would consider the deployment of international troops along the Lebanon-Syria border a hostile move towards his country.

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• 24 August

  Lebanese oil slick hits ancient Phoenician port

  BYBLOS — The Lebanese port of Byblos has survived the Romans, the Crusades and the armies of Alexander the Great but now it faces a 21st century menace, brought to its shores on a tide of war — oil pollution.

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• 24 August

  Somalia’s main seaport reopens after 11 years

  MOGADISHU (AP) — The seaport in the Somali capital reopened Wednesday for the first time in 11 years, the latest sign that the city’s rulers are trying to restore confidence after more than a decade of anarchy.

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• 23 August

  Video. Mujahideen Attacks in Chechnya

  As reported earlier, a diversion group of  Chechen Mujahideen carried out a successful attack in the area of village Prigorodnoye at 11 am on August 16, blowing up in a directional explosion of a landmine a kafirs\’ military truck. The Mujahideen know for certain that 4 Russians were wounded. No …

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