February 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- As part of an exchange in traditional sports between Iran and Indonesia, two experts in zurkhaneh visited Jakarta to introduce the sport to Indonesians.
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February 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hosseini said Security Council resolutions on Iran are in violation of the UN Charter.
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February 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- A visiting senior official of Iran on Thursday condemned sectarian disagreements in the Middle East and expressed its rejection to sedition between Sunnis and Shiites.
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February 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran plans to conduct training exercises to increase the country’s response under emergency conditions in the advent of an oil spill.
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February 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar stressed on Thursday that Tehran would not allow any trans-regional power to endanger security of the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
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February 1, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan – A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander believed responsible for attacks on U.S. forces and the brazen bombing during a visit last year by Vice President Dick Cheney to Afghanistan, a U.S. official said …
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February 1, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL, Afghanistan – Two deadly bombings in Afghanistan yesterday underscored the difficulties in combating the tactics of the Taliban insurgency, a campaign now increasingly using suicide bombers moving through cities in search of vulnerable targets. more stories like this * 3 civilians killed in Afghan bombings * British soldier killed …
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January 31, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
ISTANBUL – At least 20 people were killed and 117 were injured on Thursday when an explosion ripped through an Istanbul building that housed an illegal fireworks factory, the city governor’s office said.
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January 31, 2008 Balkan News, Balkans
BELGRADEÂ – Pro-Western Serbian President Boris Tadic faces nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic on Sunday in an election that will decide Serbia’s attitude to the West after the imminent loss of breakaway Kosovo province.
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January 31, 2008 Balkan News, Balkans
SARAJEVO – The European Union’s double standards towards Serbia are causing frustration and distrust of the bloc in Bosnia, and could undercut support for much-needed reforms there, Bosnian media and analysts said on Thursday.
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