August 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News
KOHAT, Pakistan – A suicide bomber tried to force his vehicle into a Pakistani military camp in the northwest on Friday but was blown up when soldiers opened fire on him, a day after dozens of people were killed in violence across the region
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August 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
Criticism by the G7 group of nations of Russia’s actions in Georgia is biased and groundless, Russian officials say.
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August 29, 2008 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
A Bosnian-born man has pleaded not guilty in Norway’s first war crimes trial since the end of World War II.
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August 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
Iraq’s influential Shia cleric, Moqtada Sadr, has indefinitely extended a ceasefire being observed by members of his Mehdi Army militia.
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August 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
A Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire has had to make an emergency landing in the south of the country.Â
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August 29, 2008 Magreb, Magreb News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
Egypt has urged Israel to stop making threats against Lebanon, its foreign minister said on a visit to Beirut.
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August 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Two consecutive earthquakes measuring 5.7 and 3.5 on the Richter scale jolted the city of Dehloran in Iran’s western province of Ilam.
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August 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian and Turkish education ministers met here in Tehran on Wednesday in a bid to improve ties and enhance mutual cooperation in the field of culture and education.
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August 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran is to start construction on four 1 million barrel oil storage tanks in Kharg Island next month as part of a long term strategy to double the country’s crude reserves.
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August 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized Israel for not pursuing peaceful dialogue to resolve regional disputes and said it only understands the language of gun.
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