January 14, 2008 Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
According to a source in the headquarters of the Caucasian Front of the Armed Forces of the Caucasus Emirate, on the night of 5 Muharram 1429 (12 January 2008), a special group of the Mujahideen carried out a special operation aimed at liquidating Patrushev, the ringleader of the Lubyanka-based FSB …
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January 13, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
RAMALLAH, West Bank – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the most serious peace talks in seven years would begin on Monday and must tackle all of the most sensitive issues including Jerusalem without delay.
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January 13, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News
TBILISI – Around 35,000 people protested in the Georgian capital on Sunday against a presidential election they say leader Mikhail Saakashvili rigged.
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January 13, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – Taliban guerrillas killed 10 policemen on Sunday in a raid in southern Afghanistan, provincial officials said.
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January 13, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
The soldiers were killed in separate incidents on Saturday in the Deh Rawod area of southern Afghanistan and two Afghan soldiers also died in the fighting, Defense Chief of Staff Dick Berlijn said in a statement.
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January 13, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
KABUL – Male tailors in an Afghan province have been barred from measuring female clients for fittings following a new local ruling that resembles the restrictions the ultra-conservative Taliban imposed on the country when in power.
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January 13, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization Gholam Reza Aghazadeh here Sunday said that Tehran’s nuclear issue is in final stages and would soon be resolved.
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January 13, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Political Advisor to Iraq’s most influential Shiite politician Sunday dismissed reports by certain media about an impending collective resignation by Iraqi president, prime minister and foreign minister, and described such rumors as ridiculous.
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January 13, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) A member of the US national fencing team dismissed West’s negative propaganda about Iran, stressing that he and his teammates would never visit Iran for a second time if they observed any hostility instead of hospitality in the attitude of the Iranian people or government.
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January 13, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) Kenya’s ambassador to Iran underlined the need for the two countries’ universities to develop Islamic and cultural relations.
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