January 30, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
OTTAWA (AFP) — Canada’s military in Afghanistan has been taking fewer prisoners and releasing them quicker after it stopped turning them over to Afghan authorities following torture allegations, The Globe and Mail said.
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January 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD – The new commander of American forces in Baghdad plans to increase the number of local garrisons across the Iraqi capital even as U.S. troop levels drop in the coming months.
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January 29, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
ISTANBUL – Police detained a Turkish Airlines employee on Tuesday after he released a woman he had been holding hostage with a gun at the company’s headquarters, a company spokeswoman told Reuters.
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January 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
MOSCOW – Europe’s election watchdog complained on Tuesday of “serious restrictions” in the invitation it has received to monitor Russia’s March 2 presidential poll.
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January 29, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News
PENZA, Russia – Who looks like President Vladimir Putin, speaks and moves like Putin — but is not the man himself? Step forward Dmitry Medvedev, Putin’s chosen successor for the top Kremlin job.
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January 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Tehran has responded to all questions about its nuclear program, Iranian foreign ministry spokesman announced on Tuesday, reiterating that transparency of his country’s nuclear activities has been approved by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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January 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale jolted Anbar Abad in Iran’s southeastern province of Kerman Tuesday morning.
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January 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Indonesia have established cooperation in development of capital markets in the two countries.
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January 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Since the beginning of the year [Iranian year started 20 March 2007] more than 2.99m tons of petrochemical products have been exported from the oil-rich Khuzestan Province.
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January 29, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA) – Iran and Malaysia have identified four areas of collaboration in the agriculture sector namely, research and development, improvement in crop production, husbandry and fishing.
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