Eurasia Press & News

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Prime Minister Ehud Olmert met Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday, hoping to cap his scandal-plagued leadership of Israel with a document of peace understandings within the next two weeks, officials said.

TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) – Four Turkish security personnel and two Kurdish separatists were killed early on Sunday after rebels launched a rocket attack on a military station in eastern Turkey, a security source told Reuters.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s presidential election next week will be a three-way tussle between the country’s main parties after the Election Commission on Saturday issued a final list of candidates.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistani Taliban will continue attacks during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, rejecting a government announcement it would halt military actions in the northwest, a Taliban spokesman said on Sunday.

UK prime minister Gordon Brown has said Nato and the EU must reassess their relations with the Kremlin to prevent further “Russian aggression”.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran’s oil minister suggested on Sunday crude at $100 a barrel was the lowest appropriate level but said factors like the approaching cold season would push up demand and prices.

TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior military commander warned on Saturday that any attack on Iran would start a new world war.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran broke ground Thursday on the construction of its 150,000 barrel a day Anahita refinery in western Kermanshah province, the Oil Ministry said Saturday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Bolivian President Evo Morales praised Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s philosophy of Islamic socialism on Saturday, the start of a two-day visit which is expected to focus on increased energy cooperation.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Azerbaijan started to export its oil to the world’s markets through Iran last week, adding that the country is delivering 5,000 to 10,000 bpd of crude oil to Iran’s Caspian port of Neka, an Iranian oil ministry official said.