Eurasia Press & News

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – An explosion in the Kosovo town of Mitrovica wounded three U.N. police officers and two NATO soldiers during heavy clashes on Monday with Serb protesters, Kosovo police said. A police statement said the wounded personnel were being evacuated.

GENEVA (Reuters) – Five years after the United States led an invasion of Iraq, millions of people there are still deprived of clean water and medical care, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Monday.

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) – Serbs attacked a U.N. convoy carrying Serb detainees from a raid in Kosovo on Monday, enabling several detainees to escape, a Reuters witness said.

TEHRAN (Reuters) – Twenty-two students were killed when their bus crashed with a fuel tanker and burst into flames in Iran’s southwest, Iranian media said on Sunday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad conferred with Switzerland’s visiting Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey about bilateral relations and cooperation as well as other issues of mutual interest in a meeting here in Tehran on Monday.

TEHRAN (FNA)- Although winter is gone and the lush green Jungles, meadows, plains and lakes in different parts of the country are now ready to witness a return of the birds, these beautiful, but delicate, creatures of the God seemingly like to stay in the warm waters of the Persian …

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has called for Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras to become more active in its oil sector.

TEHRAN (FNA)- National Taiwan University Professor Wu Chung-chih has won the 21st Khwarizmi International Award (KIA) for Science and Technology from Iran for his study of organic light-emitting devices (OLEDs) and technologies, making him the first Taiwanese ever to receive the award.

TEHRAN (FNA)- EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said Sunday that he hoped to meet Iran’s top nuclear negotiator within the next three months.

TEHRAN (FNA)- The Iraqi deputy prime minister has called Iran an important neighbor and stressed his country’s willingness to strengthen bilateral ties.