May 1, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Eight people were killed and 20 injured when a bus carrying Canadian, Italian, Russian and Ukrainian tourists overturned and caught fire in Egypt’s Sinai peninsula on Thursday, police sources said.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- An earthquake measuring 4.7 on the Richter scale jolted three towns in Lorestan province, western Iran, injuring over 100 people.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran has presented representatives of natural gas-exporting countries with proposals aimed at turning an existing informal forum into an OPEC-like structure.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iran’s president that there will be continuity in Russia’s relations with Tehran, a senior Russian official was quoted as saying.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian government’s economic committee which draws up monetary policies has called for keeping bank lending rates at 12 percent.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- A Canadian pro-Israeli group was forced to withdraw its application to attend the United Nations conference on racism after repeated objections by Iran.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran had totally removed US dollars in the country’s oil transactions, an Oil Ministry official said on Wednesday.
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May 1, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Iran, Iran News, Kavkaz, Kavkaz News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Authorities in Azerbaijan are still demanding more complete documentation before they will release a consignment of Russian equipment destined for an Iranian nuclear power plant under construction at Bushehr.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran and India will soon sign a new Memorandum of Understanding on tourism and start a cultural exchange program in a bid to boost people to people contacts between the two nations.
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May 1, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said Wednesday that international sanctions have done little to stop Iran’s progress and growth, reiterating that the country turns threats into opportunities.
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