March 23, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- India will soon start negotiations with Iran and Pakistan on the Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline. The negotiations will resume after the formation of the new government in Pakistan, said Murli Deora, New Delhi’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas.
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March 23, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
Two soldiers with the US-led coalition were killed in southern Afghanistan when their vehicle struck a mine planted on a busy road, the force announced.
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March 23, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
LONDON, March 22 (Xinhua) — French President Nicolas Sarkozy is expected to inform British Prime Minister Gordon Brown next week of France’s plan to send some 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, reported the Times on Saturday.
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March 22, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – About one thousand people protested in central Amsterdam on Saturday against right-wing lawmaker Geert Wilders and the imminent release of his film expected to be critical of the Koran.
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March 22, 2008 Balkan News, Balkans, Eurasia, Eurasia News
BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbia has proposed a plan for the “functional division of Serbs and Kosovo Albanians” in Kosovo, Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic was quoted on Saturday as saying.
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March 22, 2008 Eurasia, Eurasia News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) – More than 100 Kurdish demonstrators and 10 policemen were injured and more than 160 Kurds detained across southeastern Turkey on Saturday when police broke up spring festival celebrations, security sources said.
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March 22, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
SANAA (Reuters) – Reconciliation talks between Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas hinge on Hamas’ response to a proposal about the future of the Gaza Strip, the Yemeni foreign minister said on Saturday.
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March 22, 2008 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News, Palestina, Palestina News
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) – Egypt held talks on Saturday with representatives of Hamas and Islamic Jihad from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, part of a push for a truce between the militant groups and Israel, officials said.
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March 22, 2008 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
SHAJOY, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Afghan police backed by U.S. troops killed three Taliban fighters and captured three more in a 40-minute gun battle in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, a Reuters witness said.
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March 21, 2008 Iran, Iran News, Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran laid out a Haft Seen in the depths of the breathtaking turquoise waters of the Persian Gulf on the occasion of the Iranian New Year.
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