August 6, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Lebanon will battle it out with Iran for an Olympic berth after they defeated two-time former champions South Korea 76-74 in the Asian men’s basketball championship semi-finals.
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August 6, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega signed a series of accords with Iran on Saturday despite criticism from the United States.
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August 6, 2007 Iran, Iran News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heading a high-ranking delegation, is scheduled to leave Tehran for Algeria on Monday.
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August 5, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News, Afghanistan Press
KABUL (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai headed Sunday for the United States and talks with US counterpart George W. Bush that risk being overshadowed by the Taliban’s detention of 21 South Koreans. Karzai is due to meet Bush at the US presidential retreat of Camp David in Maryland later …
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August 5, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President George W. Bush is to welcome Afghanistan’s leader Hamid Karzai to his Camp David retreat Sunday for talks expected to focus on the Taliban insurgency and mounting civilian casualties. The White House said they would discuss security and the US-led “war on terror” and “review …
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August 5, 2007 Afghanistan, Afghanistan News
GHAZNI, Afghanistan (Reuters) – Taliban insurgents said on Sunday there was still no agreement on where to hold direct talks with South Korean diplomats seeking the release of 21 of their countrymen kidnapped more than two weeks ago. A South Korean delegation was in Ghazni province, southwest of Kabul, where …
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August 5, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to leave Tehran for the Turkmen capital city of Ashgabat on a two-day visit starting on August 14.
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August 5, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Islamic Republic of Iran has exported 23,100 tons of dried tea to various world countries, customs department said.
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August 5, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A major Turkish oil distributor says it has reached a joint venture deal to bid for oil and gas exploration contracts in Iran.
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August 5, 2007 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran will build an oil refinery and petrochemical plant in Senegal and speed up plans to construct a car factory there, the West African country’s government said in a statement published on Friday.
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