December 31, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Iraqi officials backed away on Thursday from suggestions they would hang Saddam Hussein within a month, amid speculation the government is divided over whether to execute the ousted leader quickly.
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December 31, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (Reuters) — Former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein is due to be hanged within weeks but the government has given few details of how, when and where it will hang him.
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December 31, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) — President George W. Bush met with top advisers at his Texas ranch on Thursday to hash out a new Iraq strategy that he plans to unveil next month to an American public weary of the war.
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December 30, 2006 Iran, Iran News
BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator who spent his last years in captivity after his ruthless regime was toppled by the U.S.-led coalition in 2003, was hanged before dawn Saturday for crimes committed in a brutal crackdown during his reign. The execution took place shortly after …
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) Secretary Ali Larijani Wednesday appointed a committee to examine restricting Iran’s ties with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- President Ahmadinejad’s letter to the pope is a non-political message stressing the establishment of new relations in the international arena
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian and Chinese officials here on Wednesday signed an agreement to facilitate tour packages to Iran for the Chinese nationals.
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Deputy Foreign Minister for Consulate and Parliamentary Affairs Hamid Reza Asefi described the UN Security Council Resolution 1737 on Iran’s nuclear activities as an illegal
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki left Tehran for the Vatican on Wednesday to convey President Ahmadinejad’s message to the world Catholic Church leader Pope Benedict XVI.
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December 27, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- A parliament approval here on Wednesday urged the Iranian government to reconsider its cooperation and relations with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
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