Eurasia Press & News

While having substantially declined since1998, the level of poverty among children in Southeast Europe (SEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is still too high, according to a new UNICEF study, released on Wednesday (October 18th).

UN envoy says Kosovo process on track to meet year-end deadline 19/10/2006 BRUSSELS, Belgium — Martti Ahtisaari, the chief UN mediator for talks on Kosovo’s future status, told reporters Wednesday (October 18th) that he would present his plan for the future of the province by the end of the year, …

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Seyed Mohammad Ali Hoseini stressed the fact that Zionists’ brutal crimes against Palestinian citizens have placed the world public opinion in great pain and agony.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a cabinet meeting here on Wednesday that the World Qods Day is the best opportunity for the world nations, specially Iranian people, to state their views about global issues.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Morocco’s Parliament Speaker said that the West today is invading not just Muslim territories in Iraq, Lebanon and Afghanistan, but Islamic beliefs as well.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Representative of the Parliament at the IPU summit reiterated the peaceful nature and transparency of Iran’s nuclear programs and said that all the nuclear activities of his country are in conformity with the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) provisions and regulations.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Secretary General of Iran’s anti-drug headquarters said Tehran’s efforts and consultations convinced Afghanistan to close down the council which aimed to legalize opium poppy cultivation in that country.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Defense Ministry in a statement on Wednesday described the World Qods Day as a display of the Muslims’ resolve to fight against oppression and to put an end to occupation.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Parliament’s Vice Speaker said that the Iranian and Palestinian revolutions are identical and interrelated.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The two blasts which scared many to death this morning were both caused by a landmine diffusion operation in a field in the vicinity of Khorramshahr, a city official said.