Eurasia Press & News

UNITED NATIONS — UN chief Kofi Annan said most Middle East leaders he recently conferred with considered the Iraq war “a real disaster,” but felt the United States should not pullout just yet.

BEIRUT — A month after a UN resolution halted fighting between Israel and Hizbollah, the ceasefire appeared strong Thursday with Israeli troops continuing to withdraw from south Lebanon and UN peacekeepers fanning out across the war-ravaged region.

RAMALLAH — No mobile phones, no international calls, no fuel coupons and no “excessive” hospitality for senior employees. Hamas is tightening the purse strings.

WASHINGTON — If there ever was a question that the Bush administration and the Israeli government are of one mind on Mideast peacemaking and Iran’s nuclear programmes it is fading during talks Israel’s foreign minister is holding here.

ANKARA — The decision by northern Iraq’s Kurdish leaders to ban the national flag and hoist their own has increased disquiet in Turkey about the prospect of a de facto Kurdish statelet on its doorstep, diplomats and analysts here say.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Romania’s plenipotentiary trade representative to Tehran said that Iran enjoys high economic potentials, adding that utilization of these potentials requires better identification of opportunities and connection with global economy.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that his country may not change its nuclear stances, but meantime said that Tehran is interested in attending talks.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Parliament Speaker said that the Untied States is always seeking different excuses in order to oppose Iran, adding that the new excuse of the US has now happened to be Tehran’s access to nuclear technology.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that he will talk to reporters about Iran’s nuclear stances within the next two days.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iran’s first Vice-President Parviz Dawoodi stated during his second round of talks with the Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki here on Wednesday that enemies of Iraq are seeking to destabilize that country and undermine the popular pillars of the Iraqi government.