December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The effort to sanction Iran in the UN Security Council was meant to showcase international unity against Tehran’s nuclear programs.
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December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- The Security Council postponed voting Friday on a resolution aimed at halting Iran’s nuclear program, after Russia objected that the document restricted legitimate business activities.
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December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed that nothing would stop Iran pushing ahead with its nuclear program, as world powers prepared to vote Friday on sanctions against Tehran.
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December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Swiss deputy Foreign Minister Michael Ambol reiterated the need for the settlement of Iran’s nuclear case through negotiations.
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December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- In accordance with its 25-year-long gas contract with Iran, Turkey is not at all authorized to re-export Iran’s natural gas to any other country, Oil Minister Seyed Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said here on Saturday.
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December 24, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
RAMALLAH (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday announced new presidential and parliament elections to end an increasingly violent standoff with Hamas — a huge gamble that could strengthen the Islamists, drive his people into civil war and further put off peace talks with Israel.
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December 24, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
January 25: In its first electoral outing, Hamas sweeps legislative elections in the Palestinian territories, ending 10 years of Fateh domination
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December 24, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s prime minister reached out to Sunni Arabs at a national reconciliation conference on Saturday, urging Saddam Hussein-era officers to join the new army and urging a review of the ban against members of the former dictator’s ruling party.
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December 24, 2006 Iran, Iran News
TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran said on Saturday turnout was high in elections for local councils and a powerful clerical body, with some initial reports suggesting allies of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad might not have won resounding backing.
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December 24, 2006 Middle Orient, Middle Orient News
NAJAF — Najaf, home to the golden domed shrine of the Imam Ali, is Iraq’s holiest Shiite city and has long lived off a constant flow of pilgrims. Now, with Iraq engulfed in a vicious sectarian war
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