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Iran to reply to Western nuclear proposal on Friday - Update
Tehran - Iran will reply to the latest incentive package of the United Nations veto powers plus Germany (5+1) on Friday, state television reported. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili told European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran to reply to Western nuclear proposal on Friday
Tehran - Iran will reply to the latest incentive package of the United Nations veto powers plus Germany (5+1) on Friday, state television reported. Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili told European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana in...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Attack on nuclear sites means war, says Iranian commander
Tehran - An Iranian military commander warned Friday that any attacks against Iran's nuclear sites would mean the start of a war, official news agency IRNA reported. Any military action against (nuclear sites in) Iran would mean start of a war and t...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

French rule out speedy solution to Shebaa Farms - report
Beirut - France, in contrast to the US, does not foresee an imminent breakthrough in resolving the issue of claims to the Israeli-occupied Shebaa Farms in southern Lebanon, according to reports Friday. The Lebanese daily As Safir quoted French source...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Confidence and optimism return to Baghdad and Basra - Feature
Baghdad - Six months ago, anyone driving a truck at night on the highway linking Baghdad and Iraq's most southerly city of Basra would have needed nerves of steel, or to have been suicidal. Now, since the offensive that got going last March against S...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Ten killed, 17 injured in gunfight north of Egypt
Cairo - Ten people were killed and 17 wounded Thursday in a gunfight in Benha, 48 kilometers north of the Egyptian capital, a security source said. The source said that the fight started when members ofthe al- Kilani family hired a wanted criminal to...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Three killed, Anbar security handover delayed for third time
Baghdad - Two gunmen and one policeman were killed west of Mosul, while an Anbar province security handover was postponed for the third time, an Iraqi security source said on Thursday. Two gunmen and one policeman were killed when unknown gunmen, in...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran's embassy says its missing diplomats are alive in Israel
Beirut - Iran's embassy in Lebanon said Thursday its four citizens seized in 1982 by a Christian militia in Lebanon are alive and being held in Israel. The embassy made its statement to mark the 26th anniversary of their kidnapping, and said the info...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israel seals Gaza Strip after renewed rocket attack
Tel Aviv - Israel sealed off the Gaza Strip on Thursday evening after a renewed rocket attack on an Israeli target, media reports said. Defence Minister Ehud Barack ordered all crossing points along the Palestinian territory to remain closed on Frida...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Arab artists to end their boycott of Jordan Festival
Amman - The Jordan Artists Association (JAA) Thursday dropped its reservations over the Jordan Festival, giving the green light to Arab artists who had intended to boycott the event to change their mind. After all ambiguities regarding the organizin...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]