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Iran ready to hit back at the USA with terrorism
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PRAVDA
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Iranian President Mohammad Khatami left for the republic of Kazakhstan after the summit of the Caspian countries In Ashkhabad. Khatami and his
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Iran's Khatami blasts U.S. over oil
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Reuters
Almaty, Iran -- Iranian President Mohammad Khatami hit out at U.S. military presence in oil-rich ex-Soviet Central Asia on Wednesday and called on growing regional energy power Kazakhstan to export crude through its territory.
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Iran marks US debacle to rescue hostages
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IRNA
Yazd -- Three thousand Iranians Thursday stormed the
desert of Tabas, 240 km from this central city, to mark an abortive
American commando operation to airlift 52 US hostages from its embassy
in Tehran.
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Western Afghan warlord feels change
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The Associated Press
Herat, Afghanistan -- There is nothing modest about warlord Ismail Khan.
He calls himself the emir of western Afghanistan and takes credit for helping win the Cold War. His minions call Khan ``his excellency.''
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Southwestern Afghan governor calls on Iran to boost trade
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BBC Monitoring Service
In the southeast of the country [Iran], the governor of Afghanistan's [southwestern] Nimroz Province has called for trade between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Province [of Nimroz] to be extended.
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Inquiry hits gas project in Iran
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Financial Times
Akbar Torkan, head of Iran's Petro Pars, said yesterday that a judicial inquiry had damaged the company's ability to raise Dollars 2bn to finance its
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Public executions lead to clashes in south Tehran
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Daneshjoo
Violent clashes took place, between angry crowd and the Islamic republic Security forces, in the poor suburb of "Khavaran" located in south of Tehran.
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Judge issues dlrs 307 million claim against Iran in '85 hijacking
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The Associated Press
Virginia Beach, Virginia - A federal judge has returned a dlrs 307 million judgment against Iran in a suit filed by six military men held hostage during a 1985 plane hijacking.
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Russia moots new Caspian share-out
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BBC
Russia could seek to divide out the Caspian Sea's oil and gas riches in a series of bilateral deals if an overall settlement proves elusive, President Vladimir Putin has said.
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Tohid Iranian edge out Iranian school in final
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Gulf News
Tohid Iranian School overcame Adab Iranian School 4-2 in the final of the Samsung UAE Inter-school football championship, held at Al Nasr football stadium yesterday.
The tournament was contested by 24 schools and co-sponsored by Gulf News, Microsoft, Al Ain Diary, Florida Blue Bird, Nike Sun and Sports and Cadbury.
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Pumping up the pressure
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The Guardian
Is Saudi Arabia willing to play the "oil card"? On Wednesday, the day before his summit meeting with President Bush, Crown Prince Abdullah made it known that the Saudi royal family could no longer rule out using oil as a weapon if the US did not moderate its support for Israeli military policies. Saudi Arabia's leader is worried that an absolute refusal to consider using oil as a bargaining ploy could play into the ... more
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Russia continues manufacture of turbines for Iran, China
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BBC Monitoring Service
Moscow -- The Leningradskiy Metallicheskiy Zavod incorporated in the Silovyye Mashiny (Power Machinery) concern has manufactured basic parts for the 1,000 MW turbine to be installed in the Bushehr nuclear power station in Iran. The turbine will be tested soon, the plant's press service reports.
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Jihad, a state of mind, writes M.J. Akbar
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The Indian Express
In his new book, veteran journalist M.J. Akbar writes the fire of Islamic fundamentalism is fuelled by a perception of injustice and exploitation by the West and organisations like the Taliban and al-Qaeda can survive without a government or even a country for their recruitment is done in the mind.
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CIA warns of Chinese plans for cyber-attacks on U.S.
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LA Times
Washington -- U.S. intelligence officials believe the Chinese military is working to launch wide-scale cyber-attacks on American and Taiwanese computer networks, including Internet-linked military systems considered vulnerable to sabotage, according to a classified CIA report.
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Bush's unhappy warriors
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Townhall
Washington -- The signal has spread through the Pentagon: on to Baghdad to get rid of Saddam Hussein, probably in September when the weather should be fine and the U.S. high-tech arsenal will be replenished. That's what Defense Department policymakers plan, but their cheers are balanced by apprehension among civilian and military career officials.
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U.S. postpones conference on post-Saddam Iraq
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IWON
Washington -- The State Department, thwarted by opposition in Congress to its Iraq policy, has postponed plans to hold a conference of Iraqi experts on the country's future after President Saddam Hussein.
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There is good news on press freedom
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The International Herald Tribune
Last year, 37 journalists were killed because of their work, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists, up from 24 in 2000. Most were reporting on sensitive subjects like official crime and corruption.
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Bush needs the Left to retain his global power
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The Times
If 2002 turns out to be the year when European politics moves its centre of gravity from Left to Right — as Sunday’s French and German elections strongly suggested — there are going to be some unexpected losers. Among the most surprising of these will be George W. Bush and the American Right.
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