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- Suspected US drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan
Suspected US drone attack kills 5 in Pakistan MIRANSHAH, PAKISTAN Saturday, September 6, 2008 THREE children and two women were killed when missiles fired by a suspected unmanned US aircraft hit a Pakistani tribal village yesterday in the third such
- Iranian president meets China's Hu
Beijing: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad met with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing on Saturday, amid tensions over Tehran's nuclear work. Ahmadinejad arrived in the Chinese capital for a one-day visit to attend the opening ceremony of the
- Suicide Bomber Kills 6
The attack, which also wounded a lawyer, occurred in the town of Zaranj, on the border with Iran. 
- Iran not to expel registered Afghan refugees: UNHCR chief
TEHRAN: The United Nations refugee chief said on Saturday that Iran was committed not to expel more than one million registered Afghan refugees. 'Iran is committed not to expel registered Afghans,' UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres told
- Iran and Egypt meet to discuss trade
balance MNN reported that the Islamic Republic and Egypt held a meeting here on Tuesday to discuss the balance of trade between the 2 countries. Announcing this, head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran's Trade Balance Committee added that the
- Cheney to Peres: Russia supplies weapons to terrorists
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney met with President Shimon Peres on the sidelines of the Ambrosetti forum on the edge of Italy's Lake Como on Saturday, telling the Israeli leader that Russia is selling arms to Damascus and Iran with the clear knowledge
- Commitment to rebuild Afghanistan key to return of refugees
Print version TEHRAN, Sept. 6 (MNA) ? A top Iranian Foreign Ministry official said on Saturday that a ?commitment to international obligations? in rebuilding Afghanistan will encourage the Afghan refugees to return to their country. ?A timely
- Albania holds Sweden to 0-0 draw in WCup qualifier
TIRANA, Albania: The Swedes dominated possession and chances but couldn't break down the Albanian defense in the Group 1 match. Despite being tightly marked, Sweden forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic hit the post in the 17th minute and then had a shot saved by
- Chinese FM meets Iranian, Micronesian counterparts
BEIJING, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi met with his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki here on Saturday. Yang applauded Iran's support to the Beijing Olympic Games and to the Beijing Paralympics. Mottaki, who came to
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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed westernizing liberal elements. Militant Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. The key current issue is how rapidly the country should open up to the modernizing influences of the outside world.
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