Iran welcomes foreign investment in oil, gas (New Kerala)
Tehran, Oct 12: Iran is seeking foreign investment in a big way for development of the country's oil and gas deposits to ensure its energy security from big power monopoly and regional conflicts, claiming it is the safest route for oil transport.
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Leading Iran reformist to run in 2009 presidency vote (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
A leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term.
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Four Kurdish rebels killed in Iran: report (AFP via Yahoo! News)
Four Kurdish rebels have been killed in clashes with members of the Islamist volunteer Basij militia in a village in Kordestan province in western Iran, the state news agency IRNA reported on Saturday.
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Report: Iran has two conditions for talks with U.S. (People's Daily)
Iran's president media consultant Mehdi Kalhor said here Saturday that Iran has two conditions for talks with the United States, the official IRNA news agency reported. "If the United States does not move out of the middle east and the U.S. government does not give up its support for the Zionist regime, we do not think the talks between Iran and the United States would be advisable," Kalhor ...
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Iran: nuclear negotiations with West not standstill (People's Daily)
Iranian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani said here on Saturday that Iran doesn't think nuclear negotiations with the West have reached a standstill and an appropriate solution is still possible if the West would alter some of its behaviors, the official IRNA news agency reported. Larijani made the comment in a meeting with a French parliamentary delegation after the issuance of the 4th ...
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Iran's government fails to end bazaar tax strike (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
TEHRAN, Oct 12 (Reuters) - A week-long strike against a new value added tax (VAT) appeared to be spreading in Tehran's bazaar on Sunday, even though the Iranian government suspended the measure for two months, witnesses said on Sunday.
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Iran says ready to answer 'valid' questions on nuclear program (Russian Information Agency Novosti)
TEHRAN, October 11 (RIA Novosti) - Iran's Atomic Energy Organization said Saturday it was ready to answer any questions the UN nuclear watchdog had about the Iranian nuclear program, the Islamic Republic News Agency reported.
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Iran's official news agency says OPEC members are discussing holding an emergency meeting in November over the decline ... (INO News)
(AP:TEHRAN, Iran) Iran's official news agency says OPEC members are discussing holding an emergency meeting in November over the decline in oil prices.
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Bush faces tough issues in last 100 days (MSNBC)
So how will it end? President George W. Bush is down to his final 100 days in office as of Sunday. Don't expect a quiet fade into the Texas night.
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Russia fudges pledge not to sell S-300s to Iran (UPI)
By MARTIN SIEFF UPI Senior News Analyst WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- The good news for Israel is that its outgoing Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has won assurances from Russia that it isn't going to sell advanced anti-aircraft and anti-missile systems to Iran.
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