Iran

June 9, 2003

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Iran acknowledged Sunday that it failed to inform United Nations authorities that it had imported a small quantity of uranium 12 years ago, however sa

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Iranian police have destroyed 9,200 bottles of foreign-made alcohol seized from a speedboat smuggling the illegal produce across the Gulf, according t

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Government officials in Mauritania have said that an attempted coup that started early on Sunday has been defeated.

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Gulf Air will commence flights to Borg Al-Arab in Alexandria, Egypt and to Mashad in Iran, for the summer season, stated a press release.   “Between 18 June – 14 September, 2003, we will be flying our

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The Kuwaiti authorities have intensified their campaign against companies and people trading or using illegal software. The Ministry of Information recently carried out a raid on four companies and se

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Saudi Telecom Company’s monopoly over Very Small Aperture Terminal services will end in 2003, as four VSAT licenses will be awarded this year. Twenty-seven companies have been pre-qualified for the te

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Canada’s Zarcan International Resources reduced its spending on projects in Iran by 49 percent in the first quarter of 2003. The company recorded a working capital deficit of $1,55 million and a long-

June 8, 2003

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The use of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons is "haram," (forbidden by Islam), Iran's Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said Sunday.

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Saddam Hussein's intelligence agencies managed a network of secret cells that executed chemical and biological research but produced no weapons, <i>Th

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United States Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security John Bolton traveled to Israel during the weekend for unannounced me

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President of the French Business Group (FBG), Christian Laine, has said that political and economic relations between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and France are exceptionally warm and will continue

June 7, 2003

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UN inspectors arrived in Tehran Saturday, a day after the UN nuclear watchdog claimed Iran had failed to respect its nuclear safeguards agreement.

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An American soldier was killed and four others injured Saturday in an attack near Tikrit north of Baghdad, a military statement said. It was at least

June 6, 2003

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The U.N. nuclear agency said Friday that Iran failed to honor promises made under an agreement to safeguard nuclear material, a diplomat said.

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A small team of U.N. nuclear experts arrived in Baghdad on Friday to start a damage assessment at Iraq's biggest nuclear facility, left unguarded by A