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IRAN READY TO SHARE NUKE TECHNOLOGIES WITH MUSLIM STATES - AYATOLLAH ALI HOSEINI-KHAMENEI
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Iran is ready to offer nuclear technologies to other Muslim countries, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Hoseini-Khamenei said at a Tuesday meeting with Sudanese President Umar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir. “Nuclear technologies are an example of Iran’s scientific achievements. We are ready to share the experience and knowledge of our scientists with others,” the Iranian state television quoted Khamenei.IRAN COULD RESPOND TO U.S. OFFENSIVE BY ATTACKING BAKU-CEYHAN PIPELINE — TEHRAN OFFICIAL
By empty (4/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A senior Tehran official accused the United States of using the territory of Iran’s neighbor, Azerbaijan, against the Islamic republic, the Regnum news agency reported. “Reconnaissance units are operating in Azerbaijan, and their activity is directed against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” the Secretary of Iranian Supreme National Security Council Ali Larijani told the Egyptian Al Ahram newspaper. Larijani claimed that U.ARMENIA COMMEMORATES ANNIVERSARY OF 1915 GENOCIDE...
By empty (4/25/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
Hundreds of thousands of people commemorated on April 24 the 91st anniversary of the 1915 genocide of Armenians in Ottoman Turkey, silently converging on the monument to the genocide victims outside Yerevan, RFE/RL\'s Armenian Service reported. Many participants carried Armenian flags and banners denouncing Turkey\'s long-standing claims that the massacres occurred on a much smaller scale and refusal to recognize the atrocities as genocide. The daylong procession began with a prayer service in memory of the dead led by the head of the Armenian Apostolic Church, Catholicos Garegin II, in the presence of President Robert Kocharian, members of his government, and other senior officials.KYRGYZ AUTHORITIES DETAIN, THEN RELEASE, DAUGHTER OF FORMER PRESIDENT
By empty (4/24/2006 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A statement by the Kyrgyz National Security Service on April 24 announced the arrest of Bermet Akaeva, the elder daughter of former Kyrgyz President Askar Akaev. Akaeva was released after several hours of interrogation. National Security Service Deputy Chairman Elmurza Satybaldiev said officers detained Akaeva on the basis of a warrant issued by the Prosecutor-General\'s Office seeking to compel her to testify in the pending criminal case of her husband, Adil Toigonbaev, and her brother, Aidar Akaev, who face charges of corruption and abuse of power.Visit also
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