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FBIS4-13360_0 | Turkish Official Interviewed on Various Issues | BFN [Text] Baghdad, Apr 16, INA--Turkish foreign undersecretary, Mr. Ozdem Sanberk said Iraq and Turkey mapped out a new formula on resuming Iraqi oil flow via the Iraqi-Turkish pipeline over the few next months in a non-violation move of the UN conditions. 'In an exclusive interview to AL-JUMHURIYAH daily published to... |
FBIS4-13361_0 | Official Departs | BFN [Text] Baghdad, 16 Apr (INA) -- Ozdem Sanberk, under secretary of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, left Baghdad today after a three-day visit to Iraq. In a statement to INA, the Turkish official said the talks that he and his delegation held with a number of Iraqi officials were positive and friendly because they were... |
FBIS4-13367_0 | Envoy Comments on Kurdish State, Water Situation | BFN [Text] Ankara, 16 Apr (MENA)--'Abd-al-'Aziz al-Rifa'i, Syrian ambassador to Turkey, has stressed that his country is against the establishment of an independent Kurdish state in northern Iraq, and that Syria will engage in methods other than diplomacy to prevent this from happening. In an interview with a MENA corr... |
FBIS4-13382_0 | Discusses Ties With Foreign Minister | BFN [Text] The speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran, Hojjat ol-Eslam Nateq-Nuri, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs A.C.S. Hameed in Kandy recently. Foreign Minister Hameed recalled that he was the first official to visit Iran after the birth of the Islamic Republic of Iran following the revoluti... |
FBIS4-13395_6 | Al-Majali on al-'Aqabah, Israel, PLO Ties | imposed from above and were isolated from the grassroots. The prime minister continued: Here in Jordan, we are sincerely open toward any kind of relationship with the Palestinian brothers and other Arab brothers in general. We are open to any kind of relationship. We also always seek to have strong relations with our b... |
FBIS4-13422_1 | Daily Criticizes UN, Calls For New `Forum' | form a centre which could really demonstrate the will of the nations. `JOMHURI-YE ESLAMI' in its editorial commented on the siege of Gorazde and criticized the United Nations, the U.S. and the majority of European governments for showing green light to the Serbs. Turning to the developments in Gorazde, the daily said t... |
FBIS4-13429_0 | Khamene'i Reportedly Orders Study of U.S. Relations | BFN [Unattributed report: "Tehran Preparing To Open New Page in Relations With Washington"] [Excerpt] Tehran, London, AL-SHARQ AL-AWSAT -- Despite the severity of the verbal attacks on the United States, the mullahs in Tehran are preparing to make a new attempt to open the door of dialogue with it. Well-informed source... |
FBIS4-13430_0 | Paper Views `Confused' U.S. Military Policies | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 19, IRNA -- The English daily `KAYHAN INTERNATIONAL' in its editorial Tuesday [19 April] said that the U.S. confused military policies show that the U.S. senior officials themselves are foggy about the rules governing eventualities. The paper referred to the downing of two American helicopters ... |
FBIS4-13436_0 | Velayati, Sao Tomean Vice President Discuss Cooperation | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 16, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati said here today that international cooperation among developing countries in an age when different pressure levers are being used against them, could serve as a basis for expansion bilateral ties and cooperation. Velayati, who made the remark in ... |
FBIS4-13437_5 | Larijani Discusses Economy, Palestinians, Hajj | nation's actions proves the great influence of our nation and revolution. The fact that to this day the Palestinian nation has been able to resist the PLO-Israel plot is a great victory for us. What country can counteract a political process that is supported by all the belligerents of the world? This is a great streng... |
FBIS4-13453_0 | Khamene'i Attacks UN for `Hideous Record' on Gorazde | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 20, IRNA -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah 'Ali Khamene'i on Wednesday [20 April] in an unprecedentedly harsh tone attacked the United Nations and its secretary general for their "hideous record" in connection with Gorazde. The supreme leader condemned the U.N. and its secretary gen... |
FBIS4-13468_0 | Iraqi Envoy on Embargo, Other Issues | BFN [Text] Culture and Information Minister Hamid Yusuf Hammadi held a news conference in Khartoum this afternoon. The news conference was attended by chief editors of major Sudanese newspapers, television correspondents, and correspondents of Arab and foreign news agencies. At the outset of the news conference, the mi... |
FBIS4-13516_0 | AFP Reports Progress of Water Talks in Oman | BFN [By Nadim Kawash] [Text] Muscat, April 19 (AFP) -- Delegates on Tuesday [19 April] ended their most successful round of multilateral Middle East negotiations on water, agreeing on five projects to boost scarce supplies and establish Israeli-Arab cooperation. The participants from more than 40 countries and organisa... |
FBIS4-13539_0 | Report on Prison Conditions Released | BFN [Report by Rida Hammad] [Text] The Egyptian Human Rights Organization [EHRO] last Wednesday issued its second report this year. The report revealed numerous violations of the rights of prisoners and detainees in Egyptian jails and noted an alarming increase in these violations compared to previous periods. The repo... |
FBIS4-13544_12 | Khamene'i Gives Speech on Hajj, Bosnia | do; we will do what we have to do, with God's help. What others do with regard to oppressed nations is not our business. Of course, when I say what they do is not our business, I mean that the inaction of others will not stop us. Of course, we will try, just as, thanks to God's help, our government and officials have t... |
FBIS4-13549_0 | Visiting Turkish Official Holds Talks on Ties, Security U.S. Accused of Drug Trafficking | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 20, IRNA -- Chairman of the Security Commission of Iran Gholamhosein Bolandian said at the joint Iran-Turkey security committee here last night that the U.S. and the Zionist regime support terrorist groups and international drug traffickers. He offered documents to the committee in demonstratio... |
FBIS4-13598_0 | Velayati Calls For OIC Emergency Meeting on Gorazde | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 20, IRNA -- Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati has called for an emergency meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) contact group at the United Nations to end massacre of Muslims in Gorazde. Talking to his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ahmad Ali by telephone, Velayati said tha... |
FBIS4-13607_2 | IMF `Huge Gamble' To Save Country Detailed | Islamic Salvation Front (FIS) who do not wish to see their country slide into total anarchy. It may be that the head of state wanted to replace him with a technocrat who carries no political weight and whose job is that of the surgeon, a man who can be disposed of easily if the going gets rough. Mr Mokdad Sifi, who is ... |
FBIS4-13623_9 | Saddam Address Marks Al-Faw Anniversary | not have been shown on television screens as clearly as you experienced it firsthand. A fighter may encounter circumstances in which he laughs and broods alternately. At times, he may be utterly depressed; at other times, he may feel on top of the world. These two states of mind may be experienced in the span of just o... |
FBIS4-13623_14 | Saddam Address Marks Al-Faw Anniversary | to do? When I read the cable, I then reviewed the incident, and I noted that they summoned the ambassador on 14 April and the two planes were downed on 14 April. Therefore, the ambassadors summoned our ambassador pursuant to the instructions of their governments to time an evil act or behavior which we will find out. W... |
FBIS4-13625_1 | Talabani on Paris Talks, Kurdistan Conditions | assured us that France wants Iraq to fully abide by all UN Security Council resolutions, especially Resolution 688 concerning the Kurdish people's rights, and that France will not lift the economic sanction on Iraq unless Iraq abides by all international resolutions and unless it agrees to allow the Kurdish people to e... |
FBIS4-13625_3 | Talabani on Paris Talks, Kurdistan Conditions | Iraqi opposition groups. How do you deal with them? [Talabani] Yes, sir, we in Iraqi Kurdistan have an open, democratic society and we are proud of realizing a model democracy. Everybody enjoys democratic freedoms--the freedom of party work, of the media, and of politics. Because Iraqi Kurdistan is part of the Iraqi st... |
FBIS4-13628_0 | Paper Comments on Recent Downing of U.S. Helicopters | BFN [Text] Baghdad, 21 Apr (INA)--The newspaper AL-QADISIYAH has said that the downing of two U.S. helicopters by U.S. aircraft over northern Iraq has revealed the broad rejection of the U.S. policies of hegemony, violence, and aggression. In an article today entitled "The Downing of the U.S. Helicopters Is First Drops... |
FBIS4-13630_0 | Article Examines Country's Fundamentalist Movement | BFN [Article by Ma'an Mukhawwal: "Why the Fundamentalist Movement is Weak in Morocco"] [Text] The bloody events in Algeria have added other things to Morocco's concerns, such as the possible spread of the conflict to this country. Morocco's official stance has ranged from caution to semi-silence, avoiding any involveme... |
FBIS4-13630_5 | Article Examines Country's Fundamentalist Movement | greatly suited the simple tenets of Moroccan Sufism. 3. The civic code. A collection of laws regulating family relations was passed under the aegis of political authorities wishing to combine Islamic tenets, traditions, and the teachings of Imam Malik [early Muslim legislator] in one body of laws. A committee of ulema,... |
FBIS4-13633_2 | Tarhunah Chemical Weapons Plant Described | was camouflaged by means of a three-way operation: Jowfe contacted APV's Malaysian subsidiary APV Hills and Hills, which passed on the order to its parent company in London. In addition to the equipment, the order included materials for gas production and, in particular, pinacolone alcohol, the basic component for the ... |
FBIS4-13651_0 | Sha'th on Western Failure To Fulfill Aid Pledges | BFN [Excerpt] Cairo, 22 Apr (INA)--Nabil Sha'th, the Palestinian president's adviser, has criticized the evasion by the U.S. Administration and other Western countries of their pledges to extend needed financial aid to the Palestinian self-rule area in Gaza and Jericho. Sha'th told the IRAQI NEWS AGENCY correspondent i... |
FBIS4-13679_0 | U.S. Embassy Blamed for `Blackout' on Muscat Talks | BFN ["Every Day" column by Tariq Masarwah: "Congratulations"] [Text] We would like to congratulate the U.S. Embassy in Amman for being able, over the past 48 hours, to impose a complete media blackout on the stand of the Jordanian observer at the multilateral water talks held in Muscat. The Jordanians did not know what... |
FBIS4-13697_1 | Commentary Notes `Insane' Actions of Saddam Husayn | north, the oil-rich southern areas of Kuwait, or even sensitive regions, including Saudi territory. The first scenario would not prove very beneficial for him, because of the aerial and military protection by the Western countries for the Kurd-inhabited areas. In the event he attacks the southern areas, it is possible ... |
FBIS4-13702_0 | Editorial on `Continued Severance' of Ties With U.S. | BFN [Editorial by 'Ali Feyzi: "A Political Taboo"] [Text] One of the most revolutionary actions after the victory of the Islamic revolution was the severance of relations with the United States. However, the fact is that we have not yet fully realized the importance of this action. What were the intended objectives, im... |
FBIS4-13703_2 | `Hostile' U.S. Policy Said Harming Reconciliation Hopes | consequence of the agreements with these two trading partners, and their confidence in Iran's economic stamina, that other similar agreements with European partners followed. The willingness by Germany and Japan, as leading industrial countries, to grant credits to Iran means that they are wise and pursue independent p... |
FBIS4-13704_0 | Commentary Says U.S. `Disrupting' Security | BFN [Political commentary: "An Address to the U.S. Secretary of State"] [Text] While attending the COCOM [Coordinating Committee for Multilateral Export Controls] session in The Hague to discuss changing the system for controlling military exports, U.S. Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affair... |
FBIS4-13710_0 | Saudi Arabia, U.S. Criticized for Causing `Discord' | BFN [Unattributed commentary: "Saudi Arabia--a Danger-Generating Center in the Persian Gulf"] [Text] The news organizations affiliated with Saudi Arabia have once again postponed any decision to improve relations with Iran and to resolve differences between Abu Dhabi and Iran. These organizations, which are mostly unde... |
FBIS4-13712_0 | Measures To Improve Defense Capabilities Seen | BFN [Editorial: "Arms Self-Sufficiency"] [Text] Since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979, the superpowers have incessantly mobilized all their resources to weaken and eventually, if possible, to help topple the newly-born regime in Iran. At first they used their local agents to disturb the peace and tranquil... |
FBIS4-13731_1 | Paper Examines U.S. Helicopter Incident | of the blockade, which is the best description of the current general trend within the Council, including the position of three permanent member states that requested that the chairman's statement on the Council period meetings include reference to Iraq's cooperation with the world organization. The systematic U.S. cam... |
FBIS4-13841_1 | Emami-Kashani Criticizes UN in Sermon | is lying. It is even withdrawing its forces from Bosnia and such zones as Gorazde. It says it cannot do anything. It is pleading that it is incapable. Whereas when it faced the Iraq-Kuwait problem, it promptly condemned [Iraq] and called on everyone to go to war. It asked for troops and money. On the other hand we saw ... |
FBIS4-13841_2 | Emami-Kashani Criticizes UN in Sermon | being proven across the world. We -- that is the Iranian nation -- realized after the revolution that many things are false, including the United Nations and the Security Council. But there were many who believed that those are true and correct. But what occurred in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Palestine and -- these days --... |
FBIS4-13844_1 | `Superficial' NATO Actions in Bosnia Criticized | A sovereign country such as Bosnia-Herzegovina, a UN member, cannot expect support from the greater powers; it is not in such a position. [passage omitted] Obviously things will continue as they are, as the Serbs will not only continue their aggression, but will also try every means possible to occupy all the Bosnian a... |
FBIS4-13845_0 | Russia's Bosnia Role, Links With Muslim World Viewed | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 24, IRNA -- A morning daily here Sunday [24 April] referred to the role Russia played in the Bosnian tragedy and said if Russia allowed itself to be used as an excuse for Western duplicity in Bosnia, it would damage its "already fragile relation with Muslim countries." "The United States introd... |
FBIS4-13875_5 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 12 Apr | court cases against AL-SHA'B. He maintains that the aim of such interrogations is "to frighten writers and journalists so that they will abandon their campaign against corruption and their exposition of the corrupt." --An approximately 1,300-word article by Muhammad Mutawalli 'Awad on page six maintains that "the vicio... |
FBIS4-13876_4 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 15 Apr | its second conference at the Lawyers Association on 12 April. Addressing the conference, Labor Party's Ibrahim Shukri said "Israel was planted in the region" to break the Arab and Islamic ranks. He reviewed Israel's "belligerent" practices from its destruction of the Iraqi nuclear reactor to its attacks on southern Leb... |
FBIS4-13877_5 | Political Islam Review: AL-SHA'B 19 Apr | inclined toward materialism, and from a religion that revered God and disparaged man to one that glorifies man and disregards God. Mashhur then argues that Islam alone is what rectifies this disorder because it is a religion that does not fight knowledge and culture, but has produced the enormous scientific progress fr... |
FBIS4-13878_4 | Political Islam Review: 'AQIDATI 19 Apr | On women's work, Dr. Haykal says that there is no verse in the Koran that bans women's work, but, he notes, Islam exhorts women to dress and behave decently. Answering a question on the need for the 1 billion Muslim population to have a befitting standing in the world, Dr. Ibrahim al-Matnawi notes that an Islamic awake... |
FBIS4-13886_1 | New `Regional' Intelligence Activities Detailed | and Lebanese authorities and the Syrian Government on the other. Al-Suhayl had enjoyed Jordan's protection since 1970. He left Jordan after receiving murder threats from Iraqi intelligence. The Iraqi Government wanted also to ridicule the Lebanese authorities' attempts to restore security to Lebanon in cooperation with... |
FBIS4-13888_3 | Saddam Addresses Group | confronted firmly, Saddam argues. He says that the true Iraqi identity is manifested in "good citizenship and patriotism." Iraqis, Saddam argues, should respect the views of the majority of the people. Saddam acknowledges the possible emergence of differing views on national issues, particularly with regard to economy.... |
FBIS4-13892_6 | Minister Assesses OPEC Conference, French Contracts | at al-Majidiyah, the suspension bridge, and leader Saddam's double-deck bridge. Moreover, our cadres were able to find many alternatives to industrial parts that used to be imported from outside. ['Abd-al-Majid] Is there any inclination to export gas to Arab countries, including Jordan, in particular, after the discove... |
FBIS4-13894_0 | BABIL Article Says U.S. New World Order `Cannot Last' | BFN [Text] Baghdad, 24 Apr (INA) -- An Iraqi political writer has said that the new world order adopted by the United States cannot last. In an article published in BABIL today, Amir al-Hilu cast doubt about the ability of the United States to continue its hegemony as the sole international power that wants to control ... |
FBIS4-13895_0 | Paper: West Indifferent to Rights Abuses in Saudi Arabia | BFN [Text] Baghdad, Apr. 24 (INA) -- An Iraqi newspaper said that the West which shed tears on human rights maintains indifference over human rights abuse in Saudi Arabia. The paper AL-THAWRAH, organ of the Arab Ba'th Socialist Party, said the imperialist West defends the Saudi regime which throws Saudi strugglers from... |
FBIS4-13927_0 | Israeli Shelling, Resistance Attacks in South Reported Shelling Injures, Kills Pregnant Women | BFN [Text] The treacherous Israeli shelling of Frun has caused a major massacre. Three pregnant women -- Fatimah Hamdun, Muna Hayik, and Dalal Hayik -- were injured. Dalal Hayik died while undergoing surgery and was buried yesterday with her husband Hasan Ahmad Hayik, who was also martyred in the shelling. The two othe... |
FBIS4-13941_0 | ICO Ministers Meeting Convened To Discuss Gorazde | BFN [Text] Pakistan has convened a meeting of seven-member Islamic Conference Organization [ICO] Contact Group on Bosnia-Herzegovina on 27 April to discuss the deteriorating situation in Gorazde. The contact group comprises the foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Iran, Senegal and Malaysia. Paki... |
FBIS4-13943_0 | Daily Supports Iran's Call For Joint Maneuvers With Gulf | BFN [Editorial: "The Gulf's Security is the Responsibility of its Sons"] [Text] There is no doubt that military exercises enable armies to gain large-scale field skills and high combat experience, which would not have been gained without hard training, direct close contact, and continuous examination of the latest mili... |
FBIS4-13951_0 | Health Minister Discusses Sanctions With Foreign Visitors | BFN [Text] Baghdad, Apr. 25, INA--Health Minister Dr Umid Midhat Mubarak met here today member of the International Committee of the Democrat Jurists Reneih Rydel [name as received]. The minister explained, during the meeting, plight of 18-million population in Iraq as a result of continuation of the blockade and its e... |
FBIS4-13952_0 | Baghdad Mayor: Embargo Forcing Halt to Service Projects | BFN [Text] Baghdad, Apr. 25, INA -- Mayor of Baghdad, Tahir Muhammad Hassun, condemned the most brutal attack to which Baghdad had exposed by the United States and its allies in January 1991. In a statement to the INA, Mr. Hassun slammed the continuation of the blockade imposed on the people of Iraq which had direct ha... |
FBIS4-13959_0 | Kurdish Authorities Arrest Regime Collaborators | BFN [Text] Security authorities in Kurdistan Province have discovered a criminal, treacherous network that operated in accordance with plans and instructions from the Iraqi regime's intelligence agencies. The [word indistinct] personnel in al-Sulaymaniyah Governorate arrested the members of this treacherous network. Af... |
FBIS4-13962_0 | Foreign Ministry Issues Statement on Bosnia | BFN [Statement issued by Afghan Foreign Ministry on 25 April] [Text] In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful: The savage attacks of the Serbs started against the Muslim and meek people of Bosnia in the aftermath of the fall of the communist state of Yugoslavia and the establishment of the Republic of Bosnia... |
FBIS4-13976_0 | Velayati Leaves for Islamic Conference Talks in New York | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 26, IRNA -- Iran's Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati left here this morning for New York where he will take part in the ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) contact group on Bosnia-Herzegovina. The contact group is to meet Wednesday at the United Nations he... |
FBIS4-13980_0 | Women Allowed To Be Advisers at Courts | BFN [Excerpt] In today's open session of the Islamic Consultative Majles, the bill on reforming the conditions of choosing judges of the Ministry of Justice was approved. According to our correspondent, the bill provides for women who are eligible for appointment as judges of the Ministry of Justice and who have a judi... |
FBIS4-13983_0 | Foreign Minister Departs for New York Meeting on Bosnia | BFN [Text] The foreign minister, Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali, has said that Pakistan and ICO [Islamic Conference Organization] have consistently urged the international community, particularly the great powers, to forcefully counter Serbian designs in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In a statement at Islamabad airport today before depar... |
FBIS4-14006_0 | ICO Issues Statement on Bosnian Situation | BFN [Text] Jeddah, 25 Apr -- The foreign ministers of the member states in the liaison team of the Islamic Conference Organization [ICO] concerned with following up the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina is to hold a meeting on 27 April at the UN headquarters in New York. A statement issued by the ICO general secretariat ... |
FBIS4-14021_0 | Report Warns of Islamic Group's Expansion to al-Minya | BFN [Editorial Report] Cairo ROSE AL-YUSUF in Arabic on 18 April on pages 62 to 64 publishes a 1,200-word report by 'Isam 'Abd-al-Jawad in which he warns that al-Minya Governorate "might turn into another Asyut." The report reveals that in their search for "additional and urgent funding for their terrorist operations, ... |
FBIS4-14027_1 | Editorial Urges End of Embargoes in Iraq, Libya | up an American airliner over Scotland in 1988. This decision means continuing the siege of Libya, both people and state, for another four months, during which Libyan citizens will be paying the price for a crime they have not committed. Libya's children, including babies, will shoulder the burden of punishment for a cr... |
FBIS4-14028_1 | U.S. `Double Standards' for Iraq, Bosnia Denounced | United States is taking in monitoring the situation there and the congruity with the UN resolutions that specified the nature of the international measures imposed on Iraq as a result of its aggression against Kuwait. It is well known that a Western agreement imposing the no-fly zone over Iraq was reached among the Uni... |
FBIS4-14054_3 | King, U.S. Secretary of State Meet in London King, Christopher Hold News Conference | the problems that we are facing and which caused us in Jordan tremendous damage not only in the material sense but also the feeling that Jordan was treated in a way that was different to any treatment of other neighbors of Iraq. So, the idea that is now adopted is one that we have looked at and we have contributed in t... |
FBIS4-14064_0 | Mortar Shells Fired Near Saddam's Palace | BFN [Unattributed report: "Saddam's Palace Shelled"] [Text] London, AL-HAYAH -- Reliable Iraqi opposition sources have confirmed to AL-HAYAH that at dawn on 15 April four 60-mm mortar shells were fired in the direction of the Republican Palace, located in Baghdad's Karradat Maryam on the Tigris river. They said that th... |
FBIS4-14065_0 | National Islamic Front's Gailani Discusses Struggle | BFN [Interview with Sayyed Ahmad Gailani, leader of the National Islamic Front, by Salih Qallab in Islamabad; date not given] [Excerpts] [passage omitted] [Qallab] You say that the current struggle between Rabbani and Hekmatyar is attributable to the fact that each party is seeking to monopolize power. Is that the reas... |
FBIS4-14066_0 | Irish Defense Minister Holds Talks With Officials Expansion of Economic Ties Discussed | BFN [Text] Ways of expanding economic ties between Ireland and the Islamic Republic of Iran were discussed in a meeting between Ireland's marine affairs minister and the minister of construction jihad in Tehran today. In the meeting, joint investment by the two countries in the fields of hunting and fishing; marine lif... |
FBIS4-14078_2 | Deputy Defense Minister on Army, Military Successes | night. From the ideological point of view too the Islamic Army is progressing and attention has been paid to the ideological life of the Army. Courses have been set up and work continues. It is hoped that when the Afghan Army can rest for a while it is expected of it to [words indistinct]. [Correspondent] Unfortunately... |
FBIS4-14087_0 | Speaker Nateq-Nuri Views Situation in Bosnia Calls For End to Arms Embargo | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 26, IRNA -- Majlis Speaker 'Ali Akbar Nateq-Nuri here Tuesday [26 April] called on parliament speakers of Muslim states to use every available channel to press the lifting of the United Nations embargo against aggressed Bosnia. In a message to his counterparts in Muslim countries, the Hojjat ol... |
FBIS4-14096_0 | Ruhani, Cuban Envoy Discuss Relations | BFN [Text] Tehran, April 27, IRNA -- Cuban Ambassador to Tehran Enrique Trujillo Rapallo in a meeting with Majlis Vice-Speaker Hojat ol-Eslam Hasan Ruhani here today described Iran-Cuba relations as excellent. Emphasizing the significance of expanding political, economic and cultural relations between Tehran and Havana... |
FBIS4-14153_0 | Student Killed, Doctor Wounded in `Terrorist' Attacks | BFN [Text] A statement by the security services today announced that Moulay Tahar, a 45-year-old doctor working in the capital, was the victim of a terrorist attack on 26 April at about 1115 hours. The source said that Moulay was wounded after two armed people stormed his office located in a clinic at Makaria in the mu... |
FBIS4-14157_0 | Commentary Views Ekeus' Remarks | BFN [Unattributed commentary from the "Spotlight on the News" program] [Text] At the conclusion of his visit to Baghdad, Rolf Ekeus said the question of lifting the blockade imposed on Iraq is a political decision. This is not the first time the head of the UN Special Commission has made such a declaration. For some ti... |
FBIS4-14159_4 | Talabani Comments on Ties With Israel, Regime | negotiating Kurdish delegation in Baghdad. The delegation had no choice but to return and the negotiations were aborted." He said: "I personally have much experience in negotiating with successive Iraqi Governments. I have been negotiating with them since 1963. I believe that the experience proves that negotiating with... |
FBIS4-14159_5 | Talabani Comments on Ties With Israel, Regime | dropping hints of its desire to resume the dialogue. But I ask: If (Baghdad) is serious, why doesn't it do so directly?" Talabani expressed doubts about Ankara's information on the losses of the Kurdistan Workers Party [PKK], against whom Turkey is undertaking military operations in northern Iraq. He said: "The Turkish... |
FBIS4-14160_0 | PKK Fighters Cut Power in al-Jazirah | BFN [Text] On the night of 24-25 April, an armed group belonging to the PKK [Kurdistan Workers Party] cut off electricity in Dahuk Governorate by destroying an electrical tower near the town of al-Jazirah. This is the second time PKK forces have cut off electric power in the area. |
FBIS4-14171_0 | Columnist Views Proposed Halt in U.S. Aid | BFN [From the "Questions" column by 'Abdallah Nassar] [Text] Lee Hamilton, chairman of the U.S. Congress' Foreign Relations Committee, has announced that economic aid to Egypt will continue for one, two, or perhaps three more years. His opinion reflects debates going on in several U.S. circles concerning foreign aid to... |
FBIS4-14239_0 | Velayati Comments on Bosnian Situation in New York Views ICO, UN Efforts | BFN [Text] As we informed you earlier in the bulletin, the first extraordinary meeting of the foreign ministers of member countries of the contact group of the Islamic Conference Organization [ICO] will convene in a few hours time in New York. The meeting is to discuss ways to deal with the present situation in Bosnia-... |
FBIS4-14270_4 | Rabbani Speech Marks Anniversary of Revolution | elements against the achievements of jihad and the national interest. We mark this great victory at a time when, unfortunately due to the power-seeking of known groups and agents of the aliens, a bloody and ruinous war has been imposed on our nation, especially on the oppressed residents of Kabul. In this bloody hostil... |
FBIS4-14308_0 | Sources Say 800 Killed in Clashes | BFN [Text] Diplomatic sources in Yemen said today that the ongoing battles between the northern and southern forces have so far left 800 dead and 1,000 others injured. |
FBIS4-14319_2 | Ministers Issue Declaration | the removal of all heavy weapons in the possession of Bosnian Serbs to Serbia-Montenegro as called for in the Security Council Resolution 752. Stressing the necessity for strengthening of UNPROFOR [UN Protection Force] in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the declaration urged the U.N. to avail itself of the proposal made by several... |
FBIS4-14320_0 | Removal of UN's Akashi Urged | BFN [Text] The foreign minister, Sardar Asif Ahmad Ali, has said imposition of arms embargo on Bosnia-Herzegovina is a clear violation of Article 51 of the UN Charter. He was addressing a news conference, along with other foreign ministers of ICO [Islamic Conference Organization] Contact Group on Bosnia at the United N... |
FBIS4-14337_0 | IRNA Reports UK Allegation of Iran-IRA Link | BFN [Text] London, Apr. 28, IRNA -- The British Government Thursday [28 April] launched a new campaign to discredit Iran by making claims that Tehran was involved in "assisting and encouraging terrorism" in Northern Ireland. At a meeting with Iran's charge d'affaires to London, Gholamreza Ansari, Foreign Office ministe... |
FBIS4-14338_0 | Envoy on `Unfounded' Claim | BFN [Text] London, April 28, IRNA -- British Government allegations of Iran's involvement with terrorism and having connections with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) are "absolutely unfounded," Iran's Charge D'affaires to London, Gholam Reza Ansari said Thursday [28 April]. The Islamic Republic has "always condemned ter... |
FBIS4-14340_0 | Commentary on British Forces in Northern Ireland | BFN [Unattributed commentary from the "Perspectives" feature] [Text] The foreign secretary of Britain and foreign minister of Northern Ireland [titles as heard], Douglas Hurd and Dick Spring, met on April the 25th in Dublin, capital of Ireland, in the context of the Northern Ireland peace talks aimed at examining the m... |
FBIS4-14350_0 | President on Self-Sufficiency in Electricity | BFN [Excerpt] As we informed you earlier in the bulletin, Mr. Hashemi-Rafsanjani today inspected three exhibitions in connection with the electricity, mining, construction, and gemstone industries, and also the projects of the Science Academy of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The exhibitions were set up on Tehran's perm... |
FBIS4-14393_0 | Gulf States Wary of U.S. Democratization Proposal | BFN [Text] Riyadh, April 23 (AFP) -- Gulf Arab states have reservations about a U.S. document calling on them to encourage pluralism and democracy as the basis of future relations in the Middle East, Arab diplomats said here Saturday. The document, presented to the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) in February,... |
FBIS4-14394_0 | Velayati Urges Lifting of Bosnian Arms Embargo | BFN [Text] New York, April 27, IRNA -- Iran's Foreign Minister 'Ali Akbar Velayati here Wednesday called on Security Council to untie the hands of the Bosnian Muslim and let them exercise their right to defend themselves. Addressing the meeting of Organization of Islamic Conference (ICO) contact group here, Velayati sa... |
FBIS4-14402_1 | Perry Assessment of Korea Situation Cited | measures. U.S. officials have admitted that Pyongyang's logic is beyond them. "We have an extremely limited idea of what guides the North Korean Government in decisionmaking," the U.S. defense secretary said at a news conference. Some analysts believe that on the threshold of a blockade Pyongyang might decide on a mass... |
FBIS4-14403_0 | Vested Interests Said Behind Korea Crisis | BFN [Aleksandr Golts article: "Korean Crisis Continues -- That Someone Wants It To"] [Text] The crisis now threatening the security of the whole Asian-Pacific region as well as the Korean Peninsula can be called anything but unexpected. Suspicions have been circulating for a few years to the effect that North Korea is ... |
FBIS4-14405_1 | U.S. Delegation Briefed on Economic Situation | reasons. They were in no way linked with the government's economic efforts." "The orientation of the Russian Government's reformist efforts," Shokhin stressed, "are confirmed by the recently reached agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is to grant Russia the second part of the envisaged system cr... |
FBIS4-14426_3 | Panel Head on Social Policy Draft | operate. So the document touches on questions of remuneration and insurance. The government has prepared a number of draft laws about the rights of employers and hired workers. Moreover, a federal employment program has been submitted to us -- this touches not only on the problem of the unemployed, but also on the prob... |
FBIS4-14458_0 | Arms Producers Demand Government Support | BFN [INTERFAX report: "Will Russia Become an Importer?"] [Text] Russia may soon turn from an exporter of weapons into an importer, certain participants in a conference of leaders of Russia's defense enterprises, held in Yekaterinburg, believe. This was held within the framework of the "Weapons Industry Day" organized b... |
FBIS4-14576_0 | U.S. Commerce Secretary Urges Abolishing Barriers | BFN [Yuriy Popov report under the "Visits" rubric: "Is the Russian Market Economy Necessary for U.S. Security?"] [Text] The U.S. business delegation which arrived in Moscow on Monday is surely the most high-powered ever to come here. It is headed by Commerce Secretary Ronald Brown and consists of leading figures from t... |
FBIS4-14583_2 | Foreign Espionage in Russia Viewed | to leave the country, practically everyone is allowed to go abroad. But practically everyone here earns God knows how little, so the market for potential spies here is bigger than ever. Vadim Sintsov, alias British intelligence agent Demetrius, only worked as a spy for about a year, and was uncovered recently and is no... |
FBIS4-14597_1 | Increasing Foreign Involvement in Ex-Yugoslavia Eyed | in violation of the unwritten UN principle not to send military subunits from neighboring countries or former occupaniers to Bosnia, its secretary general has given the Turks permission for this. First it was a question of 200 servicemen. Then it was reported: Ankara is sending 2,700 men. The reaction of Belgrade and t... |
FBIS4-14686_0 | DPRK Officials Reportedly Attempt To Acquire Arms | BFN [By unidentified ITAR-TASS correspondent] [Text] Moscow, 2 Apr -- Several staff members of the DPRK Embassy in Moscow attempted last Wednesday to unlawfully acquire items of military equipment, an ITAR-TASS correspondent has been informed by competent sources. It is a matter precisely of items of military equipment... |
FBIS4-14742_0 | Saburov Sees Parallels in Ukrainian, Crimean Economies | BFN [By UKRINFORM correspondent Lev Ryabchikov for TASS] [Text] Simferopol April 1 TASS -- Bread prices have gone up by 2.5 times in the Crimea, many enterprises are idle as they have supported the lock-out announced by the Crimean Union of Businessmen to the Crimean parliament due to its unwillingness to lower product... |
FBIS4-14860_4 | Counterintelligence Chief Stepashin Interviewed | and put a stop to the illegal export from Russia by air of more than 400 kg of electronic components containing gold, around 30 kg of gold and silver bars, as well as 237 cutting tools with diamonds of up to two carats worth R58 million. As a result of the measures taken on the basis of information supplied by FCS orga... |
FBIS4-14860_5 | Counterintelligence Chief Stepashin Interviewed | level. We know that the range of theoretical and practical scientific results in Russia that are of interest to foreigners extends to space and aviation equipment, biotechnology, new materials, nuclear physics, laser equipment, metallurgy, and high-tech and defense sectors of industry. Information reaching the Russian ... |
FBIS4-14913_0 | Further Reportage on Local Elections Novosibirsk Sets New Date | CSO [Unattributed Article: "Not the End Yet"] [Text] Deputy registration was conducted at the regular meeting of the oblast electoral commission for elections to the oblast soviet of deputies. The entire list of 34 deputies was considered and officially registered. The next issue on the agenda was to schedule the dates... |
FBIS4-14932_0 | Update on Russian Gas Supply Problems | BFN ["Commonly Shared Problems of Ukraine's and Russia's Gas Industry Alleviate Russian Gas Supply Problem" -- UKRINFORM headline; From the "Business News Weekly" feature No. 14, 28 Mar - 3 Apr 94] [Text] According to official information released by the Ukrgazprom (Ukraine's Gas Industry) concern, over the last week b... |
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