Phases 4 and 5 of South Pars Gas Field to Come On Stream Soon
TEHRAN (MNA) -- Phases 4 and 5 of the massive South Pars Gas Field will be producing natural gas and gas condensates in the near future, the Pars Oil and Gas Company announced on Saturday. FULL STORY 
UN Urges Full Power Shift in Iraq
BAGHDAD (BBC) -- The United Nations envoy to Iraq says the U.S. will have to change its behaviour if a shift to sovereignty is to have any meaning. FULL STORY
Odd Process of Selection of New Iraqi President
By Hassan Hanizadeh
Finally, after several weeks of discussions between U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, United Nations envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, and the Iraqi Governing Council, Ghazi Ajil al-Yawar was appointed Iraq’s first president since the fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein. FULL STORY
Abu Ghraib Abuses Tantamount to War Crimes: UN
GENEVA (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) -- The UN human rights body stressed Friday, June 4, that any fair tribunal would designate as "war crimes" human rights violations by U.S. occupation forces against Iraqi detainees, particularly in Abu Ghraib prison. In a fact-finding report, Acting High Commissioner for Human Rights Bertrand Ramcharan blasted "willful killing, torture < FULL STORY
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