Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholeslam held talks with
Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on fostering Tehran-Bujumbura
ties.

Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday evening that there is no
obstacle in the way of further expansion of Tehran-Ankara all-out
cooperation.

Tehran, Nov 17, IRNA Representatives of Iran's Majlis urged Muslim states to stop the
humanitarian crisis in Gaza Strip by taking a joint action.

By Kim Boram
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Defense Ministry announced Monday it
will seek parliamentary approval next month for the dispatch of a naval vessel to

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States should take lessons
from their policy rifts in dealing with North Korea over the past several years

By Shin Hae-in
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- A bipartisan group of South Korean legislators will
arrive in Washington later Monday to hold talks with aides of incoming U.S.

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States will try again to
narrow differences this week over how much Seoul should pay for the presence of

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- A group of opposition lawmakers visited Seoul's
education chief and demanded his resignation on Monday, saying he has lost

Algiers, Nov 17, IRNA Visiting Iranian First Vice President Parviz Davoudi conferred here on
Sunday with Algerian Parliament Speaker Abdelaziz Ziari on expansion

(ATTN: UPDATES with rival parties' reactions in last six paras)
By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak said on Monday that South