DUSHANBE ugg boots black ireland , July 31 (Xinhua) -- Tajikistan will play a friendly match with Kazakhstan on August 12 at the Central Stadium in Almaty, Tajikistan Football Federation (TFF) said on Thursday.

Currently, Tajikistan occupies 124th place in the FIFA ranking and the 17th among AFC teams.

In the qualifying games of the European Championship 2016, Kazakhstan will play in Group A together with the Netherlands ugg jimmy choo boots ireland , the Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia and Iceland.

Previously, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan met three times. Tajikistan lost 1-0 and 4-1 to Kazakhstan on April 11 ugg bailey button bling ireland , 1994 in Tashkent and on July 2, 2006 in Almaty respectively.

On Sept. 8, 2007, Tajikistan tied Kazakhstan 1-1.

TEHRAN ugg bailey button boots ireland , Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- Iran said Sunday it had blocked all flights to and from Iraq's Kurdistan at the request of Baghdad, one day ahead of Kurdistan's independence referendum, official news agency IRNA reported.

"At the request of the central government of Iraq, all flights from Iran to Sulaymaniyah and Erbil bailey bow uggs on sale , as well as all flights through our airspace originating from the Kurdistan region, have been stopped," official news agency IRNA quoted the spokesman for the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), Keivan Khosravi ugg bailey bow boots ireland , as saying.

Since Iran's political activities did not result in conclusion due to the Kurdistan's insistence on referendum, the SNSC decided in its urgent meeting on Sunday morning to seal its borders to the Kurdish flights, Khosravi said.

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On Sunday, Turkey also closed its airspace to Iraqi Kurdistan flights.

Iraq, Iran and Turkey have agreed on taking countermeasures if the semi-autonomous Kurdish region heads to hold an independence referendum in northern Iraq.

On June 7, the Kurdish President Masoud Barzani announced his intention to hold a referendum on the independence of the Kurdish region from Iraq on Sept. 25.

The independence of Kurds is opposed by many countries because it would threaten the integrity of Iraq and it comes as the Iraqi forces are in fight against the Islamic State group.

In addition ugg classic mini ireland , the neighboring countries of Turkey, Iran and Syria see that such a step would threaten their territorial integrity, as larger populations of Kurds live in those countries.

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PARIS, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- One French soldier was killed onSaturday morning during a mission in the Iraq-Syria region, theFrench Presidency, the Elysee said on Saturday.

"The President has learned with great sadness the death in theLevant this morning of soldier from the 13th regiment ofpara-troopers killed in fighting ugg classic short ireland ," the Elysee said in astatement.

France was the first European country to join the coalition inSeptember 2014 with the launch of Operation Chammal at the requestof Iraqi authorities. Baghdad had asked for an enhancement ofmilitary support for local forces to combat IS, which is bent onimposing its version of Islamic law in Iraq and Syria.

One year later, France backed military offensive against IStargets in Syria after the terrorist cell claimed responsibilityfor Paris attacks which left about 130 victims. Enditem

by Xinhua Writer Yan Feng

BERLIN, Dec. 29 (Xinhua) -- A deadly truck attack in downtown Berlin just days before Christmas has posed a serious challenge for the German government led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, and adds fresh political uncertainty to this major European country hit by refugee issues.

The truck suddenly ploughed through the Breitscheidplatz market, a busy Christmas fair near Berlin's landmark Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, on the evening of Dec. 19, killing 12 people and injuring 48 others.

The notorious Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the rampage in Berlin. Days later, Anis Amri, a Tunisian national suspected of committing the assault, was shot and killed by Italian police in a routine patrol in Milan.

The truck attack followed a series of violent attacks in Germany earlier this year, including a gunfire terrorist attack in July in Munich which left 10 people dead and 16 others injured.

While investigations into the Berlin rampage are still under way to find any accomplices, observers here believe that multiple terrorist attacks are spreading and may eventually have an impact on Germany's national elections scheduled for next fall.

FALL OF BERLIN

"I love Berlin!" said a comfort note among spreading mourning flowers and candles on the roadside near the Breitscheidplatz market.

The market, among some 60 others in the German capital, reopened on Dec. 22. Berliners returned to show their defiance against the fear of terror and prove that terrorism could not stop their tradition.

However, newly installed concrete barriers on the roadside and flowers and candles piled inside and outside the market remind people of what has happened.

With the fall of Berlin in terrorist attacks, Germany is no longer the same, a source familiar with German politics said.

When major terrorist attacks took place in European cities like Brussels, Paris and Nice, it was once hoped that Germany could be somehow immune because of its little involvement i.