News Archive - 6 March 2011

This week, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Obama Administration officials complained publicly that Iran was "meddling" and "interfering" in events in the Middle East which are threatening the downfall of one U.S. ally after another. But the Obama Administration's response to the latest flashpoint -- Libya...

Next Monday, Secretary of State Hill ary Clinton plans to meet in Paris with the foreign ministers of the Eu ropean Union, Russia and the United Nations -- the four powers known as the Mideast Quartet. It's looking like the group will announce its support for the establishment by...

A woman makes a date with a handsome stranger passing through town. We’re in Arezzo, not far from Florence, where the woman, a French emigrée (Juliette Binoche), has managed an antique store for some years. The visitor, an English cultural historian named James Miller (William Shimell . . . (Subscription required.

Gold climbed, approaching a record, as violence intensified in the Middle East and oil continued to gain, driving demand for precious metals as a hedge against uncertainties and inflation. Silver reached a 31-year peak.

March 7, 1911 President William Howard Taft ordered 20,000 troops to patrol the U.S.-Mexico border in response to the Mexican Revolution.

On to Libya! Down with the Tyrant of Tripoli!” That’s the latest hue and cry from America’s rightwingers, media, and pro-Israel neoconservatives.

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Monday, March 7th, 2011 12:41:00 ABOUT 39 years ago was when I first saw the Haghia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey, I was awestruck by the massive Koranic scriptures emblazoned on top of a massive crucifix on the roof of this magnificent architectural structure that was once referred to as Megalo...

Oil surged to the highest in 29 months in New York as unrest in Libya renewed concern supply disruptions may spread.

ABU DHABI — A huge crowd from various Asian, European and Arab countries thronged the ‘Second Asian Food Fair 2011’ at the Indonesian embassy in the Capital on Saturday morning to relish the delicious Asian cuisines.

Tehran (AFP) March 5, 2011 Two Iranian warships, which entered the Mediterranean last month sparking an outcry from Israel, have passed through the Suez Canal back into the Red Sea, naval commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayari said on Saturday. "The flotilla ... has completed its mission successfully in the Mediterranean Sea...

By Nader Habibi and Joshua W. Walker In an unexpected move, the Turkish government has expressed opposition to proposals for...

The monthly production of South Pars gas field has hit a record high of 7.280 billion cubic meters from January 21 to February 20.

The world should expect to have to cope with three to five big urban disasters in the next 10 years, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has warned. Related Stories Security chief praises US Muslims US urges Saudi Arabia to arm Libya's guerrillas UK special forces freed by Libyan rebels In...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) meets with Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga in Tehran, Iran, March 6, 2011. Odinga arrived in Iran on Saturday for a two-day visit at the invitation of the Iranian government.

Syrian al-Jalaa basketball team will meet on Monday its host the Iranian Ahan Zoub team in Iran as part of the second-leg semifinal match of West Asia championship for men, Syria's official SANA news agency reported.

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The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman said Sunday that presence of the U.S. forces in Afghanistan has led to more violence, the official IRNA news agency reported.

As protests and revolts play out in North Africa, much attention is shifting to the Persian Gulf. Th

ELGIN — When Nathan Latka was a kid, he didn’t get an allowance. His mom told him to think of some ideas of things she might pay him for, and she’d negotiate with him.In elementary school, he came up with the idea to sell candy on his school bus...

The founding director of nursing at Children's Hospital in Minneapolis was "a caregiver and a teacher."

The future of at least 50 hospitals is under threat from the unprecedented squeeze on NHS finances, and there is growing alarm among senior managers of NHS trusts about cuts to services as the hospitals struggle to balance their books, according to the King’s Fund.

The problems with payment for India-Iran trade are far from over. The government has managed to avert a payment crisis for oil imported from Iran but there is no clarity on how Indian exporters would get their dues from the West Asian country which is facing sanctions over its nuclear...

The world should be braced to expect three to five big urban disasters in the next 10 years, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) has warned. Related Stories Rape suspect to appear in court Ivory Coast 'forgotten emergency' Karzai rejects air strike apology US urges Saudi Arabia to arm Libya's guerrillas...

The league leader Zob Ahan has been held to a goalless draw against Teraktorsazi in the 25th week of the Iran Premier League (IPL).

BEIJING, March 6-- As unrest is rattling the nerves of some Middle Eastern and North African countries, the United States seems eager to step into the limelight and is banging the drum for "democracy."

Congratulations from the United States of America to all our freedom loving brothers and sisters in Egypt and Yemen and Jordan and Oman and Tunisia and Libya and Iran and Bahrain and Morocco and Algeria and maybe someday soon Saudi Arabia for standing up to your dictatorial overlords and...

It’s not easy to create a work of theatre that can be all things to all people, so right off the top fledgling playwright/performer Tara Grammy deserves a nod for creating a piece of theatre that successfully leaps a few cultural hurdles.

Has President Barack Obama, as the old saying goes, stopped worrying and learned to love the Muslim Brotherhood?

Demonstrations have spread across parts of the Middle East and Africa. Here is the latest from each country and the roots of the unrest.

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) - Unidentified attackers targeted more than two dozen South Korean government and private websites Saturday, a day after two waves of similar attacks, but officials reported no serious damage. A total of 29 websites were hit Saturday in so-called "denial of service" attacks, in which large...

We are all totally psyched how you've dragged yourselves kicking and screaming from the dark ages into the middle 19th Century. We've got to warn you though, self-rule isn't all a bed of roses.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and visiting Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga have pledged to deepen trade relations between the two countries.

The country had a smooth dynastic succession ten years ago and the still-young despot remains relatively popular. Can it last?

WASHINGTON – As a wildfire of revolt whips through the Middle East and North Africa, the White House is embracing pragmatism and shying away from embroidering a grand "Obama doctrine" for a region in turmoil.

Views of the US continued their overall improvement in 2011, according to the annual BBC World Service Country Rating Poll of 27 countries around the world.

Share prices on Bursa Malaysia bounced back from a sell-off early last week, with the FTSE Bursa Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Composite index (FBM KLCI) touching a three-month low on Monday before staging a strong rebound, helped by positive economic data which offset investor concerns over high oil prices due to...

MR. CROWLEY: Good afternoon, and welcome to the Department of State. A couple of things. This – we have – if we could start off with just a brief tribute, today we are saying goodbye to two very good friends within the State Department. Press ...

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Iran's president says the sanctions imposed on the country have only expedited the nation's development and progress, and strengthened national solidarity.

LONDON — After seven long years, the Indian government has decided that the time has come to make its presence felt in Iraq by naming an envoy to the country. The previous ambassador to Iraq was withdrawn in 2004 when the security situation in the country was spiraling out of...

Thousands of Shiite opposition supporters blocked the entrance to the Bahraini prime minister's office but failed to disrupt a government meeting on Sunday as the campaign for reform in the strategic Gulf nation entered its third week.

For most of us, Bagram in Afghanistan means a vast US base. Not for the British Museum.

SECRETARY CLINTON: Good morning. It is a great pleasure for me to welcome Dr. Castro here today. I first met him when he was the incoming foreign minister, and he welcomed me to the Pathways for Prosperity Summit in San Jose. And it’s wonderful for me ...

Two years on, the “reset” in U.S.-Russian ties has changed the tone of relations, but the “hollow” veneer of its overall success does not mask enduring mistrust between the countries and their different national interests, say analysts.

Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar says the Islamic Republic employs its authority and might to preserve peace and stability in the region.

An Iranian official denies a report by a London-based daily that a Bahraini delegation secretly traveled to Iran for confidential consultations with Iranian authorities over the recent developments in Bahrain.

TEHRAN, March 6 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s special representative for Iraq in Tehran on Sunday.

Gholam-Hossein Peyrovani has been named as the coach of the Sanat Naft of Abadan football team. TEHRAN, March 6 (MNA) -- Gholam-Hossein Peyrovani has been named as the coach of the Sanat Naft of Abadan football team.

‘Because we can’ is a series of articles by the author on human rights and political freedoms. 11 years since the turn of the century, how are we doing in the struggle to uphold the concept of ”human rights” across the world? We can ask these questions Because we can.

TEHRAN, March 6 (MNA) -- An informed source at the Iranian Foreign Ministry has dismissed a news report by an Arabic-language newspaper that a Bahraini delegation has made a visit to Tehran for secret consultations with Iranian officials over the recent protests in Bahrain.

Iran won the title of the Yadegar Emam Cup International Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship on Sunday. QOM, March 6 (MNA) -- Iran won the title of the Yadegar Emam Cup International Greco-Roman Wrestling Championship on Sunday.

TEHRAN, March 6 (MNA) -- Iran’s first domestically manufactured wheeled 155-mm self-propelled howitzer was unveiled in Tehran on Sunday.

March 6, 198922 years agoAs fundamentalist Moslem death squads in Iran begin seeking the author of "The Satanic Verses," to kill him, Bay County residents are apparently searching for his controversial novel.B. Dalton Bookseller in Hampton Square Mall received eight copies of...

As Ukraine prepares to mark the 25th anniversary, its legacy remains as divisive as ever, writes Andrew Osborn.

The Wrap by Ron Judd

Arab stocks tumble on uprising worries

Cindy Huff was 29 years old but had never been outside the United States when she was sent to Kenya in 1993 as a Peace Corps volunteer. In Africa, she taught deaf students and trained teachers. She returned in 1997 and 1998 as a trainer of new volunteers assigned to...

Today is the 65th day of 2011. There are 300 days left in the year. 2010: Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad calls the official version of the Sept 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the US as an excuse for the war on terror.

The Iranian Parliament (Majlis) has begun an open session to review the qualification of the country's Energy Minister Majid Namjou following an impeachment motion submitted by 45 lawmakers citing the minister's “poor record.”

Manama: Bahrain’s interior minister said that King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa has ordered the hiring of 20,000 Bahrainis by the ministry. Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa told the editors-in-chief of the local dailies that the order stressed the urgency of implementing the employment.

WASHINGTON — Voices around the world, from Europe to America to Libya, are calling for U.S. intervention to help bring down Moammar Gadhafi. Yet for bringing down Saddam Hussein, the U.S. has been denounced variously for aggression, deception, arrogance and imperialism.

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NEW YORK - Arriving back in the United States after a 37,000-mile trip around the world - most of it overland in a '96 Toyota Land Cruiser - I made a funny mistake.