News Archive - 11 March 2011

>Oil and equity prices rise and fall more or less in tandem when demand and economic growth expectations dictate prices. But the short-term relationship has been turned on its head in recent weeks with investors worried that political unrest in oil exporting countries could hit oil supplies and hurt the...

>MANAMA (Reuters) - Hardline Bahraini opposition and youth groups prepared on Friday for a march on the royal court that is expected to spark fighting on the Gulf island where the majority is Shi'ite but the ruling family is Sunni. Bahrain, home to the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet, has...

Singapore’s national environment agency appoints HP to benchmark the energy consumption of local data centres.

An Iranian official says allegations of Tehran's interference in recent developments in the Middle East and North Africa are part of West's Iranophobia policy.

Results from the Heart of Texas Regional History Fair held Feb. 11-12 at Baylor University. Winners are listed by name of student(s), title of project, school and teacher.

Master of Ceremonies Sean Balingit, who is the Beaumont Chamber of Commerce vice-president and Beaumont Planning Commission chairman, looks on as members of Tahquitz High School’s JROTC presents the colors at the opening ceremony of San Gorgonio Memorial Hospital’s 60th anniversary celebration.

Indians are suspicious of the advancing Arab discontent. But final conclusions will be drawn in Saudi Arabia. It’s a sight that is both mesmerising and inspiring.

“U.S. and Europe work together on an extraordinarily wide range of issues, from Afghanistan to Iran to the tumultuous events in North Africa and the Middle East,” U.S. Assistant Secretary of State said.

A heavy police presence and conflicting reports about the identity of the organisers of a Saudi "Day of Rage" seem to have deterred protesters from rallying after Friday sermons in Riyadh.

Dubai Spurred by higher demand from the education sector, the Gulf markets are expected to import 1.51 million PCs during the first quarter of this year against 1.40 million last year, an increase of 7.86 per cent.

Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) says the country's mining sector has witnessed a significant growth.

The ongoing popular uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East poses the question if other developing countries, including Ghana, may experience similar or other forms of uprisings in the light of the imminent global food crisis of 2011.

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Imposing a no-fly zone in Libya would involve us in a much more tangible way than in the Arab uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

The Iranian ambassador envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called for a probe into the nonconformity of the US and some EU countries with the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).

BEIRUT, Mar. 11-- Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Friday that his March 14 Alliance was gearing up for a large-scale rally on March 13 to call for the disarmament of his rival Shiite armed group Hezbollah.

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline...

Baha'i World News Service http://news.bahai.org For more information, contact: news@bahai.org Sorrow as jailed Baha'i leader is unable to attend wife's funeral GENEVA, 11 March 2011 (BWNS) — The Baha'i International Community has described as "desperately cruel" the fact that one of Iran's seven Baha'i leaders has been...

HASHEMI Rafsanjani had no choice. Facing a powerful cleric who was certain to win, the former Iranian president rightly chose not to seek a second term as chief of the Assembly of Experts.

The International League of Peoples' Struggle (ILPS) has condemned the attempts of the US to interfere in the conflicts in the Libya and in the Middle East, saying that the US and its allies “are hell-bent on tightening their control over all the major sources of oil and gas.”

Experts underlined the potential of Middle Eastern and African markets and discussed measures to help Vietnamese businesses boost exports to these markets at a seminar held in HCM City yesterday.

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

Brad Taylor retired from the U.S. Army Special Forces as a lieutenant colonel, a rank attained through merit demonstrated under fire. Each of us sleeps comfortably in our beds each and every night thanks to men like him.

"If only." Those two words have the potential to lead to hours of discussion, conjecture, speculation and robust debate. For a political junkie such as Jeff Greenfield, those words have inspired a fascinating book.

KARACHI: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has rejected a perception about a clash between the judiciary and the government and parliament and said the concept of ‘trichotomy’ of powers is about exercising authority and determining the parameters of each institution.

Popular football club Persepolis and Shahrdari Tabriz have played to a goalless draw in the 26th week of the Iran Premier League (IPL).

Tehran March 9 (KCNA) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday inaugurated the largest and the most advanced serum production factory of the Middle-East in the country's Southern province of Fars.

Mahatma Ghandi said, “Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.”

MANAMA, Bahrain - Security forces reinforced by pro-government mobs fired rubber bullets and tear gas Friday to scatter protesters near Bahrain's royal palace, witnesses said, as conflict deepened between Sunni Muslims backing the ruling system and Shiites demanding it give up its monopoly on power.

(CNN) -- A powerful earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami, causing powerful and destructive waves. -- The death toll from the massive earthquake in Japan will probably surpass 1,000, the Kyodo News Agency reported early Saturday.

Several hundred people protested in eastern Saudi Arabia yesterday, but hundreds of police the capital clear of protests calling for democratic reforms inspired by the wave

KUALA LUMPUR: More new destinations and a wide range of holiday packages were among the attractions at the MATTA Fair 2011.

Tony Badran, a researcher specializing in Lebanon, Syria and Hezbollah, will speak on “Developments in the Middle East” at 9:15 a.m.

Doug Liman's spy thriller about real-life events had the right pedigree, but annoyingly the story of George Bush's betrayal of his own agents just isn't compelling

WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, says China and Russia, with their nuclear stockpiles, are the biggest dangers to the United States.

DVD No One Knows About Persian Cats: Granted, the big DVD release this week is The Fighter (available on DVD and DVD/Blu-ray combo with digital copy), which just won Oscars for supporting actor and actress, but equally noteworthy is the far lesser known and oddly titled No One Knows About...

COMMENTARY | Being an early riser, it means I'm also asleep rather early and miss some things that happen overnight. My first news of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan came via Facebook at around 5 a.m.

Three Nobel Prize winners are among those who look set to be awarded honorary degrees by Cambridge University.

To the Editor: Is journalism irrelevant? Those making budget decisions for Modesto Junior College think so. They have decided to shutter the entire mass communications department — radio, TV, film and journalism — on the grounds that the Internet has eliminated the need for those skills.

(West Plains, Mo.) -- The Missouri State-West Plains Grizzlies are the No. 1 team in Junior College basketball, and are headed to their first NJCAA Round of 16.

Iran and Jordan have played to a 1-1 draw in a qualifier for the 2012 London Olympics Women's Football Tournament.

Vince Higgins is the new communications director for the district attorney general’s office. Higgins was named by Shelby County District Attorne...

Over the past 100 years, hundreds of earthquakes have claimed tens of thousands of lives despite improvements in technology. March 11, 2011 A massive 8.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off the north-east coast of Japan - the most powerful ever to strike the quake-prone country. It triggers a series of devastating...

The foreclosure sale of the 17-building, mixed-use Willow Lake Business Park and Corporate Park in Hickory Hill has been postponed until Friday, April...

Graduating seniors at Visible School, a music and worship arts college, will be hosting their Spring Recital Series, a set of farewell concerts, begin...

The Memphis Symphony Orchestra’s assistant conductor, Stilian Kirov, has been appointed conducting fellow for the Seattle Symphony’s 2011-...

A number of local restaurants, businesses and organizations have committed to providing meals for the families of Ronald McDonald House of Memphis whi...

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc., through its operating subsidiary Krispy Kreme Doughnut Corp., has financed the two Krispy Kreme...

Protesters in Bahrain demanding that the ruling family step down say they are being targeted with death threats, reports the BBC's Bill Law.

Theatre Memphis has announced its play selection for the 2011-2012 season. “Bye Bye Birdie” will kick off the season Aug. 19 at the 400-se...

Author, investigative newspaper and Web reporter Mara Leveritt will be the guest speaker at the University of Memphis’ 27th Annual Freedom of In...

Reuters/Baku Azerbaijan security forces detained 43 people yesterday after anti-government activists used social media to call for street protests in the oil-producing Muslim state, inspired by the Arab uprisings.

For weeks, dramatic popular uprisings, pro-democracy demonstrations, and even civil war have swept across the Middle East. But as the Libyan uprisings continue to grind on, is the unprecedented wave of popular discontent beginning to lose steam? Here's the latest on the demonstrations.

A "Day of Rage" planned for March 11 in Saudi Arabia petered out without much protest, despite the turmoil throughout much of the region. While Saudi Arabia is tense these days, Saudi expert Rachel Bronson says popular reluctance to protest and a tough government warning about such protests have kept...

College life can be a real headache — especially when boot camp and boxing share space on your schedule with history and politics. Will Meekins attends the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, an institution whose prestige rivals that of the Ivy...

Hugo Chávez's offer to mediate between his embattled Libyan friend and rebel factions was quickly dismissed. Meanwhile, other Latin American nations are taking a unified approach to foreign affairs.

Singapore’s national environment agency appoints HP to benchmark the energy consumption of local data centres.

TEL AVIV, Israel, March 11 (UPI) -- Israel Aerospace Industries, a major manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicles, has unveiled a tilt-rotor drone dubbed "the Ghost" that weights just under 9 pounds and is virtually silent.

I am calling for a non-violent revolution. A call to arms, without weapons. On Tuesday the 8th of March, I joined Annie Lennox, Cheri Lunghi, Jude Kelly, Natasha Walter and hundreds of women on a march along London's Southbank to celebrate 100 years of International Women's Day (IWD). It...

MANAMA, Bahrain - Amid deepening sectarian conflict in this Arab kingdom, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates was to consult privately with King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and to urge new progress toward true democratic reform.

Slate's Katherine Goldstein passes along a June 2006 gem from Jack Shafer that's of timely mention today (given last night's earthquake in Japan), in which Shafer "lamented that cliché-laden news coverage obscured real suffering."

Computerworld - Once again, social networking sites Twitter and Facebook are proving to be lifelines in times of crisis. A devastating 8.9 magnitude earthquake and then a tsunami rocked Japan early Friday morning . The double disaster is reported to have killed hundreds across Japan, and hundreds more are said...

It's hard to trust that government will use the information we give it wisely, writes Charles Moore.

A local fundraiser is going world-wide, to raise more money for children of special operations service members, killed in training or military action. The goal is to get more than 20-thousand bikers, taking part all over the globe, on a single day, Saturday April 30th.

The president expressed concern over rising gas prices, and reiterated his call for an oil substitute

Prosecutors of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon filed an amended indictment on Friday based on further evidence in the probe into the 2005 killing of then Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal said.

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The World Affairs Council of Philadelphia will host a unique half-day conference examining The Rapidly Changing Face of the Middle East and the Arab World. An esteemed group of Middle East and Arab scholars, journalists and policy-makers will discuss the wide ranging implications of the recent unrest growing within...

Will seismologists ever be able to reliably predict the exact location, time and magnitude of earthquakes like the one that just devastated Japan and sent tsunamis racing across the Pacific Ocean? If so, they might be able to save many lives. Consider how many people have been killed by large...

PARIS, Mar 11, 2011 (AFP) - A press freedom watchdog took Egypt and Tunisia off its online censorship blacklist following their recent revolutions and awarded a web media award to Tunisian news bloggers on Friday.

THE HAGUE - Prosecutors of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon filed an amended indictment on Friday based on further evidence in the probe into the killing of Lebanese former premier Rafiq Hariri, the tribunal said.

You must be choking: London given three months reprieve on air pollution . Heathrow boss gets £151,000 pay rise, days after apologising for the recent snow chaos. Back the bid…again. London hopes for 2017 World Athletics Championship . Finally, major London theatre gets female director . Campaigners give a month to come up...

With the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup in Italy just around the corner, FIFA.com takes a closer look at a number of global developments in beach soccer.

A massive show of force snuffed out a Facebook-based effort to stage unprecedented pro-democracy protests in the capital of Saudi Arabia on Friday but political unrest and sectarian tensions roiled neighboring Yemen and Bahrain.

The former commander of the Iranian Army says Israel is not capable to hit the Islamic Republic, adding that the country's armed forces are currently at their best.

The earthquake causing chaos in Japan may signify another global concern for investors, but rebuilding efforts there may help the U.S. economy. Slideshow : Japan Devastated | Pressure Rises Inside Japan Nuclear Reactor Impact on Companies From Japan Quake | U.S. Readies Relief Response Hawaii Escapes Tsunami Damage,...

TEHRAN, March 10 (MNA) – Iran’s annual non-oil products and services exports will reach more than $40 billion by the end of the Iranian year (March 20), an official at the Trade Promotion Organization said.

August 1978. The influential Lebanese Shiite cleric and philosopher Moussa Sadr flies to Libya for a week of talks with the Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi accompanied by a preacher and a journalist. Sadr and his companions are last seen on...

While many nations across the Middle East and North Africa have been shaken by the revolutionary movement, only one of them — tiny Bahrain — has proven strategically important enough for U.S. interests to attract back-to-back visits from President Barack Obama’s top two defense officials.

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Sudan, Yemen and Syria are among the nations most prone to unrest in the Middle East and North Africa, trailing only Libya in a ranking of 20 countries in the Bloomberg Combustibility Index.

MONMOUTH — Monmouth College will host a Great Decisions discussion and a Monmouth Associates program on March 16 and 17, respectively, in the Stockdale Center.

BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan security forces detained 43 people on Friday after anti-government activists used social media to call for street protests in the oil-producing Muslim state, inspired by the Arab uprisings.

TEHRAN, March 11 (MNA) -- The best way for Iran to counter the West’s cultural invasion is to counterattack in the same manner, former foreign minister Ali Akbar Velayati said on Thursday.

(AP:PARIS) Agence France-Presse says that its deputy bureau chief in Tehran has been expelled from Iran. The French news agency says that Jay Deshmukh, a 40-year-old of Indian nationality, left Iran on Friday morning shortly after being notified of the expulsion order.

> Bank accounts have extraordinarily low interest, which, after charges, is probably negative for most account holders.It begs the question, where can you get yield in Switzerland (in bonds)? The two obvious routes to yield are "go longer" or "go riskier". Long dated paper, in effect anything over seven...

Press watchdog Reporters Without Borders has awarded its Netizen award to a Tunisian blogging group that played an important role in the uprising that led to the January ouster of the North African country's longtime autocratic leader.

In what has traditionally been a popular annual theme throughout the Americas — the question, is there a future for continued democracy in Latin America, may not now be the most pressing concern in the New Year.

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahraini police blocked several thousand protesters from reaching the royal palace on Friday, amid fears the march would spark fighting on a Gulf island where the majority is Shi'ite Muslim but the ruling family is Sunni.

In a recent series of conversations with Atlantic reporter Jeffrey Goldberg, Fidel Castro made several eyebrow-raising comments. The one that received the most attention was Castro's assertion that the Cuban economic model no longer works.

A senior cleric says the enemy's hopes of taking advantage of the elections for a new Assembly of Experts chief and making political gain from it were shattered.

TEHRAN, March 11 (MNA) -- Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) has announced readiness to deliver humanitarian aid to the victims of earthquake in Japan.

Names and faces aside, it is not difficult to tell the similarities between one leftist Latin American leader from another these days. The reason is simply that the image of one appears to fit all.

In case further proof was needed that the Organization of American States (OAS) has become embarrassingly incompetent, witness its pathetic response to Nicaragua's invasion of Costa Rica. On November 13, the organization passed a resolution calling for Managua to withdraw its military forces from Calero Island (located in the San...

>Virgin Fires Flight Attendant After He Puts a Toddler In An Overhead CompartmentVirgin Blue is in trouble today after a male flight attendant placed a woman’s TODDLER in an overhead compartment during a flight from Fiji to Sydney.  The flight attendant claims the kid’s father was playing hide-and-seek, and...

>RIYADH, March 11 - Since the turmoil started in the Middle East, less than two months ago, oil prices have increased by more than $20 per barrel.If sustained over several months, this may drive up inflation and threaten global economic recovery efforts.The dominant sentiment in the oil market...

RIYADH (Reuters) - Police turned out in large numbers on the streets of the capital of Saudi Arabia and security was high in a number of other Gulf States, as authorities braced for possible protests after Friday prayers.

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Nevada (US), March 11 : Hindus have sent early greetings to Baha’i and other communities world over for upcoming Naw-Ruz, which falls on March 21.

New Delhi, Mar 11 : Conceding that 9.3 per cent rate of inflation was "unacceptable", Finance Minister Pranab Kumar Mukherjee today, however, stressed that global linkage of the phenomenon should not be ignored.

The Pentagon says that U.S. Pacific Command reports all U.S. military personnel in Japan have been accounted for following Friday's earthquake and tsunami. Press secretary