News Archive - 22 May 2011

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Sunday eased Israeli anger over his new Middle East peace proposals when he made clear that the Jewish state would likely be able to negotiate keeping some settlements in any final deal with the Palestinians. Obama repeated his view that long-stalled peace talks...

>"The new surface-to-surface missiles, Qiyam (Resurrection) 1, were successfully tested and delivered to the armed forces today," Iran's Arabic-language state television channel Al Alam said.It did not disclose the range of the missile, delivered to the aerospace wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards, but said it was designed to...

>AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians attending the funerals of pro-democracy protesters called on Sunday for the removal of President Bashar al-Assad, witnesses said, in the latest outburst against his rule. Separately, protesters took to the streets in an eastern town after a 17-year-old activist burned himself to death on...

>The report shows the conservative president has no intention of retreating from his move to personally oversee the Oil Ministry, criticised by adversaries as his latest step to accrue more power.When asked by reporters whether Friday's ruling by the Guardian Council meant Ahmadinejad could not be the caretaker oil...

>CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - This was a year of some strangeness in Cannes, of one major auteur being kicked out of town, another proving invisible and yet another -- one not allowed to work or travel from his native country -- sneaking his illicit new creation into France hidden in...

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad introduced Ali Nikzad to the Iranian Majlis (Parliament) on Sunday as the candidate to run the newly-established Ministry of Infrastructure, the English language satellite Press TV reported.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — UNAM Pumas won the Mexican Clausura championship on Sunday after Javier Cortes' spectacular late winning goal in a 2-1 victory over Morelia.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) --The Saudi Arabian clubs enter the knockout stage of the Asian Champions League with a chance to give their nation's football fans something to cheer about after some lean years.

With a shared pragmatism on foreign policy, the president and Mr Cameron may have a good deal in common Few presidents arrive in office with large plans around foreign affairs. Yet most live to see their reputations defined by it. For Barack Obama, whose time in office coincides with a...

BRUSSELS: The EU was set to tighten the noose on Syria and Iran on Monday when Europe mulls its next diplomatic moves to bolster change across North Africa and the Middle East.

Students aren't the only ones looking forward to summer adventures. Dozens of city teachers are heading abroad on travel grants, and hoping to bring their experiences back to the classroom in the fall. Kate Philpott-Jensen is one of 48 New York City school teachers to receive travel grants from the...

source: gmanews.tv UPDATE: Board says PBA cagers may also play for Gilas in third conference (click here) Pilipinas-Smart Gilas coach Rajko Toroman has always regarded back-to-back champion Mahram of Iran and Lebanon’s Al Riyadi as the teams to beat in the 22nd FIBA-Asia Champions Cup that kicks off on...

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, speaking Sunday to the nation's foremost pro-Israel lobbying group, repeated his call for Palestinian statehood based on Israel's pre-1967 borders adjusted for land swaps, issuing a challenge to the Israeli government to "make the hard choices that are

A senior Iranian lawmaker describes US President Barack Obama's attempts to blame Iran for the ongoing unrest in the Middle East as impertinent.

TEHRAN, May 22 (MNA) – The parliament has received a letter by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad nominating Housing Minister Ali Nikzad as the infrastructure minister, Omidvar Rezaii of the Majlis presiding board announced on Sunday.

An Iranian commander announces the mass delivery of the Qiam (uprising) ballistic missile system to the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC).

Police in Thailand have arrested a man suspected of being a key player in one of the country's largest tiger trafficking rings, police and a wildlife conservation group said Sunday.

New Delhi, May 22 (PTI) India''s greco roman wrestler Anil Kumar today bagged the silver medal in the 2011 Senior Asian Wrestling Championship at Tashkent, Uzbekistan.In the 60kg qualification round, Kumar defeated Vietnam''s Ngoc Tan.In quarter final, he beat Iran''s Abdolmohammad to qualify for the semi-final.In the...

BBC has once more been hit by a wave of criticism in regards to its stance towards Palestine. This is while it claims to be 'impartial'. And of course, like all the times before this one, Ofcom does not intervene.

Like many of you, I watched the Prime Minister of Israel publicly lecture the President of the…

Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has made many films, while American filmmaker Terrence Malick has done just a few. But the esteemed artists have one thing in common: Neither has ever won the highest