News Archive - 15 June 2011

Thousands of trained forces are sent onto Tehran's streets to enforce a strict dress code, even for men

Moorhead Cultural Center’s exhibit for 3-D photography will be held July 1-24. Jim Frost, semi-retired systems administrator for WIT in Sioux City, will be displaying his craft. He will also offer a free class from 2 to 4 p.m., July 10.

  Iran's state TV says Iran has launched a satellite into earth orbit, a feat that is likely to raise concerns among those who fear Iran's intentions and nuclear development program. The report says the locally produced satellite, called Rasid, was launched successfully by a Safir missile on Wednesday. There...

ASTANA: While India is a leading candidate for membership of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), Iran is not likely to meet the criteria decided upon by the six-member countries at their 10th summit meeting here on Wednesday, said government sources.

ASTANA: The six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO), which could play an important role in stabilising Afghanistan after the drawdown of foreign troops, opened its doors for India's membership at its 10th anniversary summit being celebrated in the heart of the Great Steppes on Wednesday.

(2009, Russia) Sergei Solovyev's sequel to his perestroika drama starring Alexander Bashirov, Sergei Shnurov and Yury Bashmet. Avrora. NEW! 3 (2011, Germany) Tom Tykwer's comedy-drama starring Sophie Rois, Sebastian Schipper and Devid Striesow.

MOSCOW: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has assured Russia that Tehran has no plans to build nuclear weapons and is willing to resume six-party talks.

Iran has reportedly launched a second domestically built satellite into orbit.

He used to go by the moniker Smog, but now the singer and songwriter is clearly focused on themes of rugged individualism and other American myths. In the last five years, singer and songwriter Bill Callahan has been making nouveau cowboy music, the kind that might have soothed his former...

Defence Secretary Robert Gates bluntly rejected suggestions that Afghanistan is a "war without end," defending the U.S. military operation amid fresh congressional pressure on President Barack Obama to withdraw a significant number...

The Spring of 2011 will forever be remembered as your moment. You have grabbed the wheel of history and are steering a new course. The rest of the world, myself included, are watching. I am an Israeli-born American citizen. And I can tell you (and I am sure you...

Cunning bad guys are essential to most political dramas, and the real life battles between democrats and dictators are no exception. As the strategies of non-violent resistance to authoritarian regimes have developed, so too have the dirty tricks and counterattacks of the regimes themselves. In April a top-secret document,...

TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran expects to make a final decision in the case of three Americans charged with espionage by late August, Iran's official news agency said Tuesday. Two of the three have been in Iranian custody since 2009. IRNA quoted Tehran's chief prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dowlatabadi as saying...

Why is the UN Security Council unwilling to condemn Syria? President Bashar al-Assad is butchering his own rebellious citizens and other than public expressions reproaching the massacre in Syria, the world does nothing. Why? Colonel Gaddafi of Libya was bombed by NATO for similar atrocities, then why the preferential...