News Archive - 18 June 2011

>AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian troops and gunmen loyal to President Bashar al-Assad stormed a town near the Turkish border Saturday, burning houses and arresting dozens, witnesses said, in a persistent military campaign to crush popular revolt. The latest assault followed another Friday of protests, which have grown in size and...

>Russia and China dislike the idea of any U.N. Security Council judgment on Syria and have played little role in discussions on a draft resolution to condemn Syrian bloodshed against protesters.Syrian forces shot and killed 19 people on Friday when they fired on protesters demanding the removal of...

>KABUL (Reuters) - Iran's defense minister made a landmark visit to Afghanistan on Saturday to bolster ties as Kabul prepares to assume security control from NATO-led forces and Washington seeks to wind down its almost decade-old tenure. Majority Shi'ite Iran and majority Sunni Afghanistan share a long border and history,...

Officials have fired a governor in northern Iran after they asked for guidance from God and decided he had to be dismissed.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) -- Ali Karimi said that on Saturday he is so happy to return to Persepolis football team.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the best way to protect the environment is countering the “capitalist” notion that prosperity equals “excessive consumption.”

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi has said the presence of extra-regional powers in Afghanistan is the reason behind friction, insecurity and dissipation of resources in the country.

TEHRAN, June 18 (MNA) – The Russian State Nuclear Energy Corporation (Rosatom) officials have said that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will be connected to the national grid in early August, according to Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Reza Sajjadi.

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Officials have fired a governor in northern Iran after they asked for guidance from God and decided he had to be dismissed. The semiofficial Mehr news agency says Ali Babaei Karnami had only been appointed governor of Sari last month.

Iran Paralympic football team will play Republic of Ireland in the CPISRA 7-a-Side World Championships in the Netherlands on Sunday.

Psilocybin. It's the psychoactive substance in those "sacred mushrooms" that causes hallucinations and other novel mental experiences. The effects of those mushrooms have been explored and appreciated by members of the ancient Capsian culture in North Africa, Aztec shamans, and modern college students. But they're now the subject of serious...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than two dozen refugees are expected to participate in a United States citizenship ceremony in downtown Boise.