News Archive - 13 July 2011

Police used teargas on Tuesday night to disperse angry crowds protesting outside Cyprus’s presidential palace over the death of 12 people in a massive munitions dump blast.

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the U.S. is considering a Russian plan to restart talks with Iran about its nuclear program. Clinton told reporters Wednesday that the U.S. will study several ideas on the matter presented by Russia.

WASHINGTON - The volatile situation in Libya will be the first item on Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's packed agenda on her latest around-the-world diplomatic tour.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama discussed a broad set of issues with Russia's foreign minister Wednesday, including the next steps in Libya, Iran and the prospects for political change in Syria and Yemen.

Iran launched here on Wednesday an international crude bourse, with its transactions being carried out in the Kish oil stock market on the Persian Gulf island of Kish.

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Dylan Armstrong proved why he's ranked as the world's best shot putter at the Toronto International Track and Field Games.

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— Guelph’s Kyle Boorsma of the Speed River Track and Field Club did just what he had to do to win the National Track League’s men’s 1,500 metres title Wednesday night at the University of Toronto’s Varsity Stadium.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani speaks during a press conference in southwest Pakistan's Quetta on July 13, 2011. Pakistan voiced concern for the first time over US aid cuts ahead of top intelligence talks looking to repair a relationship damaged by the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

The BBC announced on Wednesday that its Persian broadcasts had been disrupted and that the culprit is Iran.

Today is Thursday, July 14, the 195th day of 2011. There are 170 days left in the year.

> The BBC said problems with BBC Persian on the Hot Bird satellite began on Tuesday morning. Eutelsat, owner of the satellite, confirmed the location of the source of the jamming as being in Iran, the BBC said. "The BBC and Eutelsat condemn this deliberate interference that is clearly contrary...

>UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Divisions in the Security Council are likely to prevent any immediate concrete outcome when the body discusses Syria's alleged covert atomic work on Thursday, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations said. The U.N. International Atomic Energy Agency board of governors voted in June...

Two key US senators expressed concerns Tuesday about a possible agreement to base a missile-shield radar in Turkey, citing the NATO ally's strained ties with Israel and relations with Iran.

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Brazilian midfielder Robson Chavez Santana joined Iranian Traktorsazi club in northwestern city of Tabriz on a two-year contract,the English language Tehran Times daily reported on Wednesday.

Russia and the United States signed an agreement on child adoptions and agreed to ease bilateral visa regulations by Christmas during Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov's visit to Washington.

13 NEWS spoke with an area social media specialist to find out if people in the public eye need to watch what they say on the web.

Tehran, July 12 (KCNA) -- Iran test-fired long-range missiles. Two 1,900 km-range missiles were launched toward the Indian Ocean from Semnan Province, said a senior commanding officer of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran on July 9.

Pyongyang, July 13 (KCNA) -- Events took place in different countries between July 4 and 7 to commemorate the 17th anniversary of demise of President Kim Il Sung.

Tehran, July 12 (KCNA) -- A high-ranking officer of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps of Iran at an interview with a TV radio on July 9 alerted the people to the enemy's military threat.

PETRONAS' investments in Turkmenistan's oil and gas industry has been described as one of the largest in the Central Asian region.

The Group of Eight Developing countries (D-8) says it will review visa restrictions among member countries to facilitate more trade movement.

>Recently I had the opportunity to fly from Seattle (SEA) to Frankfurt, Germany (FRA) on a Lufthansa Airbus A330 in Business Class. This was my first Lufthansa A330 flight and figured it is time to do a review. I was flown to Germany by the airline to experience the first...

>WINDHOEK, July 13 (Reuters) - A strike at Rio Tinto's Rossing uranium mine in Namibia, the world's third largest, has halted production since Tuesday, a company official said. "The production has indeed stopped since yesterday, but we have not yet made an assessment of the losses," Rossing Corporate Affairs Manager...

>Social media played a pivotal role in the ousting of Arab leaders in Egypt and Tunisia, but activists in an uprising in Syria fear Syria the government is keeping tabs on them by scanning websites such as Facebook and Twitter."I am too scared to speak about my political activity...

>For a story on gold rising to record highs, see.Following are key dates in gold's trading history since the early 1970s:* August 1971 - U.S. President Richard Nixon takes the dollar off the gold standard, which had been in place with minor modifications since the Bretton Woods Agreement...

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Iraq's ambassador to Iran says Baghdad has held talks with the EU on the expulsion of the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) from Iraq by the end of 2011.

Argentina’s president and several of the country’s international sports stars are among those featured in a new campaign to remember the 1994 bombing of the Buenos Aires Jewish center.

Four British medals are laid out on a Union Flag. The family stand proudly as the Defence Attache says a few words, citing a moving text from the Polish War Cemetery at Monte Cassino in Italy which holds the graves over 1,000 Poles who died storming the abbey there in...

TEHRAN, July 13 (MNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ramin Mehmanparast has said that Iran and Nigeria should not allow subsidiary issues to negatively affect their good relations.

TEHRAN, July 13 (MNA) -- Fourteen members of the principlists’ unity committee have been determined so far, the Mehr News Agency reported on Wednesday.

Emma Belcher was a 2010-2011 Stanton nuclear security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). Previously, Dr. Belcher was a research fellow at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

TEHRAN, July 13 (MNA) -- Iranian Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Wednesday that the United States is making attempts to prevent the establishment of an indigenized security system in the Persian Gulf region.

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Bashar managed to convince the world in his third speech of his sincere will to reform.