News Archive - 21 July 2011

The unprecedented campaign in Washington to remove the Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) from the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations represents a critical threat to Iran's indigenous democratic movement.

> * Iran has not made Aug oil allocations to Indian refiners * Tehran not offered additional Aug volumes to China so far -sources * Saudi Aramco source says India seeking August supplies (Adds link to table) By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, July 21 (Reuters) - India has a back-up...

The Associated Press The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cautiously welcomed a Russian proposal for bringing Iran back to talks over its nuclear program. A Thursday report by the official IRNA news agency quotes Ahmadinejad as saying Iran has taken steps to cooperate with the U.

> At least three Indian refiners will not get crude from Iran in August, sources at the two companies said on Thursday, after Tehran warned it would stop supplies as outstanding debts in a long-running payment issue mount. India and sanctions-hit Iran have been trying to find ways for New...

Yosemite Waterfall Image Credit: Joe Shlabotnik, Creative Commons Three Yosemite National Park tourists were swept away on Tuesday, July, 19, 2011 after falling over Yosemite waterfall, international news reported. The hikers were named as Ninos Yacoub, 27, of Turlock, California, Ramina Badal, 21, and Hormiz David, 22, both of Modesto,...

1. Israel: Anti-Boycott Law Curbs Free Expression, Say Mada and Human Rights Watch

Dubai: The Indian Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) is setting up a $500 million fund for investment that, once raised, could help spur investment between the UAE and India, a top official said.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has stressed the importance of better relations with Egypt to serve the interests of the Middle East region.

Malawi: Arab Spring Spreading South of the Sahara? It's winter in Africa, south of the Equator, but the temperature in Malawi feels more like Spring - particularly that of the recent Arab pedigree.

Some intriguing second round, first legs are in store, with Kuwait-Philippines, Qatar-Vietnam, Singapore-Malaysia and United Arab Emirates-India catching the eye.

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Osterville — Helena Ann Crowe died Aug. 5, 2010, at Whitehall Estate in Hyannis. Born in Lowell, she was a federal government employee for many years, working for the Internal Revenue Service and Department of Defense in Boston and later in Pasadena, CA.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says the United States is annoyed with Iran's independence and might, and fails to reject its top-down view of other countries.

source: Karlo Sacamos | mb.com.ph UPDATE: NBA stars amazed by warm welcome in Manila [VIDEO] Smart-Gilas doesn’t stand a chance even if Kobe Bryant and company play with only one hand, but Serbian coach Rajko Toroman said the Nationals will not go down without a fight. “We’ll treat...

The United Nations has hailed Iran's counternarcotics efforts and has called on the countries of the world to have more cooperation with the Islamic Republic in the fight against drugs.

Philippe Crassous of French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) was able to capture an amazing image of a hydrothermal worm, several news sites and blogs reported this week. Hydrothermal Worm Credit: FEI / Philippe Crassous The image, as shown above, was reportedly submitted by Crassous to the...

In the 1950s, Canada was at a crossroads. The economy and the prosperity of Canadians were becoming severely constrained by a lack of access to cheap transportation by which to trade our goods to the world.

Guns, sex, and cartoons. If you’re a 13 year old boy – scratch that – if you are a male, those words probably gain your attention a bit. And since US foreign policy circles are predominately male , I’m hoping my readership levels will go up with ...

“It’s not a happy anniversary,” says Joe Lieberman of the climate bill's death a year ago.  

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says Tehran and Riyadh have no major problems and the two sides can resolve the existing misunderstandings between them through negotiations.

TEHRAN: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cautiously welcomed a Russian proposal for bringing Iran back to talks over its nuclear program, the official news agency reported Thursday.

BANGKOK (AP) — Major Asian football nations Iran, Saudi Arabia and China will face their first hurdles in the path toward Brazil 2014 when they start sudden-death home-and-away qualifiers on Saturday, while Qatar has a challenging task as it seeks to assert its World Cup credentials.

Religion is not an Excuse for Incompetence: Homosexuality (Di wo fie asem)!! I read with titillating horror, the directive by the Western Region Minister, ordering the round up of all gays in the region. My initial reaction was that of fury. First, the order centers on delusion.

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan embassy in Washington leads in terms of annual expenditures among all 121 foreign missions which the country maintains throughout the world, the National Assembly was informed on Thursday.

Countries including China, India and Iran are engaged in a new race to explore space. Efforts include building research centers, rockets, satellites and lunar rovers. As NASA retreats from an ambitious human spaceflight program for the foreseeable future, foreign countries are moving ahead with their own multibillion-dollar plans to go...

A timetable for the submittal of an application to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for adding historical sites along China's 2,000-year-old Silk Road to the organization's World Heritage List has been postponed numerous times, with the project having been in the works for over five years.

The Melbourne International Film Festival begins celebrating its birth nearly 60 years ago.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Thursday that Iran has already taken measures to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and now it is the world powers' turn to "take step" to resolve Iran's nuclear issue.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik has proposed an all-party parliamentary committee to investigate the violence in Karachi and expressed his readiness to present the arrested murder suspects before it.

Iran inaugurated its biggest solar power plant in the northeastern religious city of Mashhad on Thursday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Russia was awaiting Iran's decision on a launch date for the Bushehr nuclear power plant, Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said Thursday.

Tehran (UPI) Jul 20, 2011 - A senior Iranian legislator is claiming that his country downed a U.S. spy drone overflying the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Iran's Qom province in central Iran. Washington is denying the allegations, Fars news agency reported Wednesday. Ali Aqazadeh Dafsari, a member of...

The more menacing North Korea becomes, the smaller its blip appears on our policy radar. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and the foreign ministers at the Association of Southeastern Asian Nations' annual summit in Bali, Indonesia, this weekend will barely touch on the problem. To be fair, Washington's not...

KUALA LUMPUR/CANBERRA (Reuters) - Malaysia and Australia will sign a pact on Monday to swap thousands of boatpeople, a source with direct knowledge of the deal said on Friday, possibly helping Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard turn around growing unpopularity with voters.

No reasonable person would claim these are the best of times for the United States, but Americans ca ...

Paris (AFP) July 21, 2011 - France is in talks with French group Dassault Aviation to buy medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drones to enter service in 2014, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said on Thursday. "This acquisition will replace the drone system currently used by the armed forces, pending the entry into...

Both ‘Britannia’ and the Western alliance are losing the means to perpetuate military-political hegemony worldwide.

KUALA LUMPUR: Thailand have set a modest target of only getting past the group stage of the inaugural International Sepaktakraw Federation (Istaf) World Cup at the Titiwangsa Stadium here.

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SECRETARY CLINTON: Well, good afternoon and Vanakkam. I am delighted to be here today. (Applause.) I want to thank Chief Librarian Naresh for welcoming me to this absolutely extraordinarily impressive facility, and for telling us all to the largest public library in India.

The head of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) met today with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to discuss how to increase cooperation between the agency and the country in the global fight against the production and trade of illicit ...

Just as Iran is accelerating its nuclear enrichment program, the Obama administration and Congress are proposing defense cuts that would hamstring our ability to respond [“Iran cautiously welcomes Russia’s nuclear proposal,” Seattletimes.com, July 21].

Collection will include historic and contemporary objects that 'journey to the heart' of Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca The British Museum is to stage a major exhibition dedicated to the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Hajj: journey to the heart of Islam will bring together historic and contemporary objects –...

Iran has held an official ceremony in southern Kerman Province to celebrate registration of Shahzadeh (Prince) Mahan Garden on UNESCO's World Heritage List.

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On July 11–15, the United Nations held a third meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Arms Trade Treaty. The committee discusses the content of the treaty in advance of a meeting of the conference in 2012 to finalize the treaty and open it for ratification.

Daneshvar, a five-piece family ensemble that plays Persian classical and folk music, offers its first American performance Friday at the Kirkland Performance Center. The group says it left Iran because of political harassment.

Storyteller Loren Niemi, of Minneapolis, tells a story about romance during a special session of "Real Stories" stand-up storytelling at the Walnut Creek Library.

As the White House continues to carve out the broad outlines of U.S. cybersecurity policy, the Pentagon released its new strategy for operating in cyberspace , the third such formal strategy issued from the government under the Obama administration.

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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) Calls on Manhattan Hotels to Refuse to Host Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad During the 2011 UN General Assembly.

New research from Ryerson University reveals that oceans and lakes could make an enormous contribution to global energy production.

North Korea and Iran are jointly working on weapons programs designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a British think tank has said.

Iranian armed forces will continue their operations to dismantle the bases of the terrorist group of the Party for Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) in the western Iran, an official says.

A few years ago, our church men’s softball team won the league title and went 9-0 on the season. The schedule actually called for a 10-game season, but the toughest team in the league had a mission trip planned, and we mutually called off that game at their request. They...

Two British nationals have been detained in Afghanistan, officials in London said yesterday, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack back home.

This republic of the United States of America is the last stand for true religious freedom. Without it freedom will not be known by generations to come.

The desert kingdom is an ideal place to find the world's hottest companies.

Monsignor Milton L. Reisch, a Catholic priest, teacher and retreat master who was pastor of Our Lady of Divine Providence Parish in Metairie for 17 years, died July 18 after complications from surgery in mid-May. He was 81.Monsignor Milton L....

The interview was part of Israel's outreach to the Arab world in advance of the Palestinians seeking United Nations recognition as an independent state. read more

Two British nationals have been detained in Afghanistan, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack in Britain.

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With summer in full swing, it's time to get yourself some ripe, juicy sun-sweetened melons while they're ripe and delicious. Muskmelons are part of the larger family of gourds and squash, including popular varieties such as cantaloupe and honeydew. Muskmelons are said to have origins in Iran and Armenia, with...

A graphic video of a public hanging in Iran of three men convicted for rape shows the "brutalisation" of the condemned and those who watch executions, Amnesty International said Thursday.

North Korea presents multiple security challenges.

“BPCL, HPCL and Essar have told us that they have not received allocation [from Iran for August]. They did not get a response from Iran and they want to secure supplies,” said an executive with Saudi Aramco, who declined to be named.

Suspects arrested in blogger assassination . Five suspects were arrested in the politically-motivated killing of Brazilian blogger, Ednaldo Figuiera. Federal and civil police from the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte made the arrests in a joint operation on July 2 and 3. IIn June, Figuiera became the first blogger...

Rising U.S. natural gas production from shale formations has already played a critical role in weakening Russia's ability to wield an "energy weapon" over its European customers, and this trend will accelerate in the coming decades, according to a new Baker Institute study, "Shale Gas and U.S. National...

Watts Bar 2, the U.S.'s newest nuclear power plant, is being built in Tennessee and is expected to go online next year. It has a history of safety concerns that goes back decades. Nevertheless, many local people support nuclear power and are welcoming the reactor with open arms.

North Korea and Iran are jointly working on weapons programmes designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, a leading British security think tank has said.

Andrei Liakhov writes: Heavily dependent on one supplier and inefficient, Ukraine will suffer the consequences of an oil price spike more than the rest of Europe.

JERUSALEM — With a September deadline looming, Israel’s prime minister turned to the Arabic media Thursday for the first time since taking office two years ago in an attempt to lure the Palestinians back to peace talks, saying “everything is on the table.”

Nalco's plans to spread its arms across the globe aren't taking shape the way it had expected them to. The company's Rs 10,000-crore project to set up a 310,000-tonne aluminium smelter and a 750-Mw power plant in Iran continues to languish due to paucity of funds

The Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps was coordinating massive help from Teheran to stop the rising opposition campaign against Assad.

National security is neither a “sacred cow” nor just another federal budget line item. Providing for the common defense of the American people and our homeland is the primary responsibility of policymakers in Washington. However, in an effort to protect social entitlements like Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the health...

The House has heard reservations over a decision by President Barack Obama to approve an Egyptian request for the acquisition of 125 M1A1s, valued at $1.3 billion. A House member has begun to lobby against military sales to Egypt as long it remained under threat from the Muslim Brotherhood.

Iran has voiced regret that the real perpetrators of the 1994 bombing attack on Argentine Israelite Mutual Association (AMIA) remain unidentified.

The Security Council this afternoon expressed concern that the possible adverse effects of climate change could, in the long-run, aggravate certain existing threats to international peace and security and that the loss of territory in some States due to sea-level rise, particularly in small low-lying island States, could have possible...

Things are getting more complex in war-trodden Libya as the devastating, erosive clashes between the revolutionary forces and the mercenaries of Muammar Gaddafi continue.

Shiva Marvasti, of Stoneham, a 2008 College of the Holy Cross graduate, has been named a 2011 Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellow.

Two British nationals, a man and a woman, have been detained in Afghanistan, officials in London said Thursday, reportedly as part of a counter-terrorism operation to stop a possible attack back home.

WASHINGTON — The four-star general nominated to be the next Army chief told Congress on Thursday that the U.S. should provide whatever defense assistance that Iraq believes it needs beyond 2011, particularly in light of what he called stepped-up Iranian efforts to pressure the U.S. to abandon Iraq.

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

A first-degree murder warrant was issued for a drifter in connection with the murder of an 18-year-old Toronto girl, whose body was found dumped in Uxbridge.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Islamic Republic will continue resisting its arrogant enemies, including "Israel", until their total annihilation, reports PressTV.

Swiss conductor Emmanuel Siffert says he is ready to serve as the guest conductor of Iran's recently established Roudaki Symphony Orchestra.

The video shows three men who had been convicted of rape being hanged publicly in the city of Kermanshah. July 21, 2011 International Graphic new video footage of a public hanging in Iran this week highlights the brutalisation of both the condemned and those who watch executions, Amnesty International said...

The U.S. has denied an Iranian report that the country's Revolutionary Guard shot down a U.S. drone (unmanned spy plane). Intelligence and military officials told VOA on Wednesday that the U.S. rejects the claim and has not lost a drone.

Kamiar Alaei, an internationally recognized expert on HIV and AIDS prevention, has expressed hope that Iran will soon release his brother and fellow physician, Arash Alaei, from prison. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE

Mohammdreza Bahonar, the deputy head of Iran's Parliament, has begun negotiating with the MPs who filed a motion to summon the president for questioning.

A prominent Iranian journalist has been ordered to report to Tehran's Evin prison to serve a sentence handed down to him last year by Tehran's Revolutionary Court, RFE/RL's Radio Farda reports.

The Director of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Customs Administration, Abbas Memarnejad said that the volume of Iran's trade turnover, including non-oil products, import, and transit of commodities, will rise to $150 billion by the end of the Iranian calendar year.

With Iran facing serious problems of drug addiction and narcotics trafficking, the head of the U.N.'s counter-narcotics agency is having talks with top officials in Tehran.

The mother of a Maryland man missing in Libya since March said Thursday her son is being held in a prison in Tripoli. Sharon VanDyke said she could not divulge any details on how she learned of the whereabouts of her son Matthew VanDyke, who was in Libya to work...

Iran sets to establish a free trade and industrial zone in Maku in the coming two months . the project will be included in various trade, industrial, tourism, airport, services, transportation and other related parts.

Iran will sign a $4 billion contract with China for development of an underground transport system in Iran.

Caucasus is Iran's trump to play in its game with regional powers. Iran borders Caucasus, which is one of the most critical regions in the world, on northwest. Crises in Karabakh, South Ossetia and Abkhazia have their roots in this region. -Bahram Amir Ahmadian