News Archive - 29 July 2011

>SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Politics have long skewed oil supply lines, but this year's confluence of events have bent the route from the well to the gas tank so far out of shape that West African oil is going to a refiner in Taiwan to make diesel for Brazilian truckers. It...

Unidentified gunmen opened fire on a bus stand in southwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing seven Shia pilgrims waiting to travel to neighbouring Iran, police said.

The mother of one of two hikers arrested and held in Iran for spy charges speak with Minnesota Public Radio.

Pakistan’s Taliban have claimed responsibility for kidnapping a Swiss couple this month, saying they could be freed in exchange for a Pakistani woman serving a jail term in the United States for shooting FBI agents and US soldiers in Afghanistan.

ISTANBUL (BP)--A pastor in Iran found guilty of leaving Islam is awaiting the outcome of a judicial investigation into his spiritual background to see if he will be executed or forced to become a Muslim, according to Christian groups with ties in Iran.

Demonstrators from Gulf country's Shia majority say monarchy-sponsored report does not meet expectations.

Just one month after the American Medical Association officially came out against the practice of photoshopping actors and models in advertising, the British are waging their own battle against airbrushed ads. After a complaint by female Member of Parliament Jo Swinson , who said two new ads, one for Maybelline and...

It’s not exactly yellow cake, but the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the US Treasury Department accused Iran of aiding and partnering with Al Qaeda: The U.S. for the first time formally accused Iran of forging an agreement with al Qaeda, helping operatives move money, arms and fighters...

The families of two Americans imprisoned in Iran for nearly two years say they're counting on a court hearing Sunday to end their ordeal at last. Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, are due for what Iranian authorities have said will be a final hearing in their protracted espionage...

(CNN) -- People with banners are asking for compassion and freedom in front of the Iranian Mission in New York. Two days before two American hikers have their final hearing in Iran, friends and family are asking for them to be freed. Shane Bauer, Josh Fattal and Sarah Shourd were...

The Fox commentator is making talk-show rounds promoting his book "Muzzled," about current media affairs and his dismissal from NPR. The Fox commentator is making talk-show rounds promoting his book "Muzzled," about current media affairs and his dismissal from NPR.

> * Denotes new entry. * India is trying to make initial payments for oil to Iran through a Turkish bank, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, as debts mount to some $5 billion and as the Islamic Republic halted shipments for August. "We are trying to deliver...

> He gave no further comment. India is trying to make initial payments for oil to Iran through a Turkish bank, Indian Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, after the Islamic Republic halted shipments for August over debts which now mount to some $5 billion. (Reporting by Ebru...

> "The gas flow has been stopped temporarily ... An explosion has occurred inside Iran ... but it has been controlled and the pipeline is being repaired," the Mehr news agency said. (Created by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Ed Lane)...

> * Indian refiners have bought oil from Saudi to make up some shortfall (Adds details, background) By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, July 29 (Reuters) - India is trying to make initial payments for oil to Iran through a Turkish bank, Oil Minister S. Jaipal Reddy said on Friday, after...

"There's clearly an acceleration in this Russian accession to the WTO recently," WTO Director General Pascal Lamy said.

A new plan to have civil servants work from home is raising thorny issues about gender norms in the Islamic Republic

WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department yesterday accused the Iranian authorities of aiding al-Qaida and said it was imposing financial sanctions on six people believed to be al-Qaida operatives in Iran, Kuwait, Qatar and Pakistan.

MINNEAPOLIS - The families of two Americans imprisoned in Iran for nearly two years say they're counting on a court hearing Sunday to end their ordeal at last.

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The Associated Press The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran Iran says a magnitude 4.6 earthquake has rattled a remote region in the southeast. State TV says the quake hit around 3 a.m. Friday in a sparsely populated area outside the town of Faryab in Kerman province. It says the...

Sarah Shourd, one of three Americans arrested by Iran and accused of being a spy, hopes the second anniversary of their arrest will bring the release of her fiance Shane Bauer and their friend Josh Fattal.

JAFFARABAD - Three coaches of a passenger train derailed after a blast ripped off a portion of a track in the Jaffarabad district of southwestern Baluchistan province, police said. There were no casualties.

Michael Trapp, the pilot who survived 18 hours in Lake Huron after his plane crashed, is recovering in a Michigan hospital. His wife Julie and mother Jill talked to reporters Thursday.

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