News Archive - 25 August 2011

> Sure, it’s a lousy place to be a woman who loves women, but it’s also not so great if you’re an intellectual or a feminist or even just a fan of hip-hop. Writer-director Maryam Keshavarz’s debut feature contains echoes of “The Lives of Others” and “My Son, the Fanatic,”...

>ANKARA (Reuters) - Hesitant at first to dump one-time friend Muammar Gaddafi and to back NATO operations, Turkey is taking a lead role in efforts to rebuild Libya now the Libyan leader is on the run, eyeing billion dollar deals and hoping to extend its influence in north Africa. Muslim...

> * Cases involved Cuban nationals and Iranian shipping * JPMorgan allegedly "reckless" in abiding rules * Bank says it will improve compliance programs (Adds details, background) By David Henry and Margaret Chadbourn WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) will pay $88.3 million to settle civil...

is a new website that delivers English editions of the best foreign-language news and journalism. North Korea has markedly extended its arms cooperation with Iran since the start of 2011, according to information received by Süddeutsche Zeitung from Western secret service sources.

>"No Higher Honor" follows her memoir effort last year that focused on her upbringing and personal life. The new book will give insights on her former roles as national security advisor and secretary of state under former President George W. Bush, Crown Publishers said.It also promises to give fresh...

> * Shell still planning to lift crude cargo * Markets not worried about Syrian oil loss (Adds Shell, background) By Jessica Donati and Ikuko Kurahone LONDON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Oil major Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) is planning to continue exporting Syrian oil in September despite fresh U.

>LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - While many will probably refer to "Circumstance" in shorthand as "the Iranian lesbian movie," part of what makes the film so powerful is its portrayal of modern-day Iran as a country so oppressive that you don't even have to be a lesbian to suffer there.

> * As Timothy D. Cook takes over as Apple's chief executive, followers of the company wonder how he will react to the spotlight and the scrutiny. * Steve Jobs's decision to step down as chief executive of Apple brought some people to tears and inspired loving tributes to him...

>AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian protesters chanted "bye, bye Gaddafi, Bashar your turn is coming" overnight, but President Bashar al-Assad showed few signs of cracking after months of demonstrations and his forces raided an eastern tribal region again on Thursday. The new chant, inspired by the apparent collapse of Muammar Gaddafi's...

Nine missiles from Gaza explode in Ashkelon, Eshkol District and Shear Hanegev late Thursday • Another Palestinian missile team was hit by Israel ground fire • In a broadcast Thursday night, Qaddafi tells "women and children to purify Tripoli" and Libyans to fight and destroy the rebels • It is...

Warren Buffett comes to the rescue again. Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. announced Thursday that it would invest $5 billion in Bank of America Corp., a much-needed vote of confidence that sent the beleaguered bank's stock soaring 9 percent.

The first in nine years visit of "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il to Russia attracted the attention of Western officials and Western media. They are eager to find out what agreements he has reached with the Russian leadership.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says regional countries can resolve their problems through a pragmatic approach and without interference of Western countries.

Western countries are hoping increased sanctions will step up pressure on Syrian President Bashar Assad. So far, the Syrian economy appears to be coping, reportedly with large cash infusions from Iran.

Rolling coverage of the rollercoaster in financial markets as the eurozone and US come under increasing pressure to deal with high debt level and stave off another recession.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says the Quds Day is the day of call for justice and could be a starting point for an end to the "Zionist regime."

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqis who lived through the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein see eery similarities in the scenes of Libyans parading through Tripoli ripping up posters of Moammar Gadhafi. But Iraqis also saw looting, bloodshed and bombings in the days and years since.

Tehran, August 24 (KCNA) -- Iran on August 20 sentenced two Americans to jail term of eight years for their illegal entry and spying against it, the judicial authorities of the country said on August 21.

Tehran, August 24 (KCNA) -- Seyed Ali Khamenei, leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, in a conversation on August 19 called for stepping up economic development.

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Pyongyang, August 25 (KCNA) -- Foreign personages paid congratulatory visits to the DPRK embassies in their countries from August 11 to 20 on the 51st anniversary of General Secretary Kim Jong Il's start of Songun revolutionary leadership.

REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press BAGHDAD Iraqis who lived through the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein see eery similarities in the scenes of Libyans parading through Tripoli ripping up posters of Moammar Gadhafi. But Iraqis also saw looting, bloodshed and bombings in the days and years since. "A...

Bell County school officials are showing respect for both the taxpayer's dollar and the law of

Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011, will mark the 10th anniversary of one of the most tragic days in American history.

Jakarta (The Jakarta Post/ANN) - Indonesia's archery squad has set a target of winning four gold medals at the upcoming 26th SEA Games in Jakarta and Palembang, to eclipse their shining achievements at the 2009 SEA Games in Laos.

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the "underwear bomber" accused of trying to blow up an airliner over Metro Detroit on Christmas Day 2009, asked a judge Thursday to free him from prison, arguing he should be judged by the Quran, not U.S. laws.

share: digg facebook twitter The honest understand that the Libyan war of 2011 was about regime change — the termination of four decades of megalomaniacal misrule, torture, corruption, tyranny, terrorism and genuine warmongering. Would that Ronald Reagan had finished him in 1986 when U.S. aircraft bombed Libya in retaliation...

The U.S. Treasury Department announced an $88.3 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) for apparent violations of international sanctions programs, including Cuban assets control and anti-terrorism regulations.

The motto of the Asian Football Confederation is The Future is Asia [...]

Muslims in the country have been reminded not to belittle or insult other religions, even in the event of defending Islam, as such actions run contrary to Islamic teachings.

Somali officials say at least 90 more people have lost their lives due to hunger and cholera, criticizing the UN health and children's agencies for the increasing death toll.

Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi says cooperation is necessary to improve the security relations between the Islamic Republic and Iraq.

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Luxurious beachside mansion or bolt-hole in the ground, what are the options for Muammar Gaddafi post-Libya?

Iranian Majlis (parliament) is sending a team to Libya to investigate the fate of Lebanon's Shia cleric Imam Moussa al-Sadr who disappeared in Libya 33 years ago.

In late April, a month after the United States lobbied the U.N. Security Council to support a NATO operation shielding anti-Qaddafi rebels in Libya from slaughter, Ryan Lizza published a detailed report in these pages called “The Consequentialist.” Lizza set out to describe the evolution . . .

If history is anything to go by, embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has a lot of options for his retirement.

If history is anything to go by, embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has a lot of options for his retirement.

It's time for the internet "frontier" to be closed, say governments. So what would the "civilized internet" look like? Read more on the blog...

File picture shows Adib Mayaleh, governor of the Central Bank of Syria. Syrians will have to tighten their belts if protests against President Bashar Al-Assad remain unabated and US and European sanctions ...

Luxurious beachside mansion or bolt-hole in the ground, what are the options for Muammar Gaddafi post-Libya?

Friends and family of Dorothy Parvaz have created a Free Dorothy Parvaz page on Facebook.

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

Tehran's Esteqlal has trashed Foulad Khuzestan 4 to 1 at the end of the fifth week of the Iranian Premier League in the latter's southern hometown.

The motto of the Asian Football Confederation is 'The Future is Asia', yet a series of recent controversies indicate the game seems unable to shake off its unhappy history of corruption, bribery and political interference across the continent. Asian football may be making great strides in some areas -- luring...

Wind River Systems Inc., a real-time operating system ( RTOS ) specialist, is teaming up with cyber-space security expert McAfee Inc. to strengthen not only the performance and footprint, but also the security of the embedded system design.

Iran is effectively at war with the United States. States can help put pressure on this rogue regime.

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

A UNLV research institute that got off to a rough start but later became instrumental in helping Southern Nevada law enforcement agencies and resorts prepare for terrorist threats is shutting down.

The recent riots in England may not have been race riots in the strict sense of the word ... read more

Marshlands in Iraq must be managed in a manner that balances the various benefits derived from the ecosystems, including food and clean water for the country’s people, as well as climate control, according to a United Nations report released today.

A poll on the potential of change to Iran's national currency heats up with respondents rendering differing views on whether the legal tender should have its zeroes slashed or its name changed.

JP Morgan Chase agrees with the US Treasury Department to pay $88.3m to avoid liability for "apparent violations" of sanctions.

The Simon Wiesenthal Center, an international Jewish human rights organization and World War II Holocaust memorial in Los Angeles, has drawn attention to several issues in the past week. Delta Airlines reached a solution with the Wiesenthal Center to define a Delta-Saudi Arabian Airlines alliance. And a terrorist attack in...

No let-up in pace at 12-day chess fest.

Plant backing; water fairness; right to vote

THE SON of an Iranian doctor who was killed after examining the rape victims of the country’s 2009 unrest has spoken for the first time about the motives behind his father’s assassination.

WASHINGTON - JPMorgan Chase Bank is paying $88.3 million in an agreement with the Treasury Department, which says the bank violated regulations that prohibit lending money for entities linked to countries engaged in illicit nuclear trade and that cover dealings with Cuba and Sudan.

Observers attribute his later rise to Syed's close connections with former Prime Minister Mahathir. Syed's business interests include plantations, property development, construction, engineering, power generation, mining, seaport construction and operation, airport management, railways, hotels, manufacturing, retail, and defense technologies. Syed Mokhtar has been the recipient of countless ...

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani arrived late Thursday night in Tehran for talks with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, an official told AFP, without providing further details.

One of the fundamental hurdles to expanding trade beyond conventional trade partners is lack of governmental initiative and diplomatic cooperation with other countries. Foreign policies of successive governments have oscillated between closer alignments with the United States followed by periods of distrust between Washington and Islamabad.

AMMAN (Reuters) - Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad killed eight people across Syria overnight, activists said on Friday, in a sustained campaign to crush street protests against his rule buoyed by the demise of Muammar Gaddafi's power in Libya.

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah is set to address supporters Friday for Jerusalem Day at a mass gathering in the southern village of Maroun al-Ras, sources told The Daily Star.

IN a news item datelined Miami, the Spanish EFE news agency gives the word to terrorist and ex-CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles, granted leave of stay in the United States despite Venezuela’s application for his extradition for masterminding the sabotage of a Cubana de Aviación passenger plane in October 1976,...

Re the Aug. 22 story South Miami turning into a bike rider’s haven: South Miami’s a two-wheel town? Are you kidding me? To get exercise, save money and reduce pollution I ride my bike to the bank, restaurants, library, grocery store and Dante Fascell Park. I take my life in...

Something extremely important and exceedingly dangerous is unfolding in a most explosive part of the globe, but it is receiving only minimal attention by the media and by world leaders. An outbreak of violence in Southern Israel , Gaza, and along the Egyptian border, triggered by a recent attack against...

OUR OPINION: Avoiding reprisals crucial to building new state

There is a crucial point that most of this analysis has missed. How and why did the experts, Obama's military advisors and the media get this story so wrong at almost every step of the way?

GAME OVER: KASPAROV AND THE MACHINE (90 Mins, DVD) Intercut with feature film sequences and structured as a psychological thriller, this compelling film leads us into the brain of the brilliant chess player Gary Kasparov. In 1985, this Russian was the youngest world champion ever.

THE increase in exhibitors at this year’s Harare Agricultural Show (HAS) is a reflection of the improving macro-economic environment and improved productivity in the key sectors of the economy, according to Zimbabwe Agricultural Society Public Relations Manager Sibonginkosi Muteyiwa A total of 1 000 exhibitors are participating at this year’s...

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Striding purposefully through the office, his whisps of gray hair floating behind him, Volodymyr Sheiko exudes the energy of a man on a mission.

At one point in “Circumstance,” Maryam Keshavarz ’s swirling and sensuous melodrama of forbidden love in modern Tehran, four young Iranians slip into a clandestine video club in the back of a store.

After Gaddafi Libya may not find what it is looking for. As I write this, the majority of pro-Gaddafi forces have lost, or are in the process of losing their resistance against the mostly civilian rebels. The pictures and stories coming from Libya are not incomparable to ...

Rushing past the obvious is an occupational hazard for journalists and policymakers. Much of the official and media verbiage triggered by the rebels’ capture of Moammar Gadhafi’s Tripoli headquarters has missed essential contemporary and historical developments: • Gadhafi’s downfall brings us closer to closing a dark chapter in Arab history ...

Movie review: Dominic Cooper scores twice in ‘Devil’s Double’ By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Published Aug 25, 2011 03:26PM MDT The old showman Cecil B. deMille showed in “The Ten Commandments” that the most audience-pleasing way to condemn evil on film was to wallow in it, in...

In physics a quantum state is indeterminate until observed. This is known as the Heisenberg uncertainty principle and well illustrated by the famous “Schrödinger’s Cat” example in which the cat is both dead and alive at the same time. It’s very rare to find examples of such ...

Buffett is expected to co-host a fundraiser next month in New York for Obama's re-election campaign. The tickets could cost as much as $38,500. JPMorgan Chase will pay $88.3 million settlement with Treasury Department over a series of transactions involving Cuba, Iran and Sudan.

U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson began his speech Thursday by condemning partisan politics in Washington, while proceeding to blame the country’s current financial problems on decisions made by former President George W.

Iran's Majlis (parliament) Speaker Ali Larijani hails the International Quds Day as the true manifestation of freedom for all the independence-seeking nations of the world.

August 26, 2011 www.nytimes.com NY Time Book Review Dick Cheney: In My Time By Michiko Kakutani   Published: August 25, 2011   IN MY TIME A Personal and Political Memoir By Dick Cheney with Liz Cheney Illustrated. 565 pages. Threshold Editions. $35. In an interview on NBC’s “Dateline,”...

Two girls begin a secretive, illicit relationship well outside the bounds of their country's laws on female behavior. Director Maryam Keshavarz lays the desires of her protagonists on thick, ultimately rendering the film too florid to bring about any strong emotions in the audience.

The text of a cable from the U.S. Embassy to Washington on June 11, 2009, according to WikiLeaks:

When I tell people I'm Iranian and gay, they inevitably ask two questions: do your parents know, and if they do, what was their reaction?

The rupee on Thursday clawed back from its deepest low in more than 11 months, buoyed by corporate dollar sales, but was reined in by persistent demand for the US unit from domestic oil firms and gold importers.

You've got to pay out money to make money. That's how the saying goes, right? After settling cases for $153.6 million and $228 million in June and July respectively, August brings another sizable legal settlement to be paid by JPMorgan.

The messiest part of war is how it ends. Even as Libyan rebels and their supporters fired rifles in the air and poured into Green Square to celebrate the downfall of Muammar Qaddafi, the scenes at the Mujama Aleiadat hospital in Misrata, 130 miles from Tripoli, told a grimmer story.

On Tuesday night, WikiLeaks announced a fresh release of over 55,000 U.S. diplomatic cables. Among…

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has become the third Arab leader to be deposed this year. The rulers of Yemen, Syria and Algeria are likely to be the most worried.

Rallies have been planned to be held all across Pakistan on the International Quds Day in support of the Palestinian resistance against Israel.

Obama has spent more on war; he has engaged more troops in war, and more lives have been lost. Where's the protest?

Last week’s multifront Palestinian terrorist attack along the Egyptian-Israeli border highlighted two major new challenges to Israel’s national security.

JEFFREY BROWN: Governor Huntsman, welcome. JON HUNTSMAN, R-Utah, presidential candidate: Pleasure to be with you. JEFFREY BROWN: A line that you've been repeating recently is that the U.S. is a center-right nation. Now, does that define you as a candidate, and what does that mean? JON HUNTSMAN: Well, I...