News Archive - 31 August 2011

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over U.S. national security policies after the September 11 attacks as it rips open old wounds among aides to President George W. Bush. Cheney describes his upbringing on the Wyoming prairie where he hunted jackrabbits...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Obama administration has begun consulting Congress on plans to sell to South Korea remotely piloted Global Hawk surveillance planes and related ground stations, two people familiar with the matter said. Among those briefed have been the Senate's and House of Representatives' foreign affairs committees, which have...

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to “confiscate” the region’s pro-reform uprisings, in comments that appear to reflect the Islamic republic’s unease about their standing in a profoundly altered Middle East.

>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The popular herbal sleep aid valerian could help ease some of the sleep problems that can come with menopause, a small study suggests. Valerian root has been used since ancient Greek and Roman times for various health problems, including insomnia. Modern science is split on...

>TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Wednesday a parliamentary election scheduled for early next year posed a potential risk to the country's security and he called for national unity. After the contested re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2009 when huge protests were crushed by security forces, Iran's...

>QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car bomb attack killed 10 people in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Wednesday, police said, as the country celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr. Two women and two children were among the dead and about 20 more were wounded in the blast...

Baghdad: Iraq and Iran agreed Tuesday that the Iraqi committee for demarking borders between the two countries should launch its mission so that the mission is completed before the end of this year, a member of the committee said today.

“The copies were cheaply made in China but are being sold in Iran for much more than they are really worth,” Ahmad Haji-Sharif said.

Tehran, August 30 (KCNA) -- A carbon fabric factory was put into operation in Iran on August 27. The factory was built with indigenous technology and by its own efforts.

Tehran, August 30 (KCNA) -- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that Iranian women can be regarded as a role model for their gender throughout the world.

Tehran, August 30 (KCNA) -- Iran's Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said Saturday that the Islamic Republic is manufacturing maritime patrol aircraft, the local satellite Press TV reported.

Chinese companies were called on to increase direct investment in Sri Lanka, Brazil, Malaysia and the US by the country's top think tank the China Centre for International Economic Exchange. "Using t .....

Former US vice president Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over US national security policies after the September 11 attacks, opening old wounds among aides to former president George W. Bush.

Tehran, August 30 (KCNA) -- Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani in a telephone call said that parliaments of Muslim countries play a very significant role in the issue of Palestine.

MOGADISHU, Sept 1 (Bernama) -- Putera 1Malaysia Club has proposed to sponsora camp in Somalia to shelter drought and famine victims. Its president Datuk Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim said the move was more practicalcompared to sending aid material to the camps in view of the security risks. "At the same...

Decision affirms requirements for more in-depth study of impacts By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — A federal appeals court this week resolved a seven-year conflict over the proposed 4,000-acre expansion of an open-pit coal mine on Navajo lands in northwestern New Mexico. The appeals court upheld a 2010 U.S.

Beer, brats, leg wrestling and … grown men in leather shorts and suspenders — what could be better? By Bob Berwyn SUMMIT COUNTY — If there’s anyone in Summit County who has the chops to put on an Oktoberfest, it’s probably Andy Grogger. Along with having worked at one of...

MOHAMMAD ALI has lost friends and family, and his entire village, since returning from Nauru.

Late-season monsoon spurs continued growth of local fungi SUMMIT COUNTY — I wasn’t really expecting to find much in the way of mushrooms when I took the dogs for a stroll in the upper Snake River Basin Wednesday evening. Rainfall has been somewhat spotty the past few weeks, and with...

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has once again warned of persisting plots hatched by arrogant powers to manage events in the Middle East and North Africa, reiterating the key role of Muslim masses to foil such schemes.

BERLIN, September 1, 2011 (AFP) - It's sunflowers instead of planes and kale instead of kerosene at legendary Tempelhof Airport, site of the Berlin Airlift and now home to one of Europe's biggest and most unusual urban gardens.

SYRIA Security forces search houses for protesters Syrian security forces conducted house-to-house raids in the central cities of Hama and Homs, hunting for activists involved in the country's uprising, residents and activists said.

Russian company Sukhoi has high expectations for the Superjet 100, the first wholly new Russian civilian-aircraft design since the breakup of the Soviet Union.

What happens now if more people smugglers' boats are intercepted by the navy?

Two months ago, James Steinberg started his typical workday at 8:45 a.m ., in a meeting with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and fellow State Department secretaries. Later, he'd head to the White Ho...

Former England under-21 manager Peter Taylor will be aiming for a winning start as the new coach of Bahrain when it hosts Gulf neighbor Qatar on Friday in Asian qualifying for the 2014 World Cup. Qatar, which will host the 2022 World Cup, will also have a new coach in...

The United States is deeply concerned about reports of continued Sudanese air force bombings of civilian areas in Southern Kordofan, despite President Bashir’s announcement of a unilateral two-week ceasefire last Tuesday

National Hurricane Center also watching a Gulf of Mexico disturbance By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY — Katia, the latest tropical cyclone to spin off the coast of Africa and across the Atlantic, has reached hurricane force, with sustained winds of 75 mph extending about 25 miles out from the center...

An international artist who set roots in Passyunk Square one year ago brings an absurdist piece to this year’s Fringe Festival. The six cast members of Penn Dixie Alive have been living more than 70 miles from Philly in the woods of Nazareth since Aug. 14 finishing their debut work,...

Former Cal All-American Alysia Johnson Montano advanced to the semifinals of the 800 meters at the World Track & Field Championships Wednesday, running 1:59.62 in her opening heat.

OracleBribery probeOracle (ORCL) is being investigated by U.S. authorities on whether the company breached federal anti-bribery laws in its dealings overseas, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

Overview from the w orld championships women's 200m heats on Thursday 1. Veronica Campbell-Brown (Jamaica) 22.46 Q 2. Ivet Lalova (Bulgaria) 22.62 Q 3. Carmelita Jeter (U.S.) 22.68 Q 4. Shalonda Solomon (U.S.) 22.69 Q 4. Dafne Schippers (Netherlands) 22.69 Q...

Eight surprising revelations from the former vice president’s new memoir, "In My Time." By David Sessions.

Hadieh Shafie, 10450 Pages. Estimate: £4,000-6,000. Photo: Sotheby's. LONDON.- Sotheby's London announced a sale of Modern and Contemporary Arab and Iranian which will take place on Tuesday, 4th of October, 2011. Comprised of 123 lots, the sale will include major works by leading Modern masters such as Louay Kayyali,...

"Enrichment" or more particularly "uranium enrichment" is probably one of those phrases that the average person hears on television or reads on the Internet and has only the vaguest concept of what it means. They likely think "it's bad" and "it has something to do with uranium, which I think...

Principal photography has begun on Warners' Iran hostage crisis thriller Argo, directed by and starring Ben Affleck.

Despite signs of dangerous fractures among the Libyan rebels who ousted Moammar Gadhafi, the United States and its European allies have ruled out a significant nation-building role or major infusions of aid to the postwar government in Tripoli.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney says there is no contradiction in advocating harsh interrogation tactics against suspected U.S. enemies and opposing those practices when used against American citizens.

A former U.S. diplomat advised the crumbling regime of Col. Moammar Gadhafi on how to counter its critics, according to documents found after rebels gained access to the regime's intelligence ministry in Tripoli. Other documents show that an anti-war congressman was in touch with an intermediary from Col. Gadhafi's...

Where do you draw the line between whining about trivialities and putting your foot down in the face of bad governance? Many immigrants who now live decent lives could expound in great detail on that question.[...]

WASHINGTON – As recently as June, an environmental website declared former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman the "greenest" of the Republican presidential candidates. But the "jobs plan" Huntsman released Wednesday may put an end to that kind of talk.

Internet users in Pakistan might have a harder time protecting their information — from authority interception and crooks alike — after a ban on virtual private networks (VPNs) takes effect. The Pakistan Telecommunications Authority sent a legal notice to the country’s ISPs, ordering them to turn in customers who use...

TEN years to the day and Glenn Whelan can tell you where he watched it, who else was there and what he was wearing. He’s not alone.

In late September , leaders of the Palestinian Authority are expected to issue a Unilateral Declaration of Independence and ask, in the words of PA Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath, that it receive "the blessing of the U.N."

Will Argentina Forgive Past Bombings by Iran for ‘30 Pieces of Silver’? Iran has a lot riding on the survival—both literal and political—of Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chávez.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 1 — Thousands of Iranians are living in Malaysia to escape the harsh regime in Tehran but just as they see this country as a utopia, they have observed the some of its flaws as well. Time magazine reported yesterday that Malaysia is becoming, in the words...

Principal filming has begun on "Argo," a film starring and directed by Ben Affleck based on the real-life story of a covert operation to rescue six Americans from Iran.

A BOY aged 14 has died after being hit by a tear-gas canister fired by Bahraini security forces in clashes with protesters, human rights activists said.

A programming glitch in Apple's OS X operating system is making it hard for Mac users to tell their computers not to trust digital certificates, exacerbating an ongoing security problem with a Dutch certificate authority that was recently hacked. read more

During five years in the French Foreign Legion, Glencore International Plc Chairman Simon Murray was sent on missions ranging from death defying to merely gruesome.

A teenager died in Bahrain yesterday after being hit by a teargas canister fired by security forces trying to disperse a protest overnight, a rights group said.

Hackers use a counterfeit SSL certificate to snoop on the online activities of Iranians.

Hackers who obtained a fraudulent digital certificate for Google may have actually obtained more than 200 digital certificates for other top internet entities such as Mozilla, Yahoo and even the privacy and anonymizing service Tor. Dutch certificate authority DigiNotar, which was hacked in July, has never acknowledged the number of...

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Iran's Minister for Sports and the Youth, in a meeting with the Iranian Football Federation officials, said he will do his utmost to ensure the further success of the Persian soccer squad.

Federal Immigration Minister Jason Kenney will join Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel and other high-profile speakers at the United Nations in September to speak against a UN anti-racism conference that has been accused of being a forum to criticize Israel.

Canada fell 15-6 to France on Wednesday to drop to the consolation round at the FINA men’s world junior water polo championship.

Qatar are hoping to lift the gloom over them with an improved performance against Bahrain when the two Gulf neighbours meet tomorrow in the first tie of the third round Asian zone qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup.

Here are letters to the editor from recent editions of the Daily News

An Iraqi crackdown on Iranian-backed Shiite militias has helped produce a previously elusive goal: For the first time since the U.S. invasion of Iraq, an entire month has passed without a single U.S. service member dying.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is seeking a binding security pact with U.S. forces for their indefinite stay there

After traveling the world, living and studying in different places, Kambiz Ahmad, returns to Windsor to teach high school classes where he was once named Valedictorian.

The Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has sent separate messages to his counterparts in Islamic states, offering felicitations on the auspicious occasion of the Eid-al-Fitr.

A Balkin Muslim who killed two U.S. Air Force servicemen in March has told a German judge Wednesday that he was motivated after seeing the movie “Redacted,” made as a political statement in 2007 by Hollywood director Brian De Palma, Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban and several high-profile movie...

2014 World Cup: Which Asian teams will make it to Brazil?

Canada's mission in Libya will likely carry on beyond the scheduled end date at the end of September, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird signalled this week.

Reader-submitted suggestions on how to teach about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and events for the 10th anniversary.

By Declan Walsh Plagued by old resentments, accusations of infidelity and violent squabbles that end in the diplomatic equivalent of plate-smashing, Pakistan and the US have long been compared to a crisis-stricken married couple.

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — A pact aimed at clearing up mistrust and confusion between Washington and Kabul about the future of U.S. troops and aid in Afghanistan has instead sowed more of the same.

The United States on Wednesday denounced the Syrian regime's "abhorrent abuse" of prisoners after Amnesty International reported a sharp rise in Syrian prison deaths amid protests this year.

ATF acting head Ken Melson stepped down Tuesday amid a probe into the ill-fated Fast and Furious gun tracing program. But Congressional investigators believe there's more blame to go around.

Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)" slated for Sept. 11 memorial concert. Alan Jackson will attend, along with President Obama, at the Concert for Hope at the Washington National Cathedral.

Winning art reflects on Arab Spring When Taraneh Hemami arrived in the United States in 1978 to study art at the University of Oregon at Eugene, she intended to return home to Iran. But by the time she was a sophomore,...

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Filming is Underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ “Argo”

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share: digg facebook twitter Experts say the Iranian government may have been behind a hacking attack, allowing it to read Google email from dissidents who thought they were using secure connections. Chicago-based Internet security firm Vasco says its Dutch subsidiary, DigiNotar, detected the hack on July 19.

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Tea Exporters Association (TEA) Chairman Niraj de Mel yesterday assured that Ceylon Teas went unhindered and uninterrupted to Middle Eastern and North African markets despite the challenges there.

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The Obama administration is holding Syria's foreign minister personally responsible for crimes committed in the Syrian government's five-month crackdown on popular dissent.

QUANTICO, Virgina (AP) - Most Afghans want a binding security pact with the United States that would keep American troops in Afghanistan indefinitely, a senior adviser to Afghan President Hamid Karzai said on Wednesday.

Counterfeiters mint SSL cert for addons.mozilla.org The secure webpage hosting addons for Mozilla Firefox was targeted in the same attack that minted a fraudulent authentication credential for Google websites, the maker of the open-source browser said.…

Iran has been under international pressure to halt uranium enrichment, needed both for electricity generation and weapons production. Tehran has repeatedly rejected the demand, insisting it is pursuing a purely civilian program.

In 1982, when Ezat Delijani bought his first endangered movie palace in downtown Los Angeles, it was an act of faith. Now, it's a given that places like the Orpheum and the Million Dollar Theatre should be preserved for posterity. Delijani, an Iran-born philanthropist, died Saturday. He was 83.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Wednesday that a preventive strike on Iran could lead to a crisis in the region and called on world powers to toughen their sanctions on Tehran instead.

United Against Nuclear Iran on Wednesday applauded Finnish crane manufacturer Konecranes for ending its business in Iran. Konecranes is the fifth international crane manufacturer to pull out of Iran in response to UANI’s Cranes Campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) -- More than half of Muslim Americans in a new poll say government anti-terrorism policies single them out for increased surveillance and monitoring, and many report increased cases of name-calling, threats and harassment by airport security, law enforcement officers and others.

Media reports on a suspected North Korean cyber attack on South Korean bank reveal confusion and controversy about what such incidents mean in policy and legal terms, an Indiana University expert says.

The timing could not be more perfect. Just as frustrated Arab protesters are feeling tempted to resort to violence, two events should remind them that nonviolent tactics have a winning track record.

Officials said the Kremlin has won Iranian approval to launch a strategic dialogue with the Teheran regime. They said the dialogue would be conducted at the highest level of government and address a range of threats.

The Associated Press The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran Iran's top leader is warning about alleged efforts by the West to hijack revolutions in the Arab world that toppled dictators. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in a speech broadcast on Iran's state TV Wednesday that people in the Middle East must prevent...

At the halfway point of the world track and field championships, one thing is clear: medals are becoming harder and harder to come by. This should, writes Paul Gains, be a wake-up call for Canadian athletes, coaches and officials as we approach next year's Olympics.

Paris (AFP) Aug 31, 2011 France's President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Wednesday that Iran's alleged attempts to build long-range missiles and nuclear weapons could lead unnamed countries to launch a pre-emptive attack. "Its military nuclear and ballistic ambitions constitute a growing threat that may lead to a preventive attack against...

America's energy future can't be unlocked as simply as Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann makes it sound when she depicts the nation as the "king daddy dogs" of energy. Even if environmentalists...

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy has warned Iran that its alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles could invite a preemptive strike. "Its military nuclear and ballistic ambitions constitute a growing threat that may lead to a preventive attack against Iranian sites that would provoke a major crisis that France...

For almost a decade now, Ali Partovi sits behind bars, a lone holdout of an era when terror fears drove American authorities to arrest suspects without much evidence.

The author discusses the complexity of Islam, the role of emotions, and the inspiration behind her new novel, The Submission

Operating with at least tacit support from the regime, the Syrian Electronic Army uses DOS attacks, phishing scams, and other tricks to fight opposition activists where they're strongest -- online

After an impressive qualifying campaign and three previous appearances at the FIFA Beach World Cup, Iran are determined to make their mark at Ravenna/Italy 2011.

David Suissa’s “ Salon Nation: Israel’s Struggle For Renewal ” (Aug. 26) was excellent in describing what common-sense actions should be taken. Unfortunately, too many changes are required before Israel could be considered a “light unto the nations.”