News Archive - 1 September 2011

>BEIJING (Reuters) - China has put the brakes on oil and gas investments in Iran, drawing ire from Tehran over a pullback that officials and executives said reflected Beijing's efforts to appease Washington and avoid U.S. sanctions on its big energy firms. The stakes are high for OPEC's second-largest...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - An Iranian effort to show increased openness about its disputed nuclear program is doing little to dispel Western suspicions about Tehran's atomic ambitions, with one Vienna-based envoy dismissing it as a "charm offensive." Diplomats accredited to the U.N. nuclear watchdog said they believed it would...

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey says it has reached agreement on the deployment of a radar on its territory as part of NATO's missile defense system. Turkey's Foreign Ministry said in a statement issued late Thursday that discussions "have reach their final stages."

BAGHDAD -- August marked the first month since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that no American forces have died there, according to an Associated Press tally. For both combat and noncombat related situations, there were no American casualties in Iraq last month -- a significant achievement in a...

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At least 562 Filipinos in tension-filled Syria have expressed interest in being repatriated to the Philippines, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Friday.

Ironically, the loss of the number one position happened at a time when Benz has grown at a record 80 per cent clip last year.

An early warning radar system will be deployed in Turkey within the NATO missile defense program, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Selcuk Unal said on Friday.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Despite their country's turbulent history, Israelis enjoy a fairly secure existence: they have military might, a world-class high tech industry powering a strong economy, and America as a solid ally.

Iran's air defense is fully geared up to defend the country against potential threats at the northeastern borders, an Iranian top commander says.

Chandigarh, Sep 1 : Six trainees of Ludhiana Basketball Academy have been included in the Indian team which will take part in the 26th FIBA Asia Basketball Championship (ABC) will be held in the city of Wuhan in China from September 15 to 25.

Once again protesters have poured again into streets of Tabriz and Urmia in Iran's Azerbaijan region on Sunday to call on the Iranian government to save the dying Urmia Lake.

"The fact is that supporting the Syrian rulers at any cost was not right,” said a member of national security commission.

The demand for Kenya's tea is set to rise as political turmoil eases in Arab countries, brokers have projected even as concerns grow that delays at Mombasa port will cut farmers' earnings.

Turkey's patience in the face of frequent attacks by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK ) ended last week, when it began a war targeted at areas with high concentrations of members of the movement, which is defined as a terrorist organization.

Women Without Men , and Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis . And the Iranian New Wave that's livened up world cinema over the past 20 years has been notable for a string of strong feminist films, some of them directed by men."

The ground-breaking love story of two girls in Iran isn't just spurring conversation in the Islamic country – it's sparking a social movement.

The US and Bahrain secretly extended their defence co-operation agreement, which governs the home port of the Navy's Fifth Fleet, by five years, until 2016.

Ben Affleck directs and stars in Argo, a movie inspired by the Iran hostage crisis

Tehran, August 31 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the foreign ministry of Iran resolutely rejected the unjust assertion of the West against his country on Aug. 29.

Tehran, August 31 (KCNA) -- The president of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran expressed the stand of Iran to continue enriching the 20 per cent uranium at an interview with an agency on Aug. 29.

Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Events took place in different countries on August 24 and 25 on the 51st anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

Pyongyang, September 1 (KCNA) -- Talking to IRNA, Senator Tariq Azeem of Pakistan Muslim League-Q said that it is legitimate right of Iran to develop nuclear technology for peaceful means on Aug. 29.

Some 250,000 diplomatic dispatches from the US State Department have accidentally been made completely public. The files include the names of informants who now must fear for their lives. It is the result of a series of blunders by WikiLeaks and its supporters.

Tehran, August 31 (KCNA) -- Iran started mass production of the anti-armor rockets for destroying tanks, armored cars and ammunition chamber of the enemy.

BAGHDAD, Sep 02, 2011 (AFP) - Turkey and Iran have not done enough to protect civilians while carrying out strikes against Kurdish separatists in Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.

WASHINGTON -- Iran is moving its most sensitive nuclear-fuel production to a heavily defended, underground military facility outside the holy city of Qum, where it is less vulnerable to attack from the air, and, the Iranians hope, the kind of cyberattack that crippled its nuclear program, according to intelligence officials.

Manila (Philippine Daily Inquirer/ANN) - Two Filipino filmmakers made the list of fellows in the Asian Film Academy (AFA), which coincides with the Busan festival in October.

WASHINGTON — The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks made public its entire cache of pirated State Department cables Thursday night in a torrent of once secret information that is sure to renew debate over the impact of one of the largest security breaches in U.S. history.

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 scramble to represent Malaysia in the archery competition at next year's London Olympics begins in earnest on Monday at the final leg of the World Cup in Shanghai.

Over the past week, WikiLeaks has released 133,887 US diplomatic cables from around the world - more than half of the entire Cablegate material (251,287 cables). The new release was met with a sustained Denial of Service (DOS) attack during the first 36 hours.

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[Hu's on First| Fort Hood and Anwar al-Awlaki] Ancient proverb in American management say: ‘No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”. Frontline just rebroadcast a version John O’Neill’s story in PBS’s “Frontline” which first aired in October 2002. It is titled “The Man Who Knew”, meaning he...

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

Syrian protests against President Bashar Assad are legitimate, Ahmad Avaei says. He is the second Iranian official to publicly criticize Assad's deadly crackdown on protesters. In a sign that Syria's crackdown on dissent is fraying one of its few alliances in the region, an Iranian lawmaker said in an interview...

WIRED:LAST WEEK, Google chairman Eric Schmidt said he felt that Iranians and Syrians had no expectations of privacy online, and so should not use services like the company’s social network Google+, which looks increasingly set to expect its users to hand over their real names.

Dubai - Thousands of Bahrainis chanted slogans against the Gulf state's king on Thursday at a funeral of a teenager who rights groups say died after being hit by a teargas canister fired by police.

Iran’s top leader warned the Arab world Wednesday not to allow Western powers and Israel to confiscate the region’s pro-reform uprisings...

When former Hesperia resident, Chris Rehrer recalls some of his best surfing experiences, he’s thinking beyond the adrenaline rush from riding the crest of a perfect wave. For the Hesperia Christian School graduate, surfing conjures up memories of...

Israel said Tuesday it had sent two extra warships to patrol the Red Sea but it downplayed reports that they were connected to an Egyptian sweep of the Sinai peninsula for militants.

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Lately in Brussels and Mons, Sept. 1: The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) has urged New Delhi to turn its non-alignment policy on its head and start a strategic dialogue with it building on co-operation in Afghanistan and in naval counter-piracy missions in the Indian Ocean.

WikiLeaks has released a classified US embassy cable containing an ASIO list of Australians linked to a radical Yemeni cleric. Transcript TONY JONES, PRESENTER: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has accused the Federal Government of ratting out Australians named in a classified US embassy cable.

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

Some 250,000 diplomatic dispatches from the U.S. State Department have accidentally been made completely public. The files include the names of informants who now must fear for their lives. It is the result of a series of blunders by WikiLeaks and its supporters.

When even Iran publicly calls on President Bashar al-Assad to respond to the legitimate political grievances of his people, you know the Syrian regime is in a corner

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DUBAI, Sept 2 — Thousands of Bahrainis chanted slogans against the Gulf state’s king yesterday at the funeral of a teenager who rights groups say died after being hit by a tear gas canister fired by police. Hundreds of youths later demonstrated late into the night in several mostly Shi’ite...

Vilified by the Republicans and mocked by the Democrats, Carter reached the point where he was regarded by his own party as such a political liability that they tried to torpedo him in the 1980 primary.

A critical guide to movies playing in New York City.

Representative of the International Cycling Union (UCI) has attended the 13th edition of the Milad-e-Do-Nour International Championship Cycling Tour held in Iran.

Qatar team can look up at the stands for extra motivation at the Bahrain National stadium tonight when they play the hosts in their crucial opening tie of the Asian zone third round qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup.

French President Nicolas Sarkozy said that Paris and its allies will do “everything possible within the law” to help the citizens of Syria in their struggle for freedom and democracy.

In a meeting with senior members of Libya’s National Transitional Council, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told opposition leaders that they must “deal” with the Abdel Baset al-Megrahi Lockerbie bomber case.

Conversation Azerbaijani browser BakuToday Zafar Guliyev with famous Azerbaijani culturologist, Ph.D., professor Rahman Badalova. BakuToday: How would you describe the political institutions of modern Azerbaijan? What is this – capitalism, socialism, or something else?

Fourteen months on from the FIFA World Cup™, Asia's four participants at South Africa 2010 - Japan, Australia, Korea Republic and Korea DPR – are once again setting out on the road to football’s global showpiece in their continent's third round of Brazil 2014 qualifiers.

The Iranian soccer federation says it will give out free tickets to its upcoming match against Indonesia for the 2014 World Cup Zone E Asia qualifiers at Azadi Stadium on September 2.

In one of the first ceremonies that will mark the tenth anniversary of 9-11, Pennsylvania State Police personnel who’ve served in the military over the past decade were honored during an event near Harrisburg.

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In an address clearly designed to bolster her bid for the U.S. presidency, U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., summoned the memories of a former holder of that office and his British counterpart on the final day of The American Legion’s 93rd National Convention in Minneapolis Thursday.

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

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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

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As global leaders gathered on Thursday to try to consolidate international support and reconstruction aid for Libya, Russia recognized the fledgling rebel government.

Emilia Romagna, located in North East of Italy, will host the 6th edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, a competition dominated by Brazil. Since 2005, Brazil has imposed its superiority on the competition, winning the trophy since 2005.

Thailand coach Winfried Schaefer has urged his players to play with courage to beat Australia in a World Cup qualifier in Brisbane today.

Italy opened their 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with a tense win over Iran in a penalty shoot out.

Organizers of the Independent Games Festival China, which runs in conjunction with the Game Developers Conference China, have officially announced that the call for indie game submissions from the pan-Pacific area will remain open through Monday, September 5. Following on its success in past years, GDC China will continue to...

Netflix weathered the storm of angry complaints to its customer service department well, and now the company's increase takes effect without any new outrage.

August marked the first month since the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq that no American forces have died, according to an Associated Press tally.

Italy opened their 2011 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup with an edgy penalty shootout win over Iran after the sides finished a goal-littered 6-6 in regular time.

Bahraini security forces clashed with anti-government protesters yesterday after morning prayers, and a 14-year-old boy died after being hit by a police tear gas canister, human rights activists said.The activists blamed police...

Balkan Muslim says murders spurred by film A Balkan Muslim who killed two U.S. Air Force servicemen in March told a German judge Wednesday that he was motivated by the movie "Redacted," which was made as a political statement in 2007 by Hollywood director Brian De Palma, Dallas Mavericks...

Iran's ex-parliament speaker Mehdi Karroubi has not changed his views one iota while under house arrest, opposition website Sahamnews.net on Thursday reported the cleric's son Hossien as saying.

Two of the last three best picture Oscar winners -- "The King's Speech" and "Slumdog Millionaire" -- had their world premieres here at the Telluride Film Festival.

David Davis Lind, 59, of Wilton, formerly of Fairfield, died Aug. 9 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in West Haven. He was the owner of Keeler's True Value Hardware in Wilton. Previously, he had worked in information technology for many years.

Governments bomb despots, or do nothing. It is time to explore the alternatives. And that's where you come in ... They may call it political science, but it's rarely like that. Politics tends to be messy, rather than exact. Yet under way in the Arab world is what might be described...

WASHINGTON — 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 folded and Washington

WASHINGTON - Iran is moving its most sensitive nuclear-fuel production to a heavily defended, underground military facility outside the holy city of Qum, where it is less vulnerable to attack from the air, and, the Iranians hope, the kind of cyberattack that crippled its nuclear program, according to intelligence officials.

Tehran (AFP) Sept 1, 2011 Iran urged French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Thursday not to make comments based on "unrealistic information," after Paris called for tougher sanctions over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. "As stated repeatedly, Iran's nuclear activity is completely peaceful and International Atomic Energy Agency reports have confirmed it,"...

Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures' and GK Films' dramatic thriller "Argo," directed by and starring Academy Award(R) winner Ben Affleck ("The Town," "Good Will Hunting"). The film is being produced by Academy Award(R) winner George Clooney ("Syriana"), Oscar(R) nominee Grant Heslov ("Good Night, and Good Luck.")...

In cinematic circles, it is said that the Toronto International Film Festival is second only to Cannes. But in terms of numbers of films presented, industry connections and stars attending, I would say it's too close to call.

Is Bachmann positioning herself as 'the new Margaret Thatcher' with American Legion speech? MinnPost photo by Terry Gydesen Michele Bachmann spoke Thursday to the American Legion, comparing herself to such past conservative leaders as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. By Doug Grow | Thursday, Sept. 1, 2011 U.S. Rep.

Iraq continues its drift toward a failed state, amid terror bombings, sectarian violence and a devastated infrastructure.

BERLIN -- Its sunflowers instead of planes and kale instead of kerosene at legendary Tempelhof Airport, site of the Berlin Airlift and now home to one of Europes biggest and most unusual urban gardens.

Iranian foreign ministry's director general for Western Europe affairs says unrealistic remarks on Iran's nuclear program will destabilize region and should be avoided.

Monday, Aug. 22 It’s all over! Libyan rebels claim victory, say they’ve taken control of 95percent of capital city of Tripoli … Maybe it isn’t all over! Forces loyal to dictator Muammar Qaddafi still holding on; Qaddafi son tells journalists his dad has shrewdly lured rebels into a “trap” …...

Live interviews are rare on Iranian state television, for obvious reasons. Going off-script means there's a chance to evade the censors, which give the audience only the version of the news that is approved by authorities. -Golnaz Esfandiari, RFE

Eagle Staff Reports Texas A&M University's first Silver Taps of the school year will be Tuesday. The ceremony will be at 10:30 p.m. in front of the Academic Building. Free parking in the University Center garage will be available from 9 p.m. to ...

Iranian authorities have granted a three-day furlough to three reformist political prisoners, Mostafa Tajzadeh, Ghorbanali Behzadannejad and Javad Emam.

As many as two hundred rogue certificates were issued

Amnesty International welcomes the reported release of around 70 prisoners of conscience and political prisoners, convicted of vaguely worded "security related" charges including involvement in the protests which followed the disputed presidential election of 2009.