News Archive - 6 September 2011

# humanrights It was an old-fashioned gay lynching in Iran on Sunday morning, as the state executed six inmates by hanging at the Karound prison in Ahvaz, in the country's southwest region. According to Iran Human Rights , three of the six were sentenced to death for "'unlawful' acts and...

> * KPN says new orders follow DigiNotar hacking * Public prosecutor investigating DigiNotar -govt spokesman * Hacker claims responsibility - Dutch media (Adds details, quotes) AMSTERDAM, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Dutch telecoms firm KPN (KPN.AS) said on Tuesday its IT unit, Getronics, has won new business from customers...

>"Sean Stone has come to Iran and wants to prepare the ground for making a documentary," Mehrdad Hojjati, an Iranian film producer, was quoted as saying by the ILNA news agency.Another news agency, Mehr, reported that Oliver Stone, whom it described as an "anti-American system" director, would join his...

>Panetta, a former CIA director who took over the Pentagon's top job in July, was asked on the Charlie Rose television show whether the Arab Spring might spread to non-Arab Iran. Panetta responded: "Absolutely.""I think we saw in evidence of that in the last election in Iran that there...

Two Iranian publications which carried articles critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s policies were shut down Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.

As a Shiite Muslim who was interrogated by Iraq’s secret police and lost her job because she would not join the regime’s Baath Party, Fawzia al-Attia should feel safer now that Saddam Hussein is no longer in power.

16 people have been killed in two suicide bombs in the Pakistan city of Quetta, while another 32 people have been injured.

An Iranian watchdog overseeing publications of the Muslim holy book has criticized the poor quality of smuggled copies of the Quran printed in China, the governmental Iran daily reported Tuesday.

Global Resource Investments Founder and Chairman Rick Rule is a self-described energy bull. In this special Energy Report from his latest web broadcast, he highlights the global macro-trends that will drive energy prices-oil, natural gas, uranium and alternative energy way up in the coming years.

(MENAFN - Arab Times) It is surprising that Iraq has continued to issue provocative statements on the Mubarak Al-Kabeer Port project even if Kuwait played a crucial role in liberating the Iraqis ...

A major new international study involving researchers from the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital has revealed that aspirin, statins, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors are prescribed far too infrequently.

(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) The price of the 12-crudes basket of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) went down USD 1.95 on Monday to settle at USD 108.42 pb, from USD 110.37 pb ...

Johnston: The good old days really never were

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has highlighted Iran's influential position in the region, emphasizing Tehran's role in maintaining regional equilibrium.

The uprising in the Arab world, the secession of the south and conflict in South Kordofan and Darfur can only mean one thing; Sudan needs an anchor to avoid sinking under the wave of reforms.

At least 10 killed after explosions near government compound in city near Afghanistan border.

This Is Not a Film with Jafar Panahi - from traveling outside the country, according to the film's international distributor." Variety 09/06/11

THE US government is worried that Namibia doesn’t have enough safeguards to prevent rogue companies from getting their hands on nuclear material sourced locally.

QUETTA, September 7, 2011 (AFP) - Twin suicide bombs targeting security forces responsible for this week capturing senior Al-Qaeda operatives killed 16 people and wounded 32 others in southwest Pakistan Wednesday, police said.

Çѹ·Õè 7 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒ¹ 2554 11:59 ¹. AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost airline for three consecutive years (2009, 2010, 2011) is once again offering 20% off for all seats to all domestic and international destinations.

A Nanaimo mother charged after a deadly Christmastime car crash in 2008 was urged not to drive home the day her children died, testified her former best friend on Tuesday.

Pyongyang, September 6 (KCNA) -- Lectures took place in Iran and Guinea between August 27 and 30 to mark the 63rd birthday of the DPRK. The Director General for Public Relations of the Iranian Workers' House recalled in a lecture that President Kim Il Sung founded the DPRK on September...

An unsigned letter given to the Chilliwack RCMP contains a“significant” new lead to the decades-old, “cold-case” disappearance of a 10-year-old girl.

By: Elizabeth Bowling Fourteen international students participated in the first International Chat of the semester Tuesday to talk to others about how to adjust to cultural differences. ...

Tehran, September 5 (KCNA) -- The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Saturday said the Bushehr Atomic Power Plant with a production capacity of 1 000 MW was connected with national grid.

Çѹ·Õè 7 ¡Ñ¹ÂÒ¹ 2554 11:26 ¹. Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) has made an enormous contribution in creating a Thailand education brand, and ensuring that Thailand emerges as a educational destination for students all over the world.

Jerry Donald used to observe Sept. 11 by asking his students at Middletown High School to discuss their memories of the event and write them down so they could have a personal account to pass on to their children.

(MENAFN - Qatar News Agency) Qatar's senior football team held their regular training session at Jassim bin Hamad stadium of Al-Sadd sports club on Sunday. The national team is preparing to lock ...

Djavad Mowafaghian heads a North Vancouver foundation that has helped build 26 schools in Iran.

When the Twin Towers collapsed 10 years ago, global jihadists presented the event as “the end of the Infidel domination of the world.” Modeled on the tactic of ghazva (“raid”) that helped Mohammed conquer Mecca, the attack was expected to produce an equally quick victory for jihadism. Islamist commentaries...

TEN years after the devastating crime against humanity that altered New York’s skyline and claimed nearly 3,000 American lives, there is evidence aplenty that so-called counter-terrorism can be deadlier than terrorism.

Ron Shore didn't directly save a man from drowning on the Fraser River on Monday, but his military training helped him react in away that put a life-saving rescue into action.

Ten people linked to the Justice Institute of B.C. have had their homes and vehicles targeted by an unknown shooter and arsonist over the summer, police announced Tuesday.

LINCOLN - The Civil War Guardians will dedicate a new military headstone at Twin Lakes Cemetery on Saturday in honor of Alcona County's last Civil War veteran.

Turkey Crisis: Unconditional U.S. Backing Has Helped Israel to Isolate Itself

In the wake of 9/11, president George W. Bush tapped Tom Ridge to head up America’s new Office of Homeland Security. Mr. Ridge, now 66, presided over efforts to protect America against further terrorist attacks. He was also personally named in a lawsuit filed by Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian...

• Facebook tests 'translate' button for comments Inside Facebook • Is the future of social commerce on Facebook? GigaOM • Few patent wars so far for Facebook and Twitter SFGate • 'Twitter Terrorists' could get 30 years in prison Mashable • Andy Carvin: the man who tweets revolutions Guardian Photo...

A gunman opened fire on a group of national guardsmen having breakfast at a Nevada restaurant Tuesday, killing three people and wounding eight others before turning the gun on himself.

A gang of parochial-school promoters hit town last month, soliciting public money to advance their private religious views. A gang of parochial-school promoters hit town last month, soliciting public money to advance their private religious views. That such use of public tax dollars is unconstitutional, indeed baldly un-American, was not...

The White House has told Pentagon officials and military commanders it wants to keep only a small force in Iraq, mostly to train the military and police, if the Iraqis OK it. The Obama administration is considering leaving about 3,000 American troops in Iraq after this year, rejecting more ambitious...

Unfair depiction of Iranians in this country Wednesday, September 7th, 2011 08:54:00 CONTRARY to Time's report, most Iranians in Malaysia respect the rules, laws and people of this country. It is the way it should be for travellers like me — to show respect for the rules and culture of...

Age has been kind to Midge, a Chihuahua-Dachshund-cross living in Abbotsford. These days Midge is the talk of the dog park, and at age 21, shows no sign of slowing down.

The sea floor around the West Antarctica peninsula could become invaded by a voracious king crab, which is on the march thanks to global warming, biologists reported on Wednesday.

The students at Guru Nanak Elementary School in south Vancouver were greeted by locked gates when they showed up this morning.

A compelling Province series that has already received national recognition has now been nominated for a Webster Award.

Sue Collard is fed up with living in a flood zone.

Knowledge is power, and in the face of adversity, in a moment of truth, that steadfast belief can hold more weight than it ever has before.

Indonesias senior soccer team lost 0-2 to Bahrain in the third round of the Pre-World Cup 2011 round in group E at the Bung Karno main stadium [...]

As they do every Labor Day, residents of Fallon, Churchill County and other communities in Northern Nevada enjoyed the downtown Kiwanis pancake breakfast, Lions parade, Cantaloupe Festival events and rodeos at the fairgrounds, boating and swimming at Lake Lahontan, and the dunes at Sand Mountain.

TEN years ago on Sept 11, I was eagerly awaiting a noon luncheon with my dean to discuss early retirement so I could live in Asia. I had made one smart move in my life, choosing the riskiest pension option possible at age 25, and it was paying off.

Selling out

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Behind those beards and black turbans, Iran 's ruling clerics must know that their predominantly youthful nation regards them as joyless old men. Paranoid, too, but increasingly with much to be paranoid about.

There are ample opportunities for the expansion of relations, especially regarding media, between Iran and Greece, says Ramin Mehmanparast, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman.

ANALYSIS:9/11 sparked retaliatory wars as the US fought on many fronts beyond Afghanistan and Iraq, writes TOM CLONAN

Expanding international efforts and cooperation on BMD with our allies and partners is a key objective of the Obama Administration’s BMD policy. We’ve been working closely with our allies and partners in Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East to ...

OIL Chevron to pay for Salt Lake City spills Chevron has agreed to a $4.5 million settlement with Salt Lake City and Utah environmental officials for two oil spills that polluted a creek and a city pond. Through the...

Dr. Cyrus Prince, former head of Harborview Medical Center's obstetrics and gynecology department, died Aug. 26 in California.

Ten years. An eyeblink in the eternal march of history – yet sufficient distance to gauge the impact of America's most dreadful day, one that no one old enough to remember will ever forget. After 10 years, winners and losers can be declared. And in the case of 9/11, it...

Former Ambassador Edward Djerejian says US, other countries need to be engaged in region to bring about peaceful changes

Bandar Seri Begawan - Coming off a 13-0 thrashing of Pakistan in their first match, the Brunei Darussalam U-18 squad yesterday suffered a setback in their bid to clinch a spot into the next stage after losing 2-1 to Indonesia at the 39th U-18 Asian Schools Football Tournament in Thailand.

It's been 10 years since a colossal act of violence on US soil led to two wars and deepened a sense of global insecurity. So how secure will the world feel in 2021?

Is Turkey’s grandstanding vis-a-vis the Palestine issue hypocritical in light of its own continually deleterious approach to another stateless group – the Kurds? What conditions support the notion that there should or should not be a dichotomy between Turkey’s approach to the two groups – Kurds and ...

First and foremost, we are Americans, and share the pride and love we have for this country, our Constitution, and what America stands for in the world. Furthermore, a recent Gallup poll showed that Jews and Muslims in America share common values ...

An internet security company is being investigated for possible criminal negligence after it was slow to disclose a hacking incident that is likely to have helped the Iranian government spy on dissidents, Dutch prosecutors said yesterday.

A court case against a translator who leaked US government secrets was conducted in secret because it centred on the revelation that the FBI had eavesdropped on Israeli embassy phone calls, it was revealed yesterday.

A showcase moment in the history of Canadian diplomacy appears destined for blockbuster treatment in Hollywood.

By Suman Malla/Doha Resilient Qatar came from behind to hold three-time Asian champions Iran to a 1-1 draw in the second match of their third round Asian qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup at the Sheikh Jassim stadium here yesterday.

IDG News Service - Digital certificates issued by GlobalSign have come under scrutiny after a hacker's claim that he broke into the company's computer systems. If true, it would be the second such compromise in the past few weeks.

"There's confusion - way too much confusion - about my status at TechCrunch and TechCrunch's status at Aol after last week's announcement that I was launching a venture fund, partially backed by Aol. The multiple conflicting statements made by Aol on Thursday and Friday of last week are evidence of...

"Baidu, a company primarily known for its search engine in China, has announced that it is launching a new mobile operating system: Yi. The new OS is to be forked off of Android and Baidu will be providing its own apps and services in lieu of Googleâs apps. Those apps...

Mojtaba Mirtahmasb made secret film in spite of ban on filmmaking by government authorities

Activist, writer and a former Afghan politician Malalai Joya is currently touring the country.

Schoolgirls in hijabs Circumstance begins like an early Kiarostami film, but with schoolgirls in hijabs instead of schoolboys in sweaters.

Yahoo! is asking Americans how September 11 changed them. Below is an account from a reader.

Thanks to the hard work of Google Summer of Code student Mike Smith, a set of early VirtualBox guest addition drivers are now available for the Haiku operating system. Information, source code, and a binary package can be found on the haiku-development mailing list.

Should we be concerned about another potential threat — a cyber weapon of mass destruction — 10 years after 9/11? Yes, say security experts. The cyber terrorist threat is real, and plots involving such attacks may already be in the works.

Richard Silverstein​Local Seattle blogger Richard Silverstein says that the "real story" buried in yesterday's New York Times piece headlined "Leak Offers Look at Efforts by U.S. to Spy on Israe

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South Korea were held to a surprise 1-1 draw at Kuwait in their Asian World Cup qualifying clash.

Spain and Italy sealed their places at Euro 2012 with two qualifying games to spare on Tuesday while England moved closer to next year's finals after beating Wales in a game at Wembley overshadowed by the death of a Wales fan. David Villa and Alvaro Negredo scored twice as defending...

Andreas von Bulow used to be a German cabinet minister and member of parliament for the Social Democrats. Now he is a best-selling author who writes books about 9/11 conspiracy theories. His former colleagues no longer want anything to do with him.

President Mahmoud Abbas is holding talks with US and European envoys ahead of a Palestinian bid for UN membership, a senior Palestinian official said yesterday.

AFP/Tehran Iran yesterday launched 10 days of aerial manoeuvres in its northwest, media reports said, with a top air force commander describing the drills as “offensive.”

For more than half a century Britain's foriegn policy has been based on remaining as closly aligned as possible to US government policy.

It is hard to overestimate the extent to which an intense climate of insecurity permeates Georgian society and political culture.

The U.S.S. Iowa battleship will soon be calling Los Angeles home.

The British government has participated or launched three wars in the last decade, all of which have been started based on a bunch of lies.

Iran?s??Bushehr unit 1 began commercial operation at 11:30 p.m., local time, on Saturday, ending a decades-long construction project and exacerbating fears in the international community about nuclear-arms proliferation. The pressurized water reactor plant is currently supplying 60 megawatts to the Iranian power grid, but will produce...

Hackers colluding with the Iranian government to spy on democratic activists may have made it easier for cybercrooks to spy on you, a security expert told FoxNews.com.

CNPC, the Chinese energy company, is poised to win the first oilfield to be tendered in Afghanistan since the US ousted the Taliban in revenge for sheltering Osama bin Laden a decade ago.

Iran’s October fuel oil exports are expected to return to normal levels, with at least five low-density cargoes, totalling about 400,000 tonnes, scheduled for delivery into East Asia, traders said yesterday.

Australia continued their winning start to the 2014 World Cup qualifying campaign with a comfortable 3-1 triumph against Saudi Arabia.

Hirsh Goodman has an excellent summary of the existential problem faced by Israel -- the actual…

Botswana's President Ian Khama was seething when he was told that his country's football federation had arranged a friendly match against the Iranian national team in July 2009, summoning his minister for sport and the head of the football federation to a meeting at his residence to ask "why they...

WASHINGTON -- When terrorists attacked New York and Washington in 2001, the Middle East was firmly in control of authoritarian leaders. Some of them were staunch allies of the United States who tolerated the growing threat from

There are events in history that every generation can say, “I know where I was when…” From the bombing of Pearl Harbor to when John F. Kennedy was shot every generation has that stand out event.

Sakher Hallak had burns caused by electric shocks all over his body. His genitals had been mutilated, eyes gouged, and he had holes to the back of his head, face, and to the sides of his body.

Tuesday’s Matchday 2 proved a miserable night for Asia’s big boys with four of the five group seeds dropping points away. Japan, Korea Republic and Iran were all held to 1-1 draws by their respective opponents, while China PR were edged out 2-1 by Jordan.