News Archive - 8 October 2011

>TEHRAN (Reuters) - A key aide to Iran's supreme leader said on Saturday Turkey must radically rethink its policies on Syria, the NATO missile shield and promoting Muslim secularism in the Arab world -- or face trouble from its own people and neighbors. In an interview with the semi-official Mehr...

OPEC’s members are likely to decide to keep their output target for oil unchanged when they meet in December, Iran’s representative to the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said.

More than six months after the start of the Syrian uprising, Iraq is offering key moral and financial support to the country's embattled president, undermining a central U.S. policy objective and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into the orbit of an American archrival: Iran.

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TEHRAN, Oct. 9 (MNA) -- The 11th edition of the Beirut International Film Festival (BIFF) is screening “anti-Iranian movies”, a pro-government Iranian new agency reported on Friday.

We do not just open up the Olympic Training Center to just anybody, and we can't. That is controlled by USA Wrestling and myself as a coach. A lot of it has to do with training partners and weight classes.

How many graphic novels have you ever read? For me the number is very small.

If Hank Williams, Jr. had only thought of a dictator other than Hitler to compare with President Barack Obama, he might still be performing the opening song on ESPN's "Monday Night Football."

Former North Dakota K-12 teachers have made major impacts on the national stage. I have written about seven nationally prominent people whose early careers were as teachers in this state. If you know of others, please let me know at the email address listed at the end of the article.

BAHRAIN'S national carrier suffered a 30 per cent drop in passengers during the unrest, a top official has confirmed. Travel advisories issued by foreign embassies suggesting citizens should avoid travelling to the country were largely to blame, said chief executive officer Samer Majali.

As the U.S. draws down its forces in Iraq , fears abound that Iran will simply move into the vacuum and extend its already substantial political influence more deeply through the soft powers of culture and commerce. But here, in this region that is a center of Shiite Islam,...

WASHINGTON -- More than six months after the start of the Syrian uprising, Iraq is offering key moral and financial support to the country's embattled president, undermining a central U.S. policy objective and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into the orbit of an American archrival: Iran.

Iran has put on display the latest industrial developments of the country in the 11th Tehran International Industry Exhibition, Press TV reports.

KARACHI, Oct 8: As violence in Karachi has acquired a new dimension with a surge in hand grenade attacks in recent years, police authorities acknowledge that the bombs being used are mostly of Russian or US origin and do not rule out a link between missing Nato containers and the...

BAHRAIN'S national soccer team will head for Tehran today to take on Iran on Tuesday in the 2014 World Cup qualifier. This key match will be held at Azadi Stadium with 7pm kick-off time (Bahrain time). Ali Al Buainain will head the Bahrain team delegation to Tehran.

In May 2008, a unit of Koch Industries, one of the world’s largest privately held companies, sent Ludmila Egorova-Farines, its newly hired compliance officer and ethics manager, to investigate the management of a subsidiary in Arles in southern France. In less than a week, she discovered that the company had...

The uprising's public face as a peaceful movement has helped garner international sympathy. In recent weeks, however, armed clashes have emerged as another facet of the struggle in Syria. More than six months after mass protests began spreading through the streets of Syria, activists say they remain committed to a...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- National Democrats called on West Virginias two Republican members of Congress last week to return money from conservative political donors David H. and Charles Koch, after a report tied the brothers business to Iran. Rep. Shelley...

Iran was hit by one of the worst heatwaves on record in 2011, causing some of the country's largest rivers to run dry.

Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi and his Kazakh counterpart Yerzhan Kazykhanov have met in Tehran to discuss ways to boost the two countries' trade relations, Press TV reports.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has offered his condolences to Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan over the demise of his mother.

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Turkey to reach the Time & Time in 63 stores, accessories and jewelry brand Pandora after Danish Turkey brings to the growth in the area of Ramadan Kaya, jewelry.

United States New York, economic eşitsizliğe against Wall Street shows President Barack Obama’s support came as the description. US President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden announced that blocks access to kızgınlığına rights.

WASHINGTON - Former Secretary of State George Shultz said Saturday he thinks the world has a second shot at global nuclear disarmament, 25 years after he stood by at a summit where the U.S. and the former Soviet Union came close to an agreement to eliminate nuclear weapons.

Surrey, B.C.'s Trinity Western University Spartans fell 25-11, 25-15, 25-16 to Russia’s Zenit Kazan on Saturday in its opening round-robin match at the FIVB club world championship in men’s volleyball.

More than six months after the start of the Syrian uprising, Iraq is offering key moral and financial support to the country’s embattled president, undermining a central U.S. policy objective and raising fresh concerns that Iraq is drifting further into the orbit of an American arch rival — Iran.

Army defectors aim to overthrow Syrian regime

THE wind shifts. By an inevitable process, geopolitical alignments dissolve and coalesce in new configurations as nations and power blocs rise and fall. Today the West is in decline and that trend has recently accelerated.

The IMF’s latest forecasts show a two-track growth trend for the Mena region, QNB Capital has said in a report.

Action from the World Club Volleyball Championships match between Qatar’s Al Arabi and Egypt’s Al Ahly in Doha yesterday.

It's no longer a remarkable story: Two Americans traveling in a foreign land take a wrong turn at a border crossing and find themselves confronted by armed guards who commandeer their vehicle and order them into an interrogation center, where they are questioned like spy suspects.

Latest from Uncle Sol.  A version of this column is scheduled to be published on Monday, Oct. 10, 2011, in The Washington Times.  My question for Sol is this: Is Barack Obama trying to throw the election? -- Chris   Follow the money No. 87 |  Hello? Something...

What turned heads at the Value Voters meeting was the low support registered for the two presumed front-runners for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney and Rick Perry.

Ken Livingstone, Labour's candidate to be mayor of London, has amassed a fortune from sources including the Iran-funded Press TV.

Readers respond to “Reading the Writing on the Envelope” (Digital Domain, Oct. 2).

A coalition representing the most powerful academic, military, scientific and corporate interests has set its sights on vast potential profits UK scientists last week "postponed" one of the world's first attempts to physically manipulate the upper atmosphere to cool the planet. Okay, so the Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering...

There are many things that Syria has in common with Iraq—including the possibility that a great deal of bloodshed will accompany the fall of a dictator.

Spragg originally came from the world of mountain bikes before moving on to skinny tyres and taking silver in the British U23 road race championship in 2006.

Experts say turning point had been reached in England's heroin epidemic, with fall particularly sharp among the under 30s Young people in England are turning their backs on the most dangerous illegal drugs for the first time in 30 years, according to the head of the national treatment agency. New...

The global battle against terrorism achieved yet another significant victory when Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, was killed in Pakistan last week. His death delivers another major blow to international terrorism.

"An unconditional right to say what one pleases about public affairs is what I consider to be the minimum guarantee of the First Amendment." -- U.S. Supreme Court Justice Hugo L. Black, New York Times Co. vs. Sullivan, 1964

Almost 900 Iranian digital media companies and representatives from 30 countries take part in the Tehran International Digital Media Fair and Festival, Press TV reported.

Iranian First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi says Iran has the world's third biggest dam construction industry, despite US-sponsored sanctions against the country.

Expressway accident leaves 35 dead, 19 injured TIANJIN, China: An expressway accident in north China’s port city of Tianjin on Friday afternoon left at least 35 dead and 19 others injured, police said. XINHUA Censorship chief ‘calls for press freedom’ YANGON: Tint Swe, the chief of Myanmar’s repressive state censorship...

Deputy Prime Minister stated that in the chemical industry for 9 months of this year the growth rate of production of all types of mineral fertilizers in comparison with analogous period amounted to 105.4% iodine, technical-109.3%.

Ranga Shankara’s fourth annual theatre festival is back with performances focusing on the conundrums and ironies of our times.

At the Iran's training camp on Thursday held at Sanandaj's Takhti Stadium in Kurdistan province, Salimi improved the record of 213kg set by the Iranian Hercules, Hossein Rezazadeh, in the 2004 Olympics Games.

Mehdi Karroubi's son: Although the six security agents were present at all times during father's short visit, it goes without saying that seeing him after 8 months transformed our small family gathering into a memorable and auspicious night.

Iran should "carefully" consider a plan to establish a military-to-military hotline between the United States and the Islamic Republic says U.S. State Department Farsi Spokesman Alan Eyre. The plan, which was first reported on September 18 by "The Wall Street Journal," is aimed at preventing potential incidents between the...

The Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly taking the lead in supporting the Syrian opposition. Erdogan condemned the vetoing of a United Nations resolution against Damascus and has announced it will impose its own sanctions. This week saw the start of military exercises on the Syrian border. -Dorian...

Mehrdad Mashayekhi was born in Tehran, Iran and has resided in the U.S. since 1972. He received a. B.A. and M.A. in economics (Case Western Reserve University, 1976, Cleveland, and The American University, 1979, Washington D.C.), and a Ph.D. in Sociology from The American...

Iranian documentary makers were arrested because of a complaint from Iran's national broadcaster, Seda va Sima, says a relative of one of the detainees. In the past month, the Islamic Republic has detained six of its filmmakers on charges of "collaborating with Persian BBC."

The Iranian ambassador to the United Nations has said that Tehran is ready to engage in negotiations over its nuclear program based on mutual respect and without preconditions.

A non-governmental organization in Fars province has announced that development of the Shiraz oil refinery could pose a threat to the wildlife in nearby Bamu National Park.

Amir Ali Allamehzadeh, journalist and former International Desk Editor of ILNA News Agency, remains in detention since his arrest by plainclothes forces 20 days ago. No security organization has yet accepted responsibility for his arrest.

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) -- Last August, everyone was saying, “London’s burning, the hoodies are burning the town down.”

As the U.S. draws down its forces in Iraq, fears abound that Iran will simply move into the vacuum and extend its already substantial political influence more deeply through the soft powers of culture and commerce. But here, in this region that is a center of Shiite Islam, some...

Iran will begin the official registration of candidates for the 9th Majlis (parliament) elections on December 24, says Head of the country's Elections Headquarters.

Saudi Arabia is reportedly to name the Asian handball championship it is going to host next year after the Saudi monarch.

Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis died Saturday, and your lasting image of him is undoubtedly different from mine.

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – The commander of the Khatam-ol-Anbiya Air Defense Base said on Saturday that Iranian air defense units have been equipped with advanced radar systems capable of detecting unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – Basij Commander Mohammad Reza Naqdi has predicted that the protests in the United States will lead to the collapse of the political system in the country.

One Through Love is truly "a gathering of lovers," since it presents an international gathering of Rumi "lovers" -- scholars, musicians, dervishes and other sufi practitioners from Turkey, Iran, Europe and the US.

Iran has marked the national Hafez Day during a conference held to honor the memory of the 14th century mystic and Persian poet in the historical city of Shiraz.

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – It is natural that the United States be concerned about the military might of the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Navy, the IRGC Navy commander said on Saturday.

US: Assad must go. Five killed at funeral for assassinated Syrian Kurdish leader DEBKA file Special Report October 8, 2011, 6:11 PM (GMT+02:00)

The 2011 capital of the Islamic culture, Tlemcen, hosts an Iranian cultural week in an attempt to introduce Persian art, culture, and cinema in Algeria.

Copyright show:  Hide copyrights QUETTA, Pakistan -- A deadly attack in southwest Pakistan has added to the heavy toll suffered by a small Shi'ite minority amid a broad sectarian conflict. read more

TEHRAN: A key aide to Iran's supreme leader said on Saturday Turkey must radically rethink its policies on Syria, the NATO missile shield and promoting Muslim secularism in the Arab world or face trouble from its own people and neighbours.

An Iranian commander says popular anti-Wall Street protests and those against US financial policies will lead to the disintegration of American political system.

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TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said that Ankara will not allow any country to commit a military aggression against Iran from the Turkish territory.

MOSCOW, October 8 (RIA Novosti) - Four U.S. nationals have been arrested in Pakistan's eastern province of Punjab on suspicion of espionage, Iran’s Press TV reported on Saturday.

Two photographers from Iran's Photographers House are slated to compete at the Northern Counties International Photo Festival (NCPF) in the UK.

The libertarian congressman and his followers have become a familiar feature of Republican events

Mitt Romney, resurgent in the race for the GOP presidential nomination, on Friday outlined his vision for the United States in the world, arguing for an America that has the strongest economy and military and is unafraid to take unilateral action in dealing with foreign affairs. Speaking at The Citadel,...

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – The first group of Iranian pilgrims left Tehran on Saturday to participate in the annual gathering of Muslims in the hajj pilgrimage, which begins in late October and culminates in November this year according to the Islamic lunar calendar.

A senior Iranian commander says the Turkish government has made a strategic mistake by allowing NATO to install a missile shield on its soil.

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – Iran has condemned crackdown on protesters who have been holding street demonstrations across the United States over the past few weeks against the greed of American financial institutions.

A political analyst says that the Bahrain's ruling Al Khalifa family and some other governments in the region are playing a sectarian card to cause Shia-Sunni divide in order to destabilize the historic revolutions.

Atomic structures of crystals were thought to not be able to create the patterns discovered by Shechtman.

On Sept. 17, 1992, a group of Iranian and Kurdish opposition leaders were assassinated in a Greek restaurant in Berlin. Despite pressures to keep the investigation at the lowest possible level, a German prosecutor unraveled a tangle of threads that led to Iran's Supreme Leader himself. Host Scott Simon speaks...

Sanity prevailed. Holger Osieck decided, sensibly, to omit Harry Kewell and Brett Emerton from the game against Malaysia and should be congratulated for doing so - having them play would have been a complete waste of their time, and ours.

The hullabaloo and tumult which the Western mainstream media have ignited during the past weeks over the fallacious report that a Christian pastor in Iran is sentenced to death on charges of apostasy once again underscores the hypocritical nature of the United States and its European allies, bringing to light...

A senior Iranian official says the Islamic Republic of Iran is among the top 20 countries in the world that can design and manufacture aircraft.

TEHRAN, Oct. 8 (MNA) – Deputy Majlis Speaker Mohammad Reza Bahonar said on Saturday that the March parliamentary elections is the most important and sensitive elections ever held in the country.

JAMES Campbell's column on bringing children to social events has been supported by people who think kids should be left at home.

Light flyweight Mark Anthony Barriga is the first Filipino to qualify in the 2012 London Olympics earning a spot in next year's Summer Games via the backdoor.

While the Obama administration has urged Pakistan to help them expose the Haqqani network, the Pakistani officials are afraid of possible revenge bombings in their own cities and on their own people.

Many critics of the Press Complaints Commission point to Ofcom as a tougher and more efficient media regulator. Maybe it is tougher because it has a range of sanctions at its disposal, such as the imposition of fines, and in extreme circumstances can revoke a licence to broadcast. But I'm...

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri meets with Prime Minister Najib Mikati to discuss a number of domestic issues.

JERUSALEM — While Libya is known to possess a stockpile of antiquated chemical weapons, Israeli officials say there is no indication Hamas has been seeking them out. read more

The greatest threat to US security, according to Muller, is espionage, including the economic, from Russia. Mueller put Russia in first place among the threats to the United States.

I feel it necessary to respond to Dr. Christian Maurer's letter of Oct. 1, in which Dr. Maurer made a concluding statement, “God and human evolution are not mutually exclusive.”

Iran on Saturday hanged a man convicted of multiple rapes of 37 women whom he coerced by filming acts with them, the Fars and ILNA news agencies reported.

AFTER nearly 9,000 miles, 253 days and 15 countries, fearless cyclist Tom McConville has finally made it home.

Gunfire killed at least one person Saturday at as the funeral of an assassinated Kurdish opposition leader in northeast Syria turned into a protest, activist groups say.

TEHRAN: Bail for two US hikers held on espionage charges in Iran has been set at $US500,000 each ($483,450), their lawyer said, after Iran's President said they would be freed ''in two days''.

Republican front-runner gives sweeping foreign policy address at military college in South Carolina