News Archive - 4 November 2011

>In Tehran, thousands of students burned U.S. flags and pictures of President Barack Obama in a rally marking the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. Embassy.Both sides have stepped up their rhetoric before the expected release next week of a report by the U.N.

VIENNA — The U.N. atomic agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday. Other new confidential information the International Atomic...

The Associated Press The Associated Press JERUSALEM Israel's president says the international community is closer to pursuing a military solution to the standoff over Iran's nuclear program than a diplomatic one. The remarks by Shimon Peres to Israel's channel 2 TV Friday were unusual because he is known as a...

On Monday we told you about the Iranian soccer players who got into deep doo-doo over a goal celebration, in which one Persepolis player — defender Mohammad Nosrati, “grabbed the backside” of teammate Sheys Rezaei. Actually, as you can see in this video, he did more than grab. But anyway,...

>"The biggest threat to the United States and to our interests and to our friends, I might add, has come into focus and it's Iran," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity. Speaking at a forum in Washington, the official said he did not believe Iran wanted to...

>NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Learning how to relax muscles in the pelvis through "biofeedback" may help kids who wet their pants, get urinary tract infections, or are constipated, according to new research. Those symptoms are common, occurring in up to one in ten kids, and can be affected by...

CANNES, France -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that Iran's "obsession" with acquiring nuclear material is against international rules. Sarkozy, asked at a news conference Friday about a potential preventive strike on Iran over its nuclear program, said Friday, "You are ahead of yourself."

>TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran marked the anniversary of the 1979 seizure of the U.S. embassy on Friday with burning flags and chants of "Death to America," escalating its anti-U.S. rhetoric ahead of the release of a pivotal U.N. report on its nuclear program. Thousands of students burned...

TEHRAN, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- The deputy head of the Iranian mission to the United Nations said that the efforts made by the United States to "sway" the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will discredit the UN body, Iran's Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.

The US House Committee on Homeland Security has issued a statement on the fabricated case of Iran's so-called plot to assassinate the Saudi envoy to the US.

Tempers are flaring six days into an epic power outage that has roughly 300,000 Connecticut customers in the dark after a Northeast snowstorm.

Iran's Vice President for Parliamentary Affairs Mohammad Reza Mir-Tajeddini has described the United States as the “flag-bearer” of global terrorism.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 04, 2011 (AFP) - Microsoft on Friday was advising companies how to defend against infection by a Stuxnet-like Duqu virus.

The UN atomic agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms, diplomats said. Related Stories Political reforms could woo Suu Kyi Willy Wonka film actor Stone dies Asteroid...

Forty-five grimy, exhausted Chinese coal miners trapped by a cave-in have been rescued, ending a 36-hour ordeal in the world's most dangerous country for the industry. Related Stories Political reforms could woo Suu Kyi Willy Wonka film actor Stone dies Asteroid 'coming close to Earth' Cain fighting off harassment claims...

MELBOURNE, Nov 5 (Bernama) -- Eighty-five people smuggling charges against an Iranian-Australian man accused of organising the asylum-seeker voyage that ended in tragedy off Christmas Island have been dropped.

An asteroid bigger than an aircraft carrier will dart between the Earth and Moon on Tuesday - the closest encounter by such a huge rock in 35 years - but it will not hit the Earth, scientists say. Related Stories Political reforms could woo Suu Kyi Willy Wonka film actor...

The UN International Atomic Energy Agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting that Iran has made computer models of a nuclear warhead. The IAEA will also bare other previously undisclosed details of alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms, diplomats said yesterday. Other new confidential information that the...

Rich LowryKing Features Syndicate When President Barack Obama took the podium last Friday to abruptly announce the imminent end of the Iraq War, he ended on a ringing McGovernite note: “After a decade of war, the nation that we need to build — and the nation that we will build...

Washington— U.S. intelligence officials accused China and Russia on Thursday of systematically stealing American high-tech data for their own national economic gain.

LA PAZ, Bolivia -- Sandal-clad indigenous protesters have excoriated their president, calling him a "lackey of Brazil." Angry demonstrations in front of Brazil's embassy here denounced its "imperialist" tendencies. Bolivian intellectuals lambasted the "São Paulo bourgeoisie," likening them to the slave hunters who expanded the boundaries of colonial Brazil.

McLEAN, Va. -- In an anonymous industrial park, CIA analysts who jokingly call themselves the "ninja librarians" are mining the mass of information people publish about themselves overseas, tracking everything from common public opinion to revolutions.

New Delhi, Nov 5: Forty leading Indian contemporary artists have donated their art works to resuscitate and expand the Khoj International Artist's Association - one of South Asia's leading public and community art engagement projects.

Newt Gingrich promoted his electability against President Obama and went out of his way to praise the other second-tier candidates at a dinner.

McALLEN, Texas - Police say a Texas judge who was secretly videotaped beating his teenage daughter seven years ago won't face charges because the statutes of limitations have passed.

McLEAN, Va. -- In an anonymous industrial park in Northern Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets -- up to 5 million a day. At the agency's Open Source Center, a team known affectionately as the "vengeful librarians" also pores over Facebook, newspapers, TV...

If you don`t have a job, you may not feel like there`s much hope. That also holds true for military veterans who served their country well but found few opportunities once they returned to civilian life. Montana Senator Jon Tester unveiled a jobs bill he`s been working on to provide...

AWOL from big Iowa GOP fundraiser: Mitt Romney and Herman Cain

VATICAN CITY, NOV. 4, 2011 ( Zenit.org ).- The director of the Vatican press office responded to Ireland's announcement that it will be closing its embassy to the Holy See, by emphasizing that diplomatic relations between the two states are not at issue.

WASHINGTON -- Barack Obama was a principled opponent of the Iraq War from its beginning. But when he became president in January 2009, he was handed a war that was won. The surge had succeeded.

Nurmuhemmet Yasin's "The Wild Pigeon" is clearly a political allegory, a short story about dignity, integrity, and pride in the face of cultural and territorial erasure. Those who love stories and poems and plays and essays, should urge China to free him.

THE web of deception that preceded the Anglo-American attack on Iraq in 2003 seems to be in place again as reports in the western and Israeli media give conflicting messages to the world.

The UN plans to reveal intelligence revealing details of alleged secret work by Iran on nuclear arms.

Brent crude oil is cruising at the historically high price of around $110 a barrel despite the threat of a double-dip recession. Why? The price of oil dived 3% on Tuesday as Greece announced plans for a referendum and stock markets panicked. Within 24 hours, Brent blend had bounced back...

Victory's win against Phoenix no turning point for the club, Harry Kewell says.

Two Iranian footballers are facing 74 lashes after an 'immoral' goal celebration on the pitch.

In the 1960s and 70s, with free love coursing through the air, so-called "hippies" travelled overland from Europe to Turkey and through Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal and India.

Tehran, November 3 (KCNA) -- Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast rejected on Monday the U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's announcement that the U.S. was willing to set up a virtual embassy for Iranians.

Tehran, November 3 (KCNA) -- The Iranian government recently sent a diplomatic note to the U.S. government in denunciation of the U.S. moves to label Iran a terrorist sponsor.

Pyongyang, November 4 (KCNA) -- A spokesman for the Foreign Ministry of Iran in a press conference Tuesday commended the decision by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to grant the Palestinians a full membership as a sign of international support for the rights of Palestinians.

The Irish government has announced the closure of its embassy to the Vatican, starkly illustrating that relations between Dublin and the Catholic Church are at an historically glacial low.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush said it was crucial that Western powers keep up the pressure on Tehran to suspend its nuclear enrichment program and not allow Iran to drag out talks indefinitely.

FAVOURITES Poland extended their winning streak against archrivals Germany to emerge as the champions of the inaugural AmBank Malaysia Beach Volleyball Masters for the disabled at the Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) outdoor courts in Section 19 recently.

LAST week, I toured the great Mogul compound of Fatehpur Sikri, near the Taj Mahal.

Elections, revolutions, protests and assassinations: Fill in the blanks in these 30 summaries of famous historical events that took place in the month of November.

LAHORE: Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said no reconciliation effort in Afghanistan will be acceptable unless it takes into account Pakistan’s interests and concerns (about its own stability).

Letters: Water district won't abandon science

An exchange of rockets between Iran and Afghanistan last month occurred after Iran attempted to build clandestine military installations on its neighbour's territory, a senior Afghan police official said.

A distraught man threatened to set himself on fire in the refugee appeals board offices in Copenhagen this afternoon. According to Copenhagen Police, the man entered the lobby complaining that his application had been rejected before dousing himself in petrol and drawing a lighter.

The Biblical story of Jonah in the belly of a whale is a fascinating allegory of moral instruction taught by God to man, or of man’s struggle for redemption in a sinful world.

Aliaksei Yafimau shudders at the memory of the burly thug who threatened to kill his relatives.

A newly proposed solution to an ancient enigma is reviving debate about the nature of a mysterious prehistoric site that some call the Holy Land’s answer to Stonehenge.

A restaurant with a poster on its wall that some find offensive gets a big boom in business after a story airs on KPRC Local 2.

Here we go again Yet another web authentication authority has stopped issuing secure sockets layer certificates, after discovering a security breach that allowed hackers to store attack tools on one of its servers.…

In the coming days, everybody seriously concerned about Iran’s nuclear weapons program will be watching with bated breath the IAEA’s Iran landing page for the agency’s impending report on the Tehran’s efforts to design and build an atomic bomb . President Obama evidently has been briefed on ...

Egypt is the most populous country in the Arab world, so naturally it has the largest number of drug users. According to Hegazy, the drugs of choice for Egyptians include bango (a type of locally cultivated cannabis), hashish (cannabis), amphetamines and heroin.

Washington (UPI) Nov 4, 2011 Anxiety is rising in world capitals over possible pre-emptive military strikes by Israel against Iran over the threat posed by Tehran's nuclear program. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, together with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, are said to be lobbying Cabinet members to agree to attacks...

Turkey has boosted the budget of its National Intelligence Organization (MIT) in response to public anger over the death of two dozen Turkish soldiers in a recent battle with the PKK, Press TV reports.

As speculation mounts that Israel or the U.S. could lead a military strike against Iran, a report clearly rejects Tehran’s claims its nuclear programme is for peaceful purposes only.

Mexico City (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 Persons claiming to be with the Mexican arm of "hacktivist" group Anonymous said Friday they were scrapping plans to expose information about the Zetas drug cartel after a kidnap victim was released. Twitter messages from the accounts @anonhispano and @IberoAnon said the Anonymous activist...

Few would dispute women's role in the revolution. The question on women's minds today is whether it is sustainable or not.

The UN atomic agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and other previously undisclosed details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms, diplomats told the Associated Press on Friday.

Diplomats say they will reveal suspicions that have not been previously made public and greatly expand on alleged weapons-related experiments that have been published in previous reports on Iran's nuclear activities.

A newly proposed solution to an ancient enigma is reviving debate about the nature of a mysterious prehistoric site that some call the Holy Land’s answer to Stonehenge.

For decades, Xcel Energy has provided Boulder, Colorado, with electricity. But over time, people in the city began to want more electricity from clean, renewable sources than the utility was willing to provide. So this week, city residents voted to explore alternative methods of getting sustainable power. Boulder has been...

Details of the US Navy SEAL team who killed Osama bin Laden have been disclosed in the first account of the raid said to have been based on interviews with them.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - President Shimon Peres added to a debate raging in Israel over whether to attack Iran, when he said on Friday that a military option to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining nuclear weapons was nearer.

Thousands of protesters braved cold and rainy weather Friday after opposition groups called for a large turnout to test whether the regime would refrain from using deadly force, as agreed under the Arab League plan. But security forces opened fire shortly after the protests began, killing 15. read...

An Iranian facility is being prepared for the production of weapons-grade uranium that would allow Tehran to move rapidly to the construction of its first nuclear weapon, according to the Government.

These women don't let anything stand in their way of telling the stories that need to be told. They don't back down. They won't be silenced. These are the real heroines of media.

Pars Kosher Market on South Bascom Avenue in San Jose joins Oakland Kosher Foods as the only markets that offer strictly kosher food.

More than 2.5mn Muslim pilgrims began yesterday the rites of the annual Haj pilgrimage, leaving the holy city of Makkah for Mount Arafat. Dressed in white, they flooded the streets as they headed towards Mina, around 5km east of the holy mosque.

Thousands of Bahraini Shias clashed with security forces yesterday during the funeral of a man opposition group Wefaq said died after a police assault, witnesses said.

The UN atomic agency plans to reveal intelligence next week suggesting Iran made computer models of a nuclear warhead and other details on alleged secret work by Tehran on nuclear arms.

Pakistan's emerging frontrunner in the next elections, Imran Khan, has displayed in a remarkable first, his consummate skill as a rising statesman as well as politician.

Some analysts say the succession of Nayef, less than a decade younger than the reigning eighty-seven-year-old King Abdullah and much more conservative, could be the harbinger of insecurity

The old Sandinista foe of the U.S. is about to win a landslide election, despite his authoritarian bent and the slow erosion of democracy

From the newly educated middle class to those in rural areas, people are becoming aware that the local corrupt officials are part of a larger system that is smothering the country and stealing the future from their children.

On Monday we told you about the Iranian soccer players who got into deep doo-doo over a goal celebration, in which one Persepolis player — defender Mohammad Nosrati, “grabbed the backside” of teammate Sheys Rezaei.

McLEAN, Va. -- In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets -- up to 5 million a day.At the agency's Open Source Center, a team known affectionately as the "vengeful librarians" also pores ...

Lumping together works of art that are not remotely related aesthetically or conceptually, as happened in the autumn auctions, leads to a visual confusion that is unhelpful, to put it mildly.

Call Herman Cain the crash-course pro-Israel candidate. Since stumbling in May on a question about Palestinians and the right of return, the one-time pizza executive who recently rocketed to the top of GOP presidential polls has visited Israel and read up about the Jewish state.

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This letter is addressing Ron Hart’s column about the Occupy Wall Street Movement. It is refreshing to see such a controversial topic addressed in The Sun, but I would like to add a different perspective to what I think was a myopic article. As a...

REBELS with a cause: French actress Sarah Kazemy, left, and Vancouver's Nikohl Boosheri shine in their film debuts as two Tehran teens (Shireen and Atafeh) suffocating under the weight of a paternalistic, oppressive society.

An Iranian lawmaker says International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano's report about Iran's nuclear program should be realistically modified and regulated.

JERUSALEM — Israel’s president says the international community is closer to pursuing a military solution to the standoff over Iran’s nuclear program than a diplomatic one. The remarks by Shimon Peres to Israel’s channel 2 TV Friday were unusual because he is known as a dove and optimist. Peres said...

Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer leave for US after spending more than two years in prison on allegations of spying Two Americans released by Iran after being held as spies for more than two years are expected to arrive back in the United States on Sunday. Josh Fattal and Shane...

National Iranian Oil Company director general for international affairs says Iran may sign a new contract with China to sell crude oil to the East Asian country.

An Iranian commander says the 1979 US Embassy takeover shattered the illusion of US grandeur and showed the people that arrogance is not invincible.

South Korean favourites aim for second Asian crown as they prepare for Champions League final against Al Sadd.

Azeri Military Prosecutor’s Office launched criminal case on deaths, based on article 342.2 (negligence of service) of Criminal Code.

In an anonymous industrial park in Virginia, in an unassuming brick building, the CIA is following tweets - up to 5 million a day.

A Canadian ship’s effort to breach Israel’s naval blockade of Gaza was quashed when Israeli forces boarded the vessel Friday, but activists say the setback won’t discourage them from trying again.

Political tyranny and corruption led to the current popular uprising in Yemen, but this uprising is now being exploited by traditional tribal and religious forces that may repeat the same political tyranny and corruption and maybe even worse.

BEIRUT — A Syrian peace plan brokered by the Arab League has unraveled as security forces killed 15 people, opening fire on thousands of protesters who denounced President Bashar Assad and said he never intended to hold up his end of the deal to end the violence.

FIFA.com tackles the history and curling dynamics of the so-called Olympic Goal, one of those rare strikes -- with it's roots in the 1920s -- that flies in directly from a corner kick.

Microsoft on Friday was advising companies how to defend against infection by a Stuxnet-like Duqu virus.

Kuwati paper says Binyamin Netanyahu believes that the heads of the Mossad and Shin Bet leaked the plans to thwart them Israel's prime minister has ordered an investigation into alleged leaks of plans to attack Iran's nuclear facilities, it has been reported. According to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Jarida, the main...