News Archive - 24 April 2012

IRI Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi met and conferred with Tunisian President Moncef al-Marzouki on Tuesday afternoon. In the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of expanding bilateral cooperation as well as international and regional issues. Before the meeting, Salehi talked with Tunisian Commerce and Handicrafts Minister Bechir al-Zaafouri about...

IRI Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said on Tuesday that the late Imam Khomeini turned the issue of support for the Palestinian people into a political ideology. Larijani made the remarks in a meeting with members of Association of Iran-Palestine Friendship Group. "Iranian nation have a historical sense of solidarity with...

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Visiting Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi pointing to Iran’s technological capabilities, declared here Monday, Tehran’s preparedness for transfering its technological achievements to Tunisia. Salehi made the remark in a meeting with Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali. Salehi also conveyed the message of Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi to Tunisian premier...

Israel has taken measures to punish 1,200 Palestinian captives who are on an open-ended hunger strike to protest their detention conditions. Sivan Weizman, a spokeswoman for the Israeli Prisons Authority, announced on Monday that the inmates who refuse to eat have been denied family visits and have been separated from...

Saudi-backed forces in Bahrain have attacked mourners holding a funeral for a protester killed by regime forces. Activists said on Monday that the police quickly attacked the mourners after they started calling for the downfall of the regime. Thousands of Bahrainis took to the streets in the Manama suburb of...

IRI Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said on Tuesday that lifting of illegal anti-Iran sanctions would be a correct approach the West cantake to make up for its past mistakes. Speaking to reporters at his weekly press briefing, Mehmanparast said any kind of sanctions on Iran will be considered as...

>* Administration has been attacked on rising gasoline pricesBy Ayesha RascoeWASHINGTON, April 24 (Reuters) - A top Obama administration official on Tuesday accused lawmakers in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives of living in a world of "fairy tales and falsehoods" when it comes to energy.In a stinging rebuke to...

For reasons that defy all logic, the administration wishes to spend yet another $400 million on MEADS, the Medium Extended Air Defense System, while simultaneously acknowledging that the missile system will never get off the ground.

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Three Syrian military officers were killed in Damascus on Tuesday, state media and opposition groups said, and at least three people were wounded in a car bomb blast in the capital in further blows to a ragged U.N.-monitored ceasefire. Observers from the fledgling United Nations...

>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has turned into a "kind of Wild West" exploited by Islamist militants with Iranian help to smuggle in weapons and stage attacks on Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday. The open desert border between Israel and Egypt was relatively quiet for three...

>DUBAI (Reuters) - The Iranian oil ministry said on Tuesday its IT systems had suffered no lasting damage from a suspected cyber attack, but its experts would require two or three days to investigate and address the impact of the virus. The virus hit the internet and communications systems of...

An attempted cyber attack on the Iranian oil ministry has been foiled, a spokesman told IRNA, adding that all production and exportation units of the ministry were operating. Head of the Oil Ministry crisis headquarters Hamdollah Mohammadnejad said all operational units of the ministry such as those involved in producing...

No confirmation whatsoever on any suspicions you might have harbored that this Pirates offense would finally snore itself awake.

Energy is consumed mostly by humans and for the purpose to fuel human activities. It is clear that, for an economy, there is a correlation between the size of a population and the amount of energy dem .....

President Obama spoke movingly this week about “never forgetting” the horrors of the Holocaust. He also reiterated his support for Israel and vowed to do everything possible to prevent future genocides. Welcome words, all. Question is: Will meaningful action ever follow? Alas, his speech offered little hope. “We’re going...

In one of the largest reductions in Long Beach City College's recent history, its board on Tuesday unanimously approved a plan to lay off 55 employees and reduce contracts for 96 positions for a savings of $5.1 million.

The Spanish police said Tuesday that they had arrested 22 people and broken up a ring accused of smuggling people from Iran to Britain.

Islamabad, Apr 24 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Monday said that all issues with India, including the withdrawal of troops from Siachen and the Kashmir dispute, must be resolved through dialogue.

EAGLE COUNTY - When it comes to gasoline, Ed Oyler is at the very end of the hose. Oyler, who owns the Sinclair gas station in Eagle, said he hears just about every day from people grousing about the price of gasoline - Copyright 2012 Vail Daily. All rights reserved.

President Barack Obama announced new sanctions against Iran and Syria, after lighting a candle to remember those who died in the Holocaust.

The first official estimate of economic growth so far this year will be released later and will show if Britain has escaped a double-dip recession.With the economy having shrunk by 0.3% in the final quarter ...

Syria’s remaining cash reserves are quickly dwindling as the country’s anti-government uprising marks its 13th month , according to intelligence officials and financial analysts who describe a steady hollowing-out of the country’s economy in the face of sanctions. Read full article >>

Click image to see more photos. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Coming off a clean sweep of all five primaries up for grabs Tuesday, including Pennsylvania and New York, Mitt Romney kicked off his general election pitch, insisting the upcoming campaign will be about the "very different visions" he and President Obama...

The Obama administration announces sanctions for recording cellphone calls, monitoring Internet traffic and employing other technological tools to 'facilitate grave human rights abuses.' WASHINGTON — The Internet and social media helped fuel last year's "Arab Spring" pro-democracy uprisings. Now, the Obama administration wants to prevent companies from using the...

By: CheVaughn Starling Gil Hoffman presented to the UIS community Peace, Politics, and Plutonium: Quest for Security, Peace, and Democracy in the Middle East. Hoffman discussed different political issues in Israel, and the ...

Readers sound off on ranked-choice voting, AC Transit, and the prison system. "How the Prison Population Exploded," Feature, 4/11 Vote Your Conscience… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]

Valeria Lukyanova Image Credit: newsmakertoday.com Valeria Lukyanova, a 21-year-old Ukrainian model, reportedly turned herself into a real-life Barbie doll. Lukyanova, sporting icy-blue eyes, reportedly calls herself a ‘human Barbie doll,’ according to reports by several international news sites on Wednesday, April 25, 2012. Lukyanova reportedly has Barbie’s features that...

("US Gasoline Futures Off Near 20c With Fall In 7 Of 8 Trading Days," at 4:56 p.m. EDT, misstated the amount U.S. gasoline futures had fallen over the last eight sessions in both the headline and the first paragraph. The correct version follows:)

GOP frontrunner focuses on general election as he sweeps 5 primaries.

Sa ginanap na Mindanao Power Summit sa Davao City noong nakaraang Abril 13, 2012, inirekomenda ni Pang. Noynoy Aquino ang pribatisasyon upang solusyon sa nagaganap na brown-outs sa Mindanao.

>HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese state oil giant Sinopec Group may inject only as much as half of its global oil and gas reserves into Sinopec Corp (0386.HK) as it holds onto assets in volatile countries such as Syria, far from enough to cut the unit's exposure to unprofitable...

The US taxes Americans on income earned while living abroad and demands heavy paperwork that invades one's privacy.

The evidence forms a high stack. U.S., European and other companies are selling technologies that enable the repressive Iranian and Syrian regimes to disrupt and monitor the Internet and track down government critics, as documented in media reports, notably by Bloomberg News.

Mitt Romney is not expected to call himself the Republican presidential nominee tonight after polls close in five more state primary contests. But according to excerpts of the remarks he'll give in Manchester, N.H., the presumptive GOP nominee will get very close. "After 43 primaries and caucuses, many...

BRASILIA, Brazil, April 24 (UPI) -- The expansion of terrorism in Latin America is an area of concern for the region and its partners, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta said in Brazil.

The Pakistani prime minister says he has directed the country’s officials to speed up the implementation of the agreements concluded between Islamabad and Tehran on a USD-multibillion Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project.

MELAKA: The Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (Mardi) has succeeded in developing five new technologies to help [...]

BEIRUT/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Syria has failed to comply with a pledge to withdraw weapons from population centres, and towns where citizens met with U.N. truce monitors may have been attacked, international mediator Kofi Annan told the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday.

In the Dominican Republic, almost 900 government officials, religious leaders, scholars, and religious liberty advocates are shining a spotlight on global religious persecution. (PRWeb April 24, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/4/prweb9438192.htm

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, April 24 (UPI) -- The failure of North Korea's missile launch could be a setback for Iran's efforts to develop a missile that could threaten the United States and Europe.

YEREVAN, Armenia — A first glance of Yerevan from the imposing central train station may appear uninspiring — bleak empty buildings flank the large square in the gray light of dawn, merchants setting up their stalls stare warily at passersby, and the grandiose monument of a rider on a horse...

Unfortunately, some leaders of the Occupy movement have been all too eager to address Iran's state-run media, bolstering the mullahs' narrative of a violently repressive American government beholden to shadowy Wall Street power.

Erdbeeren Die Anlieferungen aus Spanien verstärkten sich offensichtlich. Da sie partiell fortlaufend unter Qualitätsmängeln litten, gestaltete sich die Vermarktung relativ schwierig. Zudem kam das kühle Wetter, das die Verkaufschancen enorm verminderte.

Click image to see more photos. (Pedro Mendoza/AP) The Secret Service announced Tuesday that two more agents connected to the embarrassing Cartagena, Colombia prostitution scandal had chosen to resign and that the agency was moving to fire a third. The news came shortly after President Barack Obama, taping an appearance...

Iran announced Tuesday that it has recalled a diplomat from Brazil and is investigating charges that he inappropriately touching underage girls at a swimming pool in the capital Brasilia.

Assessing statistics for the two regional rivals at the heart of the Middle East dispute over nuclear arms.

Ocoee police arrested a woman on Monday they say abused a 2-year-old after daycare workers found bruising on the child. Jamin Iran Jacobo Balderas, 34, was arrested after employees at the Good Homes Preschool found several bruises on the child's back and buttocks and reported it to Department of Children...

NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) - Brent crude oil futures endedlower for a second day, narrowing its premium against U.S. crudeas euro zone worries persisted and as concerns about animmediate supply disruption ...

Alabama Governor Robert Bentley toured the Myers Mobile Home Park in Eclectic today, the scene of a deadly tornado one year ago on April 27, 2011.

By Greg Callaghan ~ Greg Callaghan conducted this interview with Daniel Pipes for The Australian. Callaghan: In Egypt, Islamist parties now hold about 80 per cent of the seats in... Read more »

By Rafael Medoff ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt received 85-90% of the Jewish vote in 1932, 1936, and 1940. How was it, then, that in the run-up to the 1944 election,... Read more »

A Las Vegas man wished to have his wife murdered as a birthday present to himself, but wound up pinning his hopes to an undercover officer, according to Metro police.

TEHRAN, April 24 (UPI) -- Iran is investigating allegations that one of its diplomats fondled several underage girls in a Brazil swimming pool, officials said Tuesday.

If an “Arab Spring” uprising completely disrupted Saudi oil production, the U.S. and the global economy would face a massive economic and strategic crisis. Russia and Iran as oil-producing states would likely exploit the crisis to increase their power around the world while undermining U.S. influence, especially in...

An Iranian commander said they deciphered the codes and characters by the grace of God.

Humans tend to blame robots when things go wrong, which could produce ethical complications during battles.

CMA in a statement announced Mrs Kilonzo will not seek re-appointment for a second term and will be stepping down after the end of her four-year term on June 30, 2012 to pursue other interests.

CASIGNANA, Italy, April 24 (UPI) -- Italian authorities said Tuesday 'Ndrangheta mafioso Rocco Trimboli had been captured in the Calabrian town of Casignana.

Highlights of this day in history: An aborted mission to free American hostages in Iran ends in disaster; Ireland's 'Easter Rising' begins; Armenians face mass deportation during World War I; Singer Barbra Streisand born. (April 24) Subscribe to the Associated Press: http://bit.ly/APYouTube Download AP Mobile: http://www.ap.org/mobile/ Associated...

Dakar/Bamako (dpa) - A Swiss missionary kidnapped ten days ago in northern Mali has been freed, local media reported Tuesday.Radio reports said the woman - who is known by her first name, Beatrice - had been released by the Islamist sect Ansar Dine.Ansar Dine, which advocates sharia law,...

PARIS (AFP) - Nicolas Sarkozy is taking the gloves off in his bid to beat Francois Hollande in the French presidential run-off, saying he will 'blow out of the water' the Socialist he accuses of fleeing debates. Related Stories Canada Tories hold onto power in oil-rich Alberta New York City...

If ever there was a time for China to reign in its little brother, North Korea, it would be now, as the peninsula edges "within an inch of war." Unfortunately, China isn't doing that. In fact, it's condoning Pyongyang's behavior, and as we're finding out this morning, that behavior is...

Non-resident Indian children, caught in a custody row in Norway, return to India.

Spain arrests 22 as it breaks up ring suspected of smuggling Iranians into Britain

NEW YORK (AP) - The two men were discovered dead at the bottom of an elevator shaft in a 12-storey Manhattan building, as if dumped there, one man sprawled on top of the other. Related Stories Canada Tories hold onto power in oil-rich Alberta Sarkozy takes gloves off in French...

Once known as Toronto’s alternative fashion week, FAT is a week-long exhibition of emerging fashion designers and artists.

China seeks to promote the development of its biofuels industry through a series of supportive measures despite mass production difficulties. A spokesperson for the National Energy Bureau said that the Chinese government has set a goal of utilizing five million tons of ethanol fuel during the "12th Five-Year" period spanning...

Natural gas pops on a last blast of snow and cold at the end of April. A nor'easter seemed to give natural gas bulls hope that perhaps a bottom may be in for natural gas or perhaps it

The oil complex is drifting lower after a modestly lower session on Monday. With the geopolitical risk in the Middle East easing over the last few weeks the main price drivers for the

TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday warned that new US sanctions targeting its access to surveillance technology were "negative" and could adversely affect its crucial talks next month with world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme.

Political news from today's Times and around the Web, plus a look at what's happening in Washington.

The US is moving to revamp its spy operations globally with Pentagon floating a new intelligence agency to focus on new threats from emerging Asian powers like Iran and China.

Jerusalem (dpa) - Iran aspires to annihilate millions of Jews, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, in a major media interview ahead of the Jewish state‘s independence day.Netanyahu again drew a comparison between the situation in Europe prior to World War II, and Iran‘s alleged march to nuclear...

>* Ramirez: plenty of oil in the market* Venezuela oil production at 3 mln bpd, below targetTOKYO/CARACAS, April 24 (Reuters) - Venezuela's energy minister said on Tuesday that OPEC should not raise production targets when it meets in June."We are against it, I think there is plenty of oil...

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>HAMBURG, April 24 (Reuters) - Business could not get much worse for the Persian carpet dealers who over the past half-century have turned Hamburg's historic red-brick warehouses into an unlikely centre of the global oriental rug trade. U.S. sanctions forbidding the import of Iranian-made carpets into the United States,...

>NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Indian shipping firms will continue to transport Iranian crude even if limited insurance coverage due to tightening Western sanctions leaves them financially exposed to a spill or accident, a top executive and industry sources said. Tough new European Union sanctions aimed at stopping Iran's oil exports...

MOSCOW | The U.S. Department of Defense plans to reorganize its intelligence services, The Washington Post cited a senior defense official as saying on Monday. ...

4/24/2012 - Waste Management Dedicates Illinois' Largest CNG Fueling Facility Waste Management of Illinois has dedicated the state's largest commercial compressed natural gas fueling facility in Stickney, Ill....

Syrian troops killed 28 civilians in the city of Hama, monitors said, as UN military observers toured protest centres near the capital.

The British High Commissioner's headquarters in Jerusalem was one of the most elegant and monumental buildings in Israel. A $7 million facelift is intended to restore the site to its former splendor.

The statesman and the actor chatted while visiting a Chicago school together to talk to students during the World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates.

The term “arms race” might seem a bit archaic at first glance. After all, the quest for bigger bombs and missiles with longer range was the mechanism that made MAD, or mutually assured destruction, a real possibility. Yet the notion of an arms race is not just an ancient relic,...

HackerStorm.com has published a new ebook aimed at ethical hackers and security professionals to enable them to create better test plans, test scopes and to grill testing consultants at InfoSec Europe about their services.(PRWEB UK) 24 April 2012 'Firewall Hacking Secrets For Security Professionals', available via Amazon.com...

* Euro zone's business slump deepens at quicker pace * Global oil inventories rising, helps offset supply fears * Coming Up: API oil inventory data; 2030 GMT By Luke Pachymuthu SINGAPORE, April 24 (Reuters) ...

Mitt Romney's roadmap for governing the country is so vague that it has even Republican allies questioning his intentions. "You have to campaign to govern, not just to win," Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels said in recent days after endorsing Romney.

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