News Archive - 5 August 2012

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Haaretz analyst Amos Harel says new improvements to Arrow system should be viewed as part of the complex campaign currently conducted between Israel, Iran and Hezbollah.

Iran has won its first gold medal at the London 2012 Olympic Games after wrestler Hamid Sourian defeated Azerbaijan's Rovshan Bayramov in the final of the 55kg Greco-Roman wrestling this evening.

TV shows a military garrison it claimed was a training camp for suspects in the case outside Tel Aviv.

More offensive fireworks were on display at the basketball venue — this time courtesy of the U.S. women.

Who says Romney had a bad trip to Europe?

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Fighting continued Sunday in Syria between government forces and rebels for control of the country's second city, Aleppo. In another development, rebels say they are holding a group of Iranians, who they accuse of being on a reconnaissance mission in Damascus. Iran says the group comprises pilgrims.

RAMALLAH, Aug 6 (Bernama) -- A meeting of a Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) committee to support a Palestinian bid for upgraded United Nations membership was cancelled at the last minute on Sunday after Israel refused to allow representatives of five countries to enter the occupied West Bank.

Last week was a dud for gold, and while the radical gold bugs are divided, they are regrouping, writes Peter Brimelow.

A New Hampshire man filed suit against Yahoo this week alleging that lax security measures allowed hackers to get into a Yahoo database and steal passwords from 450,000 accounts. ...

WASHINGTON - Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Friday.

Impasse prompts comparisons between Syria and Kosovo – but there are a few crucial differences

The Israelis are worried the Syrian insurgency could loosen Damascus's hold on its chemical weapons and missiles. -Reuters

Hamid Soryan defeated Rovshan Bayramov to win Iran's first ever Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling.

Did Pearl Harbor and Japan’s other atrocities justify dropping the atomic bombs? Historians and others will likely debate that question for decades. But there’s no question about the consequences of nuclear war today.

The main focus of fighting has been the Salaheddine district, a gateway into the city of 2.5 million people. -Reuters

Syrian forces threatened to mount a "decisive battle" for Aleppo even as rebels clawed towards the city's ancient centre under intense bombardment and strafing from warplanes. Related Stories Chaos after Sikh temple shooting Gunmen kill 13 Sinai border guards Crowd roars as Bolt defends title Border attack 'soldier kidnap plot'...

This falls in the category of "You've got to be kidding!" I'm not. On Aug. 26, Iran will assume, for the next three years, the Chair of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) at a summit in Tehran. None other than Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will preside. Founded five decades...

Venus and Serena Williams became the first players to win four Olympic tennis titles after being crowned women's doubles champions.

LONDON (Reuters) - Iran's Hamid Soryan won his country's first ever Olympic gold medal in Greco-Roman wrestling on Sunday, cruising to victory over the reigning world champion.

WHEN Bashar Assad inherited the Syrian presidency from his father in 2000, people were optimistic that the young president who studied ophthalmology in Britain and was well versed in the Internet would be different from his father, who was born in a hut in the Qardahah village in the Alawite...

A military aviator who became the first Syrian in space has fled to Turkey after defecting from the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.

IF Arab leaders had any doubt about the direction Mitt Romney’s foreign policy will take if he is elected president in November, the presumptive Republican nominee’s trip to Israel last week ought to make things crystal clear.

The emir of Kuwait has intervened to stop the ongoing hate speech between Sunni and Shiite extremists on social networking site Twitter. The emir issued an order to track down and punish those who engage in provocative sectarian tirade.

LONDRES (AP) El iraní Hamid Soryan ganó el domingo una medalla olímpica de oro en la categoría de los 55 kilogramos de la lucha grecorromana, mientras que el ruso Roman Vlasov se proclamó campeón en los 74 kilos. Soryan, cinco

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London, Aug 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Iranian wrestler Hamid Mohammad Soryan Reinhanpour won gold in the men's 55 kg Greco-Roman class Sunday, beating his Azerbaijani opponent Rovshan Bayramov in the final.

Nigeria on Sunday intensified its search for four foreigners kidnapped during a deadly attack on a vessel belonging to an oil services company, the navy said.

More than 20,000 Syrian troops are said to be massing for a full-scale assault on Aleppo within days, as fighting rages for control of the city.

Scraping the blather off of Republican rhetoric is very difficult. Facts? Republicans stopped using them after the successful campaign of half-truths waged by tea party Republicans in 2012, which led to the election of a dysfunctional House of Representatives populated by Andy Harris clones.

Saudi state news agency says King Abdullah has written letter to the Iranian president to attend solidarity meeting.

5 Olympic things to know for Sunday

ECONOMIST Bernardo Villegas is optimistic the Philippines can grow seven to 10 percent in the next 10 years if it would start looking at emerging countries as trade partners, amend the economic provisions of the Constitution and kill the reproductive health (RH) bill.

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KABUL, Afghanistan, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Afghan police said the Taliban were likely behind an explosion in He-rat province this weekend that killed three children.

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BEIRUT: Gunmen kidnapped dozens of Iranian pilgrims on a trip to Syria on Saturday, the latest in a series of abductions that have targeted citizens of Iran, a major international ally of the Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.

The Syrian army pounded rebel positions in the second city Aleppo ahead of a threatened ground assault.

Shashi Tharoor tells Nikhil Varma geopolitics plays an important role in determining foreign policy

A SUSPECTED militant has killed himself and two children in southwest Pakistan when a bomb in the car he was driving exploded.

August 5, 2012 Israel bars Malaysian Foreign Minister and other NAM Ministers from Ramallah meet by Agence France Presse Israel on Sunday refused to allow the Foreign Ministers of several Non-Aligned Movement countries from entering the West Bank for a top-level meeting, sources on both sides said. Speaking on condition...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A meeting of envoys from the Non-Aligned Movement due to convene in the Israeli-occupied West Bank was scrapped on Sunday after Israel refused to admit four attendees from states with which it has no diplomatic relations, Palestinian officials said. They said other guests, including the...

A brigade of the Syrian rebel army has posted an online video claiming that the 48 Iranians it kidnapped were members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, and has warned Tehran of further abductions over its support for the Syrian government.

Games chief Sebastian Coe, a gold-medal runner himself, says he's hearing the final lap bell as the London Olympics hit their halfway point. In a column written for The Associated Press, Coe muses on the seven years he has spent heading the London organizing committee.

TUNCELI, Turkey (Reuters) - Six Turkish soldiers, two state militiamen and 11 Kurdish militants were killed after the rebels attacked military outposts in southeast Turkey, security sources said on Sunday. Related Stories Suicide bomber kills 35 in south Yemen city Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield Insight...

TEHRAN, Aug. 5 (MNA) – Foreign ministers of Iran and Turkey held a telephone conversation on Saturday night over the latest developments in Syria, the press office of the Iranian Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday.

Starting from August 5 till the end of this month Iran is suspending visa-free travel rules for the Georgian citizens for security reasons as Tehran prepares to host the Non-Aligned Movement's summit on August 26-31, according to the Georgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA).

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah proposed integration with Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman in response to uprisings in the Arab world and Iran threat.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's latest fiscal and reform pledges may be enough to convince international lenders weary after years of broken promises to keep Athens hooked to a 130 billion euro lifeline, but the battle to implement it will be epic. Related Stories Suicide bomber kills 35 in south Yemen...

In the aftermath of the 2011 uprisings, opinion polls have been providing fresh insights about Arab societies. In Tunisia, in particular, new surveys have offered a trove of information about opinion trends and the way the mood in Tunisia compares with that in other Arab countries.

Ron Prosor tells local radio stations that Palestinian Authority will likely receive non-member observer status, but says: 'Nothing will change on the ground'.

SINGAPORE, Aug 5 (Bernama) -- The Singapore Environment Council (SEC) has announced the shortlist of applicants in the running for the inaugural Asian Environmental Journalism Awards 2012.

WASHINGTON — Here’s how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending Aug. 3.

Tehran, Aug 5 (AFP) Iran has asked Turkey to help free 48 Iranian pilgrims who are being held in Syria after kidnappers stormed their bus in Damascus, state media reported today.

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Gunmen snatched 47 Iranian pilgrims just outside Damascus yesterday in a brazen attack that revealed the growing instability at the centre of President Bashar Assad's power.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinians' bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations would find majority support there but would not bring them closer to statehood and peace with Israel, Israel's U.N. envoy said on Sunday. Citing stalled peacemaking and Israeli settlement-building on occupied West Bank land where...