News Archive - 10 July 2013

MIDEAST STOCKS - Factors to watch - July 11

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares hit 3-week high on Bernanke's dovish comments* Brent near 3-month peak as dollar wilts on Fed stance* MIDEAST STOCKS-Egypt rises after billions in Gulf aid; regional trading slumps* MIDEAST MONEY-Under social pressures, Algeria opens construction market to foreigners* Gold climbs to 2-1/2 week high on Fed...

Exiled dissidents claim Iran building new nuclear site

>The dissident National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) in 2002 exposed Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and a heavy water facility at Arak. But analysts say it has a mixed track record and a clear political agenda.In 2010, when the group said it had evidence of another...

Unmanned jet lands aboard US Navy carrier in historic first

>ABOARD THE USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH (Reuters) - An unmanned U.S. jet carried out a maneuver on Wednesday long considered the most challenging in naval aviation - landing aboard an aircraft carrier - in a milestone that lifted expectations about basing drones with reconnaissance and strike capabilities on...

University kid professors in thinking party in occasion of Ramadan !

Latest VideoJuly 10th, 2013     University kid professors in thinking party in occasion of Ramadan ! In occasion of beginning of the month of Ramadan , a gathering of Univeristy of Medicine was held , including kid professors !...

Horrible footage of flood and inundation in China

Latest VideoJuly 10th, 2013     Horrible footage of flood and inundation in China Horrible footage of flood and inundation in China .

UPDATE 1-Iran steps up major wheat spree, with 450,000 T buy

>By Michael Hogan and Jonathan SaulHAMBURG/LONDON, July 10 (Reuters) - Iran's major grain buying campaign is continuing at a brisk pace, with traders reporting an almost half a million tonne wheat purchase this week, partly financed by frozen oil revenues in Iran's overseas bank accounts.The country's state grains buying...

Iran burns 100 tons of illicit drugs

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran burned at least 100 tons of illicit drugs Wednesday, some in a Tehran ceremony attended by officials and foreign dignitaries, to highlight what it says are its unsupported efforts to stem the flow of narcotics across its territory to Europe.

Iran starts 5-day naval exercise in Caspian Sea

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian semi-official news agency is reporting that the country's navy has started an exercise in the Caspian Sea.        

RPT-Fitch affirms Kuwait at 'AA'; outlook stable

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UPDATE 2-Syria opposition denies Russian chemical attack ...

>* UN officials agree to visit Syria to discuss probe* Envoy: Syrian army likely responsible for Aleppo attack* Western nations skeptical about Russian analysis (Adds Sellstrom, U.N. disarmament chief to go to Syria, paragraph 3, 23)By Louis CharbonneauUNITED NATIONS, July 10 (Reuters) - The opposition Syrian National Coalition on...

Insight: Events in Egypt may influence, won't define Syria war

>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The fall of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt has put a new spring in the step of Bashar al-Assad, who sees it as a sign that Islamists - including those spearheading the Sunni-dominated rebellion against him - are in decline. Exuding confidence after a recent successful army...

Kurdish rebels promote hawk as peace process falters

>ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Kurdish rebels have named a veteran senior militant as co-head of their political wing, replacing a relative moderate and clouding the future of a peace process with the Turkish state that has been disrupted by renewed violence. The umbrella political group of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)...

Israel strengthens Syria border with an eye on Hezbollah

>BOOSTER MILITARY OUTPOST, Golan Heights (Reuters) - Israel is bolstering its forces on the once-quiet frontier with Syria where it believes Lebanese Hezbollah militants are preparing for the day when they could fight Israel. Syria's civil war has brought an end to decades of calm on the Golan Heights, a...

Iran Jewish leader says Ahmadinejad views 'smug'

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian Jewish activist is criticizing outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his remarks hailing his challenges over the extent of the Holocaust.

UPDATE 3-Thailand to sell rice from stocks, may need to cut prices

>* Thai sales would further pressure world grain market* Govt to sell both milled and unmilled rice* Thailand to seek government rice sales (Adds comments from Manila)By Apornrath PhoonphongphiphatBANGKOK, July 10 (Reuters) - Thailand plans to start selling rice from government stockpiles next week, offloading up to 1.5 million...

Shadmehr Aghili and Ebi sing “Yeh Dokhtar “

Latest VideoJuly 10th, 2013     Shadmehr Aghili and Ebi sing “Yeh Dokhtar “ Shadmehr Aghili and Ebi sing “Yeh Dokhtar “.

Return of victorious volleyball team in tehran airport after beating Italy and Cuba

Latest VideoJuly 10th, 2013     Return of victorious volleyball team in tehran airport after beating Italy and Cuba Members of  national volleyball team speak with reporters in Tehran airport  on Wednesday 10 July, after beating Italy and Cuba in their home .  ...