News Archive - 7 August 2013

>* Not clear what Iran gets out of the arrangement* Tankers from Iran present documents showing Iraqi originBy Isabel Coles and Daniel FinerenARBIL, Iraq/DUBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Iraq's Kurdistan region is exporting crude oil by truck to an Iranian port for shipping to Asia, industry sources say, using a...

Barack Obama and David Cameron seek to project united front during joint press conference in Washington The US is working with Britain to strengthen elements of the Syrian opposition, Barack Obama has told a White House press conference with David Cameron, where the two leaders sought to project a united...

There's no place for off-nights in a knockout quarterfinals format like in the FIBA- Asia Championships.

It was the latest assault on sport in a country that has hosted no top-level international matches since militants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in the eastern city of Lahore in March 2009.

Teh membawa bersama-samanya satu keluarga warga Jepun, dan mereka datang dengandua buah kereta."Saya amat teruja. Saya mahu berjumpa perdana menteri dan bersalam denganbeliau. Saya rasa amat gembira membuat keputusan mengunjungi rumah terbuka hariini," katanya.Rezapour Martin, 27, pelajar Iran di sebuah universiti swasta di sini, tidakpernah ketinggalan menghadiri rumah...

Once you hear the Hibakusha's horror stories from the 1945 bombings and the days that followed, your view on nuclear weapons is changed forever.

NITC, Iran’s biggest tanker company, increased the capacity of its supertanker fleet by 23 percent this year amid sanctions related to the nation’s nuclear program that bar most of the world’s ships from carrying the nation’s crude, according to IHS Maritime.

The National Council of Resistance of Iran, the coalition of Secular Opposition Groups Based in Paris, France takes issue with the “Moderate” Designation of Hassan Rouhani. Maryam Rajavi, President –Elect issues statement. (PRWeb August 07, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/NCRI/ForanewIRAN/prweb11004389.htm

President Barack Obama's abrupt cancellation of a summit planned for next month with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin is being seen as a low…        

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian stocks still in the doldrums; China data looms* Oil down for 4th day on rising North Sea output, Fed* MIDEAST DEBT-High bond yields push Gulf borrowers towards alternatives* Libya oil output to fall further as worker protests spread* Dutch embassy in Yemen was potential terror target -Foreign...

The battle between President Assad's regime and the Free Syrian Army is a life-or-death struggle. But whatever its outcome, this is a civil war being fought on a faultline that threatens the entire Middle East View George Butler's illustrations of life in the Syrian city of Azaz When power starts...

Report card on the US president as he delivers his latest state of the union address The economy Unemployment remains high, at 9.4%, but Obama kept a core promise of reforming Wall Street. Then he broke his promise to repeal Bush-era tax cuts for the very rich, in order...

by PaloAltoOnline.com Screening: 'Downpour' In this drama directed by Bahram Beyzaie, a well educated and humble teacher arrives in a new city and at a new job in the pre-revolutionary Iran. There will be a post film discussion with Beyzaie and Abbas Milani, director of Iranian Studies at Stanford.

JERUSALEM — Saying the United States and the world are being misled by a false face into thinking that Iran has a more moderate leader, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday charged that Iran is not only continuing its nuclear program but has accelerated its quest to build a...

Broadcaster whose solemn tones heralded his country's best of times and worst of times Walter Cronkite, the CBS television news anchorman whose solemn tones heralded his country's best of times and worst of times, and who was repeatedly voted the most trusted man in America, has died at the age...

These are typically the nations with the biggest industries, biggest production capabilities and the biggest populations.

President Obama's cancellation of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin reflects the nations' stymied relations. WASHINGTON — The Edward Snowden case may have been the last straw, but the White House decision to cancel a Moscow summit next month came after President Obama decided the meeting was unlikely to resolve...

Latest VideoAugust 7th, 2013     Message of French president to Hasan Rohani : We want to restore close ties with Iran , but….. ! In a message sent on Wednesday 7 August from Paris to Hasan Rohani , the French president Francois Holland expressed his country wish to restore close ties...

The legendarily secretive Bilderberg conference begins on Thursday. Would you like to be a fly on the wall?

By Michael Machosky, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Takeout food is usually about convenience first, then flavor, then everything else. Sure, you’re happy for that hoagie, or box of lo mein, or whatever, ...

Iran says Egyptians are capable of ending the political standoff in the country through dialogue and will not allow any foreign intervention in their country’s internal affairs.

The upheavals of the early 21st century have changed our world. Now, in the aftermath of failed wars and economic disasters, pressure for a social alternative can only grow In the late summer of 2008, two events in quick succession signalled the end of the New World Order. In August, the...

America and East Texas in particular has nearly 50 new citizens after today’s naturalization ceremony.

New film will focus on the opposition the Venezuelan president has faced at home and abroad, especially from the Bush administration

Audie Cornish talks to Gregory Johnsen, author of The Last Refuge: Yemen, al-Qaeda and America's War in Arabia , about al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula and how it became one of the terror network's most active affiliates.

How do U.S. leaders feel about Russia's behavior? Not angry, just very "disappointed." Over and again as they try to patch up troubled relations, Obama administration officials end up reaching for that word that doleful parents use to scold a wayward teenager.

The national Iranian men’s basketball team has hammered Kazakhstan to register another awe-inspiring win at the 27th FIBA Asia Championship in the Philippines.

• Publicity-shy commodities empire Glencore plans IPO • Swiss-based company is biggest shareholder in miner Xstrata With its headquarters tucked away in the tiny Swiss village of Baar, it is not surprising that Glencore International has been described as the biggest company you have never heard of. Anonymity is a...

Latest VideoAugust 7th, 2013     Islamic Republic bring online TV channel “Al Ahwaz ” aired in Arabic language Islamic Republic bring online TV channel “Al Ahwaz ” aired in Arabic language , said to be established for confronting ” Wahabi ” propaganda .

Latest VideoAugust 7th, 2013     Allowed hypocrisy in Islam , in Hojatoleslam Gheraati Islam teaching ! The famous teacher of Quran and Islam Hojatoleslam Mohsen Gheraati explain that Hypocrisy [RIYA in Farsi] is allowed in certain cases in Islam !    ...

In which Jafar Panahi was jailed and we tried to get in the festive spirit The big story The award-winning film-maker Jafar Panahi was jailed for six years after the Iranian authorities found him guilty of "propaganda against the system". A vocal supporter of the green uprising that followed Iran's...

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» In his first press conference, Iran's new president reaffirms his country's right to pursue a peaceful nuclear programme, calls on the West to end its hostilities. Whilst the White House says it would be a "willing partner" in genuine talks, the US Senate urges tougher sanctions.

U.S. President Barack Obama has canceled a planned September meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Among the challenges facing the two countries are disagreements over the civil war in Syria, U.S. plans for a missile defense system, and Russia's crackdown on gay rights.  

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad at the UN anti-racism conference

LAST week was a time of reckoning for two separate events in the Philippines. One featured a possible coming to naught of a highly prized yearning to relive a lost glory; the other heralded a vibrant career potentially hitting the skids. The 2013 edition of FIBA Asia, considered the most...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian police said yesterday they had arrested an Iranian described as an expert forger who allegedly [...]

US President Barack Obama on Wednesday scrapped a Moscow summit with Russia's Vladimir Putin, with the White House citing a lack of progress in relations and 'disappointment' over the Edward Snowden affair.

BAMAKO (Reuters) - A glance at billboards on the scruffy streets of Mali's capital Bamako says much about the difference between the rivals for the presidency in Sunday's runoff vote, and the prospects for peace in the West African country. Related Stories Italy takes in stranded migrants after Malta refuses...

This brilliant, urgent documentary revives dormant fears of the nuclear apocalypse. By Peter Bradshaw When Lucy Walker's throat-grabbingly brilliant documentary about nuclear weapons first surfaced last year at the Cannes film festival, it seemed like the best horror film of all time. I spent most of it softly bleating with...

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>* US crude oil stocks down as refiners ramp up runs* Dollar bulls at bay on uncertainty about Fed roll-back* Coming Up: U.S. EIA weekly crude stocks; 1430 GMT (Updates prices)By Manash GoswamiSINGAPORE, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Brent crude slipped below $108 per barrel on Wednesday, dropping for a...

>* US crude oil stocks down as refiners ramp up runs* Dollar bulls at bay on uncertainty about when Fed rolls back stimulus* Coming Up: U.S. EIA weekly crude stocks; 1430 GMTBy Manash GoswamiSINGAPORE, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures slipped on Wednesday towards $108, dropping for a...

>* Each indicate the ball is in the other's court* Some on both sides advocate a harder lineBy Yeganeh Torbati and Jon HemmingDUBAI, Aug 7 (Reuters) - The presidency of moderate cleric Hassan Rouhani has opened a window of opportunity in Iran's delicate nuclear diplomacy with the West but Tehran-watchers...