News Archive - 21 August 2013

Former youth Team melli player found dead ! Iranian football player Omid Darbandi was found dead in a well in Kahrizak, located south of Tehran, the Iranian media reported on Monday. Darbandi, 22, was kidnapped a week ago and his captors demanded $30,000 ransom, according to his father. “They (kidnappers) told...

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>By Ian Simpson and Medina RoshanFORT MEADE, Md. Aug 21 (Reuters) - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced on Wednesday to 35 years in a military prison for turning over more than 700,000 classified files to WikiLeaks in the biggest breach of secret data in the nation's history.The...

>BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's opposition accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people near Damascus on Wednesday after rockets released deadly fumes over rebel-held suburbs, killing men, women and children as they slept. What would be the world's most lethal chemical weapons attack since the 1980s prompted an emergency meeting...

An Iranian Christian convert has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for distributing Bibles in his home country, the Vatican missionary news agency Fides reported on Wednesday.

The amazing story of a Persian-American woman’s rich symphony of life experiences. (PRWeb August 21, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/DrSiminRedjali/ASymphonyofLife/prweb11034172.htm

The Criminal Court in Bangkok is due to deliver its judgement on Thursday on two Iranian men accused of a botched bomb plot that officials believe was aimed at Israeli diplomats in the Thai capital.

I have a confession to make: I am dependent on the news media. I need the media because they tell me what is going on in the...

Well, that's another fine mess Detroit's in.

Shipments of basmati rice from India, the world’s largest producer of the aromatic grain, may surge to a record as Iran pays a premium to secure supplies amid international trade sanctions, an industry group says.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Thursday the Syrian government could not have been behind a possible chemical weapon attack on the outskirts of Damascus as President Bashar al-Assad's forces had the upper hand in the fighting. "If the use of chemical weapons is true,...

As the SAFF Championship approaches, Goal profiles the 8 contenders who vie for glory in the South Asian International tournament. In this edition, we focus on Nepal, the hosts.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia shares, currencies hit as yields jump on Fed* Oil slips, WTI leads decline as crude flows back to Cushing* MIDEAST STOCKS-Dubai's Arabtec jumps 3.9 pct on merger hopes* MIDEAST MONEY-With Gulf aid, Egypt economy can limp through crisis* Gold slips for second day on stimulus worries*...

NEW BRITAIN — Mar Dinkha IV, head of the Assyrian Church of the East, will visit St. Thomas Church this weekend.

US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has spoken with his Israeli counterpart Moshe Yaalon, on key regional issues of Egypt, Iran and the ongoing violence in Syria, including claims of use of chemical weapons.

It may take awhile to determine whether, as the opposition claims, Syrian President Bashar al- Assad used chemical weapons to slaughter more than 1,000 of his citizens. If he has, this brazen atrocity not only changes the U.S. calculus in the region but also requires a clear response from...

Officials in the US capital and California have hailed the announcement of a $US410 million settlement with JPMorgan Chase as a win for consumers and a warning to big companies that try to manipulate electricity ...

BANGKOK (AP) A Bangkok court is scheduled to decide the fate of two Iranian men accused in a botched bomb plot last year that officials believe was aimed at Israeli diplomats in the Thai capital.The court is due to issue a verdict...

Supporters of a Flint man jailed in Iran for two years held a fund-raiser Wednesday night to help keep his memory alive and put pressure on Iran's government to free him. At the dinner at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms, U.S.

Just as it is not reliable to measure the depth of the sea at low tide, it is not fair to evaluate civilisations and cultures at a low point in their history.

Our new Zogby Analytics poll is out and President Barack Obama's approval ratings are unchanged from the our poll in July . But while the national sample of 937 likely voters shows the same 47% rating, the President's disapproval rating is now at 50% (3 points worse than last month). Still,...

POWER SHOW: Tabriz Petrochemical duo dominate stage four as Anuar suffers crash

India’s concept of Atithi Devo Bhava is perhaps misunderstood by some visitors. That explains why every second day, a foreigner in Pune is deported or asked to leave India.

Iran has dismissed claims accusing the Syrian government of using chemical weapons against militant positions in the suburbs of Damascus.

THE family of a forgotten hero soldier killed on the Western Front have finally paid their last respects, almost 100 years after his death.        

Iran’s Esteqlal has defeated Buriram United from Thailand 1-0 in a 2013 AFC Champions League quarterfinal encounter.

British journalism is under siege. With no settlement yet on press regulation following last year's judicial inquiry into phone hacking, this week has seen another seminal moment. Once again The Guardian, now clearly one of the crusading newspapers of the world, is at the heart of matters.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil:FIFA on Tuesday put more than one million tickets on sale via the Internet for next year’s World Cup in Brazil, as some Brazilian fans complained about the high prices.

KUALA LUMPUR: The first day of hearing on war crimes against former Israeli army general Amos Yaron and [...]

On TPL tonight Cara and Jacob will look at the Twitter welcome America gave to Al Jazeera on its first day stateside, get a whiff of the White House’s marijuana revelation and analyze the sentencing of Bradley Manning.

Hundreds reported dead after chemical attacks on civilians near Demascus

Fans put in requests for 2.3 million tickets for next year's World Cup in Brazil in the first 24 hours of Internet sales, FIFA said Wednesday. "In the first 24 hours of ticket sales for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, more than 400,000 fans requested over 2.3 million...

Latest VideoAugust 21st, 2013     Minister of intelligence attract Iranians abroad to return to Iran After cabinet meeting on Wednesday 21 August , the new minister of intelligence Seyed Mahmood Alavi said that he guarantee that Iranians living abroad who did not have committed a crime can return safely to...

The promoter and agent who first brought The Beatles to America has died.

Everybody is in favor of free speech – as long as it’s not too free. Or too speechy.

The U.S. is giving up on the Arab Spring, and the Syrian dictator knows it.        

Syria's opposition has accused government forces of gassing hundreds of people by firing rockets that released deadly fumes over rebel-held Damascus suburbs, killing men, women and children as they slept. read more

VIENNA — Iran's envoy to the U.N.'s nuclear agency says he is to be replaced as of Sept. 1. Ali Asghar Soltanieh told The Associated Press Wednesday that no replacement has been announced. The decision to relieve Soltanieh as chief Iranian representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency...

>Discussions with officials from the region have shown that there continues to be a "fundamental difference of views" between Israel and the other Middle East countries, it said.The report was prepared by Amano's International Atomic Energy Agency ahead of an annual meeting next month of the IAEA's 159 member...

>GAZA (Reuters) - Stunned by turmoil in neighboring Egypt and starved of funds, the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas is looking to repair damaged ties with its traditional Middle East allies, Iran and the Lebanese Hezbollah party. An off-shoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas celebrated when the Sunni movement's Mohamed Mursi...

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration searched for answers Wednesday about a reported chemical weapons attack in Syria that would mark the most flagrant violation yet of the U.S. “red line” for potential military action. But the possibility of intervention seemed ever smaller after America’s top general offered a...

Falling rupee value, growing ties of Iran with Asia, make them natural partners

Defending champions SCG Muang Thong United moved to the top of the Thailand Premier League after a 3-1 win at Chiang Rai United last night.

REUTERS - U.S. soldier Bradley Manning was sentenced to 35 years in military prison on Wednesday for turning over classified files to WikiLeaks, a transparency website. He was indicted and convicted under the 1917 Espionage Act, a law U.S. prosecutors are seizing on to pursue Americans suspected of...

India and Iraq are expected to ink a key pact on energy cooperation among other agreements during the three-day visit of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki from Thursday.

Retail onion prices have bounced back to Rs 70-80 a kg and cooperative major Nafed on Wednesday floated tenders inviting traders to import the must-have veggie from Pakistan, Iran, China and Egypt.        

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CAMDEN - A 32-year-old education strategist who has worked in the public school systems in Newark, N.J., and New York City was introduced by Gov. Christie Wednesday as superintendent of Camden's school system, which is under state control.

In a letter to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, President of Iran's Academy of Medical Sciences Dr. Alireza Marandi has blasted Washington for exacting sadistic revenge on Iranian children through their inhuman sanctions against the nation.

The demonisation of Iran by the US and its allies has shown us a window of opportunity — the beleaguered nation is prepared to do business with India for rupee payments.

The Indo-Arab Chamber of Commerce (IACC) is hosting a trade meet Friday here to explore investment and business opportunities in India and the Gulf region by its members, entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises.

New Delhi, Aug 21 : Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki is arriving in India Thursday on a four-day visit, the first such high-level bilateral visit between the two countries in 38 years.

The Revolutionary Guard will provide training in high school "Defensive Readiness" classes        

Foreign secretary 'concerned' by chemical weapons

CAIRO (Reuters) - When President Hosni Mubarak was toppled in a 2011 revolt and later jailed, Egyptians who rose up against him hoped he would be a convict for life, or executed. However, an Egyptian court ordered Mubarak's release on Wednesday, his lawyer said, meaning he could leave prison on...

Latest VideoAugust 21st, 2013     Egyptian court orders to free ex Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak An Egyptian court ordered to free ex Egyptian president on Wednesday 21 August .  Hosni Mubarak could be freed as early as Thursday 22 August  after the court order .

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is to visit India, officials said Wednesday, to push for investment in much-needed reconstruction, as New Delhi looks to secure critical energy supplies.

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas urged Egypt on Wednesday to reopen the border crossing with the Gaza Strip that was closed after a suspected militant attack on Egyptian policemen near the frontier earlier this week. Click here for the rest of the article...

India is vigorously pursuing with Iran the detention of the MT Desh Shanti oil tanker, but there has not been any progress so far, an official said here Wednesday.

Islamabad, Aug. 21 (ANI): India is reportedly going to withdraw its remarkable energy project with Pakistan due to the recent tension at the Line of Control that saw the killings of soldiers from both sides triggering mutual distrust.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has hailed the recent presidential election in Mali, which led to the victory of the country's former premier.

Cooperative major Nafed yesterday floated a global tender for import of undisclosed quantity of onions from Pakistan, Iran, China and Egypt to boost domestic supply and curb prices, which have again r...        

Cooperative major Nafed on Wednesday floated a global tender for import of undisclosed quantity of onions from Pakistan, Iran, China and Egypt to boost domestic supply and curb prices.

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are backing Egypt's new leaders because they see the political Islam espoused by ousted president Mohamed Morsi as a threat to their rule, experts say.

Iran's envoy to the U.N. atomic agency will leave his post next month, in what may be a further sign of new President Hassan Rouhani's desire for a fresh start with the outside world over its disputed nuclear program. Ali Asghar Soltanieh's surprise departure comes after Rouhani last Friday...

Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies are backing Egypt's new leaders because they see the political Islam espoused by ousted president Mohamed Morsi as a threat to their rule, experts say.

More of the same downward drift this overnight trading session, with early Asian outflows coupled with a fresh record low in the Indian currency, driven in part by reports the Fukushima leak severity had been raised from Level 1 to Level 3, which however subsequently reversed following a weakening in...

Indian Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL) has purchased its first cargo of Iranian crude oil since April from the Islamic Republic, its managing director says.

The Obama administration is opposed to even limited U.S. military intervention in Syria because it believes rebels fighting the Assad regime wouldn't support American interests if they were to seize power right now, Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wrote to a congressman in a...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian researchers from Isfahan University of Technology used a new technique to study radical groups involved in the chemical and biological processes, the effect of metals on the formation of radical and DNA degradation, and the mechanism for radical formation.

There are no good or easy solutions for U.S. policy toward Egypt, and short-sighted arguments about military aid miss the broader issues entirely. America is relearning the lesson of the 1950s post-colonial period: Democracy depends on stable and experienced political parties and leaders, a willingness to compromise rather than...

As someone who cheers for the success of this great country, I desperately want to believe in the concept of America's energy independence. In the past decade we have been inundated with predictions of the U.S. becoming the next Saudi Arabia of oil and natural gas production. Fracking, tar...

China is on the rise. Its GDP will soon exceed that of the United States. It aspires to be acknowledged as a great world power. It is flexing its military muscle in ways that challenge the effective hegemony America has exercised in the Western Pacific region since the end of...

"Ongoing Smile," the filmmaker's hour-long piece on the influential South Korean film figure will premiere at the Busan festival in October, followed by showings in Beirut and Tokyo’s FilmEx. read more        

MANILA, Philippines – The nation heavily supported Gilas Pilipinas in its successful campaign in the recent FIBA Asia Championship.

TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's Western-educated foreign minister will take the lead in nuclear talks with world powers, an Iranian diplomat said Tuesday, in a sign the Islamic Republic may seek a less confrontational approach to negotiations over its disputed nuclear program than in past years.

>* Jan-July imports 420,267 bpd oil from Iran, down 3.5 pct* Crude imports from Iraq more than double in July y/yBy Judy Hua and Chen AizhuBEIJING, Aug 21 (Reuters) - China's average daily crude imports from Iran fell 12.6 percent in July from the same month last year,...