News Archive - 22 August 2013

>An Israeli military source said the "terror site" bombed was near Na'ameh, between Beirut and Sidon, but did not immediately provide further details.Four rockets fired on Thursday caused damage but no casualties in northern Israel. They were claimed by an al Qaeda-linked Sunni Muslim group rather than Hezbollah, the...

>Patrick Campbell, 33, of Freetown, was arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Wednesday after he arrived from Sierra Leone with the sample of uranium concealed in the soles of shoes in his luggage, according to a criminal complaint filed in a Florida federal court on Thursday.He allegedly...

>BEIRUT/PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations demanded Syria give its chemical weapons experts immediate access on Thursday to rebel-held Damascus suburbs where poison gas appears to have killed hundreds just a few miles from the U.N. team's hotel. There was no sign, however, that scientists would soon be taking...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With his international credibility seen increasingly on the line, President Barack Obama on Thursday faced growing calls at home and abroad for forceful action against the Syrian government over accusations it carried out a massive new deadly chemical weapons attack. While the White House said it was...

>* Russia turns a blind eye if victims are abroad, experts say* Four Russians behind biggest cyber crime in U.S. historyBy Alissa de CarbonnelMOSCOW, Aug 22 (Reuters) - If you want to hack a phone, order a cyber attack on a competitor's website or buy a Trojan programme to...

>BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's opposition demanded on Thursday that United Nations chemical weapons inspectors immediately investigate a besieged rebel-held region hit by an alleged chemical weapons attack that killed hundreds of people a day earlier. In Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said the international community needed to respond with...

>"If the use of chemical weapons is true, it has definitely been carried out by terrorist ... groups, because they have proved in action that they refrain from no crime," Iran's Press TV quoted Zarif as telling his Turkish counterpart, Ahmet Davutoglu, in a telephone conversation.(Reporting by Jon Hemming; Editing...

>* India replaces Iran crude with oil from Latin America, Oman, Iraq* Imports from Iran to rise from August as MRPL resumes purchasesBy Nidhi VermaNEW DELHI, Aug 22 (Reuters) - India's imports of Iranian crude plunged by three quarters in July from June, tanker arrival data obtained by Reuters showed,...

Bo mounts feisty defense at trial

By Erika Solomon and Jack Kim BEIRUT/SEOUL (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday renewed his push for Syria to allow U.N. inspectors immediate access to investigate allegations that the government carried out a deadly chemical weapons attack on the outskirts of Damascus. "I can think of...

Malaysia and Thailand have agreed to work together to resolve the problem of dual citizenships that has caused security problems to both countries. The matter was one of several issues that were discussed during a meeting on Thursday between Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin...

BANGKOK was rocked by anti-government demonstrations earlier this month ...

Patrick Campbell was arrested at JFK after traveling to the U.S. from Sierra Leone with a sample of uranium (pictured) hidden in the soles of his shoes and his case.

The discovery of a new strain of avian-flu virus, H7N7, in China has prompted Thailand's environment-watch agency to tighten its measures on emerging-disease surveillance and closely monitor suspicious bird illnesses and deaths nationwide. The discovery of a new strain of avian-flu virus, H7N7, in China has prompted Thailand's environment-watch agency...

Over 5 million Filipinos watched the local coverage of the FIBA Asia 2013 games.

PHUKET: The decommissioned warship RTMS Lanta burst into flames yesterday while workers were repairing damage caused by a previous fire that broke out at the tourist attraction on July 3 ...

Our ability to influence the outcome in Egypt is limited.” That was Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel speaking truth about power to reporters this week. He went on: “It’s up to the Egyptian people. And they are a large, great, sovereign nation. And it will be their responsibility... to sort...

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The United Nations has formally asked the Syrian government to authorise UN experts to investigate a reported chemical attack with mass casualties near Damascus.        

The former midfield star replaces Winfried Schafer and immediately turned his attention to their next match against Iran in the 2015 AFC Asian Cup qualifiers

Thai composite stocks index (SET) opened on Thursday at 1,336.45, down 18.69 points, or 1.38 per cent in line with most regional shares following Wall St fall overnight. Blue chip SET-50 index was at 905.09, down 13.73 points, or 1.49 per cent. Top five...

Mehdi Eftekhari was among the nearly lost generation of professionals who built modern-day Iran, providing counsel for the nation’s first telephone service, first electrical grid, first system of dams — and in the process meeting top international dignitaries who visited Iran from the 1940s through 1970s.

MIAMI (AP) Federal officials in Miami say a man from Sierra Leone has been charged with brokering a uranium deal intended for Iran.Patrick Campbell was arrested Wednesday in Queens, New York City. The 33-year-old made his initial...

Kota Kinabalu: Tabriz Petrochemical Team (TPT) almost made a clean sweep of the final podium at the just concluded 2nd edition of the Tour of Borneo on Thursday with Ghader Mizbani taking the Asian Rider (Blue Jersey), King of Mountain (Red Jersey) as well as the Overall (Yellow Jersey) titles...

Latest VideoAugust 22nd, 2013     Foreign Minister Javad Zarif hope that Iranians residing abroad will help Islamic Republic pres Answering a question about negotiation with the United States  during a long interview with Dirooz,Emrooz,Farda on Thursday 22 August  , the foreign minister Javad Zarif praised Iranians living abroad and expressed...

Almost exactly a year ago, President Obama said the use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute crossing a "red line." Then, in June of this year, the U.S. read more

An AIPAC pro-Israel community caucus featuring Rep. Eric Swalwell (D–East Bay) is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25 at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette.

The war in Syria is of the most brutal conflicts the world has seen in the past 20 years, but it hasn't prompted the same public outcry as other humanitarian crises.

UN inspections which could establish the truth behind accusations that 1,300 people were massacred using chemical weapons in Syria have been delayed by realpolitik and bureaucracy, it has been claimed.        

Australia’s indefinite detention of 46 recognised refugees amounts to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, the United Nations said on Thursday, applying more international pressure on the government’s tough policies toward asylum seekers. The New York Times reports that the Geneva-based United Nations Human Rights Committee called on Australia to release...

Latest VideoAugust 22nd, 2013     Egyptian ex president Hosni Mubarak released from jail – In Persian and English A helicopter flew the 85-year-old Hosni Mubarak  out of Tora prison on the southern outskirts of Cairo a  on Thursday 22 Afternoon , apparently  taking him  to a military hospital .  He...

A Facebook initiative to give internet access to people in underdeveloped countries, and a proposal to teach a homeless man to program -- two examples of a kind of tone-deaf mindset about how to fix the world's problems.

"This is not a museum," says Annie Haden, the vivacious Dylan Thomas enthusiast who has restored the poet's childhood home in Swansea, an industrial city on the south coast of Wales. "I'm the oldest thing in this house!"

NEW DELHI, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- The issue of an Indian oil tanker being held by Iran since last week still has not been resolved.

Innocent children lie dead in pictures that will horrify the world. Many of the victims were found huddled in their beds – as if still sleeping. Others died in agony, convulsing and foaming at the mouth.

Administration faces new calls to take action on Syria after rebels claim chemical weapons killed hundreds

Arman Soltani had always dreamed of living on the water. So when the 38-year-old computer programmer moved from Virginia to Discovery Bay two years ago, he felt sure he had found his forever home – a place where he could work, live and enjoy his passion for water skiing and...

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain's main opposition will hold a day of pro-democracy protests on Friday despite a crackdown last week in which police used teargas and birdshot to disperse anti-government demonstrations.        

Almost exactly a year ago, President Obama said the use of chemical weapons in Syria would constitute crossing a "red line." Then, in June of this year, the U.S.

Two Thai teenagers have discovered laughter isn't always the best medicine after they were arrested for selling balloons containing "funny air" - or laughing gas - to ...

Two Iranian men have been jailed for their part in a botched bomb plot which ended with one of them having his legs blown off. Saeid Moradi and Mohammad Khazaei also blew off the roof of the house they rented in Bangkok, when one of four bombs Thai authorities believe...

Mr Dokset, 50, stands accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend Rungnapa Suktong (pictured) and leaving her remains dissolving in a trash bin acid bath in his Kata villa basement for months. Photo: Gazette ...

This argument has some plausibility. There is no doubt that the United States derives strategic benefits from our alliance with Egypt's generals — namely the upholding of the Camp David accords, transit rights in the Suez Canal and other forms of military and intelligence cooperation in the war on terrorism.

An Iranian man who blew off his own legs was sentenced to life in prison by a Thai court on Thursday for his involvement in a botched bomb plot that rocked Bangkok last year and brought condemnation from Israel.

Onion prices remained high at up to Rs 70 per kg in retail markets in New Delhi, despite the government having taken measures to rein in rising rates of the commodity.

WASHINGTON—The U.S. military is encircling China with a chain of air bases and military ports. The latest link: a small airstrip on the tiny Pacific island of Saipan.

Iran's representative to the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali Asghar Soltanieh, announced his resignation on Thursday without giving any reason, the Fars news agency reported.

Following the market's shocking realization that the taper is coming prompting a kneejerk to the kneejerk reaction after the FOMC minutes, and yet another painful session in Asia, stocks were desperate for some good news from somewhere, which they got thanks to a Goldilocks PMI from China printing by the...

VIENNA (AP) — A U.S. institute tracking Iran's nuclear program says recent satellite images it has analyzed show further major alterations of a military site that the U.N. has long tried to access to follow up suspicions that Tehran may have used it in possible attempts to develop...

Bijan Namdar-Zanganeh is on a mission to make up for the last eight years.

TEHRAN, Aug. 22 (UPI) -- Iran is manufacturing an advanced fighter jet to be used mainly for training purposes, an Iranian air force commander said.

Fans put in requests for 2.3 million tickets for next year's SWC in Brazil in the first 24 hours of Internet sales, FIFA has said.        

Muhammad Abdul Ghani achieved outstanding grades in his A-levels after just two years of living in the country and studying at Oldham Sixth Form College.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces bombarded rebel-held suburbs of Damascus on Thursday, activists said, keeping up pressure on the besieged region a day after the opposition accused the army of gassing hundreds in a chemical weapons attack.        

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem has felicitated Mohammad Javad Zarif on his appointment as the foreign minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

A Thai court has sentenced an Iranian man to life in prison and his compatriot to 15 years for their roles in a botched bomb plot exposed last year when an accidental explosion blew apart the Bangkok villa where they were ...

The Syrian government has been urged to allow UN inspectors to visit the site where it is claimed more than 1,300 people died in a chemical weapons attack.

Newly declassified documents offer more details of how the CIA executed the overthrow of Iran's democratically elected prime minister 60 years ago, describing the political frustrations that led the U.S. to take covert action against a Soviet ally — and echoing the current frustrations with Iran over its nuclear...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - An Iranian man who blew off his own legs was sentenced to life in prison by a Thai court on Thursday for his involvement in a botched bomb plot that rocked Bangkok last year and brought condemnation from Israel.

Latest VideoAugust 22nd, 2013     Esteqlal FC beat strong Thailand’s Buriram United 1-0 in AFC champion league Iran’s Esteqlal has defeated strong Thai  Buriram United team 1-0 in a 2013 AFC Champions League on Wednesday 21 August 2013 inn Azadi Stadium in Tehran .