News Archive - 14 September 2013

- پرسپولیس تهران – گسترش فولاد تبریز بازی کامل

>* Opposition says will not stop Syria war* Pact marks new Moscow-Washington cooperationBy Warren Strobel and Mariam KarounyGENEVA/BEIRUT, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States put aside bitter differences over Syria to strike a deal on Saturday that by removing President Bashar al-Assad's chemical arsenal may avert U.

>It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, but Sunni Islamist militants have in the past targeted Shabaks, who are predominantly Shi'ite, warning them to leave the area.Iraq's delicate sectarian balance has come under acute strain from the war in neighboring Syria, which has pitted mainly Sunni...

>* Goal is destruction of chemical weapons by mid-2014* Opposition says will not stop Syria war* Pact marks new Moscow-Washington cooperationBy Warren Strobel and Mariam KarounyGENEVA/BEIRUT, Sept 14 (Reuters) - Russia and the United States put aside bitter differences over Syria to strike a deal on Saturday that by destroying...

>GENEVA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - The deal between the United States and Russia on Syrian chemical weapons was due in no small part to the labors of foreign policy veterans with contrasting styles: Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. While their bosses, presidents Barack Obama...

Several intriguing releases hit video shelves in August, with the highest profile going to Based on Suzanne Collins' teen novels, it crosses influences like “The Most Dangerous Game” (hunting humans), “Lord of the Flies” (kids on an island), “Survivor” (TV show) and even the Japanese “Battle Royale” (all of the...

Today is Sunday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2013. There are 107 days left in the year. On Sept. 15, 1887, the city of Philadelphia launched a 3-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States.

Today is Sunday, Sept. 15, the 258th day of 2013. There are 107 days left in the year. On Sept. 15, 1887, the city of Philadelphia launched a three-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Constitution of the United States.

After a staggering display of mush, muddle and miscues by the world's lone superpower, a rogue nation appears ready to give up the chemical weapons it supposedly never had. Without a shot's being fired.

BEIJING, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's just-concluded trip to four Central Asian nations has contributed to upgrading relations between China and these countries on a full scale, said analysts and media organizations in various countries.

Tehran, Sep 14 (AFP) The Facebook page of Iran's foreign minister was taken over briefly by unidentified hackers who protested against the crackdown on protesters after the disputed 2009 presidential election, media reported today.

Reprieve charity writes to deputy prime minister Nick Clegg asking that aid to Pakistan's Anti Narcotics Force be halted The government is under pressure to stop aid for anti-narcotics programmes in countries where drug traffickers are executed. The UK leads the way in opposing the use of the death penalty...

>* June-Aug import of Iran crude at 130,135 bpd* Getting close to its daily import target at 125,814 bpd* No Iran crude imported a year earlier due to EU ban* Total Aug crude imports at 9.72 mln tonnes, down 11.9 pctBy Jane ChungSEOUL, Sept 15 (Reuters) - South...

JAKARTA - The Miss World beauty contest, which has attracted fierce opposition by hardline Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge - a rival pageant exclusively for Muslims. The Muslimah World contest to be held on Wednesday in Jakarta is "Islam's answer to Miss World", the...

THERE is no room for cynicism where the scheduled meeting between Nawaz Sharif and Manmohan Singh in New York later this month is concerned. Optimism is of course ruled out, but let us note the perilous background against which Sartaj Aziz and Salman Khurshid made their Bishkek rendezvous fruitful.

Asuicide bomber killed at least 21 people at the funeral of a member of Iraq's Shabak minority in the northern province of Nineveh yesterday, it was reported.

Rarely has the prize for diplomatic success been greater than the "Geneva 2" talks that ended the first round of discussions between US Secretary of State John Kerry and Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov under the moderation of veteran UN and Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi.

On the second day of a ground offensive that the authorities say has inflicted heavy losses on foes of President Bashar Assad, Assad also sought to project an appearance of political control and authority by appointing a new prime minister, Wael Nader al-Halqi, to replace Riad Farid Hijab, who defected...

As the most powerful force in world history over the last four or five centuries, imperialism has carved up whole continents while oppressing indigenous peoples and obliterating entire civilisations.

(CNN) — A billion messages are sent on Twitter every 2½½ days. That’s three for every man, woman and child...

UNITED NATIONS — President Barack Obama challenged the Arab world to use its newfound embrace of democracy to ensure protection for freedom of religion and speech and even life, using the last address of his first term to the General Assembly on Tuesday to call for a renewed focus on...

Increasingly hard-pressed to find buyers for its petroleum, Iran has been routinely switching off satellite tracking systems on its sea-bound oil tankers for more than a month, in what U.S. officials and industry analysts describe as a cat-and-mouse game with Western governments seeking to enforce sanctions on Iranian exports.

The Barisan Nasional government uses subsidies as a tool to make people dependent on them – a form of crass populism. Aerie Rahman, MMO Have you ever been to Brunei? I find it to be an eclectic blend between Kelantan and Putrajaya. From the airport to the city centre, Islamic...

Even though Syria is not a major oil producer, the recent threat of military escalation has created uncertainty and nervousness among the world’s crude oil markets.

The United States will ''almost certainly'' do business with Narendra Modi should be become India’s prime minister, including granting him diplomatic privileges, although for now the Obama administration remains non-committal about restoring his US visa which was revoked in 2005 because of charges relating to the 2002 Gujarat communal riots.

Sept. 15, 2013, 10:27 a.m. You did not have to look far this past fortnight for criticism of Barack Obama's handling of the crisis in Syria, but perhaps the Republican Senator Bob Corker has been the most evocative.

By The Associated Press, The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was detained as he traveled through Dubai en route home to Qatar. ...

WASHINGTON — The Navy is rushing dozens of unmanned underwater craft to the Persian Gulf to help detect and destroy mines in a major military buildup aimed at preventing Iran from closing the strategic Strait of Hormuz in the event of a crisis, U.S. officials said. Some U.S.

In the latest grim chapter of the seemingly ceaseless violence scarring Pakistan’s vast Balochistan province, the bullet-riddled bodies of three migrant workers who had been kidnapped were found near the port city of Gwadar on Thursday. According to a report in Dawn, an English-language Pakistani daily newspaper, unknown gunmen abducted...

Rahul Gandhi calling him 'foolish' and a social media boy. He was addressing a voters' awareness programme at Badnawar in Dhar district on Saturday. "Rahul Gandhi Bhondu aur social media ...

The pitfalls are obvious, but the successful removal of Syria’s chemical arsenal would eliminate a major strategic threat to Israel’s security. Tel Aviv and Tehran will both be watching closely.

PANMUNJOM, South Korea — President Barack Obama on Sunday warned North Korea that its threats and provocations would only deepen its international isolation and jeopardize the resumption of U.S. food aid, and he called on the North to scrap its plans to launch a satellite next month. Squinting through...

Plans for the US to intervene in Syria ignore a crucial consideration: stabilization. By Jeremy Shapiro.

Iran's foreign ministry struggles with online PR

Latest VideoSeptember 14th, 2013     United States & Russia agreed on Syrian issue after negotiation in Geneva During a joint press conference on Saturday 14 September in Geneva , the US vice president John Kerry and Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov announced that they have reached an agreement  for a...

September 15, 2013 6:05 AM WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama welcomed the deal reached Saturday to strip Syria of chemical weapons but said much remains to be done and warned Damascus to comply with the accord.        

A diplomatic breakthrough Saturday on securing and destroying Syria's chemical weapons stockpile averted the threat of U.S. military action for the moment and could swing momentum toward ending a horrific civil war.

Saturday, Sept. 14 Yom Kippur schedule BENNINGTON -- Congregation Beth El has announced its schedule for Yom Kippur today: 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. - Main Service 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. - Family Service 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. - Contemplative Torah Study 5:30 to...

Top Republican Senators have blasted Obama Administration for its deal with Russia in Syrian chemical weapons saying that the agreement would be seen by "friends and enemies" of the US, as an act of "provocative weakness" on America's part.        

TEHRAN — Denouncing what they called a hypocritical Western suppression of free speech, Iranian media officials expressed outrage Wednesday over a decision by Europe's largest satellite providers to cease transmission of Iran's 19 state-operated satellite television and radio channels that broadcast to Europe and parts of the Middle East. The...

Saturday, the U.S. and Russia announced an agreement on the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons. The country has a week to detail its chemical arsenal and has until the middle of 2014 to destroy its stockpile. read more

A Walnut Creek man has been sentenced to four years and eight months in state prison for running over two pedestrians after falling asleep at the wheel.

Democratic lawmakers are echoing the White House's opinion -- that Obama's threats of military action prompted the deal brokered Saturday.

After Kazakhstan’s promise of 2,000 tonnes of the nuclear fuel, Uzbekistan to has come forth with similar quantity

A U.S. - Russian agreement on a framework for ending Syria's chemical weapons program received quick support from major Western powers. France hailed the agreement. Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius called the plan a "significant step forward." Britain welcomed the plan. Foreign Secretary William Hague said work is promptly...

WASHINGTON (CNN) - Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham continued their all-out verbal assault on the Obama administration's handling of the Syria crisis, disparaging Saturday's U.S.-Russian agreement as "morally and strategically indefensible." "It requires a willful suspension of disbelief to see this agreement as anything other than...

Assets of Iran's National Development Fund will increase by over $8 billion in the current Iranian calendar year to reach $61 billion, the NDF deputy director has said. Qasem Hosseini said the figure represents the worst case projection.

After 2 1/2 years of civil war in Syria, President Barack Obama's larger policy is in disarray even as his administration, with help from Russia, averted a military showdown for the time being.

BEIRUT — Spasms of fierce new fighting, some just miles from Syria's capital, were reported Thursday, and the leader of the United Nations said the conflict was getting worse — contradicting assurances by the Syrian government to a special diplomatic envoy that it was complying with his cease-fire plan. The...

42 Iranian political prisoners at Rejaishahr Prison have called for the release of prisoners suffering from serious health problems. In an open letter to the head of Iran's judiciary, the signatories remind Ayatollah Larijani of the death of Hoda Saber in Evin Prison and Afshin Osanloo in Rejaishahr Prison, both...

The presidents of Iran and Russia have held their first face-to-face talks, following the conclusion of a summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Bishkek. Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the September 13 meeting that he was pleased to meet Iran's new leader, Hassan Rohani, for the first time.

Mohammad Khatami said in a speech on September 13 that there is not much time to remedy the "great harm" Iran has suffered in the past eight years. The Kaleme website reports that Khatami said: "If we cannot remedy at least some of the major problems in the economy, international...

An exhibition of cartoons by Bozorgmehr Hosseinpur on women in the harem of the Qajar king Nasser ad-Din Shah (1831-1896) will open at Tehran's Silk Road Gallery on September 20. A collection of 14 cartoons inspired by photos from the Qajar era, will be on display at the exhibit until...

>By Yara Bayoumy and Maha El DahanBEIRUT/ABU DHABI, Sept 12 (Reuters) - For a government under siege from rebels and international sanctions, President Bashar al-Assad's administration shows no lack of confidence in being able to go on feeding its people.But as official media offer glowing reports of new bakeries...

CHOMAN — Near Iraq’s northernmost point, close to Turkey and Iran, a national park of snow-capped peaks and forested valleys is drawing tourists and researchers keen to explore a hardly touched land. But this region of outstanding natural beauty has also been scarred by war, and local officials are grappling...

National University (NU) slipped past Ateneo, 82-81, in overtime to complete a 14-game sweep of the UAAP Season 76 juniors basketball action at the Blue Eagle Gym on Friday. And...

Iran hopes detention of Indian tanker won't affect ties

ISLAMABAD: The father of Pakistan’s nuclear bomb, Abdul Qadeer Khan, has dissolved his political party after it failed to win a single seat in the May 11 elections.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran's supreme leader lashed out at the United States in a defiant speech Friday, vowing to retaliate against oil sanctions and threats of war over Iran's nuclear program, and asserting that any attack “would be 10 times worse for the interests of the United States”...

Magazine shelves of bookstores headed by The National Book Store and the gang are piled up with scores of magazines, overlapping one another, so assistance is needed before the desired one is sighted. Joining the ranks and race of franchised titles from world-wide publications is HOLA headed by the handsome...

A film about May 13 has many points of contention. So what really happened on that black day?

News analysisThe superpower rivalry between the U.S. and China is showing signs of softening, following a series of high-level military visits and plans for a rare joint naval exercise between the two nations next year.

Barack Obama has said he would put on hold any plans for a military strike on Syria if the country agrees to a proposal by Russia to hand over any remaining chemical weapons for destruction under international control.        

TEHRAN, Iran — This nation's triumphal stewardship of the Nonaligned Movement summit meeting veered off script Thursday when the two most prominently featured guest speakers, President Mohammed Morsi of Egypt and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, denounced the repression of the armed uprising in Syria, a close Iranian ally. Syria's...

Warren Rudman, the moderate and sometimes combative Republican senator from New Hampshire who waged a frustrating fight to balance the federal budget and who helped lead a federal panel that warned of a terrorist strike against the United States only months before the 9/11 attacks, died on Monday night in...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will issue an executive order today that will allow U.S. officials for the first time to impose sanctions against foreign nationals found to have used new technologies, from cellphone tracking to Internet monitoring, to help carry out grave human rights abuses. Obama's executive order,...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama ripped his Republican presidential rivals Tuesday in his first election-year news conference, accusing them of politicizing worries over Iran's nuclear aspirations and “beating the drums of war.” On the same day Republicans held presidential primaries in 10 states, Obama rebuffed criticism of his Iran...

JAKARTA - The Miss World pageant, facing fierce opposition from hardline Islamic groups in host country Indonesia, is now facing another challenge - a rival pageant exclusively for Muslims.

NEW YORK - Norah O'Donnell understood the cultural differences that led Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not to shake her hand before their "CBS This Morning" interview last week, and to request that she not cross her legs. O'Donnell, who jumped to CBS last year after more than a decade at...

Latest VideoSeptember 14th, 2013     Iranian TV report about 114 anniversary of Iranian cinema and re-opening of House of Cinema Iranian press and web sites shows happiness and excitement  for opening the building of House Of Cinema by deputy minister of Ershad HERE , while the destiny of independent house...

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has announced that Russia is to hand over the operation of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to Iranian contractors in ten days’ time.

The pending question that seems to be on the minds of many Americans the last several weeks has been: Will the United States take military action against Syria?

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani reportedly said that though the country wants to end the stand-off with global powers over its nuclear programmes, but it will not sacrifice its rights or interests for the sake of finding a solution.

As leaders around the world leapt upon the possibility of a diplomatic solution to the chemical weapons crisis in Syria - a solution prompted by an apparent gaffe by his Secretary of State - US President Barack Obama softened his line during a round of TV interviews in America last...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — More than six months ago, Dr. Mahmoud al-Jaidah was asked to step out of line as he transited through Dubai en route home to Qatar. He has been held ever since, allowed to visit his family once a month after a blindfolded trip from an...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reiterated his call for Congress to repeal federal subsidies to the oil industry Thursday, escalating a political skirmish with Republicans over rising gasoline prices amid evidence that much of the public remains uncertain about who is to blame. The results illustrate the high stakes for...

New York Jewish leaders say Israel's stake in what's happening in Syria is the message that's being sent to Iran about its development of nuclear weapons.