News Archive - 12 October 2013

>The agency gave no breakdown of spending, which it said was 7 billion pounds higher than the 2013 budget, but it quoted Prime Minister Wael al-Halki as saying it would focus spending on education, health and agriculture sectors.Syria's 2-1/2 year civil war has ruined the country's economy, causing tens...

>LONDON/HAMBURG (Reuters) - Deliveries of wheat are starting to reach Syrian ports as its bank accounts abroad are gradually being freed from sanctions, with grain traders detecting a greater willingness from European governments to allow deals to go ahead on humanitarian grounds. As civil war grinds on, Syria is facing...

Maj. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim met Saturday with Greek Orthodox Patriarch John X Yazigi and discussed the ongoing contacts to secure the release of the Syrian bishops.

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From the bunkers and watchtowers along this tense, fortified frontier, Israelis say they can do little more than view from afar the civil warfare raging across the border in Syria.

Kuwait proposal aimed at preventing transgender migrant workers from entering six-member Gulf Co-operation Council countries criticised as 'immoral' The Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) will next month consider a proposal from Kuwait to introduce medical checks to prevent transgender people from entering the six-member Arab countries as migrant workers. The Saudi-based...

A news agency in Iran says a group of suspected Israeli spies have gone on trial in the country's southeast.

Tehran, Oct 13 (IANS): Iran will put forward a three-stage proposal in the upcoming Geneva nuclear talks with the world powers, media reported Saturday.

Trai Dang didn't have a thesis and he didn't speak the language — but he had work to do. He booked a flight to Havana and set off for a summer research project to learn what investing was like in the socialist island nation of Cuba.

Some of the two dozen people gathered in the Framingham apartment on a Saturday afternoon were there to mourn for a friend they never knew in life.

As the health exchanges go online next month, the Journal is ramping up its coverage about the Affordable Care Act. We are interested in hearing your thoughts. Will you be looking at the health insurance options available through the exchanges? Do you think this system will work?

>An Israeli official said on Saturday Netanyahu phoned British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande to tell them sanctions were close to achieving their goal."Until Iran dismantles its military nuclear program, sanctions must not be eased - on the contrary. Only the pressure brought Iran to...

>Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, effectively the State Department's third-ranking diplomat, will lead the U.S. delegation to negotiations between Iran and six major powers in Geneva on Tuesday and Wednesday, the State Department said.The central issue at the talks, which will involve Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, the...

Latest VideoOctober 12th, 2013     Attack on famous Sunni religious leader because telling story of prophet louse ! Imam Hussein web site attack Sunni religious figure for telling story of prophet louse in his book !...

Latest VideoOctober 12th, 2013     Persepolis FC signed 10 years contract with 9 years old old football player ! After it was said that the Spanish football club “Real Madrid” is after 9 years old football player from Ardabil  , the managing director of Persepolis sport club signed a 10 years...

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Iran’s Minister of Economic Affairs and Finance Ali Tayyeb-Nia says unilateral sanctions against Tehran’s oil and financial sectors have posed a serious challenge to world’s fragile economy.

NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY -- Last week's New York International Carpet Show and Metro Market Week completed a long cycle of Fall Market events in New York that began Sept 22 with the RugShow@Javits and the New York Home Fashions Market and ended -- finally -- on Oct 10...

Mumbai, Oct 12 (PTI) Hosts India posted a Day One round-robin record of three wins, no losses and one draw as they advanced to the Bowl quarterfinals of the HSBC Asian Sevens Rugby Series as the top side from today's invitational matches here.

The beaten-down stock of standalone refiner MRPL presents a good buying opportunity for investors with a long-term perspective. With its much-delayed expansion programme nearing completion, the company’s margins should improve significantly.

Villagers take refuge in a cyclone shelter about 125 miles from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneswar. ( Biswaranjan Rout / AP / October 12 , 2013 )

World Cup 2014 qualifiers have eight teams a win or draw away from qualifying to soccer's biggest stage in Brazil.

New Delhi, Oct 12 (IANS): External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday said India supports talks to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue. He added that India has always favoured peaceful use of nuclear energy.

>NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's state banking regulator has stepped up pressure on four European banks, ordering them to hand over details of their transactions with a Jordanian bank and documents related to Turkey's Uzan family, which owes billions of dollars to Motorola Credit Corp. In an order issued...

>AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian army troops and Shi'ite militia fighters loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured two southern suburbs of Damascus on Friday, killing at least 70 people, opposition activists said. The fighters, including some from the Lebanese Shi'ite movement Hezbollah and Iraqi Shi'ites backed by Syrian army tanks, searched...

>A delay in renewing the approval had disrupted oil and container trade between Indian and Iran, with some ships stranded outside ports in both countries.The new approval is valid until Dec. 27, said the sources, who had received a letter from the Directorate General of Shipping. The previous approval...

>* NonOPEC supply growth highest since the 1970s* Non-OPEC oil output gains cushion against OPEC problemsBy Dmitry ZhdannikovLONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - The United States will become the world's largest oil producer next year - overtaking Russia - thanks to its shale oil boom which has transformed the global energy...

>* Some 19,000 centrifuges installed in seven years* Advanced equipment could speed up enrichment furtherBy Fredrik DahlVIENNA, Oct 11 (Reuters) - When the U.N. Security Council first imposed sanctions on Iran in 2006 to try to make it halt its nuclear activity, the Islamic state had a nascent uranium...

>DUBAI (Reuters) - While Iranian President Hassan Rouhani tries to ease friction with the United States, chants of "death to America" on Friday may deepen doubts in the West that Tehran is ready for a deal as talks on its nuclear program resume next week. Rouhani's resounding June election victory...

Latest VideoOctober 12th, 2013     Iranian TV respond to excuses of BBC Persian about interviews with Netanyahoo and Mohajerani The Iranian TV aired in its different news bulletin of Saturday 12 October , a video in which excuses of BBC about interview with Israeli prime minister  Benjamin Netanyahoo and  a...

Latest VideoOctober 11th, 2013     Horrible scenes of dogs attacking an Asian Cheeta in Iran WARNING : THIS VIDEO CONTAIN VIOLENT FOOTAGES Horrible scenes of dogs attacking an Asian Cheeta in Iran . Read more about the Asian  Cheeta in Iran HERE  ...

Latest VideoOctober 11th, 2013     Ayatollah Khamenei speech force Kambiz Hosseini to change his plan of returning to Iran Ayatollah Khamenei speech , force  Kambiz Hosseini to change his plan of returning to Iran ,  In twelfth part of his political show “Poletik”, before interviewing Shirin Neshat...

Latest VideoOctober 11th, 2013     Ayatollah Khatami in Friday Prayer : Slogan of “Death To America” make our diplomat stronger ! The conservative speaker of Friday Prayer of 11 October Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami  , named US president a liar and  called for continuation of slogan “Death to America ” and said...

Latest VideoOctober 12th, 2013     Former minister of intelligence Ali Falahian to shenasnameh : Saeid Emami was a successful agent ! The notorious Ali Falahian , minister of intelligence in cabinet of  Hashemi Rafsanjani and present member of assembly of experts , who is accused of being involved in assassination of...