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Food prices ‘soar’ in Tehran
“Protests over food-price hikes brought thousands into the streets this week in central Tehran. Calm was reported in the capital, as security forces patrolled key intersections and presided over...
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“Iran fires on unmanned US surveillance drone”
“Iran fired on an unarmed US drone last week as it was hovering in international airspace, the Pentagon announced Thursday. Spokesman George Little said the incident occurred Nov. 1 at 4:50 a.m. ET....
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Obama wants Rice as Secretary of State
“President Barack Obama wants to tap US Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice as the next Secretary of State, CBS News reports. Current Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has previously said...
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Hamas rocket attack hits outskirts of Jerusalem
“Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip say they have launched a rocket on Jerusalem – the first time the holy city has been targeted from Gaza. Israel Army radio said the missile landed just outside the...
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Iranian president ‘stands behind Palestinian people’
“Iran’s President Mahmud Ahmadinejad has congratulated Gaza’s Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya in a telephone call on a “great victory” over Israel, the two sides said on Saturday. Haniya in turn...
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‘Progress on nuclear talks, but?’
“The leader of a United Nations nuclear inspection delegation reported progress on Friday in negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear energy work and said another meeting was planned for Jan. 16....
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“Kuwait urges Iran to work with UN”
“Kuwait urged Iran to cooperate more with the United Nations nuclear watchdog to allay Gulf Arab concerns about the safety of an Iranian nuclear power plant that lies just across the waterway from the...
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Biden: US willing to hold ‘serious’ talks with iran
The United States is prepared to hold direct talks with Iran when the Iranian leadership is ‘serious’, US Vice President Joe Biden said. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference Saturday, Biden...
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“Bid to buy banned magnets stokes capacity fears”
“Iran recently sought to acquire tens of thousands of highly specialized magnets used in centrifuge machines, according to experts and diplomats, a sign that the country may be planning a major...
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“Iranian media criticize Oscar win for ‘Argo’ “
Ben Affleck’s ‘Argo’, which recounts the successful rescue mission of several American diplomats during the 1979 hostage crisis in Tehran, won best picture, and Iranian media was quick to react on...
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“World powers resume nuclear talks with Iran”
“Talks between Iran and six world powers over its nuclear program resumed in Kazakstan yesterday after a break of eight months, but there was a general atmosphere of gloom about their prospects for...
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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez laid to rest
An eclectic mix of mourners, including Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Oscar-winner Sean Penn, bid former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez farewell on Saturday. A frequent visitor to Caracas...
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“Quake hits near Iran’s nuclear city Bushehr, 37 dead”
“A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran’s only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages, Iranian media reported....
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Two rockets hit southern Beirut
Two rockets hit a Shi’ite Muslim district of southern Beirut, residents said, wounding several people, a day after the leader of Lebanese Shi’ite militant movement Hezbollah said his group would...
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Iran Election: Millions vote into the night
“Iran’s presidential race appears poised for a runoff vote next week after millions of people queued until late across the country last night to elect a successor to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Election...
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“Rohani polls just over 50 percent of the Iranian vote”
“Iran’s new president, a moderate cleric known for his conciliatory nuclear talks with world powers, will take office carrying the hopes of reformists seeking less repression of social freedoms and a...
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“Sea search for refugees continues”
“A baby boy has drowned and a search for eight asylum seekers lost at sea continues as the federal government looks at how to adjust its border protection policies. Another 88 asylum seekers were...
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Hassan Rouhani officially replaces Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
“Cleric Hassan Rouhani has officially replaced Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran. Mr Rouhani’s election has been endorsed by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at a ceremony in the capital,...
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“Syria, Iran issue first explicit warning to Israel”
“A senior Syrian official issued a first direct warning that if attacked, his country would retaliate against Israel. Khalaf Muftah, a senior Baath Party official who used to serve as Syria’s...
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Rouhani may meet with Obama at UN
“The very first meeting of US and Iranian leaders since the 1979 revolution could open the way to diplomatic end to the Iranian nuclear standoff” Click for full article No related posts.
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