News Archive - 24 June 2012

Muslims need to learn from the Holy Koran, Islamic Revolution Leader Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei said Sunday, adding that the Iranian nation has got its present dignified status through Koran's teachings. Speaking to a gathering of contestants of the 29th international Koran competitions in Mashahd northeast Iran, Ayatollah Khamenei said...

A Lebanese judicial security committee has announced that discovered body and clothes claimed to be the missing Imam Musa Sadr’s, do not belong to the Lebanese Shia Alim. According to Lebanon’s al Intiqad newspaper, the committee declared on Saturday that the DNA results from a sample of the body counter...

Egyptian protesters have remained in Cairo's Liberation Square for the fifth consecutive day, protesting a power grab by military rulers. Protesters are maintaining a vigil in the iconic Tahrir Square on Saturday, where on Friday tens of thousands of protesters gathered to denounce the military council and demand the announcement...

A poll of people in Germany, France, Spain and Italy has showed 78 percent of Germans and 65 percent of French people wanted Greece to leave the euro zone, with 51 percent in Spain and 49 percent in Italy also backing a Greek exit. Big majorities in all four countries,...

>Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, speaking some 48 hours after the plane was shot down near the sea borders of both countries, told state broadcaster TRT the plane had been clearly marked as Turkish and dismissed Syria's earlier statement it had not known the plane belonged to Turkey.The shooting...

Four US-led soldiers serving with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have been killed in southern Afghanistan, according to Press TV. Two of the soldiers were killed on Saturday, one in a militant attack and the other in a roadside bomb attack in the war-ravaged country. The other two died...

New explosive revelations show British soldiers have tortured Iraqi civilians who were hooded, strip-naked and assaulted in secret black jails under direct authority of the Ministry of Defense and in blatant violation of Geneva Conventions on rights of victims of war. The shocking abuse, sanctioned by the senior Ministry of...

>* Key EU leaders back growth plan; more talks this week* US sanctions on Iranian oil to start this week* Coming Up: U.S. new home sales May (Adds details, updates prices)By Florence TanSINGAPORE, June 25 (Reuters) - Brent oil rose above $91 per barrel on Monday as a storm...

>* Summons NATO meeting for Tuesday* Turkish newspaper back Erdogan's stance (Updates casualties, adds oil pipeline attack, paragraphs 9-10)By Jonathon BurchANKARA, June 25 (Reuters) - Turkey has accused Syria of shooting down one of its military reconnaissance jets in international airspace without warning and summoned a NATO meeting for Tuesday...

>CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamist Mohamed Morsy was declared Egypt's first freely elected president on Sunday, sparking joy among his Muslim Brotherhood supporters on the streets who vowed to continue to try to wrest power from armed forces reluctant to cede ultimate control. But many Egyptians, and anxious Western allies, also...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Islamists around the world hailed Mohamed Morsy's election as Egypt's first freely chosen president as a victory for their cause on Sunday while the West, Gulf states and Israel reacted with caution, wary of his political agenda. Closely watched from Gaza to the Gulf, the Muslim Brotherhood's...

>KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, June 25 (Reuters) - At 65, Pavel Shumkin says he has lived a decade longer than the average coal miner in Kazakhstan. He recalls a time when he drank beer with his bosses after ascending, face blackened, from the coal face. "Now, these bosses have billions and I...

>* Agreement aimed to eliminate reliance on intermediariesBy Marianna Parraga and Daniel WallisCARACAS, June 24 (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil giant PDVSA has had to buy dozens of extra fuel cargoes from countries as far away as Estonia and Saudi Arabia to keep up its side of a 2008 oil...

>MOSCOW (Reuters) - Arab ambassadors delivered a clear message to Russia's special Middle East representative this month as Syria's envoy watched in silent discomfort: You are on the wrong side of history. Russia's envoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, differed during the radio discussion with the Moscow-based ambassadors. He and...

>ANKARA/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu phoned world powers on Saturday to brief them about the downing of one of Ankara's planes by Syria as a joint search for the airmen, who were shot down over the Mediterranean, tried to locate them. Signals from both sides suggested neither...

>In a telephone conversation with Turkish foreign minister Ahmed Davutoglu, Salehi said he hoped the two sides would "settle the issue peacefully to maintain regional stability," read a statement on the Iranian foreign ministry's website.Iran has supported Syrian president Bashar al-Assad since anti-government protests erupted across the country early...

At a time of record fuel demand, bountiful oil and natural gas, and expanding economies, no stocks are doing worse in the world than energy producers from BP Plc to Hess (HES) Corp.

WASHINGTON Its the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them.

The West's stand-off with Iran over its nuclear programme will be the hot topic when Russian President Vladimir Putin meets Israeli leaders during a 24-hour visit. Related Stories 25 killed in Mexican bus crash At least 16 die in China storms George death means species extinct N Korea slams war...

CAIRO — For the first time ever, Egypt has a freely elected president: Mohammed Morsi, a US-educated engineer backed by the Muslim Brotherhood. Not clear, however, is the actual function of the new president. Over the past two weeks, the country’s interim governing authority, the Supreme Council of the Armed...

PARIS/BEIRUT, Jun 13 (Reuters) France will propose giving the United Nations the power to enforce Kofi Annan's Syrian peace plan, Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said today, adding that a no-fly zone was an option under consideration to stem what was now a civil war.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Wildfires moved in on some of Colorado's most popular summer tourist destinations over the weekend, demolishing nearly two dozen homes near Rocky Mountain National Park and emptying hotels and campgrounds at the base of Pikes Peak.

Mohamed Morsi narrowly defeated former general Ahmed Shafiq, a symbol of the old regime

TEL AVIV, Jun 13 (Reuters) The world could slip back into a Cold War over Syria and the sprawling Arab country could break up into two or three warring parts, with unforeseeable consequences for the Middle East, a senior Israeli military commander said.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah state executive councilor S Manikumar said the PAS steering committee does not interfere in Parti Keadilan Rakyat and DAP’s role in the state administration.

Israeli officials hope to recruit Russia's government to join their efforts against Iran's nuclear program; FM Lieberman will greet contingent at Ben-Gurion Airport.

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25 JUN — Saya berpeluang membeli senaskhah novel “Perempuan Nan Bercinta” (2012) karya Faisal Tehrani semasa Pesta Buku Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur tetapi tidak sempat membacanya. Hal ini kerana saya memutuskan untuk menghadiahkannya kepada seorang rakan yang kebetulan begitu ingin memiliki buku itu. Keinginan untuk memiliki dan membaca novel ...

US President Barack Obama has congratulated Morsi and has pledged US support for Egypt's transition.

ELDEST Child is sitting at the tea table, telling Youngest about the impending nuclear/biological attack he predicts will accompany the Olympics.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will on Monday start his tour of the Middle East, presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.

Iranian woman barred from buying an iPad at a US Apple Store because she intended to send it to an uncle in Iran as a gift.

Less than three months after gas prices hit the $4 mark in North Carolina, Triangle drivers are filling up for as little as $3.09 a gallon.

JUNE 25 — Energy security is a major determinant for a country’s development and economic growth. As a surrogate for the latter, the demand and security for energy have become extremely critical issues facing countries today.  Singapore is no exception.  Not only is it an energy-disadvantaged country, it...

Islamist Mohamed Mursi was declared Egypt’s first freely elected president yesterday, sparking joy among his Muslim Brotherhood supporters on the streets who vowed to continue to try to wrest power from armed forces reluctant to cede ultimate control.

CAIRO (AP) - Islamist Mohammed Morsi was declared the winner Sunday in Egypt's first free presidential election in history, closing the tumultuous first phase of a democratic transition and opening a new struggle with the still-dominant military rulers who recently stripped the presidency of most of its powers.

30 June in Geneva could be held a regular meeting of the contact group on Syria. According to the portal of the Soviet collapse, citing the UN information service in Geneva, said UN Special Envoy and Las on Syrian settlement of Kofi Annan. According to him, the programme is still...

Nuclear bomb in Iran’s arsenal is not just a nekonvencional′nyj umbrella, it is a direct threat to the countries of the region, around the existing world order, stated the head of the Foreign Ministry of Israel Avigdor Lieberman Labels: portal in an interview.

ABC News’ Arlette Saenz and Shushannah Walshe report: Mitt Romney’s donors attended a golf outing today at the Red Ledges Gold Club in Heber, Utah, but the excitement was really what went on Friday and Saturday at the events and panels. Romney’s top donors were...

The official Minsk to meet in full and on time is calculated for the supplied gas and electricity from Russia. On the 22 June, said first Vice Premier of Belarus Uladzimir Syamashka, reporter BakuToday .

NAJAF, Iraq (AP) — The firebrand Iraqi cleric whose followers make up a crucial swing vote said Sunday the prime minister must resign as a first step to pull Iraq out of the morass that has all but paralyzed its government. Speaking to reporters from his headquarters in the holy...

Updated at 4:05 p.m. ET: CAIRO - Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood-backed candidate, was declared Egypt’s first Islamist president on Sunday with 51.7 percent of last weekend's run-off vote, defeating Ahmed Shafiq, who had been tapped as prime minister by former President Hosni Mubarak.

Recorded history shows that in nearly all civilizations the leader had the power to punish or remit. Even in the modern world the highest authority — the president, the monarch or the religious leader (Iran etc.) has the power of pardon or forgiveness of a crime.

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Middle East countries welcomed on Sunday the election of the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi as Egypt's first president following the ouster of Hosni Mubarak.

TOKYO—An agreement between Japan and Russia to jointly develop a Siberian oil field is expected to accelerate expansion of crude oil procurement from that country and help diversify Japan’s supply of energy resources. Japan relies on the Middle East for more than 90 percent of crude oil imports.

Over four days and three nights, an unremitting thump of intense psychedelic trance music pulsed from the bottom of Lebanon’s Baisour valley.

FILE - In this Thursday, April 26, 2012 file photo, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr looks on during a press conference in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. The firebrand Iraqi cleric whose followers are a swing vote in the nation's...

Mention risk, and most people tend to think of fangled debt instruments and torrid sovereign balance sheets. That's been (and will continue to be) a large part of the global narrative over the past few years, but it's also had a sharp resonance in the energy world. Not just in...

Syria gave no warning before shooting down a Turkish military jet that strayed into its territory, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davatoglu said Sunday in a strongly worded appearance.

A waffle shop that features a kind of a social experiment in Pittsburgh is coming to a close.

Pakistan witnessed a strange political drama on choice of Prime Minister to replace the judicially ousted Mr.Yusuf Raza Gilani. Generally the Prime Ministers are appointed and removed by the President on the National Assembly.

In a rare turn from Washington, nine U.S. Supreme Court justices and more than three dozen others have kept quiet for more than two months about the court's ruling on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. The decision is expected in the next week.

Tehran, June 24 : A senior Iranian general has said that Israel will collapse if its attacks Iran.

Russia's pro-democracy activists, human rights campaigners and corruption fighters are disappointed in U.S. President Barack Obama. On the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit last week, Obama met with his Russian counterpart for the first time since Vladimir Putin began his third time as president.

Iran's Energy Minister says the country is in talks with Tajikistan to transit electricity from the Central Asian state to Turkey and other European countries.

TEHRAN, June 24 (MNA) - The Iranian ambassador to Azerbaijan, Mohammad Baqer Bahrami, who had been recently recalled, resumed his activities at the Iranian Embassy in Baku on Friday.

LOS ANGELES - When Iranians rose up and marched against their rulers, people around the world felt they were there....

India does not see its relations with Iran as a zero-sum game, and will not allow these relations to be held hostage by its other partners.

A homophobe writes, so to speak.

TEHRAN, June 24 (MNA) – Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi said on Friday that denying reality by the country’s officials does not help resolve the problem of high cost of living.

TEHRAN, June 24 (MNA) - Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei on Sunday sent six delegations to honor disabled war veterans and their families based in the capital Tehran and the holy city of Mashhad.

>* Film combines sport with culture shockBy Jordan RiefeLOS ANGELES, June 24 (Reuters) - At first glance, "The Iran Job" is just another David and Goliath sports story.But boiling beneath the surface of the new indie documentary that follows American basketball player Kevin Sheppard playing in Iran's league, is...

In Japan, Europe, China -- even Uzbekistan -- California can learn some vital lessons. Special report: High-speed rail

[Capital FM] Tehran - The identities of two Iranians whose arrest in Kenya this week preceded a US alert of a planned "terrorist attack" in the country are not yet known, authorities in Tehran said on Saturday.

Turkish search-and-rescue teams found the wreckage of a fighter jet shot down by Syria in an incident that raises the temperature between the two regional powers significantly.

The June 16-17 runoff vote between Mohammed Morsi and Ahmed Shafiq left Egyptians with nerve-wrecking uncertainty.

The Netherlands may have crashed out of the Euro 2012 football championships for humans, but a team from Eindhoven University on Sunday won the world robot football title in Mexico.

MR. ROSE: I’m Charlie Rose. Thank you very much for coming this afternoon. This is, as many of you know, a second in a series of conversations with Secretary Clinton and previous secretaries of State. We hope that we will have a chance to do as many ...

By Vishal Gulati, Manali (Himachal Pradesh), June 24 : You don't have to wait for the snow to ski in Himachal Pradesh. The turfed slopes of the picturesque Solang Valley in the western Himalayas beckon you to put on your skis - these ones with wheels - and slide down...

The commander of the Aerospace Division of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the Islamic Republic will strongly confront any possible assault against the country.

Muscles display? DAMASCUS - Turkey on Sunday accused Syria of shooting down one of its warplanes in international airspace, as a watchdog said the Damascus regime suffered new setbacks and violence reached new heights.

It's the biggest secret in a city known for not keeping them. The nine Supreme Court justices and more than three dozen other people have kept quiet for more than two months about how the high court will rule on the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

(MENAFN - Al-Anbaa) الآن سيارة مرسيدس ـ بنز الجديدة كليا متوافرة في الكويت من خلال شركة عبدالرحمن البشر وزيد الكاظمي، ...

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) The Minister of Water and Electricity, Eng. Abdullah bin Abdulrahman Al-Hossein, has signed a number of contracts to implement several water and sanitation projects in ...

(MENAFN) Qatar made another buyout of a new Paris building which houses a section of the US embassy and the offices of national newspaper Le Figaro, local media reported. The news comes only one ...

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) At least 15 people were killed by troops across Syria on Saturday, as the army cracked down on rebel strongholds, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. In ...

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Director of the USAID Rajiv Shah has said that there is an increase in the volume of aid to Yemen worth $ 52 million this year to reach $ 175 million, including various ...

Islamabad (Dawn/ANN) - Over the last decade, the possibility of nuclear weapons falling into the hands of (Islamic) terrorists has been projected by western policy circles as the greatest threat to international peace and security.

(MENAFN - Saudi Press Agency) Aid Convoy of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, which includes food aid donated by Saudi businessmen to the displaced Syrian families in Jordan, arrived here ...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad issued a decree on Saturday forming a new government to be headed by Riad Hijab succeeding the former cabinet of Adel Safar, ...