News Archive - 25 August 2012

>ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has played down possible Syrian links to a recent rise in guerrilla attacks in Turkey, saying unrest across the border was not the cause of Turkey's problems. Turkey has seen an upsurge in attacks over the past few weeks, including a car...

The secretary general of the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit in Tehran said the bloc is set to transcend its traditional political role by putting a comprehensive economic deed on its agenda, local media said Saturday.

>An Iranian lawmaker said a legislative committee would visit Syria to strengthen bilateral relations and consult Syrian officials, the state news agency IRNA reported."We all have a responsibility to support Syria and not allow the line of resistance to be broken," Fars news agency quoted Hossein Taeb, the intelligence...

WASHINGTON - Either Israel is engaged in the most elaborate ruse since the Trojan Horse or it is on ...

Behzad Sohrabi’s “The Legend of Sigh” is a whimsical narration of the forgotten fairy tales, a reminiscence of the lands no more existing and an ancient inheritance of the forefathers (PRWeb August 25, 2012) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/8/prweb9833998.htm

A delegation from Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission arrived in the Syrian capital on a two-day visit Saturday for talks with top Syrian officials including President Bashar Al Assad.

Iranian permanent representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh said the new round of negotiations between the Islamic republic and the IAEA was "constructive".

Vice President Jejomar Binay will leave on Tuesday, August 28, for Tehran, Iran to represent President Benigno Aquino III in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement Summit (NAM Summit).

Israel believes the report backs up claims that Tehran has sped up its nuclear project, while the White House insists that findings don’t change the working assumption that there is still time to resolve the crisis diplomatically.

Other than his support for Israel and rhetorical shots at Russia and China, it's a mystery what Romney thinks about major international issues and where he would take the country.

The Congress Saturday expressed hope that the BJP will allow parliament to function Monday and indicated that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may address the nation on the issue of alleged coal scam if the proceedings of the two houses were disrupted again.

With the Philippines defeating Taiwan (Zhonghua) 76-72 on Saturday, only the Americans remain in the way of Gilas capturing its first Jones Cup title since 1998.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Inslee cut his teeth — politically and professionally — in a Republican-leaning pocket of Eastern Washington.

(08/25/12) -- It's been almost one year since Amir Hekmati was arrested in Iran. The former Marine, from Genesee County, was in Iran visiting family last August. Iranian authorities arrested him and accused

Moscow, Aug 26 (IANS/RIA Novosti) A gigantic Persian carpet woven in the Iranian city of Nishapur has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's largest handmade rug.

The White House, which sees itself as the Supreme Court that adjudicates cases involving global disputes, has just handed down a decision: To speak to Iran is unseemly, to legitimize it is unpardonable, and to befriend it is criminal.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has praised the country's athletes who won medals at the 2012 London Olympic Games in a ceremony held in Tehran.

CAIRO: Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi has no immediate plans to restore ties with Iran, his spokesman said in comments published yesterday ahead of a landmark visit to Tehran later this month for a Non-Aligned Movement summit.

NEW DELHI: India, Iran and Afghanistan will hold talks on giving greater access to landlocked Afghanistan, a move that could also ease Iran's isolation in the region, Indian officials said yesterday.

PHILADELPHIA — On Friday, Jordan Burroughs threw out the first pitch at a Phillies game at Citizens Bank Park with fellow area Olympic gold medalists Carli Lloyd, Heather Mitts and Susan Francia.

IN THE SNP’s debate over Nato, two cases are being made. One is that an independent Scotland could have its biggest impact by joining Nato and working with some of the more progressive countries in that alliance towards removing nuclear weapons from European soil.

Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to boycott the Non-Aligned Movement summit if Hamas attends. The Palestinian president accuses host Iran of sabotaging reconciliation between his secular Fatah and the Islamist Hamas.

El Comité Nacional Republicano (RNC) decidió hoy cancelar la programación del lunes y posponer hasta el martes todos los actos importantes y discursos de la convención del partido, que dará oficialmente la nominación a Mitt Romney como candidato a la Presidencia de EE.UU.

'And there is Noah's Ark." Silence greeted the prophetic scene. "I can't see it," I said eventually. More silence. But I knew the rest of the tour group staring at the hillside, in the shadow of Mount Ararat, couldn't see it either. Our guide, Denis, outlined the contours of...

Debenhams will launch its first store in Russia this Saturday and has "big plans" to roll out more shops in what is set to become Europe' biggest retail market.

SOMETIMES we have to be out of our own country to appreciate the good things that we often take for granted when we are back home.

On August 6, New York State’s Department of Financial Services (DFS) accused Standard Chartered Bank (StanChart) of entering ‘a scheme’ with the Iranian government to ‘hide’ from regulators some 60,000 secret transactions involving at least US$250 billion.

In countries with a population that are not predominantly Muslim (e.g Nigeria and Sudan), the laws are not applicable to non-Muslims. In countries where non-Muslims are of very small minority or non-existent and where an Islamic state is established (such as in Saudi Arabia, Iran), Hudud offences and punishments...

Syrian forces launched a deadly assault in the southwestern belt of Damascus yesterday, in what activists said was a new bid to crush “once and for all” the insurgency in the capital.

Iran has “sanitised” to such an extent a military base where nuclear weapons research allegedly took place that the UN atomic watchdog may say next week there is now little point inspecting it, Western diplomats said.

Hamas officials said they expected the Rafah crossing to fully open on Sunday for the first time since the Aug. 5 border attack that killed 16 Egyptian soldiers.

Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi has no immediate plans to restore ties with Iran, his spokesman said in comments published yesterday ahead of a landmark visit to Tehran later this month for a Non-Aligned Movement summit.

A helicopter of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards crashed in western Iran near the Iraqi border killing four Guards yesterday, the force’s website Sepahnews reported.

Violence in the streets of Damascus. A growing refugee crisis. Calls for outside intervention.

Power and Energy Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said now trade unions cannot simply hijack the people’s right to electricity.

Conventions are the seventh-inning stretches of presidential politics, a pause to consider the interminable prelude and the coming climax. Republicans gathering in Tampa face an unusual election in which they do not have a substantial advantage concerning the most presidential subject, foreign policy. This is not because their nominee has...

Mitt Romney said he would send US soldiers to Syria to stop the spread of chemical weapons.

One year after the phone-hacking scandal, the Murdochs still speak and everybody listens.

Virgin Money boss Jayne-Anne Gadhia discusses transforming Northern Rock and how she plans to alter the public perception of British banks.

By RANDAL SEYLER 638-0212| @WCN_HCT rseyler@chipleypaper.com CHIPLEY — U.S. Rep. Steve Southerland was in Northwest Florida last week, making friends and flexing his campaign muscles now that the Primary Election is a thing of the past....

TEHRAN, Aug. 24 (MNA) - India, Iran and Afghanistan will hold talks on giving India greater access to landlocked Afghanistan, Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai said on Saturday.

Former US astronaut Neil Armstrong, the first man on the moon, has died at the age of 82.

Hamas leader has accepted an invitation by Iran to attend Non-Aligned Movement conference; Fayyad says invitation is a 'stab in the back of the Palestinian national project.'

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) - The upcoming summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran will be one of the biggest diplomatic gatherings in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran, with representatives from over 150 countries scheduled to attend.

On the eve of their national party conventions, the race between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney to amass the requisite 270 Electoral College votes needed for victory is exactly where it was at the start of the long, volatile summer: focused on seven states that are up for grabs.

TEHRAN, Aug. 25 (MNA) - The Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that Iran will allow officials from the Non-Aligned Movement to visit nuclear facilities during a summit in Tehran which opens on Sunday and runs until Friday.

Sri Lanka's navy has detained a group of 98 would-be asylum seekers making for Australia says official.

During the Egyptian revolution, the Gulf States distanced themselves from. Bonds between Egypt and the Gulf are forming again now in accordance with an old rule: Good relationships are based on mutual benefits.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas may boycott the Non-Aligned Movement summit in Iran- minister

The Refugee Youth Summer Academy tries to help recently arrived refugees and asylees find a footing in their new country and prepares them for school.

US prosecutors are looking into whether British bank HSBC was involved in laundering money for Mexican drug cartels and moving cash for Saudi Arabian banks with ties to terrorists, The New York Times reported ...

Tehran giants Esteqlal and Persepolis have played out a lackluster goalless draw in the sixth week of Iran's Pro League (IPL). The 75th derby between the archrivals was played before 90,000 fans at Azadi Stadium on Friday evening.

A freed Lebanese member of a group of 11 Shiite pilgrims taken hostage by Syrian rebels three months ago flew back home to Beirut via Turkey on Saturday.

HOPING to achieve some measure of pride, the Energen Pilipinas under-18 team stayed in the running for fifth place after downing Lebanon, 80-69, in the 22nd Fiba Asia Under-18 Championship yesterday in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.

Syrian forces launched a deadly assault in the southwestern belt of Damascus on Saturday, in what activists said was a new bid to crush "once and for all" the insurgency in the capital.

Iran displayed very poor sportsmanship after taking its first loss, courtesy of Smart Gilas-Pilipinas, on Friday afternoon in the 34th Jones Cup here.

ReportsnReports.com adds market research reports on Phosphate Fertilizers for Europe, America, Asia and Africa to its store.Dallas, TX (PRWEB) August 25, 2012 These reports give an overview of the actual situation, trends and future outlook of the phosphate fertilizer markets in different European, American, Asian and African countries.

[Video] Perspolis Tehran – Esteghlal Tehran Perspolis Tehran 0 – 0 Esteghlal Tehran (W6) First Half Second Half...

25 August 2012 - Birmingham, UK - Mo Farah leads the parade of homecoming Olympic champions at the Birmingham Alexander stadium on Sunday (26), for the Aviva Birmingham Grand Prix, the 12th leg of the 2012 Samsung Diamond League.

Irresponsible leaders risk the unthinkable. Media scoundrels cheerlead mindlessly. So do neocon think tanks. Ordinary people are more concerned about mundane trivia than survival.

The Palestinian foreign minister says President Mahmoud Abbas will not participate at the summit of non-aligned nations in Iran at the end of the month if Hamas also attends.

Seven PSNI officers have been injured when trouble flared after a loyalist band defied a ruling not to march past a Catholic church in Belfast.

If Syrian conflict becomes a replay of the horrific Lebanese civil war, it has the potential to destabilize and reshape the entire region, writes Tony Burman from Beirut.

ALEPPO, Syria: Syrian Army forces launched arrest raids and clashed with rebels in the southwestern belt of Damascus yesterday in what activists say is a renewed bid to crush the insurgency in the capital “once and for all.”

SEPANG -- George Lipih Ambo, a Malaysian who was kidnapped by pirates in the Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria and held for 20 days had never thought he would able to return home and be reunited with his family.

US presidential candidate from the Republican Party Mitt Romney has stated that he would send US troops to Syria if needed to prevent the spread of chemical weapons. "I think we have to also be ready to take whatever action is necessary to ensure that we do not have any...

Iran, a close ally of the Syrian regime of Bashar Al-Assad, will make a proposal to end the bloody conflict in Syria during the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran next week, said the Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.

International human rights groups are rallying in hopes of heading off punishment of a woman facing prison for her role in a women's rights protest in Iran. Delaram Ali, 24, was ordered to be flogged Saturday and start a 2 1/2-year prison term after joining a 2006 protest calling for...

A gas explosion at Venezuela's Amuay refinery has killed seven people and injured another 48.

The latest talks between the International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran in Vienna have ended in failure, and there are no fresh talks planned for…

ISRAEL (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a visiting US congressman yesterday that Iran was speeding up its quest for nuclear weapons in defiance of international sanctions.

Iranian president shows off Fateh-110, upgraded 'as a deterrence', just weeks after it was test-fired The Iranian president has unveiled an upgraded version of a short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile just weeks after it was test-fired, the country's state media reported. At the ceremony for Fateh-110, or Conqueror, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told...

The Paralympic flame will cross Northern Ireland today ahead of the games which begin in London on Wednesday.

(MENAFN - Arab News) The 4th Edition of Saudi Arabia International Oil & Gas Exhibition (SAOGE 2012) will be held in Dammam from Sept. 24-26, according to an IES announcement. Keynote speakers ...

Asylum seekers on Christmas Island, potentially numbering in the hundreds, have gone on a hunger strike to protest against being sent to Nauru for their claims to be assessed.

Iran has shrouded a building that the U.N. nuclear agency suspects was used for secret work on atomic weapons, meaning spy satellites can no longer monitor Tehran's alleged efforts to clean up the site, diplomats told The Associated Press on Friday.

Summer blockbusters have played out, movies are getting more serious, and Oscar races are heating up. It must be Hollywood's fall season.

About two lakh tonne Wheat procured in Madhya Pradesh during Rabi season 2012-13 will be exported to Iran.

An Irishman has been shot dead after his car was ambushed in south eastern Nigeria.