News Archive - 24 September 2012

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>* Iran President increases rhetoric against Israel* Coming Up: U.S. consumer confidence index; 1400 GMTBy Ramya VenugopalSINGAPORE, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Brent crude climbed above $110 a barrel on Tuesday, recovering from a more than 1 percent drop in the previous session, as escalating tensions surrounding Iran offset concerns...

PERTH, Sept 25 (Reuters) - U.S crude oil futures rose backover $92 a barrel in early Asian trading on Tuesday, aslingering supply concerns overshadowed worries about demandbeing stifled by a fragile global economy. FUNDAMENTALS * November U.S. crude rose 39 cents to $92.32 abarrel by 0107 GMT...

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York City for the United Nations General Assembly, and according to Iranian state media organization, Fars News Agency , he'll be meeting with Occupy Wall Street protesters during his stay (h/t mediaite).

>Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner will present a report to Congress that contains evidence that the National Iranian Oil Co, or NIOC, is an "agent or affiliate" of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, Bloomberg reported, citing an unidentified U.S. official.The Treasury Department will submit the report to...

>* Ahmadinejad: Israel has "no roots" in Middle East history* Iran's president says Israel an irritant, will be "eliminated"* Ahmadinejad is in New York for U.N. General Assembly* He rejects charge that Iran is sending arms to SyriaBy Louis CharbonneauNEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...

>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Iran does not take seriously Israeli threats of attack, but is prepared to defend itself, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday, while saying that Israel has "no roots" in the history of the Middle East and would be "eliminated." Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

>Ahmadinejad said Iran has been around for thousands of years, but Israel has existed for only 60 or 70 years. He said that for a certain "historical phase" Israel represents a disturbance for Iran and "they are then eliminated.""They (Israel) have no roots there in history," Ahmadinejad told reporters...

DETROIT -- A Flint, Mich., family whose son has been imprisoned in Iran for more than a year is hoping that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will hear about his situation while visiting the U.S. this week and arrange the release of Amir Hekmati.

The Philippines has formally recognized a photojournalist as the 58th victim of a 2009 politically motivated massacre.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said the Syrian crisis should be resolved by peaceful means and without outside interference.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will step onto the world stage on Tuesday just long enough to address simmering crises centered on Iran, Syria and the broader Muslim world - and he will then jump quickly back on the campaign trail. In a speech at the United Nations...

PUEBLO, Colo. - Mitt Romney led the criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U..

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>* Yen remains firm vs dollar* Commodities, gold up after falling on profit takingBy Chikako MogiTOKYO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Asian shares edged lower on Tuesday after Germany's business confidence fell in September for a fifth consecutive month and Caterpillar Inc, the world's largest earth moving equipment maker, cut its...

>* Protests underscored uncertainty over U.S. ties* U.S. leery of Mursi's outreach to IranBy Andrew QuinnNEW YORK, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reassured Egypt's new Islamist president on Monday that the United States would forge ahead with plans to expand economic assistance despite anti-American...

The General Assembly is the main deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of the United Nations. Comprising all 193 members of the UN, it provides a unique forum for multilateral discussion of the full spectrum of international issues covered by the UN Charter.

UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) on Monday announced the appointment of Indian film actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as its International Goodwill Ambassador.

The UN-Arab League envoy warns of dire consequences if countries fail to contain the crisis in Syria.

A trio of state-controlled Indian oil companies on Monday said it has bid $5 billion for stakes in Canadian oil sands assets owned by ConocoPhillips , in what could be the next major test of Canada's appetite for foreign investment in its energy resources.

TEHRAN, Sept 25 (Bernama) -- Some 200 peace-themed postcards from 20 countries are on display at the Arasbaran Cultural Centre here.

"If verbal mistakes mattered, Joe Biden couldn't be vice president," Gingrich said in a radio interview, adding he is supporting Akin because the congressman "admitted he made a mistake and apologized for it."

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events...

The two right lanes of eastbound I-696 are still closed in the area of Halsted and Orchard Lake roads in Farmington Hills after a tanker truck flipped on its side early this afternoon, according to Michigan State Police.

Christian Ponder and Kyle Rudolph became fast friends after being drafted by the Vikings a year ago. That relationship is starting to pay dividends on the field.

PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) - Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events...

President Barack Obama's suggestion that chaos in the Middle East merely represents "bumps in the road" to democracy was met with scathing criticism from his Republican rival Monday at a campaign stop in Colorado.

A vigil is planned Tuesday for an ex-Marine held on spying charges in Iran, and his family hopes Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's appearance this week at the U.N. in New York offers a chance to plea again for the man's release on humanitarian grounds.

Mitt Romney led a chorus of Republican criticism of the administration's foreign policy on Monday, accusing President Barack Obama of minimizing the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya as a mere "bump in the road" rather than part of a chain of events that threatens American interests.

President Obama, under pressure to address the surging unrest in the Middle East as well as the deadly attack on the U.S. Consulate in Libya, will have the chance Tuesday to explain to world leaders and U.S. voters alike what he sees as the Arab Spring aftermath's meaning...

An Iranian official has called for his country to boycott the 2013 Oscars and not field a candidate for the foreign film category.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland is trying to be careful with how much he uses relief pitcher Al Alburquerque, plus more on what Leyland had to say tonight from Comerica Park.

Iran does not take seriously ­Israeli threats of attack, but is prepared to defend itself, Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said, while adding that ­Israel has “no roots” in the history of the Middle East and would be “eliminated”.

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Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is in New York for this fall's session of the United Nations General Assembly--his last hurrah at the world body before his presidency ends next summer. He clearly is not in a mellow mood. In a meeting this morning with three dozen American policy thinkers...

The U.S. military, along with more than 30 allied countries, has just launched a new round of naval exercises in the Persian Gulf at a time when tensions in the region are running particularly high. But U.S. officials say the aim is not to increase anxiety, but rather...

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Residents of Estonia have the most freedom to do what they want on the Internet, with the U.S. ranking second among 47 countries examined by a group that pushes for democratic freedoms worldwide.

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TEHRAN - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran's nuclear program, and asserted that his country's project to enrich uranium is only for peaceful purposes.

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Occupy Wall Street members do not intend to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite a report from the Iranian state-sponsored Fars News Agency saying otherwise.

The Iranian president and CNN host debate a host of topics, including a heated discussion about Ahmadinejad's opposition to gay rights. read more

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>* Ruling will 'stigmatize' NIOC, sanctions lawyer says* Treasury did not find link with oil tanker companyBy Timothy Gardner and Roberta RamptonWASHINGTON, Sept 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. government officially linked Iran's state oil company to the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday, a determination that enables Washington...

Elmo will be carrying a new tune on "Sesame Street." Several, actually.

Washington, Sept 25 (ANI): Iran has called for a boycott of the Oscars unless the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences condemns the anti-Islamic film that has sparked outraged in the Middle East.

It's taken as a given that American voters in 2012 aren't as concerned about foreign policy as they are the domestic economy. It's also accepted as true that on matters of foreign policy, President Obama has an advantage over his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who lacks significant...

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Israel of bluffing over threats of air strikes against his country's nuclear programme yesterday while once again questioning the right of the Jewish state to exist.

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has claimed he would have no issue with one of his children marrying a Jewish person, despite his hostility towards the state of Israel and frequent accusations of anti-Semitism against him.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- A deputy leader from Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah called on allies to step further away from Israel following a series of insults to Islam.

Israel has “no roots” in the history of the Middle East and represents a disturbance for Iran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday.

An Iranian official said Monday his country should boycott the 2013 Oscars and not field a candidate for the foreign film category in the wake of the anti-Islam video that was made in the United States and that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

While the murder of American diplomats and violent anti-American riots across the Islamic world dominate the news cycle, it is easy to overlook the slow burn of anti-Americanism closer to home.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday dismissed threats of military action against Iran's nuclear program, asserting that his country's project to enrich uranium is only for peaceful purposes and disputing that the country worries at all about an Israeli attack to destroy Iran's nuclear capacity.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she wants foreign countries to make elite citizens pay their fair share of taxes.

The United Nation's food program needs millions of dollars to feed sharply growing numbers of Syrians caught in the country's civil war, the agency director says.

On September 25, President Obama will address the U.N. General Assembly.

>DUBAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iran launched a fresh bid on Monday to stabilise its falling currency, opening a foreign exchange centre that provides government-subsidised U.S. dollars to import some goods as the country struggles with Western economic sanctions. The rial's street value has tumbled by more than half...

>DUBAI, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Iran successfully tested a domestically made anti-aircraft system, its English-language Press TV said on Monday, the latest in a series of military exercises Tehran has trumpeted in the face of hints that its nuclear sites could be attacked."The mid-range system ... is capable of intercepting...

DUBAI: Muslims protested in Nigeria, Iran, Greece and Turkey yesterday to show anti-Western anger against a film and cartoons insulting Islam had not dissipated. Read more...

Updated at 4:46 a.m. ET : Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state were preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has renewed the Islamic Republic’s call for reforms in the structure of the United Nations to provide for “a democratic and fair framework.”

Iran blocked access to Google's popular and relatively secure Gmail service Monday amid first steps by the Islamic republic to establish a walled-off national intranet separate from the worldwide Internet.

The Romney campaign, shifting its line of attack on Barack Obama, has accused the United States President of downplaying the killing of its ambassador in Libya as a mere 'bump in the road,' saying the country's foreign policy under his administration is in 'disarray.'The Middle East of today, which...

MANILA, Philippines — Ironically, while the Philippines ranks as the loudest and most social country in the Internet, it scratches the bottom of the barrel in terms of broadband penetration, with only 2 out of 100 Filipinos having access, according to the most recent United Nations findings. The country registered...

Iran could launch a pre-emptive strike on Israel if it was sure the Jewish state were preparing to attack it, a senior commander of its elite Revolutionary Guards was quoted as saying on Sunday.

Iran denies that it is seeking nuclear arms and says its atomic work is peaceful, aimed at generating electricity.

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>ONGC has acquired a minority stake from Hess in the oil producing Azeri field in Azerbaijan.The move will help MRPL, an ONGC subsidiary, which has recently expanded capacity, in replacing some of the oil it used to buy from Iran, as western sanctions aimed at curbing Tehran's nuclear program...

>* But Iranian oil heading to Seoul, ending near 2-month gap* Overall imports 80.46 mln bbls in Aug, up 11.2 pct y/y* Jan-Aug import from Iran at 38.77 mln bbls, down 32.2 pct y/y (Adds details)By Meeyoung ChoSEOUL, Sept 24 (Reuters) - South Korea imported no...