News Archive - 16 November 2012

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Iran is poised to double its output of higher-enriched uranium at its fortified underground facility, the U.N. nuclear agency said Friday — a development that puts Tehran within months of being able to make the core of a nuclear warhead.

>Treated as a star guest at an Islamist conference in Sudan, Khaled Meshaal used the meeting to rally support for Hamas's conflict against Israel in the Gaza Strip and told worshippers at Friday prayers his group would avenge the factory blast."Hamas will take revenge for Sudan from Israel in...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran unloaded nuclear fuel from its first atomic power plant last month, a United Nations report said on Friday, a few months after the Russian builder said the long-postponed reactor was operating at full capacity. The Bushehr plant is a symbol of what the Islamic Republic says...

>* Ready to double enrichment at underground site -IAEA* Could shorten timetable for any atomic bomb bid* Tehran denies nuclear weapons ambitions* Fuel unloaded from its Bushehr nuclear plant, IAEA saysBy Fredrik DahlVIENNA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Iran is set to sharply expand its uranium enrichment in an underground site...

>The move was likely to anger the United States, which handed Daqduq over to Iraqi custody last December after failing to convince Baghdad to extradite him over his role in a 2007 kidnapping that ended in the killing of the soldiers."There was no reason for his detention. Last night...

>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli tanks and troops massed outside Gaza and the military said on Friday it was calling up 16,000 reservists, signs of a possible imminent invasion of the Palestinian enclave after 48 hours of air strikes. Israel's warplanes, drones and helicopters appeared to shift focus from suspected Palestinian...

>* Temporary ceasefire broken immediately* Signs of preparations for possible invasion* Tel Aviv shaken by new rocket scareBy Nidal al-MughrabiGAZA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Egypt tried to open a tiny window to emergency peace diplomacy in Gaza on Friday, but hopes for even a brief ceasefire while its prime minister...

>Khuzestan, in Iran's southwest, is home to a large population of ethnic Arab Iranians, also known as Ahwazis, who have long complained of economic deprivation and systematic discrimination by the authorities. The region has occasionally suffered violent action by militants.Iran has in the past accused Western intelligence agencies and...

Regarding “Bringing Iran around” (Nov. 3 editorial), let me start by defining who we are dealing with when talking about the Iranian leadership. Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a fanatic as someone who is “marked by excessive enthusiasm and often intense uncritical devotion.”

Prof. Bhim Singh, Chairman, National Panthers Party has urged Dr. Manmohan Singh, the Prime Minister of India for his personal intervention to grant General Amnesty, on the eve of Eid-ul-Zuha to all the prisoners from J&K, POK and Pakistan who have been languishing in different Indian jails for years.

TEHRAN, Nov. 17 (MNA) - Visitors to the 32nd India International Trade Fair (IITF-2012) have welcomed Iranian goods due to their high quality and reasonable prices, IRIB reported.

(MENAFN - Arab News) Egyptian President Muhammad Mursi branded on an Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip in which 23 Palestinians have been killed as a "blatant aggression against humanity," the ...

PASADENA - Southland Jews and Arabs are carefully eyeing the latest escalation of violence in Israel and Gaza from afar while mobilizing their own communities to support victims on both sides.

Palestinian militants fired a rocket aimed at Jerusalem yesterday, setting off air raid sirens throughout the city and opening a new front in three days of fierce fighting between Israel and armed groups in the Gaza Strip.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian militants took aim at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, launc ...

JERUSALEM -- Israel prepared Friday, Nov. 16, for a possible ground invasion of the Gaza Strip as Hamas militants continued to lob rockets into Israel, including one that struck near Jerusalem for the first time since 1970.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian militants took aim at Jerusalem for the first time Friday, launching a rocket attack on the holy city in a major escalation of hostilities as Israel pressed forward with a relentless campaign of airstrikes in the Gaza S...

HAMAS militants’ missiles targeted the holy city for the first time as surrounding countries may be sucked into the battle

Israel’s U.S.-funded anti-missile system, known as Iron Dome, appears to be effective against short-range, unguided rockets used by Hamas, according to U.S.- based analysts who follow missile defense issues.

The violence in the Middle East is leading to stepped up security in New York, and some frayed nerves for those with family in Israel.

Recognition of Syrian Opposition by France & Arab League culminating to nuclear war Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of National Panthers Party and Chairman of Indo-Arab Solidarity Council has condemned EU and Arab League decision to recognize terrorist groups in Syria as its representative which can not be accepted by...

SNL 's Fred Armisen reveals his 'Captain Pin-Up' persona in a sketch.

GAZA CITY (CNN) — Rockets landed near Israel’s two most populous cities Friday as fighting between Israel and Hamas militants...

Submitted by John Aziz of Azizonomics What's Next In The Middle East? While the missiles, planes and rockets fly over Gaza and Israel, both Hamas  and the Israeli government have been engaged in a battle of social media. Hamas:   And Israel: It is a battle to shape the perceptions...

Iran is on the cusp of being able to triple output of nuclear material that, if further treated, could be used in the core of a bomb, a new UN atomic agency report showed.

Intended and Unintended Consequences:  The ‘Darden Approach’ to Obamacare  Courtesy of  Dr. Paul Price  One of the few bright spots for job creation over the preceding year or two was the hospitality segment. This includes restaurants, hotels, bars, etc. Most of the work comes with low base pay. Tip income...

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Iran is ready to expand its uranium enrichment in an underground site after installing all the centrifuges it was built for, a UN nuclear report showed yesterday, a development likely to fuel western alarm over Tehran’s nuclear aims.

ANALYSIS:There are echoes of January 2009 in the conflict but the stakes are higher

The major concern of the United States in the current Israeli-Hamas conflict is a potential Israeli ground incursion into Gaza, U.S. officials said Friday. That would be a disastrous escalation that could trigger a larger conflict, a senior U.S. official told CNN. "Escalation is what we are concerned...

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Iran has made a significant advancement in its nuclear program with the completion of its underground uranium enrichment facility near the holy city of Qom, according to a report released Friday by a United Nations watchdog group.

In his first term, President Barack Obama's vision for the Middle East failed to materialize. Because he failed to deliver on his promise to redefine America's relationship with the Islamic world, he alienated Arabs and Muslims. Because he proved unable or unwilling to press the case for peace in...

As President Obama signaled renewed interest this week in a "diplomatic resolution to the problem" with Iran, liberal advocates of soft regime change are again coming out of the woodwork to profess their support for engaging Tehran. The New York Times' Roger Cohen published a column in this week,...

Longtime opponents to Internet censorship were glad to see the Obama Administration enforce new human rights rules involving Iran last week. The State Department announced sanctions against four individuals and five entities, including Iran's communications and technology minister Reza for actions that censored access to the Internet and other...

In another milestone for Iran ’s nuclear program, U.N. inspectors on Friday reported the country has completed work on an underground factory for making enriched uranium, a heavily fortified facility that Western officials fear could some day be used to make a nuclear bomb. Read full article

TEHRAN , Iran (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat is urging convening of new talks over Iran 's nuclear program to break a months-long standoff.

>* Switzerland seen under pressure to match EU measuresBy Emma FargeGENEVA, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Swiss cabinet has no plans to extend its reporting requirements on transactions with Iran to cover offshore branches of oil trading firms, it said, rejecting proposals from leftist parliamentarians.A group of seven members...

Iran 's official news agency says authorities have arrested suspects on charges of planting bombs and sabotaging energy facilities. It says they were tied to Arab and Western intelligence agencies.

>* German lawmakers want her to press Putin on human rights* Relations chilly although economic cooperation strongBy Douglas Busvine and Timothy HeritageMOSCOW, Nov 16 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will complain to President Vladimir Putin on Friday about a crackdown on political freedoms in Russia at talks likely to...

>* Anti-aircraft missile, endurance UAV debut at show* Z-10 attack helicopter in first public flight displayBy Tim HepherZHUHAI, China, Nov 16 (Reuters) - China is flexing its muscles as an arms exporter with a growing array of indigenous weaponry, offering something for most budgets in the global arms bazaar and...