Archive for November, 2009
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Ahmadinejad hails anti-US ‘brothers’ on Venezuela trip
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed while standing next to President Hugo Chavez that Iran and Venezuelawould "stand together until the end" in the face of US "imperialism." Ending a tour of Latin American allies, Ahmadinejad praised his
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Iran says to reduce cooperation if IAEA adopts resolution
ran threatens to reduce cooperation with the Vienna-based International Atomic Energy Agency if the agency’s board of governors passes a resolution condemning Tehran for not informing the UN body earlier that it is building a second nuclear e
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Houthis Shias hit ‘intruding’ Saudi tanks
Yemen's Houthi fighters say they have targeted two Saudi tanks attempting to cross into the country's north, where the Shia forces are based. The fighters said on Thursday the Saudi military continued to attack positions within the Yemeni borders, s
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Hajj, undertaken in unity and purity of Islam
Saudi Arabia is hosting near three million Muslims from across the globe who are spending days and nights in prayer and devotion on the hajj pilgrimage. The city of Mecca is at the heart of what is a life-altering experience for most of the pilgrims
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Yemen closes Iran hospital, clinic in Sanaa
Yemen said on Wednesday it has ordered the closure of the Iranian hospital and clinic in Sanaa due to what it said was Iran's support of the facilities and lack of transparency in their accounts. Both facilities are run by the Iranian Red Crescent.
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Iran, Venezuela determined to deepen ties
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Venezuela on Wednesday on the third leg of his tour of South America. Ahmadinejad arrived from Bolivia, where he held talks with President Evo Morales. He was set to sign business and industria
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World Shia Leader’s Message to Hajj Pilgrims
The season of Hajj is the time of a spiritual rebirth and the dawn of monotheism across horizons over the world. Its rituals flow like a limpid river, offering chances to pilgrims to wash away the filth of sins or negligence and to eventually restore
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Three injured in Peshawar blast
PESHAWAR: A roadside bomb packed with steel pellets exploded in Pakistan's violence-plagued northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, wounding two policemen and an 11-year-old girl, officials said. The remote-controlled device was planted near a
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Pakistan court indicts seven over Mumbai attacks: lawyer
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani court on Wednesday charged seven suspects in connection with the Mumbai attacks that killed 166 people one year ago, a defence lawyer said. The men were indicted at an anti-terrorism court in a high security prison in the ci
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Swine flu claims 40 more lives in Iran in one week
TEHRAN, Nov, 25 -- A total of 140 patients have lost their lives due to swine flu since it emerged in Iran on June 22, director of the Flu Prevention Program of the Health Ministry said here on Wednesday. “Swine flu has claimed the
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Israeli army grappled with insubordinate soldiers
Israel's military Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi has declared that Israel's armed forces will have a zero-tolerance policy for insubordinate soldiers. "We have no tolerance for this type of insubordination, no matter which side of the political spect
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Displaced Shia Yemenis “face cholera risk, hunger”
Malnutrition and the risk of a cholera outbreak are threatening lives at Yemen's main camp for people fleeing fighting in the north, a U.N. official warned on Monday. Malnutrition and the risk of a cholera outbreak are threatening lives at Yemen's m
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Iran launches third phase of aerial maneuver
Tehran, Nov 25, – Air forces of the Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps jointly launched the third phase of a nationwide aerial war game code-named “Defenders of Velayat-2” on Wednesday. The war game speaker Brigadier General Ali
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Speaker: We should not be deceived by US
Tehran, Nov 25, – Iran’s Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani said Iran should not be deceived by the US tactics assuming that it has changed its behavior and attitudes towards Iran. Addressing a gathering on “sustainable development and civil defense
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Call for Concrete Guarantee on Nuclear Fuel
Ready for Talks Iran wants concrete guarantees about receiving nuclear fuel for its research reactor in Tehran, a senior national security official said Tuesday. Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Saeed Jalili made the call in a t
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US accuses 10 in Hezbollah weapons ring
WASHINGTON: US prosecutors on Tuesday accused 10 people of having supported the Shia militant group Hezbollah with weapons, fake passports, counterfeit money, stolen laptops and game consoles. It was the second set of such charges to be brough
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Kashmiris, Sikhs protest outside White House
WASHINGTON: About 200 Kashmiris protested outside the White House on Tuesday, while US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh addressed a joint news conference inside the building. The rally at the Lafayette Park, whic
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Iran arrests seven alleged members of Jundallah
TEHRAN: Iranian authorities have arrested seven alleged members of the Sunni militant group Jundallah and will put them on trial, a judiciary official said on Wednesday. 'The charges against these seven people are that they are mohareb (fighte
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Iran detains scores of students, rights group says
LONDON: Iran has detained scores of students in an apparent bid to prevent new opposition protests during annual Student Day events next month, a Western-based human rights group said. Iranian police, seeking to avoid any repeat of the huge de
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