Archive for December, 2009
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Sleiman Confirms to Obama Lebanon’s Right to Defend Itself
Stressing on refusing to settle the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon and confirming the right of return, Lebanese President Michel Sleiman told his US counterpart President Barack Obama that Lebanon has the right to defend its territories and regain i
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Iran invites Iraq to participate in security arrangements
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has called on Iraq to participate in regional and security arrangements. Mottaki made the remarks here on Monday during a meeting with Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein, the chairman of the Iraqi Const
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Subsidy reform bill requires cooperation: Ahmadinejad
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that the subsidy reform plan can only be implemented through comprehensive cooperation between the administration and the Majlis. If the subsidy reform bill is not implemented correctly, the count
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Fifteen killed in Dera Ghazi Khan blast
DERA GHAZI KHAN: A bomb exploded in Dera Ghazi Khan’s Khosa market on Tuesday, killing 15 and injuring at least 35, DawnNews reported. The blast occurred at a taxi stand near the residence of provincial minister Dost Mohammad Khosa. The blast
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Saudi air raid kills 70 in northern Yemen
At least 70 villagers have been killed in a Saudi air raid on a Yemeni village near the border with Saudi Arabia, Houthi fighters said. A spokesman for Yemen's army, Askar Zuail, confirmed the air raids in the region but claimed they were carried ou
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Syria’s shia Community Prepares for Ashura
Between December 17 and 26 this year, Syria’s Shia community will mark Ashura, the anniversary of the passing of the Prophet’s grandson Hussein Ibn Ali (pbuh) who martyred during the Battle of Kerbala in 680 AD. Between December 17 and 26 this y
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Four blasts rock Baghdad’s Green Zone
A series of bomb attacks in close proximity to Baghdad's Green Zone has killed at least four Iraqi people and injured fourteen others. "Four explosions rocked the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning," Press TV correspo
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Palestinians must unite’
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says unity among Palestinian groups is the only way to solve the problems of Palestine. Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says unity among Palestinian groups is the only way to solve the problems
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‘Nation supports way of late Imam Khomeini’ + PIC
The Leader of Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei receiving Islamic seminary students, scholars and leaders of Friday prayers, said true preaching illuminates minds in the time of political turmoil. Ayatollah Khamenei said that certain
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Hariri Govt Wins Parliament Vote of Confidence with 121 Votes “with Reservation”
Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri and his 30-member Government won the Parliament's vote of confidence with the majority of 121 votes out of 128 despite the reservation of the March 14’s Christians. The sixth and final session of debate on a v
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FBI Probes Suspects Arrested in Pakistan
The FBI said it was probing the case of five ‘terror suspects’ arrested in Pakistan, one of whom made an "farewell" video before leaving his home in the United States. The five were arrested in Sargodha, south of Islamabad, at the home of a memb
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Iran locates sites for 5 enrichment plants
President Ahmadinejad of Iran has announced that sites for construction of five new nuclear enrichment facilities are located. The announcement came days after the president announced that his country is planning for ten new enrichment sites to pr
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Israel to allocate funds for settlements
The Israeli regime's prime minister is to include some West Bank settlements on occupied Palestinian lands as priority zones and grant funds for their protection. Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced that some 28 million dollars in credits have b
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More Shias killed in Yemen clashes
Yemeni army has killed 17 Shia fighters and destroyed several vehicles that were carrying aid to the fighters, the official Saba news agency reports. According to the agency, Yemeni troops killed 17 Zaidi local fighters and arrested four others in
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Al Qaeda group claims responsibility for Baghdad bombings
An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for five coordinated bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad, US-based monitors said. An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for five coordinated bombings that kille
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New Uranium Units Not to Confront IAEA: Ahmadinejad
Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday that Iran's plan to build 10 new uranium enrichment plants was not aimed at confronting the UN atomic watchdog, which censured Tehran last month, state television website reported. He also said Ira
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Yemen Shia rebels: Two women killed in Saudi air strike
Yemeni Shia rebels reported on Tuesday that two women were killed and a child was wounded in Saudi air strikes on Yemeni villages near the two countries' border. One of the raids "hit a house, martyring two women and wounding a child" in Shida, th
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Netanyahu: Today, Lebanon’s Real Army is Hezbollah
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the security situation along occupied Palestine’s border with Lebanon during a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, saying that Hezbollah was taking the place of
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Washington’s New Lebanon Policy
Beirut “There is no obstacle to cooperation with any official in the new Lebanese unity government with the exception of Hezbollah," Nicole Shampaine, Director of the US Department of State's Near East Affairs Bureau Office for Egypt and the Leva
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US: Fate of Occupied J’lem Should Be Decided Only by Israel, Palestinians
Shortly after European Union Ministers announced their support for the division of occupied Jerusalem between Israel and a future Palestinian state on Tuesday, the US State Department issued a statement saying that the fate of Jerusalem should only b
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