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Iraqi troops take control of Iranian refugee camp
BAGHDAD AFP — The Iraqi army has replaced American troops in securing a refugee camp north of Baghdad where members of Iran's main armed opposition group are grouped, Iraq's defence ministry said on Saturday. "Iraqi forces have taken over responsibility from US forces to protect Ashraf camp," ministry spokesman...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Government, Iran, Iraq, ministry, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-08-30
Iran parliament approves new reshuffle
TEHRAN AFP — Iran's conservative-dominated parliament on Tuesday approved three new government ministers named by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, despite mounting criticism of his repeated cabinet reshuffles. New Interior Minister Ali Kordan, a former deputy oil minister with previous service in the judiciary and the elite Revolutionary Guards, was confirmed...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, cabinet, FINANCE, Government, Iran, minister, nomination, SOFTWARE, Strategy
Research articles 2008-08-05
The White House's plot to bomb Iran
THE LONG BREWING White House plan to attack Iran resurfaced last week with the New Yorker's publication of Seymour Hersh's latest investigative report. Here we see Dick Cheney and George Bush coldly weaving another web of lies to engineer an attack as illegitimate as the one against Iraq. ...
Tags: Government, Iran, Iraq, SOFTWARE, White House
Research articles 2008-07-13
GM's Wagoner dismisses bankrutpcy talk
Automotive GM CEO DISMISSES BANKRUPTCY TALK: The chief executive of General Motors Corp. dismissed speculation that the largest U.S. automaker might soon seek bankruptcy protection. Comments in the past week about a potential bankruptcy are "not at all constructive or accurate," Rick Wagoner said Thursday. GM has $24...
Tags: Apple Inc., bankruptcy, General Motors Corp., Government, Iran, Litigation, missile, SOFTWARE, U.S.
Research articles 2008-07-10
Iraq emerging as key route in global drugs trade
BAGHDAD AFP — War-torn Iraq is emerging as a key conduit in the global drugs trade as criminal gangs exploit its porous border with Iran to channel their illicit goods to the Middle East, Africa and Europe. The Iraqi authorities say that since the 2003 US-led invasion the trade...
Tags: Afghanistan, Agence France-Presse, Baghdad, Government, Iran, Iraq, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-07-05
India, Iran to seal gas pipeline deal 'by next month': oil minister
MADRID AFP — India expects to sign a deal "by next month" on a pipeline that will transport gas across the subcontinent from Iran, Indian oil minister Murli Deora told AFP on Thursday. He said the 7.5-billion-dollar (4.7-billion-euro) project to bring gas from Iranian fields to India and Pakistan...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, India, Iran, Madrid, Pakistan, Strategy
Research articles 2008-07-03
Rebels in Iran execute two captive policemen: report
DUBAI AFP — An Iranian Sunni rebel group has said it has executed two more of 16 Iranian border police it says it seized two weeks ago, Al-Arabiya television reported on Friday. The Dubai-based news channel quoted a spokesman for the Jundullah Soldiers of God rebels as saying that...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Dubai, Government, Iran, SOFTWARE, TVs
Research articles 2008-06-27
U.S. may open outpost in Iran
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is considering setting up a diplomatic outpost in Iran in what would mark a dramatic official U.S. return to the country nearly 30 years after the American embassy was overrun and the two nations severed relations. Even as it threatens the Iranian regime...
Tags: Government, Iran, SOFTWARE, U.S., U.S. Department of State
Research articles 2008-06-24
Iran says no negotiation based on uranium suspension
TEHRAN AFP — Iran on Saturday stressed it will not negotiate with world powers over its nuclear programme if it is required to suspend its controversial uranium enrichment activities. "Suspending uranium enrichment has no logic behind it and it is not acceptable and the continuation of negotiation will not...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Government, Iran, negotiation, suspension
Research articles 2008-06-21
Iran considers Israeli attack 'impossible'
TEHRAN AFP — Iran on Saturday said it considered an attack by arch-enemy Israel as "impossible" after US media reported military exercises by the Jewish state were a possible practice for a strike against Iran. "Such impudence and audacity to have an aggression against our national interest and integrity...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, attack, Government, Iran, Israel, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-06-21
Iran daily banned for criticising president
TEHRAN AFP — A conservative daily in Iran has been banned for publishing articles and images deemed critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Tehran Emrouz, launched a year and a half ago, is close to conservatives critical of Ahmadinejad. The agency...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, commission, Government, Iran, president, SALES
Research articles 2008-06-21
Pakistan's Khan denies selling advanced nuke blueprint
ISLAMABAD AFP — Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea, telling AFP that Western countries were to blame. Khan's comments came a day after a former arms inspector said in a report that the United States...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Iran, Israel, MARKETING, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-06-17
Iraq PM in Tehran for US troop talks
TEHRAN AFP — Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Saturday for talks with Iranian leaders amid debate over a mooted deal on a long-term US troop presence in Iraq, state television footage showed. The Shiite premier was met by First Vice President Parviz Davoudi on his...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Iran, Iraq, Leadership, Strategy, TVs
Research articles 2008-06-07
Iran orders suspension of news agency
TEHRAN AFP — Iran on Monday ordered the Fars news agency, one of the country's most prominent news organisations and normally considered close to the government, to close for three days for publishing "false news". "We have received a letter from the commission for surveillance of non-governmental press agencies...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, agency, FINANCE, Government, Iran, MARKETING, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-06-02
Ahmadinejad wants unity with Iran's parliament
TEHRAN AFP — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday urged Iran's new parliament to show unity with his government, amid expectations the chamber could be critical of his increasingly controversial economic policies. "The government and parliament should become an example of unity and harmony for the world," Ahmadinejad said in...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Government, Iran, president, SOFTWARE, unity
Research articles 2008-05-27
Lebanon to elect a president after months of feuding
BEIRUT AFP — The Lebanese parliament convenes on Sunday to elect army chief Michel Sleiman as president in a first step towards defusing an often deadly 18-month standoff between feuding political factions. Lawmakers will gather at 5:00 p.m. (1400 GMT) to cast their votes at a long-awaited parliamentary session...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, CAREER, Government, Iran, Lebanon, president, Syria
Research articles 2008-05-24
Iran gets shirty over ties
TEHRAN AFP — A top Iranian customs official has called for imports of ties to be banned because they are "against Iranian culture," the Fars news agency reported on Thursday, amid a crackdown on unIslamic dress. "Imports of some apparel are not banned but serious action should be taken...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, crackdown, Government, import, Iran, Regulations
Research articles 2008-05-22
Iran confirms six Bahai faithful arrested
TEHRAN AFP — Iran confirmed on Tuesday it has arrested members of the Bahai religious community, whose faith is banned in the Islamic republic, for acting against the national interest. "This is a group that has acted against the country's interests and has links with foreigners, especially the Zionists...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Government, Iran, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-05-20
The Global Perspective
With the world now divided into a paper economy and a real one, paper WTI and Brent is trading in a void which can eventually become as wide as more than $125/barrel on one extreme and less than $60/b at the other end. With prices of food and other commodities...
Tags: China, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Government, Iran, Manufacturing, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2008-05-19
France to urge UN to decriminalise homosexuality
PARIS AFP — France plans to ask the United Nations to push for homosexuality to be decriminalised around the globe, a government minister said Saturday, as gays and lesbians worldwide marked the International Day Against Homophobia. Human Rights Minister Rama Yade told a delegation of French gay and lesbian...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, France, Government, Harassment, Iran, Paris, SOFTWARE, U.N.
Research articles 2008-05-17
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