Ahmadinejad says Israel-Palestinian peace talks ‘doomed’
Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told a pro-Palestinian rally on Friday that revived Middle East peace talks are “doomed” to fail, as Islamist militiamen stopped one of his arch rivals from attending the annual march. Calling Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas a hostage of Israel, Ahmadinejad said the talks that…
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US drone strike kills six militants in NWaziristan: officials
A US drone strike on Friday killed at least six militants in North Waziristan, local security officials said. The strike hit a militant compound in outskirts of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan district, a known hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. “US drone fired two missile on…
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Categories: The News Tags: Iran, North Waziristan, Taliban
Japan approves sanctions against Iran
Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. The measures approved by the Cabinet of Prime Minister Naoto Kan include an asset freeze on 88 entities, 15 banks and…
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Lahore shuts to mourn blasts victims
LAHORE – The City observed a complete shutterdown on Thursday to mourn the demise of innocent people in the triple-blast incident on Wednesday.
Most of the provincial capital’s major markets and business centres remained closed on the call of main traders bodies including Anjuman Tajiran Lahore and Qaumi Tajir Ittehad…
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Moderate quake kills 3 in Iran
Iranian state TV is reporting that three people died in the 5.9 magnitude earthquake that shook the country’s remote northeast overnight. Forty others were injured. The quake struck at 11:53 p.m. local time on Saturday in Semnan province. The report says two children and a woman died and that the…
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Iran proposes to produce nuclear fuel with Russia
Iran’s state-owned Press TV says Tehran has submitted a proposal to Russia to jointly produce nuclear fuel for Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant and any future plants. The English-language Press TV quotes the head of Iran’s nuclear program, Ali Akbar Salehi, as saying Tehran has “made a proposal to Russia…
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Iran test-fires new missile
Iran says it has successfully test-fired a new generation of a short-range surface-to-surface missile. Iranian state television says the third generation Fateh-110 missile was successfully tested Wednesday. State TV broadcast footage of the missile being fired and then hitting a target on the ground. The solid-fuel Fateh can strike targets…
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Iran test-fires new missile
Iran says it has successfully test-fired a new generation of a short-range surface-to-surface missile. Iranian state television says the third generation Fateh-110 missile was successfully tested Wednesday. State TV broadcast footage of the missile being fired and then hitting a target on the ground. The solid-fuel Fateh can strike targets…
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Ahmadinejad to visit flood-hit Pakistan: minister
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will soon travel to flood-hit Pakistan to witness first hand the impact of the natural disaster that has engulfed Iran’s eastern neighbour, the interior minister said Tuesday. “The president has decided to personally visit the affected areas to decide how to better help the flood victims,” ILNA…
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US drone strike kills 20 in NWA
PESHAWAR – At least 20 people were killed in a US drone attack in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) on Monday night.
Sources informed that a suspected militant compound was targeted with three missiles in Dandey Darpa Khel village, some five kilometres away from Miranshah.
Official sources confirmed the attack saying…
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Categories: The News Tags: Drone Attack, Iran, North Waziristan, Peshawar
Iran starts production of new missile assault boats
Iran has launched production of the Zolfaqar and Seraj 1 class missile boats, Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi said on Monday. “The Seraj 1 boat is a high-speed rocket-launcher designed for tropical areas,” the ISNA news agency quoted Vahidi as saying. “It is fitted with advanced indigenous communication capabilities.”…
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Iran inaugurates first unmanned bomber
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Sunday inaugurated the country’s first domestically-built, long-range, unmanned bomber aircraft. Speaking to a group of officials Ahmadinejad said, “The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship.” The goal of the aircraft…
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Iranian reactor use ‘totally unacceptable’: Israel
Israel denounced Iran’s fueling up of its first nuclear power plant as “totally unacceptable” and called for more international pressure to force Tehran to cease any uranium enrichment.
Israel, widely assumed to be the only Middle East country to have nuclear weapons, has said a nuclear-armed Iran would be a…
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US drone strike kills four militants in NWaziristan
Four militants were killed in a US drone attack in country’s northwest tribal belt on Saturday, security officials said. The missiles targeted a compound used by militants in Kutabkhel village, some three kilometres south of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan tribal district, a security official based in Peshawar…
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2 US troops, 3 civilians killed in Afghanistan
A woman and two children were accidentally killed in fighting in western Afghanistan that erupted as Afghan and international forces pursued a Taliban militant known to smuggle foreign fighters and weapons from Iran, NATO said Saturday. Separately, one U.S. service member died Saturday and another was killed Friday following insurgent…
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Physical launch of Iran’s Bushehr power station begins: Rosatom
The physical launch of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran has begun, the head of the Russian Federal Atomic Energy Agency (Rosatom) said on Saturday.”Today we begin the physical launch of the nuclear power plant in Bushehr,” Sergei Kiriyenko told a launch ceremony.
“The project of the Bushehr nuclear…
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Reconstruction, reforms must go side by side: ADB
ISLAMABAD – Asian Development Bank (ADB) urged the Government on Friday to keep focus on ongoing economic reforms while embarking upon the mega reconstruction after the unprecedented floods.
“The reconstruction and reforms must go side by side otherwise it would become a risky affair for the economy,” said Juan Miranda,…
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