Iran's Khatami urges people to attend rallies The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - Reformist former president Mohammad Khatami urged people on Monday to attend rallies marking the anniversary of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution, when the opposition is expected to revive anti-government protests. | Opposition leaders Mirhossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karoubi earlier t...
Iran leader orders new step in nuclear program The Salt Lake Tribune | By Nasser Karimi | The Associated PressUpdated: 02/08/2010 03:42:27 PM MST | Click photo to enlargeIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, wears eye protection goggles as he visits an exhibition of Iran's laser science, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Feb. 7, 2010. Ahmadinejad ordered his country's a...
Yemen al Qaeda urges jihad to mount new strikes Khaleej Times The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called for a regional jihad and a blockade of the Red Sea to cut off US shipments to Israel, a further sign of the group's ambitions to mount new strikes. | Yemen is in the throes of a major crackdown on the global mi...
New sanctions urged over Iran move Khaleej Times WASHINGTON - The United States and France said Monday they will push for 'strong' new UN anti-nuclear sanctions against Iran after the Middle East state announced it was going to step up its uranium enrichment. | Iran's move to boost its enrichment c...
Iranian opposition leader sentenced six-year jail Samachaar Tehran:Former Iranian deputy foreign minister Mohsen Aminzadeh has been given a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, opposition websites reported Monday. | Aminzadeh, who served u...
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Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders Chicago Sun-Times | CAIRO -- The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures have been arrested by police in a dawn sweep that also grabbed 10 senior members acro...
Egypt arrests 3 top Muslim Brotherhood leaders The News & Observer | CAIRO -- The No. 2 leader of Egypt's opposition Muslim Brotherhood and two other top figures have been arrested by police in a dawn sweep that also grabbed 10 senior members acro...
Afghans Flee Town Ahead of NATO Offensive CBS News Militants Entrench as Troops Prepare to Retake Marjah, Last Taliban-Held Community in Crucial Valley | Font size Print E-mail Share 0 Comments | An Afghan policeman searches a pass...
FEATURE - Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse web game The Star | TEHRAN (Reuters) - With their paths through the Internet increasingly blocked by government filters, Nooshin and her fellow Iranian opposition-supporters say their information on planned protests now comes in emails. | They say they don't know who ...
Leading article: The first real test of the new strategy in Afghanistan The Independent | Operation Moshtarak, which means "together" in the Dari language, is poised to begin. There is more than usual significance in the name. Nato commanders have been at pains to make it clear that Afghan forces, alongside Western troops, will play a p...
Jumblatt: Don't let public staff run for office Daily Star Lebanon | Daily Star staff | Tuesday, February 09, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt said on Monday that allowing the employees of public institutions to run for office in the municipal elections might lead to...
Etisalat debuts Collect Call service in the UAE Khaleej Times Etisalat introduced and innovative 'Collect Call' service, designed to make it easier for customers to connect with friends and family with calls charged to the call receiver. | Etisalat Collect Call service can be used when it is simply preferable for the receiver to pay for the call. | The Collect Call Service has been designed so that callers ca...
Dubai Firm in Trouble over Hilton Shoot Khaleej Times DUABI ' The much-hyped 2009 filming of US socialite Paris Hilton's reality show in Dubai is now mired in a series of legal disputes between the bosses and the contract producers of the yet-to-be-aired show. | Reports in the US media this week said that Lionsgate Television, which gave the contract to Uniqon Emirates in Dubai for co-producing and di...
