Wednesday 10th March, 2010
Iran's ex-president barred from travelling abroad
The Iran News.NetIran has barred former president and reformist leader Seyed Mohammad Khatami from leaving the country, sources said.
Bad options closer for Iran, says Israel
West AustralianThe two "bad options" for Iran - letting the country develop nuclear weapons or using force to destroy its nuclear capabilities - are closer than they were a year ago, Israel's UN ambassador says....
World Order Lacks Justice
Iran DailyPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a new “just and humane” world order is needed to replace the current ruling global system. Speaking in a meeting with the visiting Senegalese Parliament Speaker...
US ‘Happy’ to Work With Iran at UNCND
Iran DailyPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said a new “just and humane” world order is needed to replace the current ruling global system. Speaking in a meeting with the visiting Senegalese Parliament Speaker...
30 Gold Quest Racketeers Arrested
Iran DailySecurity forces have arrested 30 suspects in connection with Gold Quest, a controversial network marketing company which has allegedly defrauded thousands of people worldwide. The Intelligence Minist...
Security Deal With Qatar
Iran DailyInterior Minister Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar said Tuesday the outlines of the security accord signed with Qatar are important in that it will help bolster bilateral ties. A security pact between the two...
Petraeus Slur Draws More Fire
Iran DailyParliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Tuesday criticized a top US military commander over what he called clichés and old rhetoric about Iran’s presidential election last year. “The murderous govern...
Germany Rebuked for Freeing PJAK Leader
Iran DailyThe Foreign Ministry on Tuesday criticized Germany for releasing the leader of the Free Life in Kurdistan Party (PJAK). The banned group is responsible for several terrorist attacks inside Iran, mainl...
Iraq Election a Turning Point
Iran DailyParliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Tuesday criticized a top US military commander over what he called clichés and old rhetoric about Iran’s presidential election last year. “The murderous govern...
Isfahan Anti-Drug Successes Outlined
Iran DailyAnti-drug squads of the law enforcement police disbanded 149 major drug-trafficking gangs in the central province of Isfahan during the last 12 months, a provincial police chief announced. “Seizure...
Parliament Approves Budget Bill
Iran DailyCompiled by Ghanbar Naderi Parliament on Monday approved the budget bill for the year ending March 20, 2011, allocating $347 billion to the government based on an oil price of $65 a barrel. Presid...
Non-Oil Exports To China Up 47%
Iran DailyIran has exported non-oil products worth $2.669 billion to China during the first 11 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2009), said the head of Trade Promotion Organization f...
European Company to Develop Lavan Gas Field
Iran DailyIran has exported non-oil products worth $2.669 billion to China during the first 11 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2009), said the head of Trade Promotion Organization f...
Bank Mellat to Arrange €1b Bond
Iran DailyIran will launch on Wednesday the first installment of a one billion euro bond offering to help fund development of its South Pars gas field, the head of Bank Mellat’s international department was q...
UK Firm in Red After Losing Iran Deal
Iran DailyCompiled by Ghanbar Naderi Parliament on Monday approved the budget bill for the year ending March 20, 2011, allocating $347 billion to the government based on an oil price of $65 a barrel. Presid...
Trade Center in Kabul
Iran DailyIran has exported non-oil products worth $2.669 billion to China during the first 11 months of the current Iranian fiscal year (started March 20, 2009), said the head of Trade Promotion Organization f...
Shale Gas Rush in Europe
Iran DailyAll across Europe big oil companies are scouring millions of acres of countryside and buying up rights to tap the natural gas trapped in prehistoric shale beds thousands of meters below its surface. ...
Expansion of Malaysian Economic Ties Underlined
Iran DailyIran and Malaysia have called for expansion of economic ties. Iran’s Deputy Economy Minister Behrouz Alishiri met with Malaysian Ambassador in Tehran Mohammad Sadeq bin Katargani, Fars News Agency ...
Gold Prices Dip as Dollar Gains
Iran DailyAll across Europe big oil companies are scouring millions of acres of countryside and buying up rights to tap the natural gas trapped in prehistoric shale beds thousands of meters below its surface. ...
Iran Prefers $100 Oil
Iran DailyAll across Europe big oil companies are scouring millions of acres of countryside and buying up rights to tap the natural gas trapped in prehistoric shale beds thousands of meters below its surface. ...
Europe Moves to Create Rescue Fund
Iran DailyAll across Europe big oil companies are scouring millions of acres of countryside and buying up rights to tap the natural gas trapped in prehistoric shale beds thousands of meters below its surface. ...
Pakistan Raising $500m From Bonds
Iran DailyPakistan plans to raise as much as $500 million by selling state-owned Oil & Gas Development Company’s convertible bonds by June 30, the government’s first debt offering in three years. Shares ro...
Brazil Announces Tariffs On US Goods
Iran DailyAll across Europe big oil companies are scouring millions of acres of countryside and buying up rights to tap the natural gas trapped in prehistoric shale beds thousands of meters below its surface. ...
G20 Should Restrict Speculators
Iran DailyAn Iranian oil official said the world’s oil industry executives and experts consider $100 a barrel to be a fair price for crude in today’s market. “The average price of crude in the internatio...
4m Tourists to Visit Golestan
Iran DailyClose to four million tourists would visit Golestan province during Norouz holidays starting March 21. Fereydoon Fa’ali, director general of Golestan Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Depa...
Remains of City Near Choghazanbil
Iran DailyClose to four million tourists would visit Golestan province during Norouz holidays starting March 21. Fereydoon Fa’ali, director general of Golestan Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Depa...
Meymand Village Awaits Global Registration
Iran DailyA comprehensive report about the historical village of Meymand has been prepared by experts and will be submitted to UNESCO in the next Iranian year (starting March 21). Announcing this, the head of ...
Handicraft Exports Fetch $135m
Iran DailyHandicrafts worth over $135 million have been exported during March 21, 2009-Jan. 20, reported Traditional Arts and Handicrafts Department of Iran’s Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organi...
Replicas of Ottoman Apparel Displayed
Iran DailyReplicas of clothing worn by women during the Ottoman era were displayed in Turkey’s southeastern province of Adana on Sunday dring the International Women’s Day (March 8). Through painstaking wo...
Thailand Offering Tourists Insurance
Iran DailyClose to four million tourists would visit Golestan province during Norouz holidays starting March 21. Fereydoon Fa’ali, director general of Golestan Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Depa...
London Set for Electric Vehicle Charging Network
Iran DailyTourists will soon be able to take in London attractions in electric vehicles, after the capital’s Mayor Boris Johnson announced new charging network plans. The ambitious proposals will see 7,500 c...
96m Women ‘Missing’ in Asia
Iran DailyAsia is ‘missing’ about 96 million women--the vast majority in China and India--who died from discriminatory healthcare and neglect or who were never born at all, the UN estimated on Monday. Fema...
Internet a Fundamental Right
Iran DailyMore than three-quarters of people across the world believe access to the Internet is a fundamental right. The poll carried out for the BBC, which questioned more than 27,000 adults across 26 countri...
Men Fear Looking Old
Iran DailyWhile perceptions of color are somewhat subjective, there are some color effects that have universal meaning. Colors in the red area of the color spectrum are known as warm colors and include red, or...
Pope Knew About Church Abuse?
Iran DailyWhile German authorities are seeking to break the Catholic Church’s “wall of silence” on child molestation, Catholic reformers turn to Pope Benedict XVI for answers. Sexual abuse of child pupil...
Gender Shift In S. Korea College Admission
Iran DailyAsia is ‘missing’ about 96 million women--the vast majority in China and India--who died from discriminatory healthcare and neglect or who were never born at all, the UN estimated on Monday. Fema...
UAE Women Taxi Drivers Earning More
Iran DailyAsia is ‘missing’ about 96 million women--the vast majority in China and India--who died from discriminatory healthcare and neglect or who were never born at all, the UN estimated on Monday. Fema...
Bahrain Graduates Need Jobs
Iran DailyMale cosmetics sales in Britain are growing at twice the rate of the female market, according to a survey, with the need to look good for job interviews and the fear of looking old playing key roles. ...
China Rhinos Under Threat
Iran DailyAsia is ‘missing’ about 96 million women--the vast majority in China and India--who died from discriminatory healthcare and neglect or who were never born at all, the UN estimated on Monday. Fema...
Iran Scientific Progress Commended
Iran DailyBrazilian Minister of Science and Technology Sergio Machado Rezende lauded Iranian scientists for their progress and achievements in different fields of science and technology. Rezende was speaking o...
AIDS Virus Can Hide In Bone Marrow
Iran DailyThe virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoid drugs and later awaken to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Fin...
Seeds Provide Low-Cost Water Purification
Iran DailyThe United Nations says dirty water causes 80 percent of diseases in the developing world and kills 10 million people annually. Those sobering lines are from the United Nations’ website and undersc...
Pistachios May Reduce Cancer Risk
Iran DailyBrazilian Minister of Science and Technology Sergio Machado Rezende lauded Iranian scientists for their progress and achievements in different fields of science and technology. Rezende was speaking o...
Beating Winter Blues With Vitamin D
Iran DailyEating pistachios daily may reduce the risk of lung and other cancers, according to a US study cited by the German Lung Foundation. According to Vosizneias, the nuts are a rich source of gamma-tocoph...
Playing Soccer Can Increase Bone Mass
Iran DailyThe virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoid drugs and later awaken to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way toward better treatments for the disease. Fin...
Breast-Feeding Helps Mom Stay Slimmer
Iran DailyThe benefits of breast-feeding for infants are numerous and well-known, but researchers are finding more and more that breast-feeding can be a boon to mom’s health as well. In fact, the latest stud...
Turkey Not Ready to Return Envoy to Washington
Iran DailyTurkey said on Tuesday that Ankara is not ready to send its ambassador back to Washington after a US Congress panel branded the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. “As long as the s...
Biden Assures Israel of Security Support
Iran DailyTurkey said on Tuesday that Ankara is not ready to send its ambassador back to Washington after a US Congress panel branded the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. “As long as the s...
Jordan’s King to Discuss Mideast Peace in Moscow
Iran DailyTurkey said on Tuesday that Ankara is not ready to send its ambassador back to Washington after a US Congress panel branded the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. “As long as the s...
Sudan Polls a Sideshow to Referendum
Iran DailySelf-determination is south Sudan’s absolute priority and no delay in national elections should affect the January 2011 referendum on southern independence, the south’s top leader said on Tuesday....
Lebanon Groups Resume National Dialogue
Iran DailySelf-determination is south Sudan’s absolute priority and no delay in national elections should affect the January 2011 referendum on southern independence, the south’s top leader said on Tuesday....
Yemen’s Saleh Warns Separatists
Iran DailyYemen’s president warned southern separatists who demand the independence of the south that they will be defeated but also offered to engage in dialogue over their demands. “The separatist flags ...
Syria, Israel Eye Nuclear Plants
Iran DailyTurkey said on Tuesday that Ankara is not ready to send its ambassador back to Washington after a US Congress panel branded the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. “As long as the s...
Somalia Welcome US Air Sopport
Iran DailyTurkey said on Tuesday that Ankara is not ready to send its ambassador back to Washington after a US Congress panel branded the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman Turks as genocide. “As long as the s...
Nigeria Urged to Investigate Religious Violence
Iran DailyThe US government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 500 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christ...
India: Pakistan Army Trained Terrorists
Iran DailyThe November 2008 terrorist attack in India’s financial hub Mumbai was plotted in Pakistan, sponsored by the state and the gunmen were trained by the Pakistan Army, news reports in India quoted the ...
Tymoshenko Holds Rally Against President
Iran DailyThe US government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 500 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christ...
Paedophile Priest Scandals Spreading in Europe
Iran DailyRoman Catholic authorities in Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and other countries reacted rapidly and “decisively” to paedophilia priest scandals in their churches, the Vatican said on Tuesday. ...
Russia, US Resume Nuke Talks
Iran DailyThe US government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 500 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christ...
Japan Confirms Secret Nuclear Pacts With US
Iran DailyThe US government and human rights activists called Tuesday for Nigeria to investigate and prosecute those responsible for the deaths of more than 500 unarmed people in renewed violence between Christ...
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