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India’s Import Reaches $11.6b
Translated by Farzam Vanaki India's imports from Iran amounted to $11.6 billion in 2012, said the Indian ambassador in Tehran on Sunday. Speaking in the inauguration ceremony of the First Indian Exhibition of Textiles in Iran, D. P. Srivastava said India's textile industry dates back to a long time, adding that the country has made significant achievements in this field, IRNA ...
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S. Africa’s NUM Seeks Wage Increase
From Page 1 It's ironic--they may accomplish their goal, but not quite in the way they intended. Yield Swings The central bank decided on April 4 to double government bond purchases to more than 7 trillion yen ($68 billion) a month, marking an expansion of monetary stimulus that was larger than analysts expected, aimed at achieving 2 percent inflation in two years. The policy move ...
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Bangla Forex Revenues Hit $22b
South Africa's National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) said it would seek pay rises of up to 60 percent from gold and coal producers, raising the prospect of fresh strikes as firms battle higher costs and falling prices in an already heated labor climate. Africa's biggest economy is hoping to avoid the 2012 wildcat strike action at platinum and gold mines that cost billions in lost ...
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Saudi Oil Sales Fall
Economy Desk Some 80 percent of the country's petrochemical exports pertain to Bushehr province, particularly from the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ) in Assalouyeh, said PSEEZ's managing director. Masoud Nasouri also said on Sunday that given the importance of PSEEZ in oil, gas and petrochemical industries, efforts are underway to improve the zone's infrastructures ...
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Chinese Tourists Criticized Over Uncivilized Behavior
Translated by Atefeh Rezvan-Nia Edited by Mohammad Reza M. Karimi A tenfold rise in fines for hunting and fishing violations has been proposed to the Department of Environment for protecting species at risk of extinction. Announcing this, Colonel Hamid Reza Kheildar, the commander of Environmental Protection Unit, said over 95 percent of Iranians disagree with hunting, hence such penalties ...
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Coffee Linked to Lower Risk For Liver Disease
Just a few extra cups of coffee each month might help prevent the development of an autoimmune liver disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), a new study suggests. Investigators from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., found that drinking coffee was associated with a reduced risk of developing the disease, which can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, liver failure and biliary ...
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Johnny Depp Immortalized Scissor Hand Fossil
A scientist has discovered an ancient extinct creature with "scissor hand-like" claws in fossil records and has named it in honor of his favorite movie star. The 505-million-year-old fossil called Kooteninchela deppi (pronounced Koo-ten-ee-che-la depp-eye), which is a distant ancestor of lobsters and scorpions, was named after the actor Johnny Depp for his starring role as Edward ...
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How to Plant Garden on Mars
In the last century, humanity has taken gigantic leaps forward in the robotic exploration of the cosmos--not least in the search for habitable worlds and environments that could house life outside of the Earth. According to PhysOrg, the next logical step is for humanity itself to leave the confines of our planet, and take on long-term human exploration of the Solar System. Mars in particular ...
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World’s 1st Wind-Current Power System
In the last century, humanity has taken gigantic leaps forward in the robotic exploration of the cosmos--not least in the search for habitable worlds and environments that could house life outside of the Earth. According to PhysOrg, the next logical step is for humanity itself to leave the confines of our planet, and take on long-term human exploration of the Solar System. Mars in particular ...
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UAE Laborers on Strike For More Wages
Thousands of workers employed by Dubai's largest construction company went on strike for a second day to back wage demands in a rare labor protest in the the Persian Gulf emirate, where trade unions are banned. Blue-collared laborers employed by Arabtec, the company behind projects including the world's tallest building Burj Khalifa, did not show up for work on Sunday, said a ...
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17 Killed in Nigeria Attack on Extremists
A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former military ruler Pervez Musharraf over the murder of Benazir Bhutto, an official said, but the retired general remains under house arrest. Musharraf has been detained in his farmhouse on the edge of Islamabad since April 19 on charges of conspiracy to murder two-time prime minister Bhutto, who was assassinated in a gun and bomb attack in 2007 in ...
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New Delhi Beijing Vow To End Border Row
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said on Monday he had agreed with his Chinese counterpart to make a new push to settle a long-running border row, pledging his commitment to "peace and tranquility". "We agreed that our special representatives will meet soon to continue discussions seeking an early agreement on a framework for a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable ...
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At least 8 Dead in Dagestan Car Bombing
Nigeria's military said its offensive against insurgents in the country's restive northeast has killed at least 14 suspected extremists and three soldiers. Brig. Gen. Chris Olukolade, a military spokesman, said in a statement that one soldier also was missing as "forces have been engaging a large number of heavily armed terrorists" for the last two days. He did not say ...
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Ancelotti on Real Radar
Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti has asked to leave his role as Paris St-Germain coach but has been told by the club's president "it is not possible". The Spanish giants had an approach for the Italian rejected last week, BBC wrote. "I've asked to leave and I am waiting for their answer," said Ancelotti, 53. But PSG's Qatari president Nasser al-Khelaifi ...
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Nadal Hammers Federer At Rome
Rafael Nadal dropped only four games as he beat Roger Federer in 68 minutes to win his seventh Italian Open title. In the 30th career meeting between the pair, who share 28 Grand Slam singles titles, the Spaniard raced to a 6-1 6-3 victory at Rome's Foro Italico, BBC wrote. In 2006 Nadal edged a classic final against Federer in this event, but this year he prevailed with plenty to spare. ...
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Lowe in New Mercedes Role
Real Madrid target Carlo Ancelotti has asked to leave his role as Paris St-Germain coach but has been told by the club's president "it is not possible". The Spanish giants had an approach for the Italian rejected last week, BBC wrote. "I've asked to leave and I am waiting for their answer," said Ancelotti, 53. But PSG's Qatari president Nasser al-Khelaifi ...
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A view of Rasht Anthropology Museum
The National Gallery of Art marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, Norway's most famed painter and printmaker, with an exhibition of more than 20 renowned works from the Gallery's collection. On view from May 19 through July 28, 2013, on the Ground Floor of the West Building, Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute includes Geschrei (The Scream) (1895), The ...
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Thespians to Perform Readings In Memory of Samandarian
A group of thespians will read seven plays translated by Hamid Samandarian to commemorate the first death anniversary of the prominent Iranian stage director and playwright in July. The reading performances, which have been organized by the Iranian Theater Forum and the Iranian Artists Forum, will be held from July 12-19 at the Samandarian Hall of the Iranian Artists Forum. Veteran Iranian ...
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Persian Movie For SIFF
Iranian filmmaker Narges Abyar's latest film will be vying in the 16th Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) in China. Titled 'Objects in a Mirror Are Closer than They Appear', the film was produced by Abouzar Pourmohammadi and Mohammad Hossein Qasemi. It chronicles the life of a young pregnant woman and her husband, Mehr News Agency wrote. The British director Tom Hooper ...
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Iranian Italian Scholars Will Review Travelogs
A group of thespians will read seven plays translated by Hamid Samandarian to commemorate the first death anniversary of the prominent Iranian stage director and playwright in July. The reading performances, which have been organized by the Iranian Theater Forum and the Iranian Artists Forum, will be held from July 12-19 at the Samandarian Hall of the Iranian Artists Forum. Veteran Iranian ...
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Cultural Heritage Week Marked
Iranian and Italian scholars will review historical travelogs during two seminars in September. The first edition of the conference will be held in Tehran on September 10-11, deputy director of Book City Institute Ali Asghar Mohammad-Khani announced, Mehr News Agency reported. The second meeting will be held in the Italian cities of Rome and Florence from October 24-26. The seminars have been ...
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National Gallery of Art Pays Tribute to Edvard Munch
The National Gallery of Art marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, Norway's most famed painter and printmaker, with an exhibition of more than 20 renowned works from the Gallery's collection. On view from May 19 through July 28, 2013, on the Ground Floor of the West Building, Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute includes Geschrei (The Scream) (1895), The ...
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Bearden’s ‘Black Odyssey’ Series on Show
The National Gallery of Art marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch, Norway's most famed painter and printmaker, with an exhibition of more than 20 renowned works from the Gallery's collection. On view from May 19 through July 28, 2013, on the Ground Floor of the West Building, Edvard Munch: A 150th Anniversary Tribute includes Geschrei (The Scream) (1895), The ...
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Iran Ratifies Memorandum of Understanding with Argentina
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Argentina. The MoU, a bilateral agreement, was created between the two countries in January this year and represents a commitment on the part of both nations to investigate the circumstances surrounding the AMIA attack of 1994. The attack, which left 85 people dead, has yet to see the perpetrators identified or brought to justice. The Iranian president, ...
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Iranian Political Prisoners Recalled In advance Of Election
Radio Zamaneh Iranian judiciary is recalling political prisoners on furlough back to person in the lead up to the presidential elections on June 14. Massoud Bastani and Hossein Ronaghi were called back to Evin Prison on Saturday according to Kaleme opposition ...
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Iran will have men in space within ten years
Iran will have astronauts in space within the next ten years, according to government officials who recently revealed to Iran news media the Iranian Space Agency’s long-term space objectives.
Iran has pursued an ambitious space program in recent years, entering the so-called ‘Asian Space Race’ and launching the country’s first rocket in 2004, followed in 2009 by the launch of an entirely domestically-built satellite, thereby becoming the 9th country in the world to have achieved orbital-launch capability. Read more
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