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Islam Growing in UK
A new analysis of the 2011 census shows that a decade of mass immigration has helped mask the scale of decline in Christian affiliation among the British-born population alongside a dramatic spread of Islam, particularly among the young. It suggests that only a minority of people will describe themselves as Christians within the next decade, for first time, MuslimVillage reported. Almost one ...
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Indonesia’s Healthcare Plan Stumbles
When a sick Indonesian baby died after 10 hospitals in Jakarta turned her family away in February, critics blamed a pilot health insurance scheme that had overwhelmed the city's public hospitals. The program, introduced in November, gave health insurance to around 5 million people in Jakarta categorized as poor. Long queues quickly formed at already stretched hospital emergency rooms as ...
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US to stop gold sales to Iran
Gold bars are on display at the "Gold" exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History in New York. The US is going to stop all transfers of gold to Iran. The U.S. is trying to stop the gold rush to Iran in a bid to undermine the Islamic Republic's plummeting currency, but critics say the move is more likely to hurt ordinary citizens than the rogue regime's leadership.A ...
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Kuwait Deport Expats For Speeding
Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report has said, drawing condemnation from a human rights group. A senior interior ministry official said that as many as 1,258 foreigners have been deported for traffic violations since a crackdown began about a month ago, according to the Al-Anbaa newspaper. Foreign residents caught driving without a license, ...
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Soothe Ache With Fake Frozen Peas
A bag of frozen peas is an age-old remedy for sore joints and bruises. Now, an innovative medical product called Frozenpeaz--sealed packs containing tiny balls of solidified corn syrup, dyed pea-green--looks just like the vegetables and offers the same benefits, without wasting food, Daily Mail said. Traditional ice packs--usually plastic bags containing silicone gel--and cold compresses ...
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Confab on Nanotech Applications In Energy Industry
Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...
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Iranian Student Wins Global Swede Award
Iranian experts have developed an injection paste for the treatment of bone diseases, said the head of Iran's Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Department, Materials and Energy Research Center. Saeed Hesaraki noted that the paste, made up of polymeric liquid, will revolutionize medical domains, especially in the treatment of bone diseases, ISNA reported. "Treating reversible ...
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Gestures That Smartphones Can Appreciate
Can't get to the phone? Try waving at it. A device that enables a smartphone's camera to recognize gestures--without gobbling up precious battery life--looks set to transform the way we make calls. According to NewScientist, Microsoft's Kinect and the soon-to-be-released Leap Motion have thrust 3D gesture-recognition technology into the mainstream. Touchless phones, however, are ...
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Saudi Vendor Dies After Self-Immolation
A street vendor died in Saudi Arabia after setting himself on fire in protest at having his goods confiscated by police, human rights activists reported on Monday. The vendor, Mussa Ahmad Al-Harissi, "tried to end his life on Wednesday evening by pouring petrol over himself and setting himself alight," the activists said on condition of anonymity, AFP reported. He was protesting the ...
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Salafists Police Clash in Tunisia
A street vendor died in Saudi Arabia after setting himself on fire in protest at having his goods confiscated by police, human rights activists reported on Monday. The vendor, Mussa Ahmad Al-Harissi, "tried to end his life on Wednesday evening by pouring petrol over himself and setting himself alight," the activists said on condition of anonymity, AFP reported. He was protesting the ...
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Israeli Bank Heist Claims 5 Lives
A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free hostages. Police special forces surrounded the branch of Bank Hapoalim in the southern city of Beersheba after two robbers carried out the botched lunchtime heist in a residential street, Reuters reported. Witnesses ...
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Sweden Police Clash With Angry Youths
From Page 1 Baghlan is located in the more peaceful north of Afghanistan but it sees regular attacks by Taliban insurgents. As international troops withdraw from the country, the Taliban has increasingly targeted Afghan politicians, government officials and the security forces. The insurgents launched their annual "spring offensive" last month vowing to use suicide blasts to inflict ...
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How Irans Syria Policy Is Making it Lose the Regional Popularity Contest
Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (L) chats with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) while on their way to an official dinner in Damascus on February 25, 2010. (Reuters) These days, there are not many things that Arabs agree on. In fact, it may be fair to say they agree to disagree more often than not when it comes to regional ...
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Heavier Fines for Hunting Violations
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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Afghan Suicide Attack Leaves 14 Dead
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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Series of Deadly Attacks Rock Iraq Cities
A wave of car bombs and shootings killed at least 79 people in Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq on Monday, officials said, escalating fears of a return to widespread sectarian bloodletting in the country. The attacks, some of which hit market places and crowded bus stops during the morning rush hour, pushed the death toll in Iraq since Wednesday to more than 200. The bloodshed over the past week ...
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Air Defense System Under Mass Production
Air Defense System Under Mass Production Iran's latest indigenous air defense battery, Ninth Herz, has hit the production line in a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The production line was inaugurated on Monday on the occasion of the upcoming birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (AS), the ninth Shiite Imam, and in the run-up to the 31st ...
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Councils Candidates List Out in June
Councils Candidates List Out in June Iran's Central Supervisory Board of City and Rural Council Elections will announce the final list of approved hopefuls for the upcoming city and rural council polls in June. Abdolreza Mesri, the spokesman for the board, said on Monday that the final list of candidates would be announced on June 2, Mehr News Agency reported. Meanwhile, Mohammad-Javad ...
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UNHCR Hails Iran’s Support for Refugees
Air Defense System Under Mass Production Iran's latest indigenous air defense battery, Ninth Herz, has hit the production line in a ceremony attended by Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi. The production line was inaugurated on Monday on the occasion of the upcoming birth anniversary of Imam Muhammad Al-Taqi (AS), the ninth Shiite Imam, and in the run-up to the 31st ...
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A Review of Conducts of Hashemi Rafsanjaini’s Opponents
From Page 1 Ahmadinejad was, in particular, critical of Rafsanjani's style of management during his two terms as president and his administration's outlook toward the oppressed people who enjoyed the taste of justice and kindness during Ahmadinejad's tenure. But is Ayatollah Rafsanjani the one who can be criticized by everyone? Ahmadinejad slammed Rafsanjani because he was the ...
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Syrian Army Enforcing Peace
From Page 1 Response to Any Hostile Steps Vahidi said Iran is ready to give a vigorous response to any kind of hostile activities. Stressing Iran's great military might and its ability to confront enemies' threats, he further said the brave Iranian army, gaining strength from the experiences of the eight years of the 1980-88 sacred defense with the toppled Iraqi dictator Saddam ...
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Assad Upcoming Election Will Fortify Iran’s Status
An Iranian rescue and relief ship late on Sunday saved six sailors from a damaged commercial boat in waters off southern Hormuzgan province, who would have otherwise drowned in stormy Persian Gulf waters. Control Tower of the Ports and Sailing Officer of the naval patrol boat Esmaeil Malkizadeh told IRNA, "A large commercial boat carrying 450 tons of foodstuff bound for Iran's Lengeh ...
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Need to Expand New Zealand Ties
Head of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Alaeddin Boroujerdi and a senior New Zealand official stressed the need to further bilateral ties. In a meeting with New Zealand prime minister's top advisor, Tim Webster in Tehran on Sunday, the two sides underlined the need to expand and strengthen ties and cooperation, IRNA reported. Boroujerdi said, "There are ...
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6 Sailors Rescued in Persian Gulf
An Iranian rescue and relief ship late on Sunday saved six sailors from a damaged commercial boat in waters off southern Hormuzgan province, who would have otherwise drowned in stormy Persian Gulf waters. Control Tower of the Ports and Sailing Officer of the naval patrol boat Esmaeil Malkizadeh told IRNA, "A large commercial boat carrying 450 tons of foodstuff bound for Iran's Lengeh ...
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UNHCR Hails Iran’s Support...
An Iranian rescue and relief ship late on Sunday saved six sailors from a damaged commercial boat in waters off southern Hormuzgan province, who would have otherwise drowned in stormy Persian Gulf waters. Control Tower of the Ports and Sailing Officer of the naval patrol boat Esmaeil Malkizadeh told IRNA, "A large commercial boat carrying 450 tons of foodstuff bound for Iran's Lengeh ...
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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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