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Iran Unveils New Weapons and Combat Equipment
Tehran, 22 May (PL) The Iranian Defense Ministry announced the presentation today of what he described as "five new successes in defense" at the ceremony on the anniversary of the liberation of the province of Khorramshahr from Iraqi occupation. The new products include personal weapons and personal combat equipment and will be exhibited to the public at a ceremony to be attended by ...
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Senior PGA player practices with Ranken Jordan patients
ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - In golf, major championships are a big deal and so are the practice sessions leading up to them. On Tuesday, golfers continued their practice rounds at Bellerive, perfecting their swings for the Senior PGA Championship. Veteran golfer Scott Simpson is in the field for the Senior PGA Championship. NewsChannel 5's Art Holliday asked him about giving back, the ...
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Syrian-fuelled violence in Tripoli Lebanon kills three
Lebanese soldiers. AFP photo On Tuesday, sectarian clashes broke out in Tripoli, northern Lebanon, and three were killed, Reuters reported. Grenades and heavy gunfire rang throughout the town, with snipers positioned in civilian apartment blocks.According to security forces and Reuters, 60 people, including ...
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Iran Unveils List of Eight Presidential Candidates - Report
MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - The Iranian Interior Ministry published on Tuesday a list of eight candidates permitted to run in June 14 presidential election, FARS news agency reported. The candidates were selected by the Guardian Council, the group that supervises the election. The list of presidential hopefuls is dominated by conservatives, who are Tehran’s mayor, Mohammad Bagher ...
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Syria on target U.S. wants 20000 troops arriving in Jordan
The Pentagon plans to relocate an effective military force beginning with 200 then up to 20 000 soldiers and station them in Jordan in order to be prepared for a possible military intervention in ...
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World Briefing | Middle East Egypt Security Forces Fire on Funeral
Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel. The officials say the troops thought the funeral convoy was carrying gunmen who refused to ...
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Israel warns Syria of ‘consequences’ if Golan fire continues
An Israeli soldier from the Golani Brigade sleeps as others, seen through a black netting, pray close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, in this May 7, 2013 file picture. The Israeli military denied on May 21, 2013 a claim by Syria that its armed forces destroyed an Israeli vehicle on the Golan Heights. (BAZ ...
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Irans Hashemi-Rafsanjani Rahim-Mashaei barred from competing for presidency
In a statement issued by Iranian Interior Ministry on Tuesday, the presidential hopefuls Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, former moderate president, and Esfandiar Rahim- Mashaei, top aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, were not qualified for the country's upcoming presidential ...
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‘US opened Pandora’s box in Iraq regional sectarian violence almost impossible to stop now’
Violence Sectarian violence unleashed after the US disintegration of Iraq is linked to the Syrian conflict and the death toll will only climb since extremist elements hijacked the sectarian instability in the region, political analyst Chris Bambery told RT. "Everyone in Iraq must be terrified that the situation in Syria is spilling over into Iraq" Bambery said as Tuesday's ...
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Iran and Hezbollah’s Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks
MUSCAT, Oman -- As evidence grows of increased Iranian support for the Syrian government, the Obama administration's strategy to bring the bitter fighting there to a close faces more challenges than ...
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Iranian soldiers fighting for Syria State contends
Iran has sent soldiers to Syria to fight alongside forces loyal to President Bashar Assad and those of the Lebanon-based Hezbollah militia, a senior State Department official said on ...
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Fatah Hamas to renew reconciliation dialogue in Cairo on Tuesday
RAMALLAH, May 11 (Xinhua) -- A senior Palestinian official revealed on Saturday that leaders of Fatah and Hamas, two rival Palestinian groups, will meet in Cairo on Tuesday to resume their reconciliation dialogue. Azzam el-Ahmed, head of Fatah's delegation to the dialogue, told Xinhua that the meeting will focus on forming the transitional unity government that they have previously agreed ...
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UN investigates use of sarin gas as Israel attacks Syria
A UN special commission will investigate the use of chemical weapons in the Arab nation. The Syrian Government had filed an official complaint with President of the Security Council and to the general secretary after the Israeli ...
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RPT-India leads Asian cuts in Iran oil imports ahead of waiver review
Tue May 21, 2013 9:55pm EDT (Repeats earlier story with no change in text) * India cuts Iranian crude imports 17 pct Dec-April vs previous 6 months * China may reduce Iranian imports 5-10 percent in 2013 * U.S. due to review Asia's waiver extensions on Iran sanctions 3rd time By Nidhi Verma and Meeyoung Cho NEW DELHI/SEOUL, May 21 (Reuters) - India has slashed Iranian oil imports by almost a ...
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Hamas textbooks to teach about liberation plans
Hamas has begun preparing new school textbooks that teach children about "plans to liberate Palestine and the legitimacy and various forms of resistance [against Israel]." Jamal Abu Hashem, advisor to the Hamas-controlled education ministry, said new books would be introduced as part of National Education Studies for grades 8-10.Abu Hashem was speaking during a workshop in Gaza ...
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Debate in Egypt as IMF official urges govt to cut
The statement of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official urging the Egyptian government to cut energy subsidies has stirred up debate among local experts.On Tuesday, Masood Ahmed, IMF chief for the Middle East and Central Asia, told reporters in Dubai that Egypt should cut energy subsidies and spend more in other fields to reinvigorate its ailing economy.Ahmed said Egypt spends on energy ...
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1 militant killed 3 arrested in Egypts Sinai
One militant has been killed and three others arrested in a military campaign in the Egyptian governorate of North Sinai on Tuesday, a security official told Xinhua."During a military campaign in southern Rafah in North Sinai, the security forces were surprised by heavy gunfire at Al-Barth area and exchanged fire with the militants," the security source said.Afterwards, the security ...
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Iran bars Rafsanjani Mashaei from election
This combination of eight pictures shows eight candidates approved Tuesday, May 21, 2013 for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits, clockwise from left: Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Hasan Rowhani, taken between May 9 and May ...
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Syrian rebels put up fierce resistance in Qusair
This citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian citizens inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings that were damaged from a Syrian forces air strike in the town of Qusair, near the Lebanon border, Homs province, Syria, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. Several members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group ...
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Opposition demands guarantees Assad will quit
National Coalition – which Khatib has left – would be "the legitimate representative" of Syrian opposition forces in any negotiations. "Bashar Assad and his security regime are not a part of any transitional phase, and they have no role in Syria’s future," the document said, adding that there needed to be "international guarantees" for his ...
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Russia opposes forced Syria regime change
Hezbollah in Syria and the potential regional fallout, Zasypkin also assured that Russian missiles supplied to Syria will not reach Hezbollah. "I don’t know the details of the contracts [for supply of weapons to Syria] but I can confirm that the contract states those missiles must not reach a third party," he said. "Our utmost priority is stability and security in ...
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Jordan’s border clampdown shuts out refugees
U.N. figures show. All four unofficial crossing points used by refugees trying to escape bombardments in the southern province of Deraa have been closed for the past six days, refugees and aid workers say, although the official frontier post at Jaber remained open. They said Syrian families trying to pass into Jordan from the rebel-held border villages of Nasib and Tel Shehab had been turned ...
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Egypt tourist arrivals rise but not by enough
Egypt rose in the first four months of 2012, the Cabinet said Tuesday, but analysts say the sector is still suffering from the aftermath of the country’s 2011 uprising. The revolt that ousted ...
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Weekly Commentary Walking through the Peace Index Poll
Weekly Commentary: Walking through the Peace Index Poll Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 May 2013 The Peace Index is a project of the Evens Program for Mediation and Conflict Resolution at Tel Aviv University and the Israel Democracy Institute. This month's survey was conducted by telephone on April ...
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Fierce fire breaks out in Karachi Pakistan
Fire rages at a building of a chemical factory in southern Pakistani port city of Karachi on Oct. 28, 2012. A fierce fire broke out at a chemical factory in Gul Bai area of Karachi on Saturday night. No casualties have been reported. ...
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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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