
An Iranian scientist believed to have links to the country’s nuclear programme has been shot dead outside his home in Tehran, Iranian media say. Isna news agency named him as Daryoush Rezaei, 35, adding that his wife was wounded and rushed to hospital. In 2010, nuclear scientist Massoud Ali Mohammadi was killed by a remote-controlled [...]
Jul 24 2011 | Posted in
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If they are truly the Libyan rebels’ most promising vanguard, the fighters poised on the front line in the Nafusa mountains hardly inspired confidence. Sheltering from the beating sun in the shadow of a Second World War Italian guardhouse, a gaggle of dishevelled men sipped sweet tea to shake off the exhaustion [...]
Jul 17 2011 | Posted in
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Separate blasts in Iraq killed nine people and left dozens wounded in attacks targeting pilgrims near the Shiite holy city of Karbala, authorities said Saturday. An additional 70 people were wounded in the three blasts between Friday and Saturday, the Interior Ministry officials said. A motorcycle rigged with explosives detonated [...]

According to Bbc latest news reporter:Syrians mounted their largest demonstrations yet as antiregime protests moved past their fourth month on Friday, after the opposition earlier in the week rejected talks with the government and the regime retaliated with force. About a million people marched in the cities of Hama and Deir el-Zour alone on Friday, [...]
Jul 16 2011 | Posted in
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The United States is granting Libyan rebel leaders full diplomatic recognition as the governing authority of Libya, after five months of fighting to oust longtime ruler Moammar Gaddafi, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Friday. The decision, announced at a meeting here of 30 Western and Arab nations, clears the way for the rebels [...]

Turkey is realigning its Middle East policy and trying to build bridges with the newly emerging leaders of the “Arab Spring.” It is also coordinating its movements much more closely with the West than was the case a few months ago. Clearly the period of “idealism” in Ankara’s foreign policy, represented by Foreign Minister Ahmet [...]
Jul 5 2011 | Posted in
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He also said no power would be able to arrest the “honourable brothers”, who have not yet been named officially. It was Nasrallah’s first reaction to the indictments issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) on Thursday. The Shia Islamist movement has repeatedly denounced the UN-backed tribunal and vowed to retaliate. Rafik Hariri and [...]
Jul 3 2011 | Posted in
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Islamabad-According To Latest News Israel has threatened Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad with death following deployment of Syrian troops close to the border of the Jewish state, reported Arabic daily Al-Jarida of Kuwait. Accordking To BBC Latest News network with threats was passed to Syria through pro-Israel Middle East state. This decision was taken when the [...]
Jul 2 2011 | Posted in
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Libyan rebel council representative invited to meet leaders at the AU summit said Thursday that “everybody” agrees on the departure of leader Muammar Gaddafi. “Everybody is in agreement on the departure of Gaddafi. Some say it publicly, others don’t,” France-based representative of the Transitional National Council Mansour Safy Al-Nasr told AFP, referring to African leaders. [...]
Jun 30 2011 | Posted in
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According to Latest News:Shiite militias backed by Iran have ramped up attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq, making June the deadliest month in two years for American forces. The militiamen’s goal is to prevent the U.S. military from extending its presence in the country past the end of this year. Three separate militias have been [...]
Jun 30 2011 | Posted in
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