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Irans president reinstated Gholamreza Aghazadeh as head of Irans nuclear program on Monday, a clear sign to the Europeans and Washington not to expect a change of course under the countrys new leadership.

Jerry Nickell's 13-mile commute to work at St. Elizabeth Health Services has probably never been so uncomfortable as it was Monday morning.

Wssv Outbreak Will Not Affect Shrimp Industry Source: Info-Prod Research Publication date: 2005-08-29 According to "Tehran Times", some 12 million shrimp larvae will be released into Hormozgan province's shrimp ...

Iran's Revolutionary Guard commander met secretly with A.Q. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb, in an effort to acquire nuclear-capable missiles with a range of 1,800 miles, according to Iranian ...1.3

Iranian researcher Nushin Khosravi Talebi recently received the first award of the South African National Research Foundation.4

Japan Focus ) After the election of moderate president Mohammad Khatami in Iran in 1997, and the lack of any change in Washington's hardline policies toward that country in the months and years that followed, ...2.7

DENPASAR, Bali : Denpasar Police foiled an attempt by an Iranian citizen, identified as RA, to leave the country on a fake passport, a police officer said on Monday.2.7

Pakistan has rejected India's request for opening the Wagah border for transportation of its goods to Afghanistan, saying that the transit trade would not be allowed without progress in resolving the Kashmir ...2.7

French President Jacques Chirac urged Iran on Monday to re-examine the European Union's offer of incentives in return for a suspension of sensitive nuclear work.4.9

A woman at a June election rally in Tehran holds a newspaper with a photo of actor Sean Penn, who wrote a five-part series on Iran for the San Francisco Chronicle as a correspondent.

"The president of the Islamic Republic of Iran has accepted the invitation by Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, and the timing of the trip will be announced in the future," Sabah was quoted as saying by official ...2.9

Israel approves deployment of Egyptian troops on Gaza border JERUSALEM: Israel's Cabinet on Sunday approved a plan for Egypt to deploy 750 troops on its volatile border with the Gaza Strip to prevent the ...

Last July 9, a British government memo was leaked to the press revealing that the United States ... Terrorist groups have found the perfect vehicle in Iraq from which to conduct activities, creating an ideal terrorist state within a state.2.7

An Iranian daredevil died while attempting to break the world record for jumping over buses on a motorcycle, state television reported Saturday.

FPSC delays interviews after members' retirement By Mohammad Imran ISLAMABAD: The sudden retirement of three out of five Federal Public Service Commission members has resulted in the commission delaying the ...

The bodies of Beslan's children lay in freshly dug graves when the most troubling questions of the deadly hostage-taking at Middle School No.

A gunman has shot an Iranian judge in the eye and hand outside his Tehran home, seriously wounding him, the justice minister said on Sunday.

ARMENIANS TODAY. A collection of stories "Old Mountains Under Open Air," "Green Field," "Orange Mare" by Hrant Matevosian were published in Persian translation.

Reports now suggest Iran has set up four camps to train suicide bombers ... In fact, Iran through the IRGC provides more than $100 million a year to the Hezbollah, in addition to what the terrorist group gets from Lebanese expatriates from Latin America, West Africa to the Far East.

HOSSEIN DERAKHSHAN says wikis will encourage the democratization of Iran. The wiki already has changed life on the Web here.

The Turkish government does not refuse to an international conference on so-called 'Armenian genocide', to be organized by the authoritative universities and scientific circles of Turkey.1.3

Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics gathered at Poland's holiest shrine Friday to pray as the revered Black Madonna of Czestochowa icon was given a new covering, including gold crowns donated by the late Pope ...1.3

Starring Shin Ha-kyun, Bae Doona, Song Kangho. Directed by Park Chan-wook. In Korean with English subtitles.

By Andrew Hammond and Seif Fuad While sectarian strife threatens to tear Iraq apart, mystical Sufi orders like the Kasnazani still manage to bring Sunni and Shia Muslims, as well as Arabs and Kurds, together ...2.7

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appears to be playing both agitator and mediator in the sudden surge of internecine fighting that broke out on 24 August between rival Shi'ite groups in Al-Najaf and ...2.7

Iran's top nuclear negotiator called for more countries to join the three European states engaged in talks about Tehran's contentious nuclear program, state-run television reported Thursday.

Join Anne Miller, director of NH Peace Action, for a slide show on Sept. 6 at 7 p.m ... in Portsmouth.

In many countries around the world, children are preparing to go back to school soon or have just ... But in eastern countries like Afghanistan and Iran, the reasons seem most often to lie in a family's poverty and a woman's place in society.2.7

During his visit to Iran in June, Sean Penn had the chance to witness a rare demonstration in support of women's rights.

Ex-Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman faces civil trial in the United States over allegations he purchased U.S. bank certificates with money stolen from Nicaragua's government, the American Embassy said ...1.7

Kurdistan Regional Government, Iraq Aug 24 2005 Self-Determination and Realpolitik, Reflections on Kurds and Palestinians Shlomo Avineri Summer 2005 Dissent Magazine : During the siege of Sarajevo in the early ...

Iran's parliament on Wednesday rocked President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's fledgling government by rejecting four of his cabinet nominees, including the proposed new oil minister for OPEC's second-largest crude ...4.5

A Peruvian passenger jet crashed during a storm in Peru's northeastern jungle on Tuesday, killing dozens.

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Tabriz, East Azarbaijan Prov, Aug 23, IRNA-An earthquake measuring 4 on the Richter scale hit southern parts of port city of Sharafkhaneh in this northwestern province on Tuesday.4