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British embassy staff to be released, says Iranian ambassador
Tehran - Iran's ambassador to Germany has voiced hope that the two detained Iranian staffers of the British embassy in Tehran would soon be released, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday. IRNA quoted Ali-Reza Sheikh-Attar as saying that, after...

[Posted on : 2009-07-04 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Syrian security strongman removed from intelligence post
Damascus/Cairo - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has removed his brother-in-law Asef Shawkat, suspected of involvement in the assassination of former Lebanese premier Rafik Hariri, from his post as a director of military intelligence, the Syrian web...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Biden in Iraq 'optimistic' on reconciliation - Summary
Baghdad - US Vice President Joe Biden said that he was optimistic about Iraq's prospects for stability and security, as he met with US and Iraqi officials in Baghdad Friday. Biden met first with the commander of US forces in Iraq, Ray Odierno, whos...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Report: Hamas militants plotted to assassinate Abbas - Summary
Ramallah - A group of Hamas militants tracked the movements of Mahmoud Abbas with the clear intention of assassinating the Palestinian president, senior sources in Abbas' Fatah party told an Israeli newspaper Friday. The Hamas members were caught w...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Remains of ten people found in junkyard in eastern Turkey
Istanbul - The remains of some ten people, including skulls with apparent gunshot holes, have been found in a waste disposal site near the city of Van in eastern Turkey, local media reports said on Friday. The discovery was made by a group of childre...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

British embassy staffers confessed, Iran clergyman claims - Summary
Tehran - British embassy staffers detained in Tehran have admitted involvement in demonstrations against the outcome of recent elections, a senior member of Iran's clergy claimed Friday. Do not take the issue easy, it is indeed more serious than bel...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Arrested British embassy staffers confessed, Iran clergyman claims
Tehran - British embassy staffers arrested and detained in Tehran for alleged involvement in recent protests over alleged election fraud have confessed, a senior member of the Iranian clergy claimed Friday. Do not take the issue easy, it is indeed m...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Opposition acts like dissidents, says Iranian cleric
Tehran - A senior Iranian cleric said Friday that the country's opposition led by Mir-Hossein Moussavi was acting like dissidents because of its fraud accusations after the June 12 presidential election. They (the opposition) neither acknowledge the...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Rebels charge that Yemen's hunt for abductors is sham
Cairo - A rebel group in Yemen which denies any role in recent abductions there has charged via a statement on their website that government efforts to save the hostages are a sham. The rebels led by Abdul-Malik al-Houthi alleged that two suspects ha...

[Posted on : 2009-07-03 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli shelling on Gaza kills one girl, wounds 3
Gaza City - A Palestinian girl was killed and three men injured early on Thursday evening in Israeli artillery fire directed against the Gaza Strip, witnesses and medical sources reported. The witnesses said that the Israeli shelling had occurred in ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-02 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

 

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