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Iran's Revolutionary Guards start military manoeuvres - 2nd Update
Tehran - Iran's Revolutionary Guards on Sunday began military manoeuvres that are to focus mainly on testing air force capabilities against attacks on nuclear sites, the Khabar news network reported. The latest exercises, being held in central, weste...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Ten wounded in overnight Israeli strikes on Gaza - Update
Jerusalem - At least 10 Palestinians were injured in three successive Israeli airstrikes overnight and early Sunday on the southern, central and northern Gaza Strip, medical officials and and the Israeli military said. They said the aircraft fired tw...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards to hold military manoeuvres - Update
Tehran - Iran's revolutionary guards were scheduled to begin military manoeuvres on Sunday, the news network Khabar reported. The exercises will last for five days and mainly focus on testing the air force capabilities and protective measures in case...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Opposition leader vows to continue despite pressure
Tehran - Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi said his Green Movement would continue despite pressure by the government of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, reformist websites reported Sunday. The movement - the colour green stands for protest...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Former Iran vice-president sentenced to prison for protests
Tehran - Former Iranian vice-president Mohammad-Ali Abtahi was sentenced to a six-year jail term for his involvement in the post-election unrest in June, a news report said Sunday. Abtahi, deputy to reformist president Mohammad Khatami from 1997 to 2...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli jets attack Gaza Strip targets
Jerusalem - Israeli fighter jets late Saturday attacked targets in the Gaza Strip, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing military sources. The planes bombed two weapons workshops in northern and central Gaza as well as a smugglers' tunnel in the south,...

[Posted on : 2009-11-22 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iraq parliament postpones vote on election law veto
Baghdad - Iraqi's parliament on Saturday postponed a vote on whether to overturn the vice president's veto of the country's new elections law, a member of the legislature said. Iraqi MPs did not reach a consensus during today's session over the issu...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Lebanese mother confesses to wiping out family
Beirut - A Lebanese mother found dead with her three daughters left a videotaped confession that she poisoned the family, Lebanese media reported Saturday. Grace Jalakh, 40, said she had poisoned herself and her three young daughters because her husb...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Yemeni tribesmen move Japanese hostage to desert hideout
Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni tribesmen holding a Japanese engineer hostage havemoved him to a desert region in north-central Yemen after pressure for his release mounted, a tribal leader said on Saturday. The kidnappers moved the Japanese man to another h...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

UAE police give haircuts to 'indecent' youths
Cairo - Police in the United Arab Emirates cracked down on youngsters at shopping malls who violated so-called decency laws, media reported Saturday. Scores of youngsters were detained by police in the Ras Al Khaimah emirate for sporting unusual h...

[Posted on : 2009-11-21 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

 

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