Iranian couples arrested for starting swinger website
Tehran - Twelve married couples were arrested in Iran for having started a swinger website, the Tehran daily Jomhouri Islami reported Monday. The couples had tried to attract more Iranians for wife-swapping, the report said without giving further det...
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Iran ex-president calls for more tolerance of critics
Tehran - Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani called on the government to be more tolerant of its critics, the ILNA news agency reported Monday. Those responsible should have more tolerance and listen to critical voices as well, Rafsan...
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Hamas leaders in Cairo for talks on prisoner swap deal
Gaza/Cairo - Senior officials from Hamas headed for Cairo Monday for talks on a prisoner swap deal involving an Israeli soldier held in the Gaza strip for over three years. Media reports have indicated that deal is near which would see the soldier, G...
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Iran's controversial former interior minister dies
Tehran - Iran's controversial former interior minister, Ali Kordan, died on Sunday, the labour news agency ILNA reported. Kordan, who was dismissed in November last year by the parliament for having presented a faked university certificate, died at t...
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Lebanon celebrates 66th Independence Day
Beirut - Lebanon celebrated its 66th Independence Day on Sunday amid calls to enhance national unity and bring about about economic and political reforms. On November 22, 1943, Lebanon was liberated from a French mandate that lasted 23 years after th...
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