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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Western countries are not considering military intervention in Syria while Russia and China oppose such action, British Defense Secretary Philip Hammond told reporters in Doha on Wednesday. "So long as two major powers are actively opposed to any...
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The Reporter
| 9 months ago
Israeli officials say American politics do not factor into their thinking, but that the sense of urgency is so grave that the world cannot hold its breath until after the November election. "The world tells Israel, 'Wait. There's still time,' "...
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Al Jazeera
| 9 months ago
05 Iran has refused foreign offers of reactor fuel if it stops making its own through nuclear enrichment [AFP] Following days of diplomacy, Russia and China have agreed to support a US-backed resolution demanding that Iran stop activities that could...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Israel's opposition leader on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of "meddling" in the US presidential election and harming Israel's ties with Washington in a dispute over Iran's nuclear program. The remarks by opposition leader Shaul...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
While the move showed big power unity on the matter, it seemed unlikely to have any immediate impact on policymakers in Tehran, which has pressed ahead with its nuclear work despite increasingly harsh economic sanctions. Backing by the six powers...
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
The two countries will join the United States, Britain, France and German in backing a resolution criticizing Tehran for defying United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding its nuclear program. The resolution reportedly voices serious...
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Tulsa World
| 9 months ago
The United States and its Western allies have persuaded Russia and China to support a resolution critical of Iran's nuclear defiance in hope of showing Israel that diplomacy is an alternative to military force in pressuring Tehran, diplomats said...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Russia and China on Wednesday joined Western powers in rounding on Iran at the UN atomic agency following the watchdog's latest damning report and amid a growing spat between Israel and Washington...But it is significant that Western nations were...
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Al Sharq Al Awsat
| 9 months ago
Six world powers proposed on Wednesday that Iran be rebuked over its expanded uranium enrichment programme and urged to clarify concerns about its disputed nuclear activities, diplomats said...Backing by the six powers means that approval by the...
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China News
| 9 months ago
Iranian nuclear issue in an objective and balanced manner, a spokesman said Wednesday. "We are actively participating in the deliberation of the Iranian nuclear issue at meetings of the agency, and hope the agency will play a constructive role to...
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SwissInfo
| 9 months ago
The court ruled that Switzerland violated Nada's human rights by restricting his cross-border movements after Nada was put on a blacklist on suspicions of financing terrorism. Nada was accused by the United States of helping finance the 9/11...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Asian shares edged higher Wednesday as investors remained cautiously optimistic that a German court would approve the legality of the euro zone's bailout fund later in the day and the U.S. Federal Reserve may deliver further stimulus measures this...
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Taiwan News
| 9 months ago
A new U.N. sanctions regime targeting the Taliban has encouraged overtures by the militant group's leaders but many obstacles remain before talks with the Afghan government can begin, let alone end a war that continues to rage, a U.N.-appointed...
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The New York Observer
| 9 months ago
It's a thought that ought to disturb the sleep of every decent person: The bloodthirsty haters in Iran armed with nuclear weapons and, let's be clear about this, ready to use those weapons at any moment, against any number of its many enemies...But...
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China News
| 9 months ago
China on Tuesday said it opposes sanctions or the threat of using force on Iran for its nuclear program, reiterating peace talks are the right way to properly resolve the issue. During a meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is venting impatience with his allies, repeating his demand that Israel and the West act to stop Iran from acquiring nuclear weaponry...Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's had said that the United States...
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Community News
| 9 months ago
Israel is sounding increasingly agitated over what it views as American dithering with economic sanctions too weak to force Iran to end its suspected drive toward nuclear weapons. In a clear message aimed at the White House, Prime Minister Benjamin...
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Ynet News
| 9 months ago
Motti Kimchi Commenting on tensions between Israel, US over Iranian issue, defense minister says Jerusalem, Washington should 'find a way to resolve their differences behind closed doors' Attila Somfalvi Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday that "...
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The Globe & Mail
| 9 months ago
Summit in Vladivostok, Russia, Friday, September 7, 2012 The Canadian Press video video "The enemy destroys the clouds that are headed towards our country and this is a war Iran will win," Mr. Ahmadinejad said on Monday, according to several websites...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
The United States would have about a year to take action if Iran decided to build nuclear weapons and the American military is well-prepared if the moment comes, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a television interview Tuesday. The Pentagon...
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War In Context
| 9 months ago
U.S. rebuffs Israel over Iran red lines' by News Sources on September 11, 2012 AFP reports : Tensions between Israel and the United States over how to deal with Iran's nuclear program bubbled to the surface Monday, as Washington rebuffed calls for it...
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SF Gate
| 9 months ago
Israel's prime minister, ratcheting up a public feud with the U.S. over Iran, made it clear Tuesday that he was dissatisfied with Washington's refusal to spell out what would provoke a U.S.-led military strike against Iranian nuclear facilities.
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Western nations have convinced Russia and China to join them in censuring Iran at a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog over Tehran's continued expansion of its nuclear program, diplomats told AFP Tuesday. The United States, Britain, France and Germany...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
If Iran decides to make a nuclear weapon, the United States would have a little more than a year to act to stop it, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Tuesday. "It's roughly about a year right now...And so ... we think we will have the...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Iran was conducting further research into developing a nuclear weapon, diplomats told the Associated Press on Tuesday. The information acquired by the diplomats and provided by Israel, the United States and at least two other Western countries...
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
Iran has made progress in calculating the destructive power of an atomic warhead, which presumably would be used as a threat to destroy Israel.
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Reuters Badly hit by the sanctions imposed by the West, Iran is trying to woo its one-time adversary, Egypt , to sell its oil. As part of its efforts to rope in new trading partners, Iran is reported to be in talks with Egypt. Both Tehran and Cairo...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
So far we can say with certainty that diplomacy and sanctions have not worked," Netanyahu continued. "The sanctions have hurt the Iranian economy, but have not stopped the Iranian nuclear program...The comments came in response to US Secretary of...
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The Daily Star
| 9 months ago
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with media during his meeting with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) at his office in Jerusalem on September 9, 2012. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ramped up Tuesday threats to...
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Daily News & Analysis
| 9 months ago
Israel could drop its threat of an imminent attack on Iran after Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that discussions with the United States about setting Tehran a "red line" over its nuclear programme are under way. After weeks of increasingly belligerent...
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Zee News
| 9 months ago
Israeli top officials on Monday lashed out at the United States' decision not to set "red lines" regarding the Iranian nuclear program, a stance they deem will give Iran more time to develop a nuclear bomb.
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Washington Post
| 9 months ago
In a close reading of the latest International Atomic Energy Agency report, it's clear that what is so sophisticated is that Iran though still in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions can keep claiming its enrichment program is not for...
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Yedioth Ahronoth
| 9 months ago
Breaking News The United States on Monday rebuffed a bid by Israel to convince it to declare "red lines" that Iran must not cross if it is to avoid international action over its nuclear program. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
A group of survivors from the Hiroshima atomic bomb attack have held a protest in Jerusalem calling for the end of nuclear weapons. The group visited Jerusalem holy sites on Monday and held signs reading "Nuclear Abolition" in Japanese. The visit...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
The head of the UN atomic agency hit out Monday at Iran's refusal to grant access to sites and scientists involved in suspected nuclear weapons research, as Western powers looked to turn up the heat on Tehran. International Atomic Energy Agency chief...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Israel is talking with Washington about laying down "clear red lines" for Iran over its nuclear program, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with Canada's CBC. "Iran will not stop unless it sees clear determination by the...
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United Press International
| 9 months ago
An energy executive in Iran said the country delivered its first shipment of crude oil to foreign buyers from the private sector despite Western sanctions. The U.S. and European governments have targeted the Iranian energy sector with sanctions to...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
In Meet the Press interview, Republican doesn't detail what would constitute a "red line" for him that would trigger US military action against Iran; says he would continue diplomacy, but leave military option open. Darren Hauck US Republican...
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Fox News
| 9 months ago
FoxNews.com Mitt Romney used Sunday morning -- prime TV time for politics -- to depart from his core message about fixing the economy to tout a bare-knuckled foreign policy approach that would include crippling sanctions on Iran. The Republican...
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The Courier-Mail
| 9 months ago
White House hopeful Mitt Romney has branded Iran's nuclear drive as President Barack Obama's "biggest failure" and promised a very different approach if he wins the US election. In an interview broadcast on Sunday, Romney said: "Perhaps the biggest...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said on Sunday that a nuclear-armed Iran was "not an option," as he called on Tehran for "substantial negotiations" over its controversial atomic program. "We share the Israeli concerns about Iran's nuclear...
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Turks and Caicos Free Press
| 9 months ago
Iran 's currency, the rial , plunged to an all-time low on Sunday, exchange traders said, as Western nations sought to further isolate the country economically and diplomatically. The rial's latest slump coincides with Canada's unexpected decision to...
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Ledger-Enquirer
| 9 months ago
Iran Iran's currency hit a record low against the U.S. dollar in street trading, the semiofficial Mehr news agency reported Sunday. Mehr says the rial dropped nearly 7 percent in a single day, to 24,300 rials to the dollar. Street traders say the...
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International Business Times
| 9 months ago
Share This Story "The recent remarks by the British foreign secretary calling for increasing sanctions against Iran are irresponsible," said Mehmanparast...He felt the recent summit of non-aligned nations hosted by Tehran was a rebuff to the western...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Iran's currency was on Sunday sliding to a new record low against the dollar, with the central bank saying it was trying to manage the plunge amid an "economic war with the world." Street traders were exchanging one dollar for 23,710 Iranian rials,...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Iranian authorities on Sunday advanced different arguments as to why they believed Canada abruptly cut diplomatic ties, pointing the finger at Israeli influence or Tehran's hosting of a recent summit rather than Ottawa's stated reasons. "Canada's...
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Israel National News
| 9 months ago
EU foreign policy chief Katherine Ashton said that the EU would do everything possible to ensure that Iran fulfills its commitments on not developing nuclear weapons. Ashton also said that the EU would increase its sanctions against Syria, and that...
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NOW Lebanon
| 9 months ago
Iran on Sunday hit out at talk of more EU sanctions being applied against it as "irresponsible," singling out Britain for raising the prospect it claimed went against UN nuclear watchdog regulations...He was reacting to comments made by EU foreign...
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Arab News
| 9 months ago
Linda Gradstein Sunday 9 September 2012 IN the past few weeks, the question has morphed from Should Israel attack Iran to try to stop its nuclear program? to When will Israel attack Iran to try to stop its nuclear program? Israel seems to be...
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Jerusalem Post
| 9 months ago
Canada has proven once again that morals come before pragmatism, Canada has demonstrated that policy must reflect principles and values, Peres said in a statement he issued on Saturday night. I thank my colleague Governor- General David Johnston,...
