Fresh Israeli Face Plays Down Political Decline
Source: Newyork Times
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 19:42:00 -0700 | political-news
May 19, 2013 Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times As finance minister, Yair Lapid has presented an unpopular budget, undercutting the successes that made his party the second largest in Parliament. Mr. Lapid, a popular television host with no...
GOP senators stave off primary foes
Source: Politico
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 15:28:07 -0700 | political-news
Lamar Alexander has an inventive way of fending off potential primary foes, one that could be a model for GOP incumbents running in 2014...Continue Reading Just ask Monty Lankford, who threatened to challenge Alexander in a 2014 primary. On a...
It's Suwaiq versus Fanja now
Source: Times of Oman
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 22:12:02 -0700 | sports-news
Baushar after both the team's equalled 50 points after the concluding matches yesterday. Interestingly, Suwaiq has a better goal-difference than Fanja, however, the League committee decided to hold a final match on May 22. "Both the teams are tied on...
The Region: Where does Israel's greatest threat lie?
Source: Jerusalem Post
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-19 12:46:12 -0700 | political-news
There is a passionate, but somewhat academic debate over the following issue: Which is the greater threat, the Sunni Islamists (Egypt, Tunisia, Gaza Strip and perhaps soon to be Syria) or the Shia Islamists (Iran, Lebanon, Syria at the moment)?...But...
Nightline in 1987 Decries Media Obsession With Crime; Nightline in 2013 Hypes O.J. and Skimps on ...
Source: Newsbusters
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 10:28:14 -0700 | political-news
On Wednesday night, the journalists at Nightline allowed a mere 31 seconds to the exploding scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservatives...Simpson's latest trial, one on determining your "Klout score" and the new reality TV show Ice Cold Cold...
ABC Lectures: 'Real Concern' GOP May Be 'Overplaying Their Hand' on IRS
Source: Newsbusters
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 09:22:14 -0700 | political-news
The reporters at Good Morning America on Friday continued White House damage control efforts on the growing scandal involving the Internal Revenue Service targeting conservative groups. Former Democratic operative turned journalist George Stephanopoulos insisted that Barack Obama is "trying...
IRANIAN BOYS CLUB:Religious Leader Denies Women Shot at Presidency
Source: Fox
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 09:16:56 -0700 | political-news
Published May 17, 2013 FoxNews.com Some 30 women are among the nearly 700 Iranians who registered to run in the election to succeed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but the Islamic republic's ruling clerics wiped out their candidacies with one broad stroke....
Iran's Oscar winner scores Cannes hit with melodrama
Source: The Daily Star
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 18:23:07 -0700 | entertainment-news
Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi drew enthusiastic applause Friday for one of the most-keenly awaited films at Cannes, with a Paris-set tale about shifting relationships. "The Past" picks up many of the wrenching family themes and the taut drama of the...
Iran may ban candidates who seek ties with US
Source: Boston.com
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 05:46:12 -0700 | political-news
Iran (AP) The head of Iran's constitutional watchdog says it may disqualify candidates in June presidential elections who seek full relations with the United States. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, secretary of the Guardian Council that vets candidates, said Friday on state...
Bahraini security forces raid top cleric's house
Source: Qatar English Daily
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 05:45:12 -0700 | political-news
Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers...Fifth Fleet has its...
European nations urged to boycott U.N. disarmament body chaired by Iran
Source: Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 05:39:28 -0700 | political-news
A Dutch group monitoring rights in Iran urged the Netherlands and other European nations to join the United States and Canada in boycotting a U.N. forum on disarmament that will be chaired by the Islamic Republic...Conference on Disarmament comes at...
Oil below $104 on demand worries, strong dollar
Source: Qatar English Daily
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 02:06:49 -0700 | business-news
Oil slipped on Friday, staying below $104 a barrel on concern about the strength of demand growth and as policymaker talk of the future removal of U.S. monetary stimulus boosted the dollar. Three regional Federal Reserve officials called for...
UN nuclear talks with Iran fail to end deadlock ...
Source: Pak Tribune
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-17 01:08:16 -0700 | political-news
The United Nations' nuclear agency failed to persuade Iran on Wednesday to let it resume an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research, leaving the high-stakes diplomacy in deadlock. Deputy Director General Herman Nackaerts said after the eight-hour meeting, referring to...
Two more asylum seekers die trying to reach Australia
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-16 16:37:56 -0700 | sports-news
They are family to my friends and the family has called already and asked if they are OK, but we don't know. They risked their life because of us, looking for the help.'' The 46 who survived 29 men, 12...
Canada takes hard line against Iran as election looms
Source: Fox
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2013-05-16 14:48:12 -0700 | political-news
Published May 16, 2013 FoxNews.com The loudest voice railing against the Iranian regime from North America is Canada's. The conservative administration of Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken a hard-line stance against Iran as the Islamic Republic's June elections approach,...
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