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The Islamic republic regime has returned the body of a Fire Festival celebrator to his family in order to be buried. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Investing in terror [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Washington Times

The terrorist pipeline accepts all who are vulnerable, both young and old, creating a culture around the people it attracts to foster not only terrorists' goals, but also a sense of security in them. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] U.S. Prepares For Return To Yemen [an error occurred while processing this directive]

U.S. Prepares For Return To Yemen

A U.S. military delegation has been conducting talks and inspections in Yemen in an effort to arrange for the return of naval ships to the port of Aden. Aden served as a refueling port for U.S. warships until nearly 18 months ago when the USS Cole was bombed.

Officials said the Bush administration believes Yemen has taken sufficient measures to warrant a review of Aden in the hope that the port can be deployed by U.S. warships by the fall. They said the U.S. delegation in Yemen is discussing technical details to ensure greater security for visiting naval vessels. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Iran Court Imprisons Lawyer For Speech On Disssident Deaths [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Dow Jones News Wires

TEHRAN (AP)--A lawyer in the trial of 18 intelligence agents accused in the 1998 killings of several dissidents has been sentenced to five years in prison, his attorney said Wednesday.

Naser Zarafshan was given a two-year term on charges of divulging state secrets and another three-year sentence for possessing an illegal gun, said his attorney, Mohammad Ali Jedari Forouqi. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Arab summit must support intifada: Rafsanjani [an error occurred while processing this directive]

IranMania

TEHRAN -- Iran's former president, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, has urged the Arab summit in Beirut to adopt a collective support for the Palestinian intifada, or uprising, against Israel, Tehran Radio said Thursday.

"We hope that the Beirut summit will be able to reinforce the intifada and take realistic decisions that serve the interests of the world and the Muslim countries," Rafsanjani said on Wednesday evening, the radio said. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Afghanistan's last two Jews still feuding, still searching for missing Torah [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Associated Press

From living quarters at separate ends of the same Kabul synagogue, Afghanistan's last two Jews are still feuding and still searching for their most sacred treasure -- a Torah confiscated by the now ousted Taliban.

The two men glare at each other when they pass in the decaying synagogue's concrete courtyard. They planned to celebrate Passover as they do every other Jewish holiday -- alone. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Pakistan, Iran to boost co-operation in agriculture [an error occurred while processing this directive]

Financial Times

ISLAMABAD : Minister for Food, Agriculture and Livestock Khair Muhammad Junejo said on Wednesday that Pakistan and Iran have agreed in principle to boost bilateral co-operation in the field of agriculture in future.

In a panel interview with "IRNA" here at his office, the minister spoke about his discussions with Iranian authorities to find ways and means to promote mutual co-operation between the two countries in the agriculture field during his recent visit to Iran, where he also attended an FAO moot. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Kurds ready to be next N. Alliance [an error occurred while processing this directive]

The Christian Science Monitor

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SALAHUDDIN AND SULAYMANIYAH, NORTHERN IRAQ – High on a spring-green escarpment in northern Iraq, elite Kurdish forces decked out in camouflage and maroon berets are training for the day they hope they realize their dream: helping US forces topple Saddam Hussein. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Nanterre killer commits suicide [an error occurred while processing this directive]

The Telegraph

THE 33-year-old loner who killed eight councillors in a Paris suburb, killed himself this morning by leaping from a fourth-floor police station window.

Richard Durn was being held at the police detention centre on the Ile de la Cite in the centre of Paris where he was being questioned. He was due to face a judge this afternoon. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] Narco-Feudalism Still Rules [an error occurred while processing this directive]

The Moscow Times

General Tommy Franks, the U.S. commander of the war in Afghanistan, came to Moscow last week to pay a courtesy visit.

Franks commands the war via satellite from his central command staff complex in Tampa, Florida, but he told reporters in Moscow that he and his wife were on the move for a week, going to Africa, visiting troops in Afghanistan and finally coming to Russia. [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive] [an error occurred while processing this directive]