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Washington asks Tehran to restrain Hizballah
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RFE/RL
U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has asked Tehran and Damascus to rein in Hizballah military activities due to concern that they will escalate regional violence, according to Tehran radio on 10 April. "America's request has been conveyed to Syria directly, and with respect to Iran, this has been done through a third party,"
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Iranian foreign minister Kharrazi calls for continued resistance
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RFI/RL
Iranian Foreign Minister Kharrazi arrived in Beirut on 11 April and met with Hizballah Secretary-General Nasrallah and other Lebanese officials. In a press conference that day, Kharrazi called for continued resistance against Israel and condemned the U.S. "First of all, the resistance should continue and then the necessary
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A move to release money to pay terrorism victims
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The New York Times
Washington -— Proposed legislation announced today would allow an American victim of state-sponsored terrorism who wins a civil judgment against another country — Iran, Iraq or Libya, for example — to collect money from assets of that country that have been frozen in the United States.
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Iran must not become a party to Israel-Palestinian conflict
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Iran Press Service
Soon, it will be 23-years that the former revolutionaries, now uncomfortably positioned clerics-turned politicians, have trumpeted the cause of the Palestinian people (although mostly of the Hamas variety) by providing political, financial and some say, military support to groups fighting the Israeli occupation in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Iranian serial killer hanged
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BBC
A man convicted of murdering 16 prostitutes in the north-eastern Iranian city of Mashhad has been hanged after the Iranian Supreme Court confirmed his death sentence.
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Daily comments on Iran's principled stance on Caspian legal regime
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IRNA
Tehran -- `Tehran Times,' in its Perspective column
on Wednesday, said Iran advocates an equitable sharing of Caspian
Sea resources in case littoral states are not able to arrive at a
consenus on a legal regime, otherwise joint ownership (and
exploitation) would be the rule.
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Iran poses greatest threat to UAE - study
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Gulf News
Iran poses the most serious threat to the UAE because of its occupation of three UAE islands although the two countries have strong commercial links, according to a local study.
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Rafsanjani okays Iran-U.S. meeting
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Gulf News
In an unexpected meeting with 45 moderate Members of Parliament here on Monday, former president and head of Expediency Council ((EC) Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has okayed talks between Iranian and American legislators.
The 45 MPs, who are all members of the
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Swedish FM arrives in Tehran
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IRNA
Tehran -- Swedish Minister of Foreign Affairs Anna
Lindh arrived here Tuesday evening to confer with Iranian officials
on the ongoing developments in the Middle East as well as expansion of
mutual Tehran-Stockholm ties.
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Majlis seeks close cooperation with European Parliament
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IRNA
Tehran -- Majlis Speaker Mehdi Karroubi on Tuesday
called on the Strasbourg-based European Parliament to develop
relations with the Iranian legislature.
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30 years after, Afghan ex-king set for home
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Nigerian Guardian
After nearly 30 years of exile in Italy, Afghan ex- King Mohammad Zahir Shah is due home today or tomorrow. His itinerary is still being kept under wraps for security reasons.
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At the palace once used by returning king, a few jewels preserved in a city of rubble
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The Associated Press
Kabul -- Afghanistan's royal palace bears many of the scars of war and oppression that have marked the rest of the country, with bombed-out buildings and artwork destroyed by the Taliban.
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Afghan woman teacher attacked with acid
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Reuters
Chaman -- An unidentified man threw acid on an Afghan woman teacher in Kandahar soon after threatening pamphlets appeared in the former Taliban stronghold, a city official said Wednesday.
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Iran: Paper suggest ways to improve country's "disastrous" car industry
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BBC Monitoring Service
With the existing surcharge tariff of 300-400 per cent on car imports, the fact is that the importation of foreign automobiles into the country is a mute subject and in reality
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The national team future events
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IranMania
A friendly match between the Iranian and Kuwait National Teams has been planned for June this year in Tehran. According to sources the full National Team formation will be
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Powell: Cease-fire 'not a relevant term' for now
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CNN
(Radio-Canada)
Powell is returning to the United States on Wednesday after a 10-day Middle East mission.
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Hezbollah keeps focus on border with Israel
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The New York Times
Beirut, Lebanon -— On a potholed, one-lane strip of asphalt in the middle of nowhere, near Lebanon's southern border with Israel, a giant white concrete road sign veers up suddenly next to the fallow fields scattered with wild thistles, poppies and mustard.
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Rumsfeld, in break with State Department, says Iraq would deceive and deny UN weapons inspectors
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The Associated Press
Washington -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld strongly doubts that sending new U.N. weapons inspectors to Iraq would be worth the effort -- a view not officially shared by the State Department.
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Bahrain attack sends shivers In U.S. fifth fleet
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MENL
Abu Dhabi -- The U.S. Fifth Fleet has increased its readiness in the wake of an attack by thousands of rioters on the nearby U.S. embassy in Bahrain.
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Blunder at Tora Bora
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Daily News
The White House has evidence that Osama Bin Laden was present at the battle for Tora Bora late last year but escaped because the U.S. failed to send ground troops to hunt him down, according to a published report.
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Bin Laden-linked carried out Djerba terror blast
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The Associated Press
Cairo, Egypt - A group with the same name as one linked to Osama bin Laden's terror network has claimed responsibility for an explosion at a synagogue in Tunisia that killed 15 people, two Arab newspapers reported today.
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Jordan's queen accuses Israel of 'human rights catastrophe'
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The Associated Press
New York - Queen Rania of Jordan has accused Israel of creating a "human rights catastrophe" in the West Bank and suggested Mideast peace is impossible without a strong U.S. mediating role.
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