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Threats to ex-afghan king reported
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The Guardian
Bagram, Afghanistan -- British forces have received reports that assassins posing as journalists could be trying to kill Afghanistan's former king, who returned home this week after 29 years in exile, a spokesman said Saturday.
``There is a threat against the king,'' British Royal Marines spokesman Lt. Col. Paul Harradine told reporters at Bagram air base. ``They could pose as media to get close enough to him to do it.''
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U.N. Report
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Washington Times
Iran's nuclear data
Tehran — Iran denied yesterday that it had stopped cooperating with a U.N. watchdog charged with verifying a worldwide ban on nuclear tests.
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Armenia-Iran pipeline inches ahead
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IWPR
Armenian officials hope to finalise pipeline deal with Iran in the next few months.
Armenia is confident work can begin this year on a much-delayed gas pipeline from Iran to meet the country's energy needs, despite the emergence of serious obstacles.
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Iran's Baku embassy slams US envoy's "irresponsible" remarks
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BBC Monitoring Service
Baku -- Trend correspondent E. Huseynov: US ambassador to Azerbaijan Ross Wilson's claims are groundless and are a continuation of the United States' hostile policy towards Iran, the press service of the Iranian embassy in Baku said today in a statement which condemned the American diplomat's comments on the human rights situation in Iran.
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Iran: AIDS education program omits gays
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PlanetOut
Iran is launching its first AIDS awareness campaign, but there will be no mention of gay sex, one of the highest risk groups associated with the disease.
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Iran, Cuba call for expansion of bilateral ties
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BBC Monitoring Service
Madrid -- Vice-President and Head of Physical Education Organization (PEO) Mohsen Mehralizadeh, and Cuban First Vice-President Carlos Lage Davila Friday evening [19 April] in Havana reviewed further expansion of bilateral cooperation.
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Reform leader returns to Iran in fresh challenge to clerics
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The Associated Press
(Reuters)
Tehran -- The top opponent of Iran's ruling clerics returned Saturday from the United States in a surprising gesture that could give fresh momentum to reformists facing a relentless crackdown.
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Iran, China seek "new Silk Road" ties, reject unipolar world
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The Associated Press
Tehran -- Chinese President Jiang Zemin (news - web sites) met his Iranian counterpart, Mohammad Khatami , on Saturday during a visit to improve Sino-Iranian relations at a time both countries are concerned with growing U.S. influence in the region and the plight of the Palestinians.
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Iran and China sign six cooperation accords
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BBC Monitoring Service
Tehran -- Iran and China here Saturday [20 April] signed six agreements on economic, scientific and cultural cooperation as President Jiang Zemin and President Mohammad Khatami started talks on bilateral ties as well as regional developments.
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U.S. should crack down on rogues
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MENL
Washington -- The Bush administration is being urged to launch a vigorous campaign, that could include military attacks against Middle East countries deemed sponsors of terrorism.
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US Senate passes ban on visitors from state sponsors of terrorism
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The Daily Star
The US Senate, still reeling from the September 11 attacks, moved late Thursday to bar visitors from countries formally declared sponsors of terrorism, and tighten control over foreign students coming to the United States. The Enhanced Border
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Different faiths, same clothing
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Star Tribune
The three women were strangers to each other, yet within minutes of meeting they were talking over each other, the way old friends do when they know how the other will finish a sentence.
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The President needs a new policy, and perhaps a new 'Secretary of State'
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The Newsweek
Last week The Washington Post reported “the belief held by many Israelis that the recent suicide bombings are an example of anti-Jewish violence.” Those who hold this “belief” reject alternative explanations of the violence, such as: The terrorists are targeting Brazilians but are confused about which hemisphere they are in.
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Bush's policy in the Middle East, back on track?
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The Weekly Standard
Why were we worried about Secretary of State Colin Powell's trip to the Middle East? After all, for one crucial week, Powell ended up providing diplomatic cover for an ongoing Israeli military operation that has made significant strides against the terrorist infrastructure in the Palestinian territories. Powell kept the Europeans and Arabs and the American media bedazzled, or at least confused, while Israeli prime ... more
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Family of slain Md. sailor wins lawsuit against Iran
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The Baltimore Sun
A federal judge awarded more than \$321 million in damages yesterday to the family of a young Navy diver from Maryland murdered in 1985 by Hezbollah hijackers backed by Iran.
The ruling by Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson of the U.S. District Court in Washington will allow Richard and Patricia Stethem, parents of Robert D. Stethem, and their three surviving children to collect \$21.4 ... more
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Iran takes tough line on Turkey
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AME Info
Iran has refused Turkish requests to cut the volume and price of its gas exports. Officials from the National Iranian Gas Company told Reuters that its 25-year contract includes a take or pay clause. Iran is due to supply four billion cubic metres of gas to Turkey in 2002 of which 85 per cent is covered by this clause.
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Iranian president to sign 11 accords during Tajikistan visit 30 Apr - Iran radio
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BBC Monitoring Service
Iran and Tajikistan will sign 11 cooperation agreements during the Iranian president's visit to Tajikistan on 30 April (10 Sawr).
An employee of the Iranian embassy in Tajikistan, Firqoni [phonetic], said in Dushanbe yesterday that the agreements would be signed in the fields of trade, agriculture, consular affairs, the fight against drugs, science, education, research and the holding of trade exhibitions.
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