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Iran's Sistan, Baluchestan provinces key to Afghanistan trade
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Asia Pulse
Zahedan - Sistan and Baluchestan provinces, as well as Khorassan province, have been identified as the most important regions in terms of the development of non oil exports to Afghanistan, said Secretary-General of Iran's Chamber of Cooperatives Mohammad Reza Ramezani.
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In Eshqabad Caspian summit, Khatami is terribly alone
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Iran Press Service
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Eshqabad, Turkmenistan -- President Mohammad Khatami of Iran left Monday Tehran for Eshqabad to attend a Summit conference on the Caspian Sea, fighting an uphill
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Quake hits central Iran
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BBC Monitoring Service
Yazd -- An earthquake measuring 4 degrees on the open-ended Richter scale hit the city of Behabad in this central province at 0326 hours local time Tuesday (2256 gmt Monday [22 April]).
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U.S. says it's needed at U.N. to defend rights
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Reuters
Washington -- The United States, disappointed that a U.N. commission failed to censure Iran, Russia and Zimbabwe for abuses this year, intends to "stand up in support of human rights" when it rejoins the commission next year, the State Department said on Monday.
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Iran hails end to U.N. rights scrutiny a "great victory"
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The Associated Press
Tehran -- A decision by the top U.N. human rights watchdog to drop Iran from its list of worst offenders was a "great victory" for the Islamic republic, a senior Iranian official said Tuesday.
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Hizbullah in Dixie?
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Newsweek
The house on Donnefield Drive on the east side of Charlotte, N.C., is pleasant enough from the outside. With azalea bushes blooming in the front yard of the blue-slate, two-story structure and American flags ... more
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BP submits new proposal On Iran Bangestan oil field development
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Dow Jones Newswires
Tehran -- BP PLC (BP) has submitted a new proposal for the development of the offshore Bangestan oil field to the National Iranian Oil Co . (C.NIO), state-run Tehran television reported Monday.
Last year, reports in the local press said BP had been awarded development of Bangestan. A NIOC official at the time denied that.
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Caspian Sea states' heads meet to discuss oil wealth deal
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Dow Jones Newswires
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan -- Presidents of the five states bordering the oil-rich Caspian Sea gathered Tuesday in Turkmenistan to try to narrow their differences over how to divide its underwater bounty.
"We are all close but each country has its own idea on how to resolve the problem,"
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Iran denounces U.S. ban on visitors
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Reuters
Tehran -- Iran on Monday denounced a U.S. move to bar visitors from what Washington calls terrorism-sponsoring countries.
The U.S. Senate last week passed a bill which prohibits admission of people from seven countries, including Iran, branded formally as sponsors of
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U.S. ousts Brazilian weapons chief
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The Associated Press
The Hague, Netherlands -- Declaring ``I am out of a job,'' the Brazilian head of the world's chemical weapons regulatory body stormed out of a conference hall here after his ouster in a U.S.-led vote.
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In first, Hizbullah uses anti-aircraft missles
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MENL
Nicosia -- The Iranian-backed Hizbullah has resumed the use of anti-aircraft missiles against Israel.
Lebanese sources said Hizbullah fired SA-7 missiles for the first time since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in June 2000. Hizbullah fired the missiles
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Debate over nuclear lab security heats up
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The Washington Post
The Department of Energy privately warned White House officials in late March that it lacked the funds to adequately protect the nation's nuclear weapons research facilities shortly
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Defense, State Departments vie for Bush's ear on Middle East
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CNSNews
A potent mix of politics and national security concerns is preventing President Bush and his closest advisors from formulating a speedy, coherent policy on the Middle East, political analysts said Friday.
Vice President Cheney and National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice appear to be falling in with the hard line of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Pentagon chiefs, while Secretary of State Colin Powell is ... more
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Colin Powell’s humiliation
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Newsweek
When George W. Bush was assembling his “dream team” of foreign-policy advisers, many wondered who would resolve the inevitable clashes between the Olympians. Not to worry, we were told. Once the president made a decision, everyone would fall in line. There would be no leaks, no backstabbing, no second-guessing. These were professionals. That was the theory. The reality over the last three weeks
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Bush faces a fork in the road on the way to a Mideast solution
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Washington Outlook
No issue since Sept. 11 has opened sharper divisions in Washington than President Bush's handling of the brutal conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. Neoconservatives and Christian conservatives (joined by some Democratic hawks) want Bush to pass the ammunition to Ariel Sharon as the Israeli prime minister sends tanks rumbling through the West Bank. But the internationalists in both parties want Bush to
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Three monks escape from nativity church in Bethlehem
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Ha'aretz Daily
A meeting between Israeli and Palestinian officials over the standoff at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem was underway Tuesday, as reports emerged of the growing distress of clerics inside the church.
Two monks managed to climb onto one of the roofs inside the church compound Tuesday, and raised a sign saying "Please Save Us".
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U.S. probes Arabs on Venezuelan isle
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The Washington Post
Porlamar, Venezuela -- For almost three decades, the Arabs of Margarita Island have tended their fabric shops, gathered in the breezy evenings around tables set in tiled courtyards and prayed at a makeshift mosque.
The children of illiterate farmers from Lebanon's Bekaa Valley, they learned to be doctors and lawyers in the schools of their adoptive country, which a century and a half ago emerged as a refuge for Arab
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