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Jostle to plunder Caspian riches turns nasty
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The Guardian
The leaders of the five countries sharing the shores of the Caspian sea failed yesterday to agree on how to divide the spoils of an area gearing up for an oil and gas bonanza, delaying development of the crucial region and fanning tensions.
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State Department bans Iran envoy from speaking in Portland
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The Seattle Times
Portland — The U.S. State Department will not let Iran's ambassador to the United Nations speak here tomorrow.
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Condoms help check Iran birth rate
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BBC
Recent figures show that in little more than a decade, Iran has scored a stunning success in reducing its population growth rate, thanks to a vigorous state-supported family planning campaign.
It means that in the year 2006, the country's population is expected to be 37 million less than it would have been at the birth rates prevailing in the late 1980s, when the campaign began.
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Earthquakes kill one, injure 40 in western Iran
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SF GATE
A series of four earthquakes killed one person and injured 40 in western Iran on Thursday, state-run Tehran radio reported.
The earthquakes early Thursday had magnitudes of 3.6 to 4.9 and devastated over a dozen villages in the suburbs of Sonqor, in Iran's western Kurdestan province near the border with Iraq, the radio said.
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Kawaguchi to visit Afghanistan, Iran, Britain, Belgium
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Kyodo News
Tokyo -- Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi will make a two-day visit to Afghanistan next week as part of a four-nation tour which will also take her to Iran, Britain and Belgium, ministry officials said Wednesday.
In Kabul, where she is scheduled to arrive next Wednesday after stopping in London and Brussels, Kawaguchi is planning to meet Afghan interim authority leader Hamid Karzai and Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah to ... more
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Iranians cite "God's wrath," mark anniversary of failed U.S. rescue mission
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The Associated Press
Tehran -- Over 2,500 people kneeled in Iran's central desert Thursday to give thanks for the disastrous failure of a U.S. attempt in 1980 to rescue 52 Americans held hostage following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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Terrorism, anti-terrorism and the ethics of war
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FDD
Foreign observers mostly scoffed when Israeli officials first charged that Palestinians had covertly militarized medical facilities, ambulances and medical personnel, but the scoffing died on March 27. That was when the Israeli newspaper Ha'aretz tersely reported a remarkable incident involving just such a ... more
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U.S. reaffirms support for Bahrain
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MENL
Washington -- The United States has moved to reaffirm its support for Bahrain amid a sharp rise in Shi'ite unrest.
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Analysis: Saudis and Iran moving together
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United Press International
Washington -- Saudi Arabia and Iran are regional rivals whose traditional approach to the Israel-Palestinian conflict has been diametrically opposite. But now they are moving closer together on that and other issues, with potentially immense consequences for the United States and the entire world.
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70 percent of Jenin camp destroyed by the Zionists
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IRNA
(IDF)
Iran va Jahan does not condone Israeli actions in Jenin, however we let our readers be the judge of the accuracy of IRNA's reporting. see the picture inside this article.
"English editor" - Iran va Jahan
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It's time to snap out of Arab fantasy land
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JWR
Don't get me wrong. I like the British papers, if only when compared with the unreadable US broadsheets. But it has to be said that, since September 11, Fleet Street hasn't done its reputation any favours, stampeding herd-like toward one
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Jenin: Shifting blame
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The New Republic
The Israelis have pulled out of Jenin, but world attention is still focused there. The Palestinians have alleged that the Israelis have committed a massacre of civilians, as many as 500 dead non-combatants, the deaths concealed in mass
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Iranian, Afghan businessmen sign MOU
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Tehran Times
Tehran -- Iranian and Afghan merchants participating in the joint Iran-Afghan exhibition on commerce and industry in Zahedan, southeastern Iran, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) at the end of the exhibition.
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Jealous husband 'tried to chop off his wife's head'
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By A Correspondent
A jealous husband, who suspected his wife of having an affair with her boss, poisoned her before trying to chop off her head with a meat cleaver, a jury was told yesterday.
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Hizbullah anti-aircraft fire wounds Israeli civilian
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The Daily Star
An Israeli civilian was reportedly lightly wounded Wednesday by shrapnel when anti-aircraft rounds fired by Hizbullah exploded over the Israeli settlement of Shelomi.
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Iranian Newspaper Highlights - April 25, 2002
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Asia Pulse
IRAN DAILY
- President Mohammad Khatami, currently attending a summit of Caspian Sea littoral states to discuss the issue of sharing the sea's resources, on Tuesday said consensus among the five Caspian states is a prerequisite for the approval of its legal regime.
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Four convicted of killing Israeli tourism minister
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The Associated Press
Ramallah -- A makeshift court inside Yasser Arafat's compound convicted and sentenced four Palestinians on Thursday for last year's killing of Israeli Tourism Minister Rehavam Zeevi, a senior aide to the Palestinian leader said.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon immediately dismissed the decision, and a Palestinian human rights activist condemned the trial as unfair.
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A Saudi scolding for Bush
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Daily News
Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah will scold President Bush today, saying he has done too little to end bloodshed between the Israelis and Palestinians.
Palestinian Labor Minister Rafiq Al Natsha said Abdullah, speaking for the Arab world, will push a Saudi
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Saudi Arabia's opportunity
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FDD
Saudi Arabia's image has been burnished in recent days by the floating of Prince Abdullah's "vision" of a land-for-peace deal in the Middle East.
No doubt that was the point, and congratulations are due Saudi Arabia's highly compensated U.S. public relations consultants. And so, from the Saudi point of view, it may be of no great consequence that debate over the proposal
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US distrust of Arafat seen no close secret
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The Boston Globe
Washington -- In late January, Edward Abington met with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in his Ramallah headquarters for more than three hours to tell him ''why the Bush administration didn't trust'' Arafat.
Abington, the Palestinian Authority's political adviser in Washington, ticked off a long list of reasons, including suicide bombings; a perceived snub of the United States by the Palestinians at the United Nations
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US Congress: Colombia is safe haven for terror groups
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AFP
The Irish Republican Army as well as terror masterminds from Iran, Cuba and possibly Spain have created a safe haven in rebel-controlled areas of Colombia threatening international security, according to a US congressional report.
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Top IRA 'taught terror tactics' to rebels
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The Telegraph
Seven known IRA members, including two "significant leaders", have trained drug-running terrorists in explosives and urban warfare, the head of the Colombian armed forces told the US Congress yesterday.
Gen Fernando Tapias, chairman of Colombia's joint chiefs of staff, delivered a stinging indictment of the Provisional IRA. He said it was responsible for helping Farc guerrillas in his country to develop expertise in mortars, bombs, missiles and intelligence.
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Mideast 'to be big theme park mart'
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Gulf News
The Middle East might be amongst the top three emerging markets for theme parks and fun centres in the world - but it would be a bigger success if problems were resolved in Iran and Iraq, says a leading industry official.
"The fastest growing regions for amusement parks are Eastern Europe, India and the Middle East," said Alain Baldacci, president, International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.
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