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| Iran to quadruple gasoline production (by PressTV)
The National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company (NIOEC) says Iran is set to increase its gasoline production by more than four times.
After concluding seven projects that are currently underway by the NIOEC and Iran's private sector, the Islamic Republic's gasoline production will increase from the current 42 million liters per day to 186 million liters per day, IRNA quoted...
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| | Pakistan urges US to cut CIA operations (by PressTV)
Pakistan's spy chief has demanded that the United States steeply reduce the number of Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) operatives and halt drone attacks on its soil.
This comes as the current Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Ahmed Shuja Pasha met with CIA chief Leon Panetta in Washington on Monday.
In the meeting, Pasha called for Islamabad's...
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| | The TSA is Still Groping Very Young Children (by Vigilant)
When the TSA introduced its "go through the toxic scanner or get groped" measures, it caused a public outcry and all kinds of protests ensued. A few months later, most people forgot about the issue yet the invasive, police-state style tactics continue. Some rather disturbing cell phone videos keep popping up, showing TSA agents partaking in actions that would be considered, in any...
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| | US neocons seek Syria 'regime change' (by Yusuf Fernandez)
Shortly after the Tunisian and, especially, the Egyptian revolutions, the map of the Middle East changed. The US and Israel lost one of their two main assets in the region: Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak.
Egypt, with a population of more than 80 million, has historically been a key player in the Middle East but Mubarak's regime turned the country into a US and Israeli client state.
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| | Iraq blasts kill six, injure 12 (by PressTV)
Bomb explosions around Iraq have left at least six people, including three policemen, dead and 12 others wounded, security sources have announced.
An improvised bomb killed two policemen in the south of Baghdad overnight, a security source said on Tuesday.
The third policeman was killed in Fallujah west of Baghdad by a sticky bomb, AFP reported. Six policemen were wounded in the two...
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| | Bahrain urged to drop paper charges (by PressTV)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on Bahrain to drop politically-motivated charges against chief editor of the country's opposition newspaper.
Mansur al-Jamri of Al-Wasat has been charged with "unethical" reporting of the anti-government protests that erupted in mid-February.
"Al-Jamri's resignation under duress and his subsequent indictment on charges of knowingly publishing news has...
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| | Teachers defend UK old pension system (by PressTV)
British teachers, lecturers and school staff have signed a petition, demanding that the government keep their pensions unchanged.
The petition signed by more than 15,000 of people linked with education, called on the government to spend more money on pensions rather than free schools and academies.
It comes after a report by Lord Hutton recommended the age of retirement for teachers...
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| | UK Deputy PM urged to end coalition (by PressTV)
British Deputy Prime Minister and the head of the UK Liberal Democratic Party, Nick Clegg has been urged by a senior party member to pull out of the coalition.
Warren Bradley, the head of Liberal Democrats in Liverpool and a council chief until last year's election, asked Nick Clegg to end the party's coalition with the Conservatives and withdraw from the coalition government, British media...
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| | Church child abuse scandal hits Germany (by PressTV)
New revelations have exposed thousands of child abuse cases in church-run orphanages in Germany, facing the country's ecclesial society with a serious challenge.
Reports posted on the website for Germany's ARD broadcaster say the incidents go back to the years between 1949 and 1975, IRNA reported.
The repots explain how thousands of children sent to orphanages run by the country's Catholic...
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| | A new Blackwater in Libya? (by PressTV)
The UK government has floated the idea of employing private security firms in Libya to help bolster revolutionary forces fighting the regime of Muammar Qaddafi.
Defense experts and military officials raised the idea after high-ranking NATO officials including Secretary General Andres Fogh Rasmussen admitted that "there is no military solution to the conflict in Libya," and that the...
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| | UK seeks data storage expansion (by PressTV)
Britain is urging the European Union to expand its database of air travels to include the data from all passengers traveling within Europe.
Home Secretary Theresa May is to call on European justice and home affairs ministers during their meeting in Luxemburg to change the current arrangements, which require airlines to hand in their passengers' data for flights in and out of Europe to...
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| | Bahraini opposition leaders 'tortured' (by PressTV)
Arrested Bahraini opposition leaders have been reportedly tortured amid crushing of the anti-government protests by Bahraini forces.
Riot police in the Persian Gulf country besieged the town of Karzakkan on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, al-Malikiyah village in under the siege of Bahraini pro-regime thugs.
On Monday, Saudi-backed Bahraini forces arrested clerics Sayyed Mohammad al-Alawi and Sheikh...
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| | 'Iran prepared to counter enemy threats' (by PressTV)
A top Iranian military commander says the country's armed forces are fully prepared to counter any threats posed by the enemies of the Islamic Republic.
"Iran's armed forces, and the Ground Forces in particular, are totally ready to nip any threats by enemies in bud," IRNA quoted Deputy Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari as saying on Tuesday.
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| | DC mayor arrested in budget bill rally (by PressTV)
The mayor of Washington DC has been detained by US police while participating in a protest rally against a federal government budget bill that will enforce major spending cuts.
Vincent Gray, who was among a group of protesters blocking traffic, said the government has not offered a "response" to his recent letter regarding budget cuts that affect the Washington DC public, a Press TV...
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| | 'US arms companies dictate world order' (by PressTV)
US arms corporations are trying to shape the American version of world order in efforts to reap more financial profits, a political observer says.
The US arms sales throughout the world and especially in the Middle East is partly the result of "the commercial motivations of arms companies and their lobbyists in Washington DC," said Alison Weir, Executive Director of "If Americans...
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| | Israel moves to destroy West Bank town (by PressTV)
 | | Aftermath of a raid in Awarta | Israel's military is on a daily basis raiding a Palestinian town in the north of the occupied West Bank, humiliating residents and damaging property in an attempt to expand nearby settlements.
The mayor of the town of Awarta, Qais Awwad, announced the demolition plan on Monday and stated that Israel has also taken over land nearby in order to...
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| | Why does Israel have a veto over the peace process? (by Alan Hart)
 As I explained on a lecture tour of South Africa (Goldstone Land) from which I have just returned, the answer is in what happened behind closed doors at the Security Council in New York in the weeks and months following the 1967 war. But complete understanding requires knowledge of the fact that it was a war of Israeli aggression and not, as Zionism's spin doctors continue to assert,...
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| | Bahraini woman goes on hunger strike (by PressTV)
The daughter of a prominent Bahraini opposition figure has gone on hunger strike to protest the detention of her relatives in the country's brutal government crackdown against anti-government protesters.
In a letter addressed to US President Barack Obama on her blog, Angry Arabiya, Zainab Alkhawaja said that she has started her hunger strike as of Monday evening, and called on the US...
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| | Iran Army to show newest equipment (by PressTV)
Iran's Army will put on display its latest achievements next week, Commander of the Army's Ground Forces Brigadier-General Ahmad Reza Pourdastan says.
Pourdastan said Tuesday that the achievements in telecommunications, electronic warfare, drones, missile systems, refurbished armored equipment and aerial defense systems will be showcased on April 18 marking the Islamic Republic of Iran's...
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| | Bertolucci to get honorary Palme d'Or (by PressTV)
World-renowned Italian filmmaker Bernardo Bertolucci will be honored during the 64th edition of Cannes International Film Festival in France.
Director of classics such as Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor will be granted the event's honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes, AFP reported.
"His political and social involvement, driven by a profound lyricism and an elegant and accurate direction,...
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| | Iran warns of US bid to divide nations (by PressTV)
Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has cautioned against plots hatched by the US and Israel to sow discord among Muslims countries, urging regional states to remain vigilant.
"Popular movements in the region have endangered the interests of the Zionist regime (Israel) and the US as they (Washington and Tel Aviv) believe that independence of nations will lead to the demise...
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| | 'NATO strikes kill civilians in Libya' (by PressTV)
Libya's state TV says North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) strikes have killed civilians and police south of capital Tripoli, the same day France accused NATO of not doing enough to protect Libyan civilians.
"A bombardment by the crusaders' colonial aggression yesterday struck members of the public security force in charge of organizing road traffic and checking identities," the...
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| | Global market needs no more oil supply (by PressTV)
Iranian OPEC governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi says the global crude market is oversupplied and is facing no shortage amid political developments in some oil producing countries.
In an interview with Shana news agency on Monday, Khatibi described the international oil market as well-balanced, despite the popular uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa.
He also stated that prices would...
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| | Egyptian jailed for criticizing military (by PressTV)
A military court in Egypt has sentenced a blogger to three years in jail for what it claims as insulting the military, spreading false information and disturbing public security.
"Regrettably, the Nasr City military court sentenced Maikel Nabil to three years in prison," the blogger's lawyer Gamal Eid said, AFP reported Monday.
Nabil allegedly published evidence on the military's deceptive...
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| | US-led soldier killed in Afghan blast (by PressTV)
At least one US-led soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, bringing to 122 the number of foreign forces killed in the war-ravaged country in 2011.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) said in a Tuesday statement that a soldier serving under the military coalition in Afghanistan was killed in a bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The military...
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| | Planned Libya Invasion (by Stephen J. Lendman)
 In his book, "Winning Modern Wars," General Wesley Clark said Pentagon sources told him two months after 9/11 that war plans were being prepared against Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Iran, Somalia, Sudan and Libya. Months earlier, they were finalized against Afghanistan.
Clark added: "And what about the real sources of terrorists - US allies in the region like Egypt, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia?...
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| | US to give Israel $205mn military fund (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110412/05-53-00-ftp-rhonda-washington.flv Washington will transfer a $205-million military fund to Israel, as the United States continues to struggle with one of the most remarkable budget cuts in its ongoing economic crisis.
The money transfer is aimed at funding the deployment of Iron Dome...
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| | Avigdor Lieberman to Be Indicted (by Stephen J. Lendman)
A previous article profiled him in-depth, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/10/avigdor-lieberman-profile-in.html It explained he represents the worst of Israel's lunatic fringe, sort of a combination Dick Cheney/John McCain/Joe Lieberman, too extremist to be entrusted with power, but he's got it. Robert Fisk once said he "out-Sharons even Ariel Sharon....
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| | Fresh magnitude 6.3 quake hits Japan (by PressTV)
An earthquake measuring a magnitude of 6.3 on the Richter scale has hit off the east coast of Honshu in Japan, a day after another strong quake shook the tsunami-hit country.
The Tuesday quake shook the buildings in Japan's capital Tokyo, a Press TV correspondent reported.
According the China Earthquake Networks Center, the epicenter was monitored at 35.4 degrees north latitude and 140.7...
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| | UN urges action on reproductive health (by PressTV)
The United Nations population fund has urged Member States and partners to take quick action to facilitate universal access to reproductive health.
"We need to keep pushing to make universal access to reproductive health a reality," said Babatunde Osotimehin, the Executive Director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) calling for the empowerment of women and poverty alleviation.
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| | China, world's 3rd-biggest tourist spot (by PressTV)
A report released by the World Tourism Organization (WTO) says China is now the third most popular tourist destination in the world after France and the US.
Tourist arrivals in China climbed almost 10 percent over the past year, but their 55.66 million visitors could not outnumber the 78.95 million tourists that visited France or the 60.88 million travelers that chose the US as their...
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| | EU concerned over MKO in Iraq (by PressTV)
The European Union has voiced concern over clashes between Iraqi forces and residents of Camp Ashraf belonging to the terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO).
"The EU deplores the loss of life. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq has been monitoring the situation there closely, and alongside the UN, the EU has continuously and repeatedly called on the Iraqi...
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| | Iran to EU: Stop supporting terrorists (by PressTV)
Iran has warned the European Union (EU) against its all-out support of terrorist groups, calling on the body to stop its backing for the terrorist Mujahedin Khalq Organization (MKO).
"We expect international organizations and circles as well as countries that claim to advocate human rights to condemn acts of terror based on an approach far from dual standards or political motives,"...
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| | Metro blast kills 11 in Belarus capital (by PressTV)
 | | Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko at the blast site inside the Oktyabrskaya subway station in Belarus capital, Minsk, on April 11, 2011 | At least 11 people have been killed and more than 100 injured by an explosion in a subway station near Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's office in Minsk.
Smoke was seen rising from the Oktyabrskaya metro station in the city...
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| | US drone attack kills 2 Americans (by PressTV)
Two American soldiers have been killed in a US drone attack in southern Afghanistan, bringing to 121 the number of foreign troops killed in the war-torn country in 2011.
The friendly fire incident killed Marine Staff Sergeant Jeremy Smith, 26, and Navy Corpsman Benjamin Rast, 23, in Afghanistan's Helmand province, according to a US military official, quoted in a Reuters report on Monday.
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| | Bomb blast injures 6 Afghan civilians (by PressTV)
A remote control bomb targeting a convoy of NATO-Afghan troops in the southern province of Kandahar in Afghanistan has left six civilians injured.
The explosive device went off in district two in Kandahar city on Tuesday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
According to medics, six civilians, including three children, were injured in the latest round of violence hitting the war-ravaged...
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| | Blueberries may inhibit obesity (by PressTV)
A new study has showed that a group of compounds found in Blueberries may fight obesity by inhibiting the formation of fat in body tissues.
Researchers at Texas Woman's University applied polyphenols from blueberries onto rat tissue samples to see whether the compounds would stop some cells from turning into fat storage cells.
According to the findings presented at the Experimental Biology...
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| | US to proceed with Mideast arms sales (by PressTV)
The Obama administration has decided to proceed with the sale of advanced weaponry to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates in two of the largest-ever arms sales.
Deputy Director of the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Richard Genaille said on Monday that Saudi Arabia's $60 billion purchase of 84 new F-15 fighter jets, 190 helicopters and a wide array of missiles, bombs...
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| | Qaddafi proving too clever for NATO? (by PressTV)
NATO has seemingly run out of options from the air and rebel ground forces have been blocked from advancing while Qaddafi still has cards up his sleeve.
Press TV interviews Michael Malouf, a former Pentagon official from Virginia who clarifies Qaddafi's strength of position and reveals innovative strategic options Qaddafi is implementing.
Press TV: Political commentators have said that the...
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| | Iran plans several new nuclear reactors (by PressTV)
Iran's top nuclear official announces plans to build "four to five" nuclear research reactors, following the successful production and testing of second- and third-generation Iranian-brand centrifuges.
"Iran plans to build four to five new reactors with a capacity of 10-20 megawatts in different provinces within the next few years to produce radio-medicine and perform research," Head of...
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| | Vitamin D lowers vision loss risk (by PressTV)
Taking vitamin D could reduce the risk for the early onset of age-related vision loss known as macular degeneration (AMD) in women younger than 75.
Age-related macular degeneration is a chronic disease associated with aging that gradually destroys sharp, central vision by affecting the macula in a tiny part of the retina at the back of the eyes.
A study of 1,313 women showed that...
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| | Japan crisis level as dire as Chernobyl (by PressTV)
Japan's new assessment of its nuclear crisis, caused by last month's earthquake and tsunami, reportedly equates the predicament with the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in Ukraine.
The government currently has rated the level of the incident's severity at five, but is to raise that to seven, AFP reported.
On March 11, a 8.9-magnitude earthquake, off the northeast coast of Japan's main...
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| | Egypt names ex-Mubarak aid to head AL (by PressTV)
Egypt has nominated a former member of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party for the post of the secretary general of the Arab League.
In a statement released Monday, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil al-Arabi declared that he is confident Mostafa el-Fekki "has enough competence to fill the league's top post," a Press TV correspondent reported.
If elected by Arab League's...
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| | Egypt nominates Arab League candidate (by PressTV)
Egypt has nominated Mostafa el-Fekki, a former member of ousted President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party, for the post of the secretary general of the Arab League.
In a statement released on Monday, Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil al-Arabi declared he is confident that "Fekki has enough competence to fill the league's top post."
If elected by the Arab League member states, Fekki...
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| | 'Unholy team fights Arab democracy' (by PressTV)
A Bahraini opposition leader says Saudi Arabia is cooperating with Israel and the West to suppress the pro-democracy momentum in the Arab world.
"People have given a lot of sacrifices in Yemen, in Libya, in Egypt, in Tunisia, in Bahrain," Saeed al-Shahabi from the London-based opposition group of Bahrain Freedom Movement told Press TV on Monday.
"But so far it is very clear that the...
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| | White House warns of econ. Armageddon (by PressTV)
The White House has expressed grave concerns in case the congressional Republicans fail to raise the $14.29 trillion dollars debt limit by May 16, which would harm the country's crushing economy.
"The consequences ... of failure to raise the debt ceiling would be Armageddon-like in terms of the economy," AFP quoted White House spokesman Jay Carney as saying on Monday.
Carney added that...
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| | Iraq: MKO should leave by end of 2011 (by PressTV)
Iraq says members of the terrorist group Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) holed up in the country must leave by the end of the current year.
Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said on Monday that the cabinet is determined to shut down Camp Ashraf located north of the capital, Baghdad, and disband the terrorist group, AFP reported.
"The council of ministers has committed to...
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| | The Truth about Gaza (by Samah Sabawi )
In fact, in the weeks before the school bus incident between 16-29 March, according to the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Israel has killed a total of 14 Palestinians, including six civilians, and injured 52 Palestinians, including at least 40 civilians (19 children). In that same period, three Israeli civilians were injured. OCHA's report makes it clear that all...
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| | Magnitude 6.3 quake hit Japan (by PressTV)
A 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit east of Tokyo with no fear of triggering another tsunami.
The quake hit at 8:08 am Tuesday (2308 GMT Monday) off the coast of Chiba prefecture, just east of Tokyo, the agency said, adding there was no chance of a tsunami.
HSH/MGH Source: Press TV | | UK court charges N submarine shooter (by PressTV)
A British court has charged a Royal Navy serviceman with one count of murder and three counts of attempted murder on board the nuclear submarine, the HMS Astute.
Police arrested Ryan Samuel Donovan on Friday after Lieutenant Commander Ian Molyneux, 36, was fatally shot in the chest on board the HMS Astute as it was docked at Southampton, Hants, British media reported.
Donovan, of Hillside...
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| | Britain wants Gaddafi to ceasefire first (by PressTV)
Britain says it would continue its military action in Libya unless there would be a genuine ceasefire from Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
"We will continue to take military action as required," a spokesperson for Prime Minister David Cameron said.
"Any ceasefire deal needs to be a genuine ceasefire. That can only be judged by Gaddafi's actions rather than his words or the words of anyone...
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| | Paradox in PGCC policies (by PressTV)
In their second emergency meeting, the foreign ministers of the Arab member states of the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council ([P]GCC) could not find a strategy to help Bahrain and Yemen out of their current crises.
In this meeting, which was also attended by Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi, the foreign ministers of [P]GCC member states proposed that Yemen's President Ali Abdullah...
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| | 4th UK teen succumbs to knife wounds (by PressTV)
A 15-year-old British schoolboy has succumbed to his injuries after he was stabbed several times by knife in Edmonton, north London, according to reports.
The boy, the fourth teenager stabbed to death in the city this year, was attacked by unknown assailants last night, British media reported.
Scotland Yard said that detectives are searching for attackers in Edmonton.
Police were...
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| | Worst financial squeeze hits Britain (by PressTV)
A new study has revealed that the UK families' finances are experiencing the biggest squeeze in 90 years amid increasing inflation and weak earnings growth.
The study commissioned by the Center for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) found that families are on average £910 worse off than they were two years ago.
It said the squeeze - which is considered the worst in peacetime since...
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| | Bahrain to try independent journalists (by PressTV)
Bahrain intends to try three former editors-in-chief of a leading independent newspaper for their coverage of the popular revolution against the kingdom's royal family.
Bahraini authorities banned the publication of Al Wasat -- Bahrain's most popular opposition newspaper -- earlier in the month. They then forced the daily to fire its chief editor Mansur al-Jamri so it would be allowed to...
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| | OIC apologizes for unreal Iran remarks (by PressTV)
The head of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) has apologized over the anti-Iranian statements published on the organization's website.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu apologized for the "unreal remarks" on Monday in a telephone conversation with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, the ministry said in a statement.
Ihsanoglu explained that the statements had been published on...
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| | Blair: 'Libya situation not an option' (by PressTV)
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has said the status quo in Libya is not an option if the West wants the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi off the power.
Blair said on Sunday that if the UK, the US and France want to end Gaddafi's power, the current situation should not be an option.
"We've got to keep in our minds what is our strategic objective, and it is to get a different...
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| | US told not to stop Megrahi release (by PressTV)
The US government had been told by Britain not to intervene to stop the release of the Lockerbie bomber from a Scottish prison, a leaked memo has revealed.
The British ambassador to the US had intensely lobbied the US government to prevent it from interfering in the case of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, who was convicted of the murder of 270 passengers on Pan Am Flight 103, according to leaked...
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| | UK: Koussa can live wherever he wants (by PressTV)
The British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said Moussa Koussa, former Libya Foreign Minister who flew to London, would not be forced to leave the country.
Hague added that Koussa, who is blamed for masterminding the Lockerbie bombing, could choose a range of places to live.
The Lockerbie bombing blew up a Pan American Boeing 747, heading from London's Heathrow airport...
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| | No-fly zone over Gaza (by Mohyeddin Sajedi)
Arab governments are planning to ask the United Nation's Security Council (UNSC) to impose a no-fly zone over Gaza in the near future.
At the end of a meeting in Cairo, Arab League (AL) chief Amr Moussa said, "The Arab bloc in the United Nations has been directed to ask for the convention of the Security Council to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza, and impose a no-fly zone."
Twenty...
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| | Ouattara calls for supporters' restraint (by PressTV)
Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara has called on his supporters to refrain from violence just hours after his troops detained his rival Laurent Gbagbo.
Troops loyal to Alassane Ouattara detained incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo in the main city of Abidjan, the French ambassador to Ivory Coast said.
Pro-Ouattara forces had surrounded Gbagbo's residence for several days.
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| | Sinn Fein chief renounces violence (by PressTV)
Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams has called on the people who are giving shelter to violent groups to end their support for the futile loss of life.
Adams told the ceremony held to commemorate policeman Ronan Kerr who was killed in a car bomb blast earlier in the week that the whole international community now renounces violence and criminal activities including acts of terror.
The Sinn...
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| | Murdoch sought end to 'hacking' probe (by PressTV)
A former British minister has disclosed behind the scene attempts and intense lobbying by Robert Murdoch to close News of the World newspaper's phone-hacking case.
The minister, asked not to be named, said that the chairman of the news corporation has been using his political influence and contacts at the highest level to convince Labour MPs and peers to abandon probe into phone-hacking...
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| | UK Govt urged to end home tax breaks (by PressTV)
A leading British charity says the government should end tax discounts for second homeowners and funnel the raised money into other housing sectors.
Most local authorities currently offer second homeowners 10 percent tax breaks while the discount goes up to 50 percent in one in five borough councils.
The charity, Shelter, said in a report that the government is now spending an annual £42...
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| | 'Navy Air Arm facing discrimination' (by PressTV)
The British Ministry of Defense is facing criticism over claims that Harrier pilots in the RAF are getting hefty payoffs before leaving, while those in the Navy are given nothing.
As part of the Strategic Defense and Security Review, the government has decided to decommission harrier jump jets and sack their pilots in both the RAF and the Navy.
Yet sources said that while the RAF pilots are...
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| | Egyptians call for end to military rule (by PressTV)
Egyptian protesters have called for an end to the military rule in the country by continuing their protests in Cairo's Liberation Square.
Demonstrators challenged the Egyptian military Monday by defying a curfew by taking once more to Liberation square in downtown Cairo. The new protest in the square comes in the wake of the death of a protester at the hands of army and police who tried to...
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| | Youth are the driving force in Yemen (by PressTV)
Yemeni rallies have been consistent even with pro-government violence in demonstrations, while the opposition has rejected a proposal by the Persian Gulf Arab states.
Press TV interviewed Emtinan Mdhwahi of Yermen's Watan Coalition regarding the protests demanding the removal of President Saleh and police brutality against protesters.
What do you think of the situation that is now...
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| | Karzai vows tough stance on US bases (by PressTV)
The US plans to keep its military bases in Afghanistan by reaching a strategic agreement with Kabul, but President Hamid Karzai vows a tough stance against the plan.
Karzai said Washington has presented a draft document on strategic relations which is still under review.
He added that his government would convene a traditional grand assembly -- Loya Jirga -- within two to three months to...
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| | Sofia hosts United Buddy Bears (by PressTV)
Bulgaria hosts the United Buddy Bears exhibition which has been held in an attempt to promote tolerance and understanding among different nations.
The event, due to be held until May, 9, 2011, displays 120, 2-meter-tall bear sculptures each representing a country and painted or dressed up in that country's local customs.
"This is something unique," Bulgarian painter Ivan Mihayiov told...
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| | Mexico mass graves yield more bodies (by PressTV)
Mexican authorities have recovered a total of 88 bodies, who are said to have been killed in drug-related violence, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas in the past weeks.
In an investigation last week, 72 of bodies were found in hidden graves, whereas the other 16 were found this week in four other graves around the community of San Fernando, in far northeastern Mexico, about 160 kilometers...
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| | Protester killed at Syrian university (by PressTV)
One Syrian protester has been killed after a demonstration by hundreds of students turned violent at Damascus University.
The incident happened inside the campus of Damascus University on Monday, activists told the Associated Press.
Head of Syria's National Organization for Human Rights Ammar Qurabi said the student was shot dead.
However, Ausama Monajed, a London-based political...
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| | 'World needs new reserve currency' (by PressTV)
  | | Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz | A prominent American economist says the world needs a new global reserve currency to avert trade imbalances that are reflected in the US national debt.
In an interview with Bloomberg on Sunday, Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said that a "global system" is needed to replace the dollar as a reserve currency and...
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| | Gaddafi accepts ceasefire roadmap (by PressTV)
South African President says that embattled Libyan leader Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap to end the civil war while calling for NATO to cooperate.
Press TV interviewed Editor of Pan-African News Wire Abayomi Azikiwe regarding the bombing of Libya, the African Union and the US supported al-Qaeda leaders.
Press TV: How do you understand the situation Abayomi?
Azikiwe: It seems like a...
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| | YouTube video protests Saudi arrests (by PressTV)
An opposition organization in Saudi Arabia has launched a YouTube video, pressing for the release of Saudi intellectuals who have been detained without charges.
The video, entitled "Saudis Missing," has interviewed several people, among them a lawyer and the family members of some of the prisoners who had called for reform in the monarchy.
The organization says that thousands are held in...
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| | Libya's opposition snubs AU truce plan (by PressTV)
Libya's revolutionary National Council has strongly rejected a peace plan proposed by the African Union, demanding an immediate ouster of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
It comes as members of a mediating delegation from the African Union (AU) arrived in the eastern city of Benghazi to meet with the opposition leaders.
The anti-government forces insisted any deal designed to keep Gaddafi...
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| | Obama vs. Trump: A Circus Sideshow on the Road to Feudalism (by Kurt Nimmo)
David Plouffe, senior Obama wrangler, has dismissed the admittedly self-promotional presidential run by real estate magnate and corporate media personality Donald Trump. Plouffe told Christiane Amanpour there is "zero chance Donald Trump will be hired by the American people." Plouffe admitted Trump has gained in popularity because he has exploited the birth certificate issue, although he...
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| | US-led troops forced out of Samangan (by PressTV)
Afghan people have reportedly forced Finnish and Swedish soldiers from the US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) out of Afghanistan's northern province of Samangan.
The forces apparently left Samangan on Monday after hundreds of enraged locals protested at the desecration of the Holy Qur'an in the United States, demanding the departure of foreign forces from their province, a...
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| | Iran to reconsider UAE relations (by PressTV)
An Iranian lawmaker says Iran is strongly considering severing ties with the UAE over the kingdom's involvement in the crackdown on Bahraini protesters.
"The repression of the revolution in Bahrain and the country's stance at the [Persian] Gulf Cooperation Council is distancing the Emirates from enjoying mutual and brotherly ties with Iran," Heshmatollah Falahatpisheh said in an...
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| | Several killed in Minsk metro blast (by PressTV)
Several people have been killed or injured by an explosion in an underground metro station near Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's office in Minsk.
Smoke was seen rising from the Oktyabrskaya metro station in the city centre and casualties being taken out to the surface, news reports said.
Russia's Interfax news agency, quoting a security source, said five were killed in the blast....
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| | Gold prices hit new record high (by PressTV)
Investment bankers and commodities analysts are giving the thumbs up for putting money into gold as the price of the yellow metal has advanced to a record.
Gold rose as high as USD 1,476.21 an ounce and was bid at USD 1,467.40 an ounce on Monday, against USD 1,472.70 late in New York on Friday, Reuters reported.
"Looking across the board, over the last week there has been investor interest...
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| | Egypt military takes Mubarak to Cairo (by PressTV)
Egypt's military rulers have transferred former dictator Hosni Mubarak to the capital Cairo in a bid to probe his involvement in the killing of peaceful protesters.
Mubarak fled to his villa in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh following his ouster in February.
Ahmed Abu Baraka, a member of the Muslim Brotherhood Legal Committee, says he will remain in military custody until judicial...
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| | Factory workers protest in Saudi Arabia (by PressTV)
Amid rising dissatisfaction among people in several Arab states, scores of employees at a cement factory in Saudi Arabia have protested against their low wages.
The employees on Monday also complained of corruption that "is rife among the top brass at the factory."
Workers of other sectors in several Saudi cities have held similar gatherings over the past weeks, demanding that their working...
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