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| NYC studies banning fast food toys (by PressTV)
New York City council members are considering a ban of toy giveaways in fast-food restaurant, saying the incentive promotes unhealthy eating habits in children.
"If we can get the fast food industry to lead in this healthy quest by doing happy meals that have a nutritional value we would definitely change the tide of childhood obesity," said the deputy majority leader of New York City...
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| | 'US eyes Jordan breakup to save Israel' (by PressTV)
A senior Iranian lawmaker has warned of efforts by the West, particularly the United States, to disintegrate Jordan, saying the plan serves to save the Israeli regime.
The US seeks to divide part of Jordan and annex it to the occupied Palestine territories in an attempt to save Israel from annihilation, member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Commission of the Iranian Parliament...
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| | London exhibits aerial photos of Iran (by PressTV)
The Wilmotte Gallery at London's Lichfield Studios has held an exhibition of aerial photographs of Iran taken by Swiss journalist and photographer Georg Gerster.
The event displays stunning photographs illustrating the rich Iranian landscapes, city structures, architectural feats, ancient citadels and magnificent mosques.
The photos, which were taken before the 1979 Islamic Revolution, have...
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| | Two US-led troops killed in Afghanistan (by PressTV)
At least two US-led soldiers have been killed in Afghanistan, bringing to 115 the number of foreign forces killed in the war-ravaged country in 2011.
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization said Thursday that the soldiers lost their lives in friendly fire.
The majority of the soldiers have been killed in bomb attacks by the Taliban militants in the Asian country.
RZS/HRF Source: Press TV | | Strawberries may help prevent cancer (by PressTV)
Eating freeze-dried strawberries may help people at risk of esophageal cancer prevent the disease, a new preliminary study suggests.
Researchers at the Ohio State University evaluated the use of freeze-dried strawberries in 36 men and women who had precancerous lesions of the esophagus.
Their findings presented at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting in...
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| | Japan injects nitrogen into reactor No.1 (by PressTV)
The operator of Japan's damaged Fukushima power plant has begun to inject nitrogen into one of the reactors to reduce the risk of a hydrogen explosion.
The process of injecting nitrogen, an inert gas, into the containment vessel of reactor No.1 will take several days.
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency Spokesman Hidehiko Nishiyama, however, said there was no "immediate danger"...
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| | Progress claimed in US budget talks (by Al Jazeera English)
Obama and legislators say they are trying to avert shutdown that would hit economy when government funding bill expires.  | | Reid, left, and Boehner said their staff would work to reach a deal but acknowledged continued differences [Reuters] | The US president and senior legislators have said progress was made in urgent budget talks late on Wednesday and that negotiators will...
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| | Iran, Russia worried about Afghanistan (by PressTV)
Iran and Russia have expressed concern over the worsening security situation in war-ravaged Afghanistan, calling for a regional solution to the Afghan crisis.
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Oceania Affairs Mohammad Ali Fathollahi and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexei Borodavkin met and held talks on Afghanistan on the sidelines of a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation...
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| | Hormone gel lowers preterm births (by PressTV)
Safe and relatively inexpensive progesterone hormone gel may significantly reduce the risk of early preterm birth in some high-risk pregnant women.
Researchers at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) found that administering vaginal progesterone for women with a short cervix - a risk factor for premature delivery - decreases the rate of delivering before 33 weeks by 45 percent.
Babies...
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| | Obama fails to break budget impasse (by PressTV)
A US government shutdown looms large as President Barack Obama's administration has failed to break a budget impasse with the Republicans.
Obama summoned congressional leaders to the White House late Wednesday, but the session failed to break a stalemate over Republicans' demands for deep budget cuts.
He met Republican House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner and Democratic Senate...
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| | Israel arrests over 100 Palestine women (by PressTV)
More than 100 Palestinian women have been arrested by Israeli forces in a village near the northern West Bank city of Nablus, local officials say.
Hundreds of Israeli troops stormed the Awarta village after midnight and imposed a curfew after which they began rounding up the women, a Press TV correspondent reported from Ramallah.
The Palestinian Authority has condemned the abductions on...
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| | Soros Convenes 'Bretton Woods II' (by Pete Papaherakles)
As AFP goes to press, the attendees are to include ex-Fed Chairman Paul Volcker, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and World Bank executive and Nobel Prize winner in economics Joseph Stiglitz.
The conference is slated for the Mount Washington Hotel, site of the historic 1944 Bretton Woods conference, which established the post-World War II international financial architecture.
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| | 'Israel's Peres delusional on ME rise' (by PressTV)
Upon a visit to London for the celebration of former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev's 80th birthday, Israeli President Shimon Peres has said that Mideast revolutions could be good for Israel.
Press TV interviewed Osama Qashoo, one of the leaders of the International Solidarity Movement for Palestine. Qashoo is an award winning documentary film maker and member of the Free Gaza Movement....
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| | Ex-official exposes US 9/11 plot on ME (by PressTV)
Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura says the White House allowed September 11 attack to happen in a bid to further Washington's agenda in the Middle East.
"They allowed it to happen to further their agenda in the Middle East," Ventura told CNN on Wednesday.
"I believe [former Vice President] Dick Cheney knew it," he went on to say.
The 9/11 2001 was the day when four planes were...
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| | Blast kills security officer in Pakistan (by PressTV)
A Pakistani security officer has been killed and several others injured when a bomber rammed his explosive laden vehicle into the house of a deputy police chief in south western Baluchistan province.
An explosive laden vehicle was rammed into the house of Deputy Police Chief Wazir Khan Nasir in provincial capital Quetta, killing a security man and wounding nine others, a Press TV...
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| | Ex-MN governor scolds US 'duplicity' (by PressTV)
A former Minnesota governor has rebuked Washington over its 'hypocrisy' and 'fascism' amid growing tensions in the Middle East and North Africa.
"Today the United States is a fascist government. They still want people to believe that we're a democracy and that the individual has a say, but that's "the big lie," former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura said.
"Fascism is the merger of...
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| | UN: Stop discriminating Bahrain unionists (by PressTV)
The head of the United Nations International Labor Organization (ILO) has called on Bahraini authorities to refrain from discriminating against leaders and members of trade union.
In a Friday letter to Bahrain's Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa, Juan Somavia reiterated his concern over continuing reports of anti-trade union actions in the country, including discrimination...
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| | 250 feared dead in Libya boat crash (by PressTV)
At least 250 people are reportedly missing after a boat carrying refugees of different nationalities from Libya to Italy capsized off the coast of the island of Lampedusa.
Valerio Alessandro, a spokesman for the Italian port authorities, said Wednesday that their patrol boats managed to rescue 50 people and that 250 others are still missing, CNN reported.
The International Organization for...
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| | Explosion still a risk at Japan nuclear plant (by Al Jazeera English)
Workers inject nitrogen gas to reduce chances of blow-up but are running out of space to store radioactive water.  | | Previous hydrogen explosions at the plant blew the roofs off of some reactor buildings [EPA] | After stopping the leak of highly radioactive water from a crippled nuclear plant north of Tokyo, Japanese authorities have begun injecting nitrogen into part of the...
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| | French forces clash with Gbagbo men (by PressTV)
Fighting has erupted between French forces and supporters of the Ivory Coast's incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo as clashes between rival Ivorian sides continue.
French troops were trying to evacuate the Japanese ambassador from his besieged embassy in Abidjan when they clashed with Gbagbo's loyalists on Wednesday.
Japan's ambassador to Ivory Coast Okamura Yoshifumi has said their embassy...
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| | 'US N-spending doubled since Cold War' (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110407/02-40-00-ftp-marjan-washington.flv As the debate on the budget for the 2011 fiscal year intensifies in Washington, many experts have called for reduction of nuclear weapons production in the United States.
Analysts argue that while the Republicans and the Democrats are bickering to break...
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| | Kosovo names neutral pres. candidate (by PressTV)
Kosovo's governing coalition and the opposition parties have named a neutral presidential candidate in an effort to overcome the ongoing political impasse in the country.
"We nominate Atifete Jah-jaga as our candidate for the President of the Republic of Kosovo and express the full support of our parties for her candidature," AFP quoted Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci as saying on...
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| | Germany: EIH Bank free to do business (by PressTV)
The German Foreign Ministry has stressed that the Hamburg-based European-Iranian Trade Bank AG (EIH Bank) will continue its activities in the country.
"The Hamburg-based EIH Bank is continuing its activities," IRNA quoted the ministry's spokesman, Andreas Peschke, as saying on Wednesday in a press conference in Berlin.
The remarks came after the The New York Times reported that the US...
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| | UN calls for halt to Libya war (by PressTV)
The United Nations has called for a cessation in the fighting between Muammar Gaddafi loyalists and revolutionary forces around the Libyan city of Misratah.
Valerie Amos, the UN undersecretary general for humanitarian affairs, called on Wednesday for "a temporary cessation of hostilities" to let people and their families get out the battlefield and to allow the UN to send supplies to the...
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| | Jordan, UN discuss Israeli settlements (by PressTV)
Jordan says the continuous building of illegal settlements by Israel on occupied Palestinian lands is impeding efforts to resume talks with the Palestinian Authority (PA).
The Palestinian cause is the core to resolving all regional conflicts, Jordanian Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh told US Deputy Special Envoy for Middle East David Hale in Amman on Wednesday, Jordan's Petra news agency...
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| | Obama Remembers Pumping Gas (by Kurt Nimmo)
During an appearance before Al Sharpton's shake down organization, the National Action Network, the comedian Obama said he was a gas station attendant before he decided to serve his country as a teleprompter reader. Barry Obama was a regular Joe with student loans to pay off and other hardships suffered daily by the boobeoisie, he insists. {youtube width="560"...
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| | 'Democrat candidate wins WI court poll' (by PressTV)
US Democratic nominee JoAnne Kloppenburg has claimed victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court election which is seen as a de facto referendum on an unpopular anti-union law.
According to an unofficial tally of nearly 100 percent of the votes, Kloppenburg has snatched a decisive victory in Tuesday's race for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court with slightly more than 200 votes as compared with...
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| | 'Russia will stay out of Libya war' (by PressTV)
Russia says it will not entangle itself in the NATO-led war in Libya, but will comply with a UN resolution calling for a no-fly zone over the North African country.
Speaking at a meeting with senior Russian military officials in Moscow, President Dmitry Medvedev reaffirmed his country's non-interference stance regarding the ongoing conflicts sweeping across the Middle Eastern and North...
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| | US and Saudi Arabia discuss Iran 'meddling' (by Al Jazeera English)
Gulf countries accuse Iran of interference in the affairs of Bahrain and Kuwait in a campaign to destabilise the region.  | | Gates said Iran was looking to "exploit" the unrest in Bahrain, where protest have been met with violence [Reuters] | US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has held talks in Riyadh with Saudi King Abdullah, with both sides concerned by Iranian intentions in...
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| | Goldstone refuses to do 'Teshuvah' (by Rehmats World)
On April 4, 2011 – Israel-Firster Dr. Alan Dershowitz in an Op-Ed in Jewish daily FORWARD, entitled "Goldstone Needs To Do Teshuvah", wrote: "The Goldstone Report did much harm by lending an aura of credibility to some of the most defamatory and false charges ever made against Israel and its defense forces. But the Jewish tradition of teshuvah, or repentance, demands that we look...
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| | Rights groups urge UN action on Bahrain (by PressTV)
Human rights groups have called on the United Nations to hold an urgent session to address the widespread violations of rights in Bahrain.
Human Rights Watch and the Geneva-based Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies said on Wednesday that they are worried about the growing abuses by the Bahraini regime against its citizens who are seeking political reforms and a voice in the government,...
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| | Portugal asks EU for financial bailout (by PressTV)
Portugal's caretaker government has called for a bailout as the euro zone country struggles to buttress its weakening economy against a backdrop of soaring debts.
"In this difficult situation, which could have been avoided, I understand that it is necessary to resort to the financing mechanisms available within the European framework," Reuters quoted Portuguese Finance Minister Fernando...
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| | World Bank urges Arab world reforms (by PressTV)
The World Bank president has called on Arab states in the Middle East to tackle high unemployment and work on long-term reforms to meet their people's demands.
Robert Zoellick referred on Wednesday to Tunisian fruit seller Mohammed Bouazizi whose self-immolation unleashed a revolt in January that toppled then-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, saying the incident was a warning to leaders...
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| | 'Ouattara forces withdraw after attack' (by PressTV)
Forces loyal to internationally recognized Ivory Coast President-elect Alassane Ouattara have reportedly pulled back from de facto President Laurent Gbagbo's palace.
Ouattara forces that have surrounded Gbagbo's residence in Abidjan faced strong resistance from the strongman's last men and had to draw back, a French government source told AFP on Wednesday, stating that there are still...
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| | Assad overturns ban on face veil (by Al Jazeera English)
Embattled Syrian leader reaches out to conservative groups, as protests against his 11-year rule continue to grow.  | | The face veil has been banned from Syria's classrooms since July 2010 [GALLO/GETTY] | Syria's embattled leadership has closed the country's only casino and scrapped a ruling that banned teachers from wearing the niqab - a veil that hides a woman's face other than...
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| | IMF warns Belgium of economy failure (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110406/02-58-00-sng-yaldaz-brussles.flv The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned Belgium that the country's 10-month political deadlock will further harm the country's struggling economy.
The IMF says that due to its limited powers, Belgium's interim government is not capable of...
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| | Opposition boycotts Kurdistan parliament (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110406/18-50-00-sng-matt-arbil.flv Opposition parties In Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region have boycotted the parliament's scheduled discussion for this year's budget.
The opposition says the budget proposed by the ruling coalition lacks transparency in various contracts and involves...
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| | Ancient burial site unearthed in Prague (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110406/01-05-00-ftp-brad -prague.flv An ancient graveyard has been discovered in the Czech Republic city of Prague, with experts estimating the site to go back to the third millennium B.C.
The site includes objects and human remains buried in a very special fashion to prompt experts propose...
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| | Congressman Ron Paul: One Worlders Will Fall (by Steve Watson)
Congressman Ron Paul, icon to liberty lovers the world over, sent a stark message this week to ruling elite "internationalists" attempting to expand globalism via the Western military industrial complex – you will fail. Speaking on the nationally syndicated Alex Jones Show, Paul expressed his concern that a deeply malign form of globalism is being promoted and expanded on the back...
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| | Iran clerics slam massacre in Bahrain (by PressTV)
Prominent Iranian clerics have gathered in the holy city of Qom to condemn the violence used against Middle Eastern Muslims, particularly the massacre of Bahraini people.
"Cracking down on the innocent people of Bahrain takes place with the guidance and support of the global arrogance," said Acting Representative of the Leader in the Islamic Revolution's Guards Corps (IRGC) Mojtaba...
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| | Pakistan rejects US report on militancy (by PressTV)
The Pakistani military has dismissed the findings of a US report that blames Islamabad for not doing enough to fight terrorism near the Afghan border.
The report, recently submitted by President Barack Obama's administration to the US Congress, said the fight against militancy in Pakistan and Afghanistan was making little progress.
Sources say the report has raised the ire of the Pakistan...
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| | Bahraini forces attack funeral (by PressTV)
Bahraini security forces have attacked the funeral procession of an anti-government protester in the western village of Karzakan, dispersing the mourners by force.
Witnesses say security forces fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd attending the funeral of Hassan Jassim Fardan, who was killed during a brutal government crackdown.
Also on Wednesday, the body of another...
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| | Fighting rages near key Libyan towns (by PressTV)
Heavy fighting and clashes have been reported between revolutionaries and forces loyal to embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi near strategically-important Libyan towns.
Pro-Gaddafi forces are locked in fighting with opposition fighters near Brega.
Revolutionaries say they were attacked outside the oil town of Brega and had to move eastwards toward Ajdabiya.
Several cities are still in the...
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| | 'Anti-radiation sheets no quick remedy' (by PressTV)
The Fukushima plant operator says a plan to cover reactor buildings with radiation-shielding sheets to block radiation leakage is not a quick solution.
After studying the possibility of installing radiation-shielding sheets around Fukushima reactors upon a request by Japan's government, Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said such sheeting cannot be installed until September because of the...
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| | Slippery Slope: 'Bloody civil war or boots on ground NATO choices in Libya' (by Russia Today)
The Libyan rebels are condemning NATO's lack of action in the country, claiming the Alliance is not doing enough to protect civilians. Despite the coalition's efforts, Gaddafi's forces renewed their offensive, with violence continuing in the city of Misrata, where residents have been under siege from government forces over the last 40...
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| | Americans to protest against US-led wars (by PressTV)
People across America are plan to stage massive demonstrations in east coast city of New York and the west coast city of San Francisco to protest against US-led wars abroad.
"This Saturday, April 9, there is an important national demonstration in New York and on Sunday April 10 in San Francisco against US wars and occupation focusing on the tens of thousands of US troops today waging a...
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| | Americans to protest against US wars (by PressTV)
People across America are plan to stage massive demonstrations in east coast city of New York and the west coast city of San Francisco to protest against US-led wars abroad.
"This Saturday, April 9, there is an important national demonstration in New York and on Sunday April 10 in San Francisco against US wars and occupation focusing on the tens of thousands of US troops today waging a...
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| | Glenn Beck Makes It Official: He Will Depart Fox News (by Kurt Nimmo)
Glenn Beck has finally put an end to the rumor that his popular television show will cease to be broadcast on the Fox News Network. Beck and Fox jointly announced his departure in a statement today, according to the New York Times.  The statement originally appeared on Beck's website, The Blaze, but was taken down. Representatives for Fox and Beck did not immediately explain why, according to...
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| | 'Bushehr plant earthquake-proof' (by PressTV)
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) says the Bushehr nuclear power plant is quakeproof and the Fukushima-like crisis will not occur there.
AEOI Deputy Director Nasser Rastkhah explained that the safety systems used in the Fukushima site belonged to the 1960s and the 1970s and added that the safety systems used in Bushehr meet the latest international standards.
The Iranian...
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| | Philippine tribal gunmen free hostages (by PressTV)
Tribal gunmen on the southern Philippines island of Mindanao have freed 13 hostages after they were held in a remote jungle area for four days, officials say.
The hostages - most of them teachers -- were kidnapped in Agusan del Sur Province by tribesmen demanding the release of a jailed tribal leader.
"We are happy to announce that at six o'clock this morning (2200 GMT Tuesday), all of...
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| | 'US-Saudi relations, a two-way puppetry' (by PressTV)
Yemen's main opposition group has ruled out holding any talks with the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as the death toll from the regime's crackdown on anti-regime protesters hikes.
The refusal came in response to an invitation by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council which called on the Yemeni government and opposition representatives to talks in Saudi Arabia, at a date yet to be...
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| | 'US-Saudi relations, a two way puppetry' (by PressTV)
Yemen's main opposition group has ruled out holding any talks with the government of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, as the death toll from the regime's crackdown on anti-regime protesters hikes.
The refusal came in response to an invitation by the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council which called on the Yemeni government and opposition representatives to talks in Saudi Arabia, at a date yet to be...
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| | Loading Libya: UK red-faced over arming Gaddafi, then rebels (by Russia Today)
Britain may now be behind arming the Libyan rebels, but lawmakers in London are furious that their colleagues allowed weapons to be sold to the Gaddafi regime, as recently as last year. It's among several Arab nations who bought firepower from the UK - which later saw uprisings. The ministers accuse them of misjudging whether those guns...
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| | 'Bahrain meddling sets risky trend' (by PressTV)
An Iranian diplomat says the Bahraini regime's use of foreign forces to quell popular protests is a "dangerous trend" in the Middle East.
"Iran believes that what happens in Bahrain is entirely a Bahraini issue and the introduction of foreign forces complicates the situation. The fact that a country has turned to foreign forces to crack down on its own people is a dangerous trend in...
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| | 2 killed in US sewage plant accident (by PressTV)
Two workers have died in the US state of Tennessee after a sewage water tank wall collapsed, dumping wastewater into a local river.
The bodies of the two missing men were later found under the rubble at a Gatlinburg sewage plant on Wednesday, the state funded BBC reported.
The two men were identified as John Eslinger, 53, and Don Storey, 44.
As a result of the destruction, millions of...
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| | World banks run on cocaine cash (by Russia Today)
Watch the full Episode 136 of the Keiser Report on Thursday. This week Max Keiser and co-host, Stacy Herbert, report on the Class A backing both the Triple A rated and the A listed. In the second half of the show, Max talks to James Howard Kunstler about entropy made visible and a return to the medieval.  Source: Russia Today |
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