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| Deconstructing Congress (by Jim Kirwan)
 Yesterday we discovered that the Congress and the government itself would be paid if there had been a government shutdown, while everyone else ( the public) would not be paid. The armed forces serving overseas and at home would not be paid, social security checks would not have been issued, and basically the People that the congress supposedly represents would suffer for as long as...
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| | Why I believe in Santa Claus and you should too (by Dick Eastman)
But every now and then step back and look at the biggest and most immedite threat of all -- the subject my very first post to the Usenet newsgroups in 1997 was all about -- the long-term plans of Zhou Enlai and and Trotsky and other Rothschild agents like Bernard Baruch, Warburg, David Rockefeller, Kissinger, Murdoch, Soros, Perle, Wolfowitz with perhaps lower henchmen like Bush,...
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| | More truth than fiction (by Brasscheck TV)
This clip came from the movie "Wag the Dog" but it is more truth than fiction.
For all practical purposes, there are no Libyan rebels.
As much as a whack job as Gaddafi is (and he is), for an Arab dictator he treats his people pretty well and they mostly tolerate him.
So where are the rebels coming from?
The news media/CIA.
Some...
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| | On Jewish Intolerance (by Gilad Atzmon)
 In a New Statesman article, law professor John Dugard ,who was a Judge on The International Court of Justice as well as being Special Raporteur for United Nations Commission on Human Rights, summarises the Goldstone apology saga : 'there are no new facts that could possibly have led Richard Goldstone to change his mind about the UN-backed investigation into Israel and the conflict in...
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| | NATO warplanes destroy Libyan tanks (by PressTV)
The Western coalition says it has destroyed over 20 tanks used by forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi against the revolutionary forces.
A NATO official said on Sunday that more than two dozen Libyan tanks have been destroyed in separate air strikes near Ajdabiyah and Misratah.
There is no word on possible casualties. Meanwhile, fierce fighting goes on for control over Misratah as pro-Gaddafi...
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| | Regime forces raze mosque in Bahrain (by PressTV)
 | | The mosque after the destruction | Saudi-backed Bahraini forces have reportedly destroyed a mosque in the northern town of Hamad as the regime continues its brutal crackdown on protesters.
The mosque was razed on Sunday, a day after the Al Khalifa regime admitted that two protesters had died in its custody.
Destruction of the religious sites has become a new scare tactic...
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| | Iraqi Kurdistan arresting clerics (by PressTV)
The government of the semi-autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan has arrested dozens of the northern region's outspoken religious leaders.
The leaders had dared to criticize the two ruling parties, which have dominated the Kurdish zone for decades, during their sermons, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday.
The detention had been ordered by Iraqi President and the leader of the Patriotic Union...
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| | Egyptians call on Tantawi to resign (by PressTV)
Hundreds of Egyptians have remained in Cairo's Liberation Square, calling for the resignation of the head of the ruling military council, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.
Protesters defied threats by the country's military to use force to end the protests. The protesters barricaded the square with barbed wire and beams on Sunday.
"The people demand the toppling of the field...
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| | Saudi academics stage protests (by PressTV)
Dozens of unemployed Saudi university graduates and teachers have taken to the streets in Riyadh and the western city of Jeddah.
The Protesters were demanding a share of the Arab world's oil-driven economy on Sunday, Reuters reported.
The demonstrators respectively gathered in front of the Education Ministry and the ministry's office.
"God willing, I'll be here until Friday if I have...
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| | Irish police fear violent welcome to Queen (by PressTV)
Irish police are on their guard for dissident violence after the route for the British Queen's three-day visit to the Republic was officially announced.
Despite tight security measures costing Irish tax payers more than £6.2 million, the police fear that such measures would not be enough to ensure the security of the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh during their tour, which starts on May 17.
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| | British industrial output dips further (by PressTV)
Britain's economic recovery has received a fresh blow after figures showed the country's industrial production sharply decreased in February this year.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said in a statement that industrial output, which includes mining and quarrying, fell 1.2 percent in February from January, marking the biggest slump for 18 months since August 2009.
This record fall...
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| | UK families dump food worth billions (by PressTV)
British households are throwing away food and drink worth almost £14billion annually, according to a report from the Local Government Association (LGA).
The report said that Britain's wasteful food mountain was created by supermarket multi-buys, which resulted in £13.7 billion worth of grub binned in 2010.
Town hall bosses claimed 10 million tons of unwanted produce thrown out by...
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| | Disabled British bear brunt of cuts (by PressTV)
Devastating cuts to benefits of disabled people in Britain have caused them to live a life, which is "not worth living", says charity Disability Alliance.
The charity said in a report that thousands of families will go bankrupt if the government went ahead with its plans to slash the disability living allowance (DLA) and replace it with a "personal independence payment", which means a...
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| | No UK ground force to be sent to Libya (by PressTV)
British Foreign Secretary William Hague has said that western forces would not intervene in deploying ground troops in Libya.
Hague said no ground forces would be sent to Libya even if embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi would continue fighting with the revolutionary forces despite the military stalemate.
"There is going to be no ground invasion of Libya, that is forbidden by the United...
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| | Libya, an alarm to UK future arm export (by PressTV)
Nick Clegg, British Deputy Prime Minister, considers Libya as a warning for his country's future arm export licenses to dictator regimes.
At the Liberal Democrat conference in London, Clegg was criticised for the government's indifference towards selling arms to Libya.
"What has happened in Libya and the Middle East has been a big wake-up call to review the system and revoke licences and...
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| | Days of posh British schools are over (by PressTV)
The government review, published on Thursday, suggests that the posh British academic buildings should be replaced by ones with more standardized design.
According to Sebastian James, the head of the review, the days of posh British academic buildings are over. He, being the head of group operations at Dixons, went on to say that the Labour's school programme wastes £2.5bn...
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| | AU delegation to mediate in Libya (by PressTV)
An African Union delegation plans to travel to Libya, seeking to mediate an end to fighting between Libyan revolutionaries and forces loyal to the embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
The delegation comprises of South Africa's President Jacob Zuma accompanied by the leaders of Mauritania, Congo, Mali and Uganda.
The delegation has called for an immediate end to all hostilities in crisis-hit...
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| | Warplane crash in S Iran kills 1 (by PressTV)
An Iranian Army aircraft has crashed around the southern city of Sarvestan in Iran's Fars Province, killing the pilot and injuring the co-pilot, local officials say.
The plane crashed near Khavaran village on Sunday, while on a training mission, an informed provincial official told IRNA.
Reports say the plane, which belonged to the Islamic Republic of Iran's Army, was probably a Sukhoi...
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| | US throws weight behind MKO: IRGC (by PressTV)
A top commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the United States supports the Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) terrorist group at Iraq's Camp Ashraf.
"The US supports the MKO's presence at Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Members of the terrorist cell are living in Iraq with the US support," IRNA quoted the commander of the IRGC Ground Forces Brigadier General Mohammad...
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| | 'Egypt's revolution shocked world' (by PressTV)
The masses have turned out once again in the Egyptian capital's Liberation Square to denounce what they allege to be dual legal systems in the North African country.
According to the anti-government Egyptian protesters, their revolution is not over and they maintain that they will persevere till they reach their goals.
In an interview with Press TV, Journalist and Political Analyst Dr....
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| | Iran-Turkey trade value ups $2.1bn (by PressTV)
The trade volume between Iran and Turkey has reportedly increased by more than 70 percent, surpassing $2.144 billion in the first two months of 2011.
According to a report released by Turkish Statistical Institute, the volume of trade between the two neighboring states reached $963.559 million in February, showing 43.65 percent increase compared with the same period in the previous year,...
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| | 'US, UK liable for Bahrain crackdowns' (by PressTV)
A Bahraini opposition group has lashed out at the United States and Britain for their roles in the brutal crackdowns on anti-regime protesters in Bahrain.
Both Washington and London have granted legitimacy to the Saudi occupation and the ethnic cleansing of Shia Muslim natives in Bahrain, the London-based Bahrain Freedom Movement said in a statement published on its website on Saturday.
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| | 'Bushehr one of world's safest N-plants' (by PressTV)
Tehran's envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh says the Bushehr power plant in southern Iran is among the safest nuclear facilities in the world.
In a Saturday interview with Tehran TV Channel, Soltanieh insisted that the Bushehr power plant has one of the highest safety levels among the world's nuclear facilities, noting, "Basically in Bushehr [power...
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| | 'Bahrainis more committed than ever' (by PressTV)
As anti-government protests continue to rock Bahrain, increasing numbers of human rights activists and protesters are being arrested.
The death toll in the crisis-hit Bahrain is on the rise, as well as the number of injured.
In an interview with Press TV, Nabeel Rajab from the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, discusses the situation in Bahrain. The following is a transcript of the...
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| | Iran MP rejects Hariri's meddling claims (by PressTV)
A senior Iranian lawmaker has censured the recent anti-Iran allegations by acting Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri, describing his remarks as "irrelevant."
"Like many countries, Iran will produce a reaction to the suppression of defenseless people. However, Iran's stance should not be regarded as interference in internal affairs of countries," Head of the National Security and...
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| | 'Iran committed to nuclear safety' (by PressTV)
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi says Iran has proved its commitment to observing safety guidelines at its nuclear facilities.
Even before the earthquake and nuclear contamination crisis in Japan, Iran had accepted Russian experts' proposal to revise its plans to load fuel into the core of the Bushehr power plant's reactor, Abbasi said at the ceremony of...
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| | US unveils indictment for 9/11 suspects (by PressTV)
 | | Walid Bin Attash (L), Ali Abdul Aziz Ali (C), and Mustafa al Hawsawi(R) | US prosecutors have compiled and announced charges against five suspects accused of involvement in planning the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States.
The indictment against the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four others was unveiled on Sunday, AFP reports.
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| | Iran to invest $16bn in SP gas field (by PressTV)
Iran's Oil Ministry plans to invest more than $16 billion in South Pars gas field to develop its remaining phases in the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), says a senior Iranian oil official.
Daily production of more than 700 million cubic meters in the giant gas field is the goal of the ministry, said Managing Director of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone Pirouz Mousavi,...
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| | China raps US meddling (by PressTV)
China has called on the United States to stop interfering in the internal affairs of other countries under the pretext of human rights issues.
China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hong Lei urged Washington to focus on its own human rights conditions, saying, "We advise the US side to reflect on its own human rights issues and not to position itself as a preacher of human rights," the...
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| | Nigeria starts vote counting (by PressTV)
Nigeria has begun counting votes from Saturday's parliamentary elections after sporadic violence prior to the delayed-elections killed nearly 20 people.
First indications from a few polling stations show that President Goodluck Jonathan's ruling People's Democratic Party could see its huge parliamentary majority trimmed, Reuter reported.
The elections, postponed twice in the space of a...
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| | Obama Again Capitulates (by Stephen J. Lendman)
 A previous article explained his sellout to Republicans last year on extending tax cuts to America's aristocracy, accessed through the following link: http://sjlendman.blogspot.com/2010/12/obama-capitulates-to-republicans.html It shouldn't surprise that on April 8, he repeated what's become a habit - breaking every major campaign pledge by backing reactionary Republican measures, harming...
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| | Video games may help stroke patients (by PressTV)
Playing video games in addition to regular therapy may help patients who have had a stroke regain their upper arm strength and movement.
After analyzing the data from 12 separate studies, scientists at McGill University in Montreal found that stroke patients, who participated in rehabilitation with virtual reality technologies, had a considerable greater chance of improving their motor...
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| | 'Iran tops US in nuclear field' (by PressTV)
A senior Iranian lawmaker has praised the Islamic Republic's great achievements in various fields of nuclear energy, saying the US has been defeated in its nuclear battle with Iran.
"Iran was the winner in the battle with major world powers that attempted to violate the Islamic Republic's nuclear rights," said Chairman of Iran's Majlis (parliament) Committee on National Security and...
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| | Suppressing Truth and Promoting War: A New York Times Tradition (by Stephen J. Lendman)
According to media scholar/critic Robert McChesney, today's corporate journalism is co-opted, corrupted, gutted, and virtually worthless as a source of real news, information and analysis. As a result, a free and open society is at risk because fiction substitutes for fact. News is carefully managed. Dissent is marginalized, and supporting wealth and power interests replace full disclosure...
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| | Pollution causes brain damage in mice (by PressTV)
A new study has found an association between exposure to air pollution and development of brain damage in mice, causing signs such as memory loss.
A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Southern California showed that tiny pollution particles in the air of freeways caused brain damage in the studied animals.
These particles are too small -- roughly one-thousandth the...
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| | HRW urges UAE to free activist (by PressTV)
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to immediately disclose the whereabouts of leading rights activist and blogger Ahmed Mansour.
The international rights organization said in a statement on Saturday that it is concerned that the detention of Mansour is "politically motivated."
"We believe the detention of Ahmed Mansoor is aimed at scaring and intimidating...
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| | 'Mubarak trial slim chance in Egypt' (by PressTV)
Thousands of protesters have turned their ire on the Egyptian military after the army tried to clear demonstrators from Liberation Square. Troops and police used tasers, guns, and batons and sounds of gunshots rang out across the square.
In an interview with Press TV, Ali al-Ahmed, director of the Institute for (Persian) Gulf Affairs (IGA) in Washington further discusses the situation in...
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| | 'Major Iranian gas pipelines repaired' (by PressTV)
Iranian experts have repaired three major gas pipelines that exploded in central province of Qom on Friday, says the chairman of Iran's Gas Transportation Company.
"Utilizing essential tools and resources, the personnel of National Gas Company made repairs to the damaged gas pipelines within less than 24 hours," Mehr news agency quoted Reza Almasi as saying on Saturday.
Almasi added...
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| | Iran builds new-generation centrifuges (by PressTV)
Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Fereydoun Abbasi says the country has successfully produced and tested second and third generations of Iranian-brand centrifuges.
"In line with optimization of centrifuge machines, aimed at increasing the separation power, second and third generation machines have also been produced and inspected, both of which have been successfully...
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| | New Yorkers protest US policies (by PressTV)
http://217.218.67.244:8181/video/20110410/05-22-00-ftp-susan.flv Thousands of Americans have staged a protest rally in New York City to voice concerns over US war and foreign policies as well as the economy and the persisting reduction of social programs.
Scores of peace, labor and community activists took to the streets of the...
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| | Gunmen kill 7 in Pakistan's Karachi (by PressTV)
Unknown gunmen have killed at least seven people in separate attacks in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi in the Sindh province.
The attacks tool place in different parts of Karachi on Sunday morning, a Press TV correspondent reported.
In the last few weeks, gunmen have killed dozens of people in Karachi.
On Saturday, Pakistan's Special Investigation Police conducted raids in various...
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| | Eni's oil payments to Iran up in 2010 (by PressTV)
Italy's biggest oil and natural gas company Eni SpA says it paid $888 million to the National Iranian Oil Company for crude last year.
The Italian oil giant also announced that it purchased a further $1.1 billion worth of Iranian oil from other parties in the previous year, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday.
Eni's refining and marketing division purchased 1.6 million tons of oil...
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| | Egypt's army to use force on protesters (by PressTV)
The Egyptian army has threatened to use force to end protests in Cairo's Liberation Square following a crack down on demonstrators camped out in the square early Saturday morning.
Egypt's ruling junta warned on Saturday that troops would clear protesters from central Cairo's Liberation Square with "firmness and force" if they continued to demonstrate there.
"Tahrir Square will be emptied...
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| | Hamas vows to rain rockets on Israel (by PressTV)
Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has vowed to continue firing missiles into Israel until Tel Aviv halts its attacks on the Gaza Strip.
Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Saturday that Palestinian groups will continue targeting Israel until Israeli troops stop their attacks on the blockaded sliver.
Al-Zahar also stressed that the Palestinian nation will, by no means,...
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| | Iran: Global oil market oversupplied (by PressTV)
Iran's OPEC Governor Mohammad Ali Khatibi says the global oil market is oversupplied, rejecting reports about an oil shortage in the world.
Khatibi said that although prices have been pushed up by the turmoil in the Middle East, there is no shortage of supply in the oil market, Reuters reported on Saturday.
"Not only is there not a shortage of supply in the oil market, but there is one...
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| | Iran exports $1.4bn nuts, dried fruits (by PressTV)
The value of Iran's exports of nuts and dried fruits has increased by about 25 percent, reaching $1.455 billion in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended March 20).
Assadollah Asgaroladi, a senior member of Iran's Chamber of Commerce, said that the Islamic Republic has exported 350,000 tons of nuts and dried fruits during the same period, IRIB reported.
The country exported 140,000 tons...
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| | Kiev slammed for Palestinian abduction (by PressTV)
Ukraine's Security Service has been criticized for the February abduction of a Palestinian engineer by Israeli agents in the European country and his subsequent transfer to Israel.
Critics say the Ukrainian Security Service was notified about Dirar Abu Sisi's abduction and that the Ukrainian officials cooperated with or ignored efforts for his abduction.
Abu Sisi, 42, went missing "under...
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| | Attack on Afghan army bus injures 10 (by PressTV)
  | | A damaged Afghan army bus is carried on the outskirts of Kabul, where a blast targeted it on April 9, 2011. | At least 10 people have been injured after a bomb explosion targeted an Afghan army bus on the outskirts of the capital Kabul.
The blast took place at 4:30 p.m. local time (1230 GMT) on Saturday on a road in the Ahmad Shah Baba Mina district east of Kabul city.
Seven...
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| | Pakistan urged to arrest Musharraf (by PressTV)
  | | Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf | An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan has asked the government to speed up efforts to arrest former President Pervez Musharraf over the terror case of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.
"The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) asked the prosecution to expedite execution of arrest warrants for Pervez Musharraf for early completion of the...
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| | Protesters killed in Yemen mass rallies (by PressTV)
Yemeni security forces have resorted to violence once again to stop tens of thousands of protesters staging demonstrations across the country.
The forces reportedly opened fire on demonstrators on Saturday, killing and wounding an unknown number of people.
At least two people were shot dead and dozens of others wounded in the southern city of Taiz, while hundreds more needed treatment for...
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| | Somali pirates release Greek oil tanker (by PressTV)
Somali pirates have released a Greek-owned crude oil tanker they had hijacked two months ago off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean.
The pirates freed the 319,000-dwt Irene SL vessel early on Saturday after they received a ransom payment of $14 million, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The vessel had a crew of 17 Filipinos, seven Greeks, and a Georgian national.
The Irene SL was...
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| | Hezbollah hails ties with Iran, Syria (by PressTV)
Hezbollah Secretary General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah has defended the Lebanese resistance movement's close ties with Iran and Syria.
Nasrallah delivered a speech late on Saturday in which he said that Hezbollah is proud of its relations with the two countries, the Fars News Agency reported.
"We are allied with Iran and Syria, and we have nothing to hide," Nasrallah stated, adding that...
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| | 'Israeli aggression due to uprisings' (by PressTV)
Hamas says Israel has stepped up aggression against Gaza due to the uprisings in the Arab world and is trying to undermine Palestinian resistance movements' reconciliation efforts.
"Nowadays, there is aggression against the Gaza Strip. This aggression [has] now increased because of what happened in Arab countries," Hamas Political Bureau Deputy Chairman Moussa Abu Marzouk told Press TV in an...
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| | 28 die in central Somalia clashes (by PressTV)
Clashes between Somali government soldiers and al-Shabab fighters have left at least 28 people dead and many others injured in central Somalia.
Over 15 Somali soldiers died on Saturday morning after skirmishes broke out in Baladweyn town, the capital of the Hiran region and a strategic central town that lies some 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of the capital Mogadishu, the Press TV...
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| | Somali pirates hijack German cargo ship (by PressTV)
Somali pirates have hijacked a German-owned bulk carrier with a crew of ten sailors onboard off the coast of Oman in the Indian Ocean.
The Antigua and Barbuda-flagged MV Susan K was on its way to Port Sudan from Mumbai in India on Friday morning when pirates seized it approximately 200 nautical miles northeast of the Omani coastal city of Salalah, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The...
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| | Gunman kills 7 at mall in the Netherlands (by PressTV)
A gunman has opened fire inside a crowded shopping mall near Amsterdam, killing at least seven people and wounding 15 others.
The attacker was among the dead after fatally shooting himself at the Ridderhof mall in Alphen aan den Rijn, 15 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Amsterdam, Mayor Bas Eenhoorn said on Saturday.
Eenhoorn noted that children were among the victims, but he could not...
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| | 8 Libyans killed in battle for Misratah (by PressTV)
At least eight people have been killed and several others injured during clashes between pro-Gaddafi forces and revolutionaries in the Libyan town of Misratah.
Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have laid siege to Misratah and shelled the city for weeks, resulting in heavy civilian casualties.
In addition, NATO warplanes launched four airstrikes against the Gaddafi forces near...
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| | Iran expels three Kuwaiti diplomats (by PressTV)
The Islamic Republic of Iran has expelled three Kuwaiti diplomats in retaliation to the Persian Gulf emirate's decision to expel three Iranian diplomats.
On April 2, Kuwait expelled three Iranian diplomats of the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait City, alleging that they had links to a spy network.
Kuwait claimed that a number of its officers have been gathering information about the US military...
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| | 'No choice for US to stay in Iraq' (by PressTV)
Iraq's influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has said that resistance against US troops will increase if they do not leave the country by the end of this year.
Press TV has conducted an interview with political analyst Ali al-Nashmi regarding US forces staying after 2011 and the position of the Iraqi people.
Press TV: How do you assess the reaction of the Iraqis in the past eight years to...
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| | Images reveal intact 'flying pencil' (by PressTV)
The Port of London Authority (PLA) says a German bomber, which was shot down over the English Channel during World War II, is well preserved.
A high-tech sonar survey revealed that the rare airplane is intact and lies at the bottom of the sea where it crashed in 1940, Reuters reported.
It is said that the Dornier 17 was hit during the Battle of Britain and ditched in Goodwin Sands, just...
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| | Two killed for reporting on Bahrain (by PressTV)
Gunmen have ambushed a car in southern Baghdad, killing a journalist and a rights activist for reporting on the anti-government protests in Bahrain.
Iraqi sources say that the killing of the two journalists on Friday was committed by Saudi agents in Iraq, in retaliation for the rolling coverage of the Bahrain Revolution by Al Masar TV channel.
"Two people were killed this morning in an...
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| | Two die in Bahraini regime custody (by PressTV)
Bahrain's Interior Ministry has announced that two protesters have died in police custody of injuries sustained during the crackdown on demonstrators.
Authorities have release the name of one man, Ali Isa Saqer, 31, who died on Saturday at a detention center, Xinhua reported.
Officials allege that Saqer had attempted to "murder" policemen by trying to run them over with his car and...
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| | Saudi Arabia, Jordan behind Syria unrest (by PressTV)
The rise in anti-government protests and mounting political tension in Syria brings to mind the question about who is behind these deadly incidents.
A probe into the root causes of the latest events in Syria show that the revolt is mainly supported by Saudi Arabia and Jordan.
The revolt began in the city of Daraa, 120 kilometers south of the capital Damascus and near the border with Jordan.
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| | France arrests burqa-ban protesters (by PressTV)
French police have arrested 59 people in Paris for participating in protests against the ban on the Muslim veil -- known as the burqa or niqab.
Protests on Saturday came two days before French President Nicolas Sarkozy's burqa ban goes into effect, Reuters reported.
According to a police spokesman, among those arrested at the Place de la Nation in eastern Paris were 20 burqa-wearing...
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| | Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian in Gaza (by PressTV)
Israeli warplanes have conducted another sortie in the Gaza Strip killing at least one Palestinian and injuring two others, as Tel Aviv escalates airstrikes on the blockaded enclave.
The Saturday aerial attack followed another act of aggression earlier in the day in which Israeli tanks wounded a Palestinian in northern Gaza, AFP reported.
Since Friday, an nineteen Palestinian people have...
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| | Iran refutes MKO's 'secret' factory claim (by PressTV)
Iran has refuted claims by a terrorist group that Tehran has a "secret" factory which produces components to make nuclear centrifuges.
A spokesman for the terrorist Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization (MKO) in Washington claimed on Thursday that a company site west of the capital Tehran produced "aluminum casing, magnets, molecular pumps, composite tubes, centrifuge bases."
Iranian Foreign...
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| | Strike paralyzes Kashmir amid tensions (by PressTV)
The people of Indian-administered Kashmir have gone on a complete shutdown strike in response to the killing of a Muslim cleric in the Himalayan valley.
The strike paralyzed much of the region as most shops, businesses, schools and offices in Srinagar and other major towns were closed on Saturday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The strikes are in protest at the killing of Muslim...
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| | Iran Army to undergo major reforms (by PressTV)
Commander of the Iranian Army's Ground Forces says a major part of the structural reforms will be completed by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (2011-2012).
Earlier in March, Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei approved reforms in the structure, composition and organization of the Ground Forces.
Brigadier-General Ahmad-Reza Pourdastan said that aside...
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| | Lebanon objects to UN to Israel spying (by PressTV)
Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations Security Council over Israel's planting of a spy system camouflaged as rocks in its southern territory.
The Lebanese foreign ministry urged UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in a letter to pressure Israel to cease its espionage activities in Lebanon, a Press TV correspondent reported.
It called on the UN to assume its responsibility in...
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| | RSF reacts to Iran reporter expelling (by PressTV)
  | | Secretary General of Reporters Without Borders Jean-Francois Julliard | The Secretary General of the France-based Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has reacted to the recent expulsion of an Iranian journalist, Kamran Najafzadeh, by Paris.
"I think this response will not solve the problem," Jean-Francois Julliard said, adding that "the Iranian government does not care."
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| | Soros: Dollar 'no longer' reserve currency (by Aaron Dykes)
During his Bretton Woods II weekend conference, billionaire financier George Soros has issued many bold statements, not the least of which included claiming that the Dollar had already fallen as the world's reserve currency, and is now reduced to sharing the role, in an interview with Bloomberg: The big question is whether the U.S. dollar should be the reserve currency; it no longer is, it...
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| | EU workers protest austerity measures (by PressTV)
http://previous.presstv.ir/photo/20110409/etminan20110409155959750.jpg Thousands of European workers have gathered in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, to protest against the EU finance ministers' plans for austerity measures.
The protests come as the European ministers and central bankers are holding a second day of talks on Europe's debt crisis outside Budapest on Saturday, the Associated...
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| | Dozens hurt, 800 detained in Bahrain (by PressTV)
In Bahrain, Saudi-backed forces have injured 32 people after opening fire on anti-regime protesters in two villages near the southern town of Sitra.
Meanwhile, Maryam al-Khawaja from the Bahrain Center of Human Rights told Press TV that the number of detainees in Bahrain has reached 800, including at least 25 women.
Police attacked demonstrators in the villages of Daih and Aker on...
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| | Dozens hurt, 600 detained in Bahrain (by PressTV)
Thirty-two Bahrainis have been injured as Saudi-backed forces attack protesters in villages near Sitra, while over 600 people have been detained in 55 days of anti-government demonstrations.
Meanwhile, the Bahraini government has vowed to demolish three mosques in the town of Hamad, a Press TV correspondent reported.
More than 600 people, including 25 women, have been detained, a human...
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| | 'US hated for involvement in Bahrain' (by PressTV)
Bahraini forces intensify their crackdown on opposition figures and anti-government protesters, while the Bahraini Center for Human Rights (BCHR) say the number of detained opposition activists exceeds 500.
Saudi Arabia has deployed a contingent of 1,000 soldiers to help Manama crack down on protesters.
Press TV has interviewed London-based Rodney Shakespeare, chairman of the Committee...
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This week, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed Senate Bill 381. :
