Guardian.co.uk
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:22 UTC
Tehran - Iran has converted financial reserves into gold to avoid future problems, an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in comments published on Saturday, after the price of oil fell more than 60 percent from a peak in July.
http://www.haaretz.com…
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Pictures of an American anti-missile radar installed in southern Israel were released earlier this week, depicting a recently completed military base, which will house the first permanent U.S. force to be deployed on Israeli soil.
Construction of the base was completed in the last few days at Mount Keren near the [...]
http://www.afp.com…
13/11/2008 10h45
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and killed his local guard in northwestern Pakistan Thursday, police said, in the latest of a series of attacks in the region.
Hashmatullah Atharzadeh was on his way to the consulate in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, when unknown assailants attacked [...]
The outgoing Bush admin fears that a lot of dirt is going to come out when Obama is in the White House. I think they’re looking to get a jump on some of it now. Releasing what they can so it doesn’t look so damning when it gets aired:
Surprise Surprise: “Laptop of Death” a Possible [...]
http://www.zawya.com…
Chines Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that there is no obstacle for admission of Iran as the main member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The Chinese prime minister made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian First Vice President Parviz Davoudi on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
China backs Iran’s admission as the [...]
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Bush intends to take the first steps towards diplomatic relations with Iran, as reported by Warren Strobel at McClatchy.
Meanwhile, folks in Iceland can’t conduct normal business because of having the entire country on the UK terror list.
So Iceland = Terrorists and Iran = Not Terrorists.
Now I’m confused.
http://www.miamiherald.com…
An ultra-Orthodox party said it will not join a new coalition government being formed by prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni, opening the door for more hawkish parties to take control.
BY DION NISSENBAUM
McClatchy Newspapers
JERUSALEM — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s hopes of becoming the second woman to lead her nation suffered a serious setback on Friday when [...]
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h/t: sott.net
Terry Macalister
The Guardian
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:56 UTC
Western concerns about global energy markets hit new heights last night when Russia, Iran and Qatar said they were forming an Opec-style gas cartel.
The move by the three countries, which control 60% of the world’s gas reserves, was met with immediate opposition from the European commission, which [...]
http://www.presstv.ir…
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 15:24:32 GMT
A vessel belonging to the US Navy has reportedly caught fire in the northern Persian Gulf near the Iraqi port cities of Al-Bakr and Al-Amaya.
Informed military sources said on Monday that the US Navy had secretly moved the vessel to the coasts of Kuwait after the fire broke out, Iran’s [...]
http://news.xinhuanet.com…
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) — The Pentagon denied news reports Tuesday that a U.S. military aircraft was forced to land in Iran after violating Iran’s airspace.
Pentagon Bryan Whitman said he hasn’t “heard anything like that.”
“All aircraft in the region are accounted for and we have no reports of any aircraft landing in Iran,” said [...]
WHEN YOU LET PEOPLE DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, YOU GET WOODSTOCK…WHEN YOU LET GOVERNMENTS DO WHATEVER THEY WANT, YOU GET WACO…
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