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Afghanistan suicide blast targeting NATO patrol kills 2 troops, 9 school kids...
KABUL, Afghanistan A suicide bomber targeting an American military delegation outside a government office in eastern Afghanistan killed 12 people on Monday, including nine schoolchildren who were...
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Bomb kills 9 Afghan children, 2 US troops – Newsday
Tweet Google Pin It Originally published: June 3, 2013 4:18 AM Updated: June 3, 2013 4:41 PM By The Associated Press KAY JOHNSON (Associated Press) Photo credit: AP | An Afghan border policeman walks...
View ArticleUS targets Iran with currency, auto-sector sanctions – Reuters
WASHINGTON | Mon Jun 3, 2013 5:35pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States on Monday ratcheted up its efforts to isolate Iran for its suspected nuclear weapons program, targeting Tehran with...
View ArticleObama announces new sanctions on Iran – Los Angeles Times
Obama, who has faced demands from Congress to tighten sanctions, issued an executive order targeting large transactions involving the Iranian currency, the rial, in overseas banks. The goal is to...
View ArticleAre Russia and Iran aiding Syria? – Fox News
This transcript is automatically generated And — there are new concerns this morning that Russia and Iran and helping Syria and its fight against the rebels Syrian troops it turns out and used...
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For first time US slaps sanction on Iran’s currency – Indian Express
The US has slapped new sanctions on Iran for the third time in a week, targeting the country’s already-devalued currency and automobile industry, as it pressured Tehran to abandon its nuclear...
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Iran Leader Tells Candidates Not to Appease West – ABC News
Iran’s supreme leader urged presidential candidates Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the hopefuls running in June 14 elections who said that they...
View ArticleIn Irans Elections, Expect an Ayatollah-Approved Candidate to Win – Daily Beast
IN IRAN’S June 14 presidential election, Iranians will be free to elect one of eight candidates, but none will be bringing hope or change any time soon. All are favorites of the country’s Supreme...
View ArticleIran’s Khamenei accuses critics of trying to undermine presidential election...
Khamenei also rejected the idea that compromises on the international stage would ease Iran’s challenges. “Those with the mistaken interpretation that making concessions to our enemies will ease their...
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Syria conflict: US condemns siege of Qusair – BBC News
5 June 2013 Last updated at 20:25 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Lyse Doucet: “[The rebels] say they’re coming back but they’ll come back to a city that’s gone” The...
View ArticleUS lawmakers in new drive to slash Iran’s oil sales to a trickle – Reuters
Thu Jun 6, 2013 7:00am EDT (Repeats with no changes to text) By Jonathan Leff and Timothy Gardner NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) – U.S. lawmakers are embarking this summer on a campaign to deal...
View ArticleIran’s presidential candidates disagree on nuclear talks with world powers in...
TEHRAN, Iran – Eight candidates running in Iran’s June 14 presidential election disagree on how they would handle nuclear talks with world powers. The eight debated their views in a third, final TV...
View ArticleAid from Assad allies appears to be tipping balance in Syrian war – Fox News
WASHINGTON – The leader of Syria’s main opposition group warned Friday that rebel fighters had been weakened and demoralized after a string of recent tactical setbacks and that the aid Iran, Russia...
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Millions of Iranians vote in presidential election – Jerusalem Post
Iranians headed to the polls to vote in presidential elections on Friday with the reformist camp united behind one candidate, Hassan Rohani, and the hardliners split between several. The Interior...
View ArticleHezbollah chief: group will keep fighting in Syria – Houston Chronicle
BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Lebanon’s Hezbollah group vowed Friday to keep fighting in Syria “wherever needed” and said his Shiite Muslim group has made a “calculated” decision to defend the Syrian...
View ArticleCentrist declared winner of Iran’s presidential election – Los Angeles Times
Mostafa Mohammad Najjar told a news conference in Tehran that Rowhani obtained more than 50% of more than 36 million votes cast in Friday’s election. Rowhani was the lone moderate candidate supported...
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Israel skeptical new Iran president can ease tensions – USA TODAY
News that the U.S. plans to arm Syrian rebels also raised concerns among Israelis this weekend. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Israel, on...
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Global forced displacement at an 18-year high – Myjoyonline.com
<!– –> A report released by UNHCR, the UN’s refugee agency, says with the crisis in Syria, more people are now refugees or internally displaced than at any time since 1994. The report said the...
View ArticleIran’s Rouhani hints will balance hardline, reformist demands – Reuters India
By Yeganeh Torbati DUBAI | Sat Jun 29, 2013 11:44pm IST DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday he would appoint ministers from across its political spectrum as...
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Iran sanctions bill on oil passed by US House – BBC News
1 August 2013 Last updated at 09:47 ET The bill passed by the House of Representatives was drafted before last month’s Iranian election US lawmakers have approved a sweeping bill aimed at slashing...
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