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Iran, (Persian: ايران‎ , Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران‎ , transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany combined. Iran borders Armenia, Azerbaijan (including its Nakhichevan exclave) and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan to the east, and Iraq and Turkey to the west. In addition, it borders the Persian Gulf, across which lie Kuwait, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates. Shi'a Islam is the official state religion and Persian the official language.

Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

Source: Politics Balla   |   Jun 18 2013, 9:24pm CDT

Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment
Jerusalem, June 19 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment.
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Pentagon shoots down Kerry's Syria strike plan

Source: Stars and Stripes  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:46am CDT

Twenty years ago, in a debate over the war in Bosnia, Madeleine Albright, then the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, issued a challenge to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Colin Powell. Albright wanted the United States to confront a ...

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Rescue chopper crashes in Nepal, one killed
Rescue chopper crashes in Nepal, one killed
Kathmandu, June 19 (IANS) At least one person was killed and three others were injured Wednesday when a chopper, sent for rescuing people affected by landslides and floods, crashed on the banks of the Karnali river on the Nepal-Tibet border, officials said.
 
Late pope John Paul II may be made saint
Late pope John Paul II may be made saint
Vatican City, June 19 (IANS/AKI) Late pope John Paul II could be made a saint, after theologians from the Vatican's Congregation for the Causes of Saints reportedly approved his second miracle.
 
US man wanted for child sex abuse held in Mexico
US man wanted for child sex abuse held in Mexico
Washington, June 19 (IANS) A former college professor in the US who was on the FBI's "10 most wanted" list over allegations of child sex abuse has been arrested in Mexico, officials said.
 
 

Intelsat stops services to Iran channels

Source: Press TV  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:43am CDT

On Wednesday, the Luxembourg-based company said it will no longer provide services to Iranian channels, most notably Press TV, adding that the decision has been made in accordance with US sanctions again ...

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Obama calls for reduction in nuclear arsenals

Source: United Press International  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:33am CDT

BERLIN, June 19 (UPI) -- President Barack Obama , speaking at Berlin's symbolic Brandenburg Gate, called for a reduction of the world's nuclear stockpiles by as much as a third. "Peace with justice means pursuing the security of a w ...

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Scandalgate: A DIY, All-Purpose News Story

Source: NPR  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:29am CDT

Scandals seem to swarm around American presidents like yellow jackets around a state park picnic table. In fact, administration after administration has spent its second term swatting away falsehoods — and true tales — of miscreancy. And so patte ...

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Correction: Jordan-Syria-War Games story

Source: The Seattle Times  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:29am CDT

In a June 18 story about U.S.-led war games in Jordan, The Associated Press reported erroneously the organization that employs Tawfiq Hennawi. He works for the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, not the International Committee of the Red Cro ...

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How Putin Won the G8

Source: The Atlantic  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:27am CDT

it is power and stability, rather than democracy and the right of people to self-determination that are high on the agenda in Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron, and ...

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UAE charges 30 suspects with plotting coup

Source: San Diego Local News 1  |   Jun 19 2013, 10:27am CDT

FBI agents plan a third day of digging Wednesday in suburban Detroit for the remains of former Teamsters union leader Jimmy Hoffa, who disappeared 38 years ago. The excavation of a rural field in suburban Det ...

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