Iran mass producing anti-ship cruise missile: TV
Monday, February 6th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran has begun mass production of an anti-ship cruise missile, state television’s website said on Saturday.
AYATOLLAH: KILL ALL JEWS, ANNIHILATE ISRAEL
Sunday, February 5th, 2012 | 9 comments
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Brotherhood would cancel Camp David Agreement, says Hezbollah official
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 | Post a comment
Tehran — Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood will eventually cancel the Camp David Agreement, despite the group’s announcement that it respects international agreements Egypt has signed, said Amin al-Sayed Ibrahim, head of Hezbollah’s political council.
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Islamists secure top spot in new Egypt parliament
Saturday, January 21st, 2012 | Post a comment
A teacher and volunteer from the Muslim Brotherhood revises lessons for free with school pupils before their exams, at a mosque in Alexandria January 20, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Asmaa Waguih
The Muslim Brotherhood won by far the biggest share of seats allocated to party lists in Egypt’s first freely-elected parliament in decades, final results confirmed, giving it a major role in drafting the country’s new constitution.
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Iranian president arrives in Cuba; U.S. warns of ‘dangerous alliance’
Thursday, January 12th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) gestures to the media next to Cuba’s Vice president Esteban Lazo at Havana’s Jose Marti Airport January 11, 2012.
Photo by: Reuters
Ahmadinejad’s Latin America tour seen as effort side-step international tensions and find new markets as the European Union considers an outright embargo on Iranian oil.
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Iranian, Venezuelan leaders rebuff U.S., joke about bomb
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012 | Post a comment
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) is welcomed by Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez at Miraflores Palace in Caracas January 9, 2012.
Credit: Reuters/Carlos Garcia Rawlins
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez lavished each other with praise on Monday, mocked U.S. disapproval and joked about having an atomic bomb at their disposal.
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Egypt Islamists seen winning near two-thirds of seats
Monday, January 9th, 2012 | Post a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood said on Saturday it had won at least 41 percent of the seats in Egypt’s lower house of parliament, with Islamists of various stripes occupying almost two thirds of the assembly so far.
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Egypt: A religious revival
Saturday, December 31st, 2011 | Post a comment
The Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice party holding a campaign rally
As Islamists emerge from elections as the country’s leading political force – to the alarm of democracy campaigners and regional autocrats alike – western governments will have to adapt to a power shift they have long sought to prevent
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Bombings in Syria and Iraq raise spectre of Sunni-Shia war
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | One comment
Last Thursday, there were 16 bomb blasts in Baghdad (72 people killed, 217 injured). On Friday, two big car bombs in Damascus killed 40 people and injured 150.
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Egypt Islamists take two-thirds of 2nd-round vote
Monday, December 26th, 2011 | Post a comment
CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s two leading Islamist parties won about two-thirds of votes for party lists in the second round of polling for a parliament that will help draft a new constitution after decades of autocratic rule, the election committee said Saturday.