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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iran Herald.com http://www.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/940f2bfd509e743b/ en-us Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:15 -0500 Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:14:15 -0500 30 DAMASCUS - The West voiced its ire over Russia and China's veto of the UN Security Council resolution on Syria even as more clashes and deaths were reported in the violence-wracked country. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203276650/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:29:51 -0500 Iran Herald.com http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203276650/cs/1/ Bahrain's Interior Minister Shaikh Rashid Bin Abdullah Al Khalifa has condemned attacks on the country's expatriate communities in the wake of an Indian and Britons being subjected to assaults. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298508/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:12:06 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298508/cs/1/ Former Pakistan captain and batting legend Javed Miandad has lauded his team's whitewash of England in the series in the United Arab Emirates. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298488/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:11:25 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298488/cs/1/ An Iranian website with close ties to the country's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has laid out the legal and moral justifications to kill all Jews and annihilate Israel. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298463/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:10:02 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203298463/cs/1/ India and Iran have reached an agreement for the payment of oil, said Tehran's envoy to New Delhi Seyed Mehdi Nabizadeh. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295551/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:50:04 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295551/cs/1/ The U.S. has imposed a fresh set of sanctions on the Iranian government to pressure the latter to halt its nuclear program. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203294437/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:30:01 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203294437/cs/1/ The Simpsons have joined Barbie on the list of dolls prohibited in Iran as part of a decades-long crackdown on signs of western culture. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203292329/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:06 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203292329/cs/1/ Pakistan has assured Iran that it would implement, on a fast track basis, multi-billion-dollar gas and electricity import projects, despite international sanctions and concerns over the latter's nucle http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203291186/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:50:07 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203291186/cs/1/ Iranian authorities have reportedly arrested several people over alleged links to the British Broadcasting Corporation's Farsi-language service. http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203291172/cs/1/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:20:07 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203291172/cs/1/ Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned the escalating violence in Syria today, calling on President Bashar al-Assad's Government to immediately cease all hostilities against the country's ci http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203286219/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:17:15 -0500 U.N. - Peace and Security http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203286219/cs/1/ Russia and China are defending their veto of a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have endorsed an Arab League plan for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to transfer power to a deput http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203285275/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:15:43 -0500 VoA - Asia http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203285275/cs/1/ American aid to Egypt, which is estimated at an average of two billion dollars a year, is reportedly in peril with U.S. lawmakers threatening to block assistance in response to Egypt's crackdown on pr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203267665/cs/1/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:00:02 -0500 ANI http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203267665/cs/1/ Brent futures rose above $116 on Tuesday, extending gains after prices settled at a six-month high in the previous session as a cold spell in Europe and supply concerns from the Middle East ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296808/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:23 -0500 Trade Arabia http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296808/ Syria: Heavy shelling of the central Syrian city of Homs resumed on Tuesday a day after nearly 100 civilians were killed across the country in one of the bloodiest days since the outbreak of a ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296795/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:16 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296795/ TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran on Tuesday denounced as "an antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions targeting Tehran's central bank and giving U.S. banks new powers to freeze ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296779/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:12 -0500 West Australian http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296779/ DAMASCUS (AFP) - Syrian troops besieging Homs renewed their heavy shelling of the protest city on Tuesday as Russia's foreign minister was due to arrive in Damascus for talks with Bashar ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296780/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:05:02 -0500 West Australian http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296780/ BEIJING -; China says it is considering sending envoys to discuss ways to end the violence in Syria. Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin reiterated Tuesday that China wants the violence ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296419/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296419/ MOSCOW -; Russia says its foreign minister has arrived in Syria for talks with President Bashar Assad. The foreign ministry said Tuesday that Sergei Lavrov is joined by Russia's foreign ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296739/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:00:02 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296739/ BAGHDAD -; An official from Iraq's Sunni-backed bloc says its ministers have ended their boycott of the Cabinet, a move that could restore some stability to the war-ravaged nation. Iraqiya ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296421/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:57 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296421/ FILE - In this Feb. 1, 2012 file photo, President Barack Obama speaks in Falls Church, Va. President Barack Obama announced tough new sanctions on Iran's Central Bank Monday amid increased ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296770/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:41 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296770/ A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296814/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:59:17 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296814/ Don’t have a jihad, man!Iran is blacklisting dolls of "The Simpsons," saying Bart, Homer, Lisa and Marge corrupt the youth of the Islamic Republic."Imports of all kinds of dolls ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295954/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:53:44 -0500 New York Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295954/ Iranian Jews look at the Torah scroll during a morning service for Shabbat, on the Jewish festival of Passover, at the Pol-e-Choubi Synagogue, in Tehran, Iran, April 23, 2011. Iran has the largest ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296777/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:46 -0500 NPR http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296777/ Syria's Free Syrian Army has said that Turkey mediated the release of 11 kidnapped Iranians and thanked Turkey for its support. Gunmen kidnapped 11 Iranian pilgrims heading to the Syrian ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296815/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:52:23 -0500 News.Az http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296815/ CAIRO -- The United States scrambled Monday to salvage an Arab peace initiative aimed at halting Syria's descent into all-out civil war, closing its embassy in Damascus and deliberating with ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296798/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:48:44 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296798/ (MENAFN - Arab News) Sindbad, Oman Air's frequent flyer program, has announced its second online raffle. This online feature that allows Sindbad members to spend their "miles" to ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296805/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:48:29 -0500 MENAFN http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296805/ Sports News: Doha, Paul Lawrie produced a bogey-free third round stroking a fluent 65 to win the Qatar Masters for the second time with a four-shot win over Jason Day and Peter Hanson at the Doha ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296573/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:43:40 -0500 KeralaNext http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296573/ MOSCOW, February 7 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia’s emergencies ministry sent humanitarian aid to Yemen, a ministry spokesman told Itar-Tass on Tuesday. "At 10:03 a.m. Moscow time on Tuesday, a, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296764/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:37 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296764/ The UN Security Council yet again failed to adopt a resolution on Syria. Russia and China have imposed a veto on it. Moscow and Beijing are not satisfied with the changes made to the text. The ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296617/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:42:05 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296617/ The President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas. Hrriyet photo The United States remained on the sidelines over a deal signed between Hamas and Fatah to end a long-running ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296771/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:57 -0500 Turkish Daily News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296771/ Heavy bombardment of the Syrian city of Homs resumed on Tuesday after at least 100 civilians were killed on Monday in an offensive to put down a popular revolt against President Bashar Assad's ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296756/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:49 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296756/ Iran on Tuesday rejected as an "antagonistic move" a tightening of U.S. sanctions that targets the Islamic state's central bank and gives U.S. banks new powers to freeze assets linked ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296755/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:46 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296755/ With violence mounting, the growing threat to President Bashar Assad's regime is raising concern in Israel that weapons from Syria's military could fall into the hands of terrorist groups, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296757/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:40 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296757/ Government ministries, National Insurance Institute, Israel Lands Administration, Employment Service, Tax Authority, stock exchange, banks, and more to shut ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296758/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:39:29 -0500 Haaretz http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296758/ NEW YORK -- A protest against embattled Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh outside a luxury hotel in New York got heated Sunday when demonstrators saw him leave the building, with one charging ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296790/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:17 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296790/ RAMALLAH, West Bank--The main Palestinian political rivals on Monday took a major step toward healing their bitter rift, agreeing that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas would head an interim unity ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296791/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:13 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296791/ CAIRO--Ignoring a U.S. threat to cut off aid, Egypt has referred 19 Americans and 24 other employees of nonprofit groups to trial before a criminal court on accusations they illegally used foreign ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296576/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:12 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296576/ WASHINGTON - The United States closed its embassy in Damascus on Monday and vowed "greater action" aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as it weighed a dwindling set of ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296787/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:12 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296787/ KUWAIT CITY/SINGAPORE -- Oil prices could soar to as high as US$160 a barrel if tension over an Iranian oil embargo persists or in the event of conflict, a top Kuwaiti oil executive said in remarks ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296575/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:28:06 -0500 The China Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296575/ Thirty years to the day that Hafez al-Assad's Syria began a massacre of at least 10,000 people in Hama, another one took place in Homs, and two of the world's biggest countries did nothing ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296809/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:27:37 -0500 Asia News Network http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296809/ Sana''a, Feb. 7 (BNA) - Yemen''s one-candidate presidential election campaign will officially starts on Tuesday, as part of the UN-supported power transfer deal to facilitate the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296793/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:26:37 -0500 Bahrain News Agency http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296793/ 1. Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani After the departure of Wadah Khanfar last September, Sheikh Ahmed Bin Jassim Al Thani stepped into the hot seat as the head of the Al Jazeera network. With the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295764/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:24:55 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295764/ Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a UN resolution condemning Syria for its 11-month crackdown on dissent. "The United States has suspended operations of our embassy in Damascus as of February ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296752/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:22:16 -0500 Times Of India http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296752/ Feb. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Russia will seek to prod President Bashar al-Assad toward a political settlement at talks in Damascus after blocking United Nations action over his 11-month- old ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296711/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:11:59 -0500 Business Week http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296711/ InterAKTV/Markku Seguerra The Philippine national men’s football team is running double time to get into shape as they only have roughly a month to blend together as a team before they face ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296750/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:07:01 -0500 Yahoo http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296750/ Qatar's Supreme Education Council has announced that Arabic should be the official teaching language of Qatar University. This means that most courses in the Faculty of Law, International ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296577/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:05:45 -0500 Mideast Posts http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296577/ UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas not to abandon talks with Israel after his Fatah movement signed a deal on governing with rival ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296762/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:05:28 -0500 IOL http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296762/ In this file picture, samples of rice are seen on the desk as a rice wholesaler checks his books while waiting for customers at his shop in south Tehran June 18, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296749/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:01:24 -0500 Reuters http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296749/ WASHINGTON - Authoritarian rulers from Caracas to Moscow and beyond have long viewed pro-democracy groups financed by the United States with deep suspicion, regularly denouncing them as meddlers or ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296578/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:59:55 -0500 New York Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296578/ o Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov due in Damascus o Bombardment of Homs continues for fourth dayo Splits emerge between Free Syrian Army and ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296475/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:57:12 -0500 The Guardian http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296475/ A member of the Free Syrian Army stands guard as anti-Syrian regime protesters hold a demonstration in Idlib, Syria, Monday, Feb. 6, 2012. The U.S. closed its Syrian embassy Monday and Britain ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296785/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:55:15 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296785/ Emirates airline has announced a three-day sale, offering customers discounts of up to 30 per cent to select top destinations across its network. The airline intends to maximise available seats on ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295913/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:10 -0500 Dubai Chronicle http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295913/ A group of pro-government Iranian students have gathered outside the parliament building in Tehran to call on the government to stop oil exports to Europe. The protest comes after the EU banned all ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296517/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:52:05 -0500 Euro News http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296517/ Merrill Lynch Wealth Management today announces that it has further strengthened its business in the Middle East with the appointment of Sahba Hadipour, Sandip Aggarwal, Zahoor Hussain, Ayad Hachem ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296447/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:51:59 -0500 Dubai Chronicle http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296447/ Residents in the restive Syrian city of Homs are suffering one of the fiercest assaults from government troops since the uprising began. Diplomatic efforts at the UN Security Council to try to stop ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295587/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:48:08 -0500 BBC http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295587/ As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov heads to Syria for talks with President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Moscow correspondent Daniel Sandford assesses what he might hope to achieve from his visit. ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296705/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:54 -0500 BBC http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296705/ Reports from Iran say several people have been detained for alleged links to the BBC's Persian Service, which is banned in the country. The Mehr news agency says they were involved in ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296258/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:47:40 -0500 BBC http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296258/ Oman to further strengthen its presence in the country. According to a news report, International Information Technology Company (IITC), part of OHI group, will now be Finacle's partner in the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296572/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:45:50 -0500 Times of India http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296572/ The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party at a press conference. CAIRO: When the Muslim Brotherhood’s Twitter account asked the seemingly innocent question, ';why do you ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296581/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:43:20 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296581/ Brussels (dpa) – The European Union is preparing a fresh round of sanctions against Syria, following failed attempts at the weekend to pass a critical resolution in the United Nations Security ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296816/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:43:11 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296816/ Gamal Mubarak in the court's jail during trial. CAIRO: Ousted president Hosni Muabark’s two sons Alaa and Gamal were officially transferred on Monday to the Torah prison annex, each to ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296582/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:51 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296582/ Bradley's first match was a 2-0 defeat against Brazil. CAIRO: Egypt’s national football team manager Bob Bradley said in an interview with Al-Jazeera news network that he believes, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296583/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:43 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296583/ Yemen's military in a parade. SANA’A: As Yemen’s Vice-President Abdu Rabbo Mansour Hadi is about to launch his presidential campaign under the slogan "together we will built ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296088/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:42:35 -0500 bikyamasr http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296088/ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A simple trip to the store in Iran these days offers a crash course in life under Western economic sanctions. The prices of many imported goods -- from South Korean ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296782/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:07 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296782/ CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's military leader told electoral officials Monday to speed preparations for presidential elections after a new eruption of street protests demanding that the ruling generals ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296574/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:06 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296574/ JERUSALEM (AP) -- For the first time in nearly two decades of escalating tensions over Iran's nuclear program, world leaders are genuinely concerned that an Israeli military attack on the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296784/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:31:02 -0500 News and Sentinel http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296784/ Khalifa University has recently held at its Abu Dhabi campus a meeting with a delegation from the Forensic Evidence Department of Abu Dhabi ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296794/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:29:36 -0500 Mena Report http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296794/ The Libyan government estimates that its budget deficit will reach $10 billion this year, leading to serious challenges in paying government employees and the country's energy ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296445/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:29:17 -0500 Mena Report http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296445/ An Iranian vendor sells pistachio in Tehran's old main bazaar last week. The price tags on many imported goods are double from last year, while Iranian currency has plunged in value against the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296772/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:25:33 -0500 Denver Post http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296772/ Leading players, industry thought leaders and key regulators in the regional insurance industry will take part in the 8th Annual Middle East Insurance Forum (MEIF 2012), which is set to commence on ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296024/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:47 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296024/ Qatar University College of Pharmacy (CPH) recently held the 4th session of its continuing pharmacy professional development program (CPPD) for the 2011 academic year which saw the attendance of a ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296128/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:16 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296128/ After the success of the previous events, AMI's 5th edition of the Middle East Plastic Pipes Conference will take place in May 2012 at the Shangri-La Hotel in Dubai, UAE. This event is focused ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296143/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:13 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296143/ Kuwaiti developer, Al Mazaya Holding has signed a Dhs31m contract with Metac General Contracting for the construction of 30 residential villas in its 'The Villa' development in Dubai. The ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296567/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:13 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296567/ Emirates Airline has said it plans to boost its operations in Europe with a third daily flight to Italian city Milan starting from June1. The new service is to be operated by a 237-seat Airbus ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296753/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:09 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296753/ AWAL IT Services, the IT services provider, is participating as the technical sponsor in the Metal and Steel Saudi Arabia 2012 expo. The event was inaugurated by Mr. Mazen Batterjee, Deputy Chairman ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296095/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:20:04 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296095/ LivingSocial Middle East has partnered with Ignite Fitness and Wellness to provide six weeks of invaluable military bootcamp classes in Dubai for all UAE members looking to maximise their fitness ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296341/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:56 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296341/ Adib Mayaleh, governor of the Syrian central bank has said the bank will intervene to prop up its currency - which has plunged under the mounting pressure of sanctions and violence - and has the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295944/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:56 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295944/ The Egyptian finance ministry has said the country's central bank has sold only half the reopened five-year bonds it offered at an auction on Monday and none of the reopened seven-year bonds, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296569/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:53 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296569/ Global IT group, Infosys, which has its popular universal banking solution product Finacle, has named Oman Holdings International (OHI) as a Finacle's partner in the region to provide sales, ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296568/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:47 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296568/ Qatar Airways has been in talks with the government of Georgia on ways to help boost tourism to the South East European country. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker met with ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295907/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:19:41 -0500 AME Info http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203295907/ Iranians Expect to Feel Sanctions Many more had trouble paying for food, shelter last year by Steve Crabtree February 7, 2012 ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296803/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:13:30 -0500 IMRA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296803/ Voters nationwide remain firmly convinced that Iran is likely to develop a nuclear weapon in the near future, and if so, will use it against Israel. At the same time, most also think an Israeli ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296802/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:13:30 -0500 IMRA http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296802/ PALO ALTO, California - United States President Barack Obama has contradicted both his defense secretary and head of intelligence by laying a small though significant speed bump ahead of the ... http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296745/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:56 -0500 Asia Times http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296745/ Beirut http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296761/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:10:06 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296761/ To the Editor: Re "Russia and China Block U. N. Action on Crisis in Syria" (front page, Feb. 5): http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296759/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:23:05 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.iranherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203296759/