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  • 61 killed in Iraq attacks

    A series of car bombings and shootings, mainly targeting Shia Muslim areas across Iraq, Monday killed at least 61 people, including Iranian pilgrims, and wounded around 200 others, officials said. The worst violence occurred in Baghdad, when eight car bombs and a roadside bomb ripped through bus stops, marketplaces and other crowded areas in Shia neighbourhoods in the capital city, killing 12 ...

  • Iran executes two alleged spies

    Iranian authorities have executed two men after they were charged and convicted for spying Israel and the United States. Iran has repeatedly accused Israel and the U.S. of carrying out covert intelligence operations following ongoing pressure on the country over its nuclear programme, which the Western nations suspect as being used to build an atomic weapon, despite Tehran's insistence that the ...

  • Who will be Irans next leader

    With half an hour left to register, Iran's two most controversial candidates pledged to run for president over the weekend. The country now has to wait to hear which of the handful of hopefuls will be allowed to contest the June poll. NBC News' Ali Arouzi reports from ...

  • VIDEO Will Israel bomb Iran

    Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen explores what might happen if Iran continues with its nuclear programme. Iran insists it does not want nuclear weapons but Israel and the United States - both of which have nuclear armouries - refuse to believe its denials. Our correspondent visits Israel and finds a widespread fear and distrust of Iran. Could it be that Israel and the US will launch a ...

  • Iran Will Let Argentina Question Suspects in Anti-Semitic Attack

    Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved a deal with Argentina that clears the way for an investigation of an attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires in 1994, an Iranian diplomat said Monday. Ali Pakdaman, charge d'affaires at the Iranian Embassy in Argentina, told Argentine radio station Del Plata that the deal will not go through the ...

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The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (Extended Edition) [DVD]

Unlike The Fellowship of the Ring, which opened with an information-packed prologue and then slowly eased itself into an extensive and leisurely introduction to all the major characters in the film, The Two Towers, the second installment of Peter Jacksons gloriously ambitious adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkiens sprawling fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings, dives right into the acti ... ...

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  • Iran nuclear talks fail again

    Nuclear talks between Iran and the UN atomic agency have failed again, as the top US diplomat in separate six-party negotiations warned Washington's patience was wearing thin.International discussions on Iran's nuclear ambitions were held in Istanbul and Vienna on Wednesday but the Western reactions afterwards ranged from tepid to disappointed.While the EU's foreign policy chief ...

  • Iranian refugee from Melbourne arrested over allegations of people smuggling

    Police in the Indonesian capital Jakarta have arrested an Iranian refugee who lives in Melbourne on allegations of people smuggling.Mohammad Abdi, 36, was arrested along with two other Iranian refugees by anti-smuggling police who raided an apartment in West Jakarta early yesterday morning.Indonesian police say the man, who holds Australian travel documents but is yet to become a citizen, was ...

  • Iran Hangs Spies Accused Of Providing Information To CIA Israel

    Iran is a dangerous place for anyone who might even be remotely in contact with foreign countries. That danger was clearly demonstrated over the ...

  • Will Iran’s Former President Rafsanjani Be Allowed To Run

    A senior figure in the Iranian regime appears to have hinted that presidential hopeful Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (pictured) might be considered too old to ...

  • Irans Zahra Tells Alternate Tale Of Presidential Campaign

    Iranian men register their candidacy for the June presidential election at the Interior Ministry in Tehran on May 9. Some 700 candidates have registered, but most will be disqualified. Some Iranians inside and outside the country have turned to an online graphic novel which features a woman running for the ...

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