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Tehran police to guard against festival demos
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:12:28 GMT
 AP - An Iranian semiofficial news agency says police plan to deploy forces to the streets in strength during the night's fire festival.
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China 'more concerned' over Iran nuclear crisis
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 11:54:55 GMT
 AFP - China said Tuesday it was growing more concerned over the Iran nuclear crisis but again resisted calls to back sanctions, insisting talks were the best way to resolve the impasse.
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Iran is a despotic republic, opposition leader says
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:33:25 GMT
Reuters - Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, defying government warnings, said the Islamic republic was "plagued with despotism," in remarks published ahead of a national celebration that could trigger more protests.
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Gov't pledges to improve strained China ties
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:14:16 GMT
 AFP - Foreign Secretary David Miliband and Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi pledged Tuesday to work together to strengthen ties after the two nations clashed over human rights, climate change and Iran's nuclear drive.
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Iran plans reduce cultural relations with Britain
(AP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:57:38 GMT
AP - Iran says the country plans to reduce its cultural relations with Britain, an indication of the deteriorating relations between the two countries.
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Iran renews demand for France to free businessman
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:24:31 GMT
 AFP - Iran renewed its demand on Tuesday for France to release an Iranian businessman who is accused by the United States of having purchased sensitive electronic components and exported them to Tehran.
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Iran praises Iraq election as Shi'ite ally leads
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:22:30 GMT
Reuters - Iran congratulated Iraqis on Tuesday over an election that is likely to keep a bloc led by its Shi'ite ally, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in power after a campaign in which Tehran's influence was a divisive issue.
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China more concerned about Iran, wary on sanctions
(Reuters)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:49:32 GMT
Reuters - China has become more concerned about international tensions over Iran's nuclear program, but remains doubtful that sanctions can resolve the stand-off, the Chinese foreign minister said on Tuesday.
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Iran's Karroubi says regime plagued with despotism
(AFP)
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:44:53 GMT
 AFP - A day after his apartment block was besieged by hardliners calling for his prosecution, defiant Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi lashed out at the government, saying it was "plagued with despotism", his website reported on Tuesday.
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West ignoring human rights abuses in Iran: Nobel laureate
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:05:41 GMT
 AFP - Western countries' fixation on Iran's disputed nuclear programme is blinding them to human rights abuses, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi said on Monday.
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China 'knows its duties' in Iran nuclear tussle: Saudi
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:52:24 GMT
 AFP - China fully knows what it should do as a global power in the effort to halt Iran's nuclear push, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in an interview published Monday.
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China takes over from West as Iran's main economic partner
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:23:11 GMT
 AFP - China has emerged as Iran's top economic partner, investing heavily in the energy sector and filling the gaps left by Western firms forced out by international sanctions.
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Bin Laden's son calls on Iran to free his siblings
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:59:44 GMT
 AP - One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Iran's supreme leader to release members of his family believed to be under house arrest there since they fled Afghanistan in 2001, according to a letter posted Monday on the Internet.
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Merkel says Iran sanctions looming
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:57 GMT
 AFP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Monday the time was nearing for sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear programme, as Tehran has rejected Western efforts to find a negotiated solution.
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Iran MPs give final nod to hiked $368bln budget
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:21:03 GMT
 AFP - Iran's parliament on Monday gave its final approval to a 368-billion-dollar budget for the year to March 2011, a week after it had cut the outlay by 20 billion dollars, state media reported.
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Merkel: Iran sanctions needed
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:26:38 GMT
 AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel says new sanctions are needed against Iran to pressure the country into settling the dispute over its nuclear program.
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Time coming for sanctions against Iran, says Merkel
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:02:02 GMT
Reuters - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Monday the time has come to impose new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear activity.
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Britain looks to China to pressure Iran
(Reuters)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:22:00 GMT
Reuters - China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while seeking engagement, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Monday at the start of a visit to China that is likely to focus on the dispute.
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Britain's Miliband visits China amid rancor
(AP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:40:31 GMT
AP - Britain's foreign secretary is in China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancor with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler thought to be mentally ill.
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Bin Laden son seeks release of relatives in Iran
(AFP)
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:33:31 GMT
 AFP - One of Osama bin Laden's sons has called on Tehran to release a number of his relatives said to be detained under house arrest in Iran, according to a recently released letter.
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