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Iran exports first petrochemicals to Egypt
Business
October 14, 2010
Iran exports first petrochemicals to Egypt
Tehran--An Iranian official has said that Tehran has exported its petrochemicals to Egypt, a country with which it has still…
Study: Wind could provide one fifth of world power by 2030
Environment
October 12, 2010
Study: Wind could provide one fifth of world power by 2030
BEIJING--Wind power could meet about a fifth of the world's electricity demand within 20 years, an industry group and environmental…
Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets as part of US incentives to push peace talks
World
October 8, 2010
Israel to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets as part of US incentives to push peace talks
Washington--Israel has signed a contract with the United States to buy 20 F-35 fighter jets, officials said after Washington offered…
Iran arms elite guards with ‘flying boats’
World
September 30, 2010
Iran arms elite guards with ‘flying boats’
TEHRAN--Iran said on Tuesday that it had begun supplying squadrons of "flying boats" to its elite Revolutionary Guards, as the…
Police give all clear after Eiffel Tower bomb alert
World
September 29, 2010
Police give all clear after Eiffel Tower bomb alert
Paris--Paris police reopened the Eiffel Tower on Tuesday to the public after tourists were evacuated following the second bomb alert…
Egypt art theft was ‘inside job’
Egypt
September 27, 2010
Egypt art theft was ‘inside job’
Egypt's interior minister has said that an employee working in a Cairo museum was probably behind the theft of a…
UN atomic watchdog rejects resolution against Israel
World
September 25, 2010
UN atomic watchdog rejects resolution against Israel
Vienna--The UN atomic watchdog rejected Friday an Arab-backed resolution against Israel which the United States and its Western allies feared…
Egypt slams Israel at nuclear watchdog meeting
Egypt
September 23, 2010
Egypt slams Israel at nuclear watchdog meeting
Egypt accused Israel on Wednesday of “chutzpah”--Hebrew for blatant shamelessness--in response to its representative’s remarks concerning Middle East nuclear disarmament…
Sadat’s daughter sues former presidential aide over Nasser poisoning claims
Egypt
September 21, 2010
Sadat’s daughter sues former presidential aide over Nasser poisoning claims
The daughter of late Egyptian president Anwar Sadat is suing his former aide over claims the leader poisoned his predecessor…
BP’s broken well in Gulf of Mexico is ‘dead’
Environment
September 20, 2010
BP’s broken well in Gulf of Mexico is ‘dead’
Washington--US officials have finally declared BP's broken well in the Gulf of Mexico "dead", five months after a deadly oil…