Posts Tagged ‘latest news’

Olympics turn London into ‘ghost town’

Many traditional tourist attractions like the London Eye or Madam Tussauds have seen a drop in ticket sales as visitors have diverted their attention to Olympic venues across England’s capital. Sri Balay, online sales manager at Leicester Square Box Office, said: “Theatre in general is pretty quiet. We have a lot of visitors going past […]

Murdoch invited to London Olympics

“As the Mayor has always said he would use the Games to shamelessly promote London as the leading business hub in Europe,” said a spokesperson for Johnson. This comes as British Prime Minister David Cameron has been trying to distance himself from Murdoch and his media empire ever since the phone hacking scandal forced Murdoch […]

Murdoch invited to London Olympics

“As the Mayor has always said he would use the Games to shamelessly promote London as the leading business hub in Europe,” said a spokesperson for Johnson. This comes as British Prime Minister David Cameron has been trying to distance himself from Murdoch and his media empire ever since the phone hacking scandal forced Murdoch […]

UN officials visit flood-hit N Korea

The UN team was headed “to see what help if any, the UN country team can provide”, said UNICEF’s Bangkok-based regional official Christopher de Bono. Referring to UN’s previous visit in November, Bono added that at least three million people would need food aid this year. According to Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA, south of […]

UN officials visit flood-hit N Korea

The UN team was headed “to see what help if any, the UN country team can provide”, said UNICEF’s Bangkok-based regional official Christopher de Bono. Referring to UN’s previous visit in November, Bono added that at least three million people would need food aid this year. According to Pyongyang’s official news agency KCNA, south of […]

‘Bahraini regime forces raid 311 homes’

Sayed Hadi al-Mousawi, the head of al-Wefaq’s Department of Human Rights and Civil Liberties announced the news at a press conference on Monday. The recurrent assault on civilian houses is in clear contradiction of pledges made by the government to investigate assaults by a number of security forces against on people’s houses. Moussawi also said […]

‘Bahraini regime forces raid 311 homes’

Sayed Hadi al-Mousawi, the head of al-Wefaq’s Department of Human Rights and Civil Liberties announced the news at a press conference on Monday. The recurrent assault on civilian houses is in clear contradiction of pledges made by the government to investigate assaults by a number of security forces against on people’s houses. Moussawi also said […]

Morsi receives cabinet nominee list

The premier, tasked with forming the new Egyptian cabinet, said on Monday that he has chosen candidates for the majority of the open cabinet positions and the roster has been presented to the president. Reportedly, Qandil has interviewed more than 40 candidates in a bid to select the most experienced and competent individuals for the […]

Venezuela joins Mercosur trading bloc

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is now set to take part in a ceremony in Brasilia, which celebrates Caracas’ membership in the South American trade bloc. The visit to Brasilia will be Chavez’s first official trip abroad in a year after his being diagnosed with cancer in June 2011 and his treatment process in Cuba. Mercosur […]

7,500-year-old skeleton found in Iran

Archaeologists discovered the skeleton while it was buried in squatting manner along with a number of ancient remains at a depth of 22 meters under a hill in the village. Several hand-made lithic dishes, a bony awl, flint stone and some other ancient relics were excavated along with the skeleton that may testify the belief […]

‘US army prepares for war in Somalia’

“Officially, the troops are under the auspices of the African Union (AU). But in truth, according to interviews by US and African officials and senior military officers and budget documents, the 15,000-strong force pulled from five African countries is largely a creation of the State Department and Pentagon, trained and supplied by the US government,” […]

Attack on Iran can presage world war

This week, a threat against Iran by the United States was published by the UK Telegraph. Peter Foster, of their Washington Bureau met with Mike Donnelly, US Air Force Secretary to question him about deployment of experimental “bunker buster” bombs. Donnelly is a Washington Insider, a computer programmer and administrative planner but did three years […]

6.0-magnitude temblor strikes Mexico

The temblor struck at a depth of 35 kilometers (21 miles) at 6:22 a.m. (1222 GMT) on Sunday, and was located 28 kilometers (17 miles) southwest of Suchiate in the southern state of Chiapas, near the country’s border with Guatemala. There have been no immediate reports of damages or casualties. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, […]

8 die in day of violence in Nigeria

Late on Sunday, unidentified gunmen opened fire in an area near a mosque while Muslims were performing Ramadan prayers and where policemen were already deployed to protect the people, AFP quoted a senior police official as saying. The police then returned fire and one of the gunmen was killed when his own explosive device exploded. […]

Iran troupe honors Samandarian in Japan

Stage director Ahmad Soleimani and members of Iran’s Eede Theater Group who staged The Last Supper during the festival, dedicated their performance to the veteran Iranian artist who passed away earlier this month. Soleimani introduced Samandarian as the master of Iranian theater and asked the audience to applaud him instead of the troupe. Hamid Samandarian […]

Ignorance of US intelligence on Iran

As he explained it to me, his unit was actually charged with assessing other spy shops by offering other views, critiquing intelligence estimates and perhaps even evaluating security systems like the specialists who test airport systems by probing into their soft spots and vulnerabilities, and seeing if they can beat them. This soldier had been […]

Galloway warns Nasser not to enter UK

The warning comes as Sheikh Nasser bin Hamad al-Khalifawas, who is known as a sadistic torturer and a human rights abuser, was invited by the British government to attend the sports event while being given privileged services during his stay in London. Bahraini regime’s brutal crackdown against anti-regime protesters including women and children led to […]

Russian plane crashes in north Iran

The wing of the twin-engine aircraft clipped nearby stones in the coastal park of Bandar Anzali city, located 266 kilometers (165 miles)northwest of the Iranian capital Tehran, at around 12 p.m. local time (0730 GMT) on Sunday as the plane was about to take off. A part of the wing was badly damaged and the […]

Right and wrong accounts of Syria

Make no mistake. Washington orchestrated months of bloodbath. Obama officials bear full responsibility. He’s advancing America’s imperium. Willing partners include NATO and Middle East allies. They’re serial killers for their own self-interest. Canadian psychiatrist Robert Hare describes psychopathic behavior clinically. Administration and congressional leaders exhibit prominent features. They’re amoral, unethical, deceitful, and manipulative. They breach […]

‘Rich, poor gap widens across Britain’

The opening of the 2012 London Olympics included a 27 million dollar promotion of Britain’s National Health Service while the UK government slashes services from the health care system. Press TV has interviewed Neil Faulkner, Counter Olympic Movement in London about corporate opportunism in advertising tagging along with these Olympic Games and the irony of […]

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