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Iran says it will send man to space

August 21, 2008

MSNBC.com: Space

Iran plans to send a manned rocket into space in the next 10 years, state television reported on Thursday, just days after the Islamic Republic announced it had put a dummy satellite into orbit.

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Department of Insulting Our Intelligence

August 21, 2008

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Russia interprets the construction of missile defense facilities on Polish soil as a hostile act.

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Iran gets around US bank sanctions

August 21, 2008

FT.com - World

Bank Mellat, the third largest state-owned bank, is getting around sanctions by establishing links with small and medium-sized banks with less US exposure than bigger lenders

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Rice: Missile defense in Poland needed to block missiles from Iran, North Korea.

August 21, 2008

Think Progress

Over at Attackerman, Spencer Ackerman notes that Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said today that the U.S.

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Iranian Art's Fivefold Price Surge Sparks Frenzy for Tanavoli, Moshiri

August 22, 2008

Bloomberg

Iranian missile with dummy satellite failed: US defense official. Agence France-Presse. August 20, 2008

August 22, 2008

Newsvine - technology / Larry H-189743

WASHINGTON: An Iranian missile test aimed at putting a dummy satellite into orbit failed, a US defense official said Tuesday.

Random Error

August 22, 2008

Washington Post / Post

"LIBERTY LIES in the hearts of men and women," the great federal judge Learned Hand once wrote. "When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court, can save it.

Iran-Iraq Cease-Fire Ends 8-Year War

August 22, 2008

Ohmynews International / Ludwig De Braeckeleer

"There should be no violations on the front, and God forbid not one unauthorized bullet should be fired," Hojatolislam Hashemi Rafsanjani, Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said....

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Romney, Russia, Georgia, and Iran: The Last Straw

August 21, 2008

BizzyBlog / TBlumer

Does anyone want to try to explain why the investments of Mitt Romney, his wife, and his “former” (not really) investment and management partnership in state-controlled Russian companies ...

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Iran central bank issues own high denomination notes (AFP)

August 21, 2008

Yahoo! News: World - Iran

AFP - Iran's central bank has begun issuing its own high-denomination paper notes to replace the promissory notes issued by private banks which will now be banned, state media said on Thursday.

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Iran's mission to send astronaut into orbit sparks fears it wants to weaponise space

August 21, 2008

the Mail online | News headlines

Iran has launched a mission to send its first astronaut into space within the decade.

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Japanese and Iranian tankers hijacked by Somali pirates

August 21, 2008

Japan News latest RSS headlines - Osaka News.Net

KUALA LUMPUR - An Iranian and a Japanese tanker were hijacked by pirates off Somalia Thursday -- bringing to six the number of ships attacked in the Gulf of Aden in the past month, a maritime watchdog.

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Paraguay’s Persian Presence: Iran’s New Friend in Latin America

August 22, 2008

White Light Black Light / Alice (noreply@blogger.com)

U.S. refuses Israel weapons to attack Iran

August 22, 2008

The Political Hotwire / WiseWeasel

I'm not sure if this article has been posted here before, but it looks like the U.S. has put a brake on Israeli plan for attack on Iran's nuclear facilities.

RUSSIA TAKES WAR TO THE MIDDLE EAST

August 22, 2008

Atlas Shrugs / Pamela Geller

I am watching my daughter lose the tennis finals but I saw this come across my news ticker and I had to post it via blackberry.

US sanctions not hampering business: Iran bank chief

August 22, 2008

USA-World-The Times of India

American sanctions on Iran's financial sector have not hampered business for Bank Mellat, one of Iran's major state-owned banks, its managing director said in an interview.

From Israel, a Call for Patience

August 22, 2008

washingtonpost.com - Middle East / Linda Gradstein

JERUSALEM, Aug. 21 -- Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni warned Thursday against outside efforts to pressure Israel and the Palestinians to come up with a peace agreement this year, saying violence ...

Iran says it will send a man into space

August 22, 2008

Doug Ross @ Journal / directorblue (noreply@blogger.com)

Iran's state television says that the Iranian space agency aims to send an astronaut to space within 10 years: The report Thursday quotes Space Agency chief Reza Taghipoor saying the mission's timing ...

Burglars rob Iranian student"s home in Pasay City

August 21, 2008

Philippines News latest RSS headlines - Philippines News.Net

MANILA, Philippines - Unidentified men broke into the house of an Iranian student and took his cash, valuables and important personal documents, a report said Friday. Radio dzBB reported early Frid.

Iranian Execution Revives Debate Over Minors

August 21, 2008

OTB News

Iran executed a 20-year-old man sentenced to death for a murder he committed when he was 15, reviving an international debate over its punishment of minors.

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