IDF operation canceled due to Facebook status

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
Soldier updates his friends on social network that a force from his battalion scheduled to arrive in Palestinian village. Judea and Samaria Division commander decides to call off detention operation Hanan Greenberg   The decision was made by Judea and...
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Euro zone retail sales fall

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
Retail sales fell by 0.3 per cent in both the euro zone and the EU27 in January, according to new official figures from Eurostat. This compares to a rise in retail sales in December of 0.5 per cent for the...
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Italy makes arrests for arms trafficking to Iran

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
Nine people, including some believed to belong to the Iranian secret services, have been arrested on suspicion of arms trafficking to Iran, Italian police said on Wednesday. A statement said both Italians and Iranians had been arrested, including "some who...
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Iran’s Slain ‘Angel of Freedom’

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
Images of Neda’s bloody killing in June at the hand of the Basij paramilitary force turned an international spotlight on the brutality of the Iranian government crackdown against peaceful protesters. The Tehran regime banned prayers for Neda in the country's...
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Bluster at UN Human Rights Council, as US and Iran trade barbs

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
And Iran, which is seeking to win a seat on the council in elections set for May, is launching a fiery attack on the West. Iran claims that Western countries like the United States apply a double standard when it...
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Fox News Poll: Iran + Bomb = Disaster

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
A majority of American voters think military force will be necessary to stop Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapons program, and many think it will be “a disaster” if Iran gains nuclear capabilities. A Fox News poll released Tuesday finds...
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Temperature rises in combustible Middle East

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 3, 2010
Egyptian chief, comes close to accusing Tehran of running a covert atomic weapons programme. Leading western powers might have long suspected that; Iran’s Arab neighbours might fear it; and Israel might hold it as an article of faith...The marked shift...
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Reform movement undeterred, Khatami says

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 2, 2010
The leaders of the reform movement in Iran will not retreat in the face of slander and repression, said opposition leader Mohammed Khatami . Khatami, who served as president of Iran from 1997-2005, emerged as a supporter of the opposition...
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Italy: Film festival chief pays tribute to detained Iranian director

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 2, 2010
The arrest of internationally acclaimed Iranian director Jafar Panahi drew an immediate reaction from the president of the Venice Film Festival, Paolo Baratta, on Tuesday. Tehran's chief prosecutor, Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi, confirmed reports of Panahi's arrest but denied it had...
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Iran, Russia to sign major oil deal

By noreply@allvoices.com | Published: March 2, 2010
According to the Reuters news agency, a Gazprom spokesman confirmed that talks were under way but did not comment on the timing of any deal. “We will continue negotiating over the field's master development plan until the end of March,”...
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