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Egypt: Bus crash leaves 8 Americans dead
A tourist bus collided with a damaged truck parked on the side of the road near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan leaving eight Americans ……Read More
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Gaza: Circle of violence starts once again
The AFP reported that since December 19, three rockets and 18 mortars were fired into parts of southern Israel from Gaza. A letter written ……Read More
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Iran: Filmmaker Jafar Panahi gets six-year jail sentence
Jafar Panahi (born July 11, 1960) is an Iranian filmmaker and is one of the most influential filmmakers in the Iranian New Wave movement. He ……Read More
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Strong shallow earthquake rocks Iran
Late night strong shallow earthquake was felt in most of Kerman province of Iran. The 6.5-magnitude earthquake at 10.12 p.m. local time (1842 GMT) was ……Read More
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Iran: Western sanctions are hitting home?
At midnight on Sunday, gas prices went from about 38 cents a gallon to about $1.44 a gallon or about 10 cents a litre to ……Read More
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Jundallah’s suicide bomber devastates Iranian religious holiday
Jundallah, a Sunni rebel group is claiming responsibility for a suicide bombing which has killed 41 people marring Iran’s biggest Shia religious holiday. Also more ……Read More