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http://news.yahoo.com/iran/ en-USCopyright (c) 2012 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedMon, 22 Oct 2012 18:52:40 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/iran/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-visit-hands-hamas-major-victory-202555668.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lueNQoVefGPGQ458aViIHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b5bbe36c984b91d1e0f6a706700d9ad.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)" align="left" title="A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)" border="0" /></a>When the ruler of Qatar arrives in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, he will hand the Palestinian territory&#039;s Hamas rulers their biggest diplomatic victory since taking power five years ago.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-visit-hands-hamas-major-victory-202555668.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 18:52:40 -0400Associated Pressqatari-visit-hands-hamas-major-victory-202555668<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/qatari-visit-hands-hamas-major-victory-202555668.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/lueNQoVefGPGQ458aViIHw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/5b5bbe36c984b91d1e0f6a706700d9ad.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)" align="left" title="A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza&#039;s Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)" border="0" /></a>When the ruler of Qatar arrives in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, he will hand the Palestinian territory&#039;s Hamas rulers their biggest diplomatic victory since taking power five years ago.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-faces-tough-call-iran-oil-sanctions-205911671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XtlXb.IUvTUSBNSb2WESbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T212619Z_2_CBRE89L1MBY00_RTROPTP_2_USA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada" align="left" title="Obama campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just weeks after the election, President Barack Obama will be faced with a pivotal decision on oil sanctions on Iran, in which he will have to balance the need to stay tough on Tehran without pushing oil prices too high. In considering whether to extend a new series of six-month exemptions to Washington&#039;s oil sanctions, the administration must decide whether China, India, South Korea and other nations have done enough to wean themselves from Iranian oil. Forcing cuts that are too aggressive could fuel a new rally in oil prices, benefiting Iran and hurting allies. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/obama-faces-tough-call-iran-oil-sanctions-205911671.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 17:26:19 -0400Reutersobama-faces-tough-call-iran-oil-sanctions-205911671<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/obama-faces-tough-call-iran-oil-sanctions-205911671.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/XtlXb.IUvTUSBNSb2WESbg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T212619Z_2_CBRE89L1MBY00_RTROPTP_2_USA-ELECTION.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Obama campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada" align="left" title="Obama campaigns in Las Vegas, Nevada" border="0" /></a>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just weeks after the election, President Barack Obama will be faced with a pivotal decision on oil sanctions on Iran, in which he will have to balance the need to stay tough on Tehran without pushing oil prices too high. In considering whether to extend a new series of six-month exemptions to Washington&#039;s oil sanctions, the administration must decide whether China, India, South Korea and other nations have done enough to wean themselves from Iranian oil. Forcing cuts that are too aggressive could fuel a new rally in oil prices, benefiting Iran and hurting allies. ...</p><br clear="all"/>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran hanged 10 people convicted of drug trafficking on Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, part of what rights group Amnesty International called a "state killing spree". Executions are regular events in Tehran, and the latest took place in a prison in the capital. The judiciary said those hanged were members of two drug smuggling gangs, Mehr said. Iran invariably dismisses criticism from Western human rights groups over its high rate of executions, saying it is implementing Islamic law and responding to a major drugs problem. ...http://news.yahoo.com/iran-hangs-ten-drug-smugglers-report-202451170.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 16:24:51 -0400Reutersiran-hangs-ten-drug-smugglers-report-202451170<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-pessimistic-mediators-ceasefire-plan-161837853.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r_Ar7CHWrNBVZX.nraGhGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T192212Z_1_CBRE89L1HT200_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the Free Syrian Army raise a black flag over a tank that belonged to pro-government forces in Salqin city in Idlib" align="left" title="Members of the Free Syrian Army raise a black flag over a tank that belonged to pro-government forces in Salqin city in Idlib" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels cast doubt on Monday on prospects for a temporary truce aimed at stemming bloodshed in the 19-month-old conflict, saying it was not clear how an informal ceasefire this week could be implemented. International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who held talks in Damascus on Sunday with President Bashar al-Assad, has proposed Assad&#039;s forces and the rebels hold fire during the three-day Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha which starts on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-pessimistic-mediators-ceasefire-plan-161837853.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 15:22:12 -0400Reuterssyria-rebels-pessimistic-mediators-ceasefire-plan-161837853<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-rebels-pessimistic-mediators-ceasefire-plan-161837853.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/r_Ar7CHWrNBVZX.nraGhGg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T192212Z_1_CBRE89L1HT200_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of the Free Syrian Army raise a black flag over a tank that belonged to pro-government forces in Salqin city in Idlib" align="left" title="Members of the Free Syrian Army raise a black flag over a tank that belonged to pro-government forces in Salqin city in Idlib" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian rebels cast doubt on Monday on prospects for a temporary truce aimed at stemming bloodshed in the 19-month-old conflict, saying it was not clear how an informal ceasefire this week could be implemented. International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi, who held talks in Damascus on Sunday with President Bashar al-Assad, has proposed Assad&#039;s forces and the rebels hold fire during the three-day Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha which starts on Friday. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed Monday with the country's judiciary over his right to visit the prison where a jailed aide is held, in a new sign of the leader's waning influence in his last year in office.http://news.yahoo.com/irans-president-barred-visiting-prison-105721639.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 15:21:18 -0400Associated Pressirans-president-barred-visiting-prison-105721639<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-exposes-lebanons-thin-veneer-stability-181354696.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B7gCs40nfTZnfE4yM4exfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/691c03efc8e7b61d1e0f6a7067005d8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Lebanese honor guard carries a coffin wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs&#039; Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" align="left" title="A Lebanese honor guard carries a coffin wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs&#039; Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0" /></a>Potentially the most unstable country in the Middle East, Lebanon for the most part has stayed on the sidelines of the Arab Spring, keeping up appearances as an oasis of relative modernity, commerce and good times.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/syria-exposes-lebanons-thin-veneer-stability-181354696.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 14:13:54 -0400Associated Presssyria-exposes-lebanons-thin-veneer-stability-181354696<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/syria-exposes-lebanons-thin-veneer-stability-181354696.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B7gCs40nfTZnfE4yM4exfA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/691c03efc8e7b61d1e0f6a7067005d8e.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Lebanese honor guard carries a coffin wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs&#039; Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" align="left" title="A Lebanese honor guard carries a coffin wrapped with Lebanese flags of Brig. Gen. Wissam al-Hassan, who was assassinated on Friday by a car bomb, during their funeral procession at Martyrs&#039; Square in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. Thousands of Lebanese waving the national flag packed a central square in downtown Beirut Sunday for the funeral of a top intelligence official assassinated in a car bombing that many blame on the regime in neighboring Syria. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)" border="0" /></a>Potentially the most unstable country in the Middle East, Lebanon for the most part has stayed on the sidelines of the Arab Spring, keeping up appearances as an oasis of relative modernity, commerce and good times.</p><br clear="all"/>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The killing of a top intelligence officer in a Beirut car bomb has thrown Lebanon into fresh crisis, exposing political and sectarian rifts, highlighting its vulnerability to conflict in neighboring Syria and raising fear of more assassinations. In addition to the political standoff between Prime Minister Najib Mikati's Hezbollah-backed government and its opponents, Lebanon has seen sporadic violence - particularly in the northern city of Tripoli - linked to the conflict in Syria. ...http://news.yahoo.com/facxtbox-political-risks-watch-lebanon-161126232.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 13:49:20 -0400Reutersfacxtbox-political-risks-watch-lebanon-161126232From the Times of London comes a reminder that the answer to issues of women's rights in places like Afghanistan doesn't necessarily come from appointing more women to positions of power.http://news.yahoo.com/women-power-good-womens-rights-170600227.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 13:06:00 -0400Christian Science Monitorwomen-power-good-womens-rights-170600227A man in a western Afghan city has confessed to stabbing his wife to death to prevent her from taking a job outside the home, police said Monday.http://news.yahoo.com/afghan-police-man-killed-wife-wanting-job-155738337.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 12:58:01 -0400Associated Pressafghan-police-man-killed-wife-wanting-job-155738337DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Targeted Western sanctions are hurting Iran's vital shipping industry and if the pressure continues its biggest cargo carrier will face increasingly grave problems, the head of the Iranian line said. Many of Iran's imports, including food and consumer goods, arrive on container, bulker and other ships, but the number of vessels calling at its ports has dived by more than half this year as the United States and European Union tighten the screws. ...http://news.yahoo.com/irans-top-cargo-shipping-line-says-sanctions-damage-165552290.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 12:55:52 -0400Reutersirans-top-cargo-shipping-line-says-sanctions-damage-165552290DUBAI (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused Iran's judiciary of unconstitutional conduct on Monday for barring him from a visit to Evin prison where a top aide is jailed, a row that provided another sign of his waning power in his final year in office. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad's press adviser and head of the state news agency IRNA, was sent to Evin in September to serve a six-month sentence for publishing an article deemed offensive to public decency. ...http://news.yahoo.com/irans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-fires-back-160806054.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 12:08:06 -0400Reutersirans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-fires-back-160806054DUBAI (Reuters) - The top Saudi in al Qaeda's Yemen-based wing has apparently released an audio message denying reports he was killed last month, a group that monitors Islamist websites said on Monday. In the audio posted on jihadist websites on Sunday, a man identified as Said al-Shehri said reports of his death were fabricated and aimed to cover up the killing of civilians by U.S. drones, the U.S.-based SITE Intelligence Group said. ...http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaeda-no-2-yemen-denies-reports-death-155245204.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 11:52:45 -0400Reutersal-qaeda-no-2-yemen-denies-reports-death-155245204DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran hanged 10 people convicted of drug trafficking on Monday, the semi-official Mehr news agency reported, less than a week after Amnesty International urged the Islamic state to end executions. Mass executions are regular events in Tehran, and the latest took place in a prison in the capital. The judiciary said those hanged were members of two drug smuggling gangs, Mehr said. Iran invariably dismisses criticism from Western human rights groups over its high rate of executions, saying it is implementing Islamic law and responding to a major drugs problem. ...http://news.yahoo.com/iran-hangs-10-drug-smugglers-report-132820698.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 09:28:20 -0400Reutersiran-hangs-10-drug-smugglers-report-132820698GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria is suspected of jamming broadcasts by the BBC, France 24, Deutsche Welle and the Voice of America, the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) said in a statement on Monday, citing satellite operator Eutelsat. Eutelsat had already blamed Iran for deliberately jamming satellite signals on October 4, but the EBU said Eutelat had reported "deliberate and intermittent interference" from regional ally Syria as well. "Access to information is a universal human right and an essential component for democracy. ...http://news.yahoo.com/ebu-says-syria-suspected-jamming-satellite-broadcasts-132455055.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 09:24:55 -0400Reutersebu-says-syria-suspected-jamming-satellite-broadcasts-132455055<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/irans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-122407506.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vjfGttcuc9uxaTN6uLOlpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T130524Z_1_CBRE89L10D300_RTROPTP_2_USA-IRAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian President Ahmadinejad attends a news conference on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York" align="left" title="Iranian President Ahmadinejad attends a news conference on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran&#039;s judiciary has blocked a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Tehran&#039;s Evin prison, where a top presidential aide is being held, the latest sign that his influence is waning in his last year in office. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad&#039;s press adviser and head of the state news agency IRNA, was sent to Evin in September to serve a six-month sentence for publishing an article deemed offensive to public decency. He was also convicted of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his personal website, though it is unclear how or when this happened. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/irans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-122407506.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 09:05:24 -0400Reutersirans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-122407506<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/irans-ahmadinejad-denied-visit-evin-prison-122407506.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/vjfGttcuc9uxaTN6uLOlpQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T130524Z_1_CBRE89L10D300_RTROPTP_2_USA-IRAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian President Ahmadinejad attends a news conference on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York" align="left" title="Iranian President Ahmadinejad attends a news conference on the sidelines of the 67th United Nations General Assembly in New York" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran&#039;s judiciary has blocked a request by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Tehran&#039;s Evin prison, where a top presidential aide is being held, the latest sign that his influence is waning in his last year in office. Ali Akbar Javanfekr, Ahmadinejad&#039;s press adviser and head of the state news agency IRNA, was sent to Evin in September to serve a six-month sentence for publishing an article deemed offensive to public decency. He was also convicted of insulting Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his personal website, though it is unclear how or when this happened. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A man claiming to be al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen released an audio denying reports that he had died in a U.S. drone attack, as Yemeni officials said Monday that another top member of the terror network was killed in a drone strike earlier this month.http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaidas-no-2-yemen-says-audio-hes-085147377.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 08:26:51 -0400Associated Pressal-qaidas-no-2-yemen-says-audio-hes-085147377<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/killing-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-114347776.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qKFXLszKv2MBE6Nb0rNYVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T114347Z_1_CBRE89L0WL900_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-LEBANON-EXPLOSION-TURMOIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Lebanese army soldier holds his gun while securing an area, where clashes between the army and Sunni Muslim gunmen took place, in Beirut" align="left" title="A Lebanese army soldier holds his gun while securing an area, where clashes between the army and Sunni Muslim gunmen took place, in Beirut" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Beirut car bomb that killed a top Lebanese security official will probably prove to be the most destabilizing attack in Lebanon since the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. What is less clear - and this is something that instills fear in a society still scarred by its 1975-90 civil war - is whether the attack was a reprisal or the start of a campaign of violence by Damascus and its allies, suspected by many Lebanese of trying to spread Syria&#039;s conflict across its borders. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/killing-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-114347776.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 07:43:47 -0400Reuterskilling-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-114347776<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/killing-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-114347776.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qKFXLszKv2MBE6Nb0rNYVA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T114347Z_1_CBRE89L0WL900_RTROPTP_2_CNEWS-US-LEBANON-EXPLOSION-TURMOIL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A Lebanese army soldier holds his gun while securing an area, where clashes between the army and Sunni Muslim gunmen took place, in Beirut" align="left" title="A Lebanese army soldier holds his gun while securing an area, where clashes between the army and Sunni Muslim gunmen took place, in Beirut" border="0" /></a>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Beirut car bomb that killed a top Lebanese security official will probably prove to be the most destabilizing attack in Lebanon since the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. What is less clear - and this is something that instills fear in a society still scarred by its 1975-90 civil war - is whether the attack was a reprisal or the start of a campaign of violence by Damascus and its allies, suspected by many Lebanese of trying to spread Syria&#039;s conflict across its borders. ...</p><br clear="all"/>ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan's government has waged one of the world's biggest crackdowns on press freedom in recent years, jailing more journalists than Iran, China or Eritrea, a leading media watchdog said on Monday. The damning report from the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) added to a chorus of criticism from the European Union and rights groups of the EU-candidate country's mass detention of reporters, most of whom are kept in detention while their cases are dealt with. ...http://news.yahoo.com/watchdog-condemns-turkeys-crackdown-press-freedom-112345487.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 07:23:45 -0400Reuterswatchdog-condemns-turkeys-crackdown-press-freedom-112345487<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/emir-qatar-first-head-state-visit-gaza-104117766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/shrhVW69.IvSxK4_Dsj_Ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T104117Z_1_CBRE89L0TP200_RTROPTP_2_PALESTINIANS-GAZA-QATAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of Hamas security forces sit between posters depicting senior Hamas leader Haniyeh and Qatar&#039;s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Khan Younis" align="left" title="Members of Hamas security forces sit between posters depicting senior Hamas leader Haniyeh and Qatar&#039;s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Khan Younis" border="0" /></a>GAZA (Reuters) - The emir of pro-Western Qatar will become the first head of state to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a high-profile visit breaking the isolation of the Iranian-backed Islamist movement Hamas that seized power in 2007. Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is officially visiting the Palestinian enclave to inaugurate reconstruction projects worth over $250 million, which an envoy of his oil-rich, conservative Arab emirate unveiled in Gaza last week. But his trip will be loaded with political symbolism. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/emir-qatar-first-head-state-visit-gaza-104117766.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 06:41:17 -0400Reutersemir-qatar-first-head-state-visit-gaza-104117766<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/emir-qatar-first-head-state-visit-gaza-104117766.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/shrhVW69.IvSxK4_Dsj_Ww--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-22T104117Z_1_CBRE89L0TP200_RTROPTP_2_PALESTINIANS-GAZA-QATAR.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Members of Hamas security forces sit between posters depicting senior Hamas leader Haniyeh and Qatar&#039;s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Khan Younis" align="left" title="Members of Hamas security forces sit between posters depicting senior Hamas leader Haniyeh and Qatar&#039;s Emir Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani in Khan Younis" border="0" /></a>GAZA (Reuters) - The emir of pro-Western Qatar will become the first head of state to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a high-profile visit breaking the isolation of the Iranian-backed Islamist movement Hamas that seized power in 2007. Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani is officially visiting the Palestinian enclave to inaugurate reconstruction projects worth over $250 million, which an envoy of his oil-rich, conservative Arab emirate unveiled in Gaza last week. But his trip will be loaded with political symbolism. ...</p><br clear="all"/>BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Beirut car bomb that killed a top Lebanese security official will probably prove to be the most destabilizing attack in Lebanon since the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri. What is less clear - and this is something that instils fear in a society still scarred by its 1975-90 civil war - is whether the attack was a reprisal or the start of a campaign of violence by Damascus and its allies, suspected by many Lebanese of trying to spread Syria's conflict across its borders. ...http://news.yahoo.com/analysis-killing-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-064043999.htmlMon, 22 Oct 2012 02:40:43 -0400Reutersanalysis-killing-security-chief-raises-fears-lebanon-064043999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-says-doesnt-know-u-iran-talks-203911974.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/umehbrW7fMSYsU3NRfrsaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T214340Z_1_CBRE89K1OCU00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-DRILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he didn&#039;t know about any U.S. plans to talk bilaterally with Iran, saying tougher sanctions and a &quot;credible military option&quot; were the best ways to peacefully halt Tehran&#039;s nuclear program. The White House had earlier denied a New York Times report that Washington and Tehran had agreed in principle to hold bilateral negotiations to halt what the West fears is a plan by the Islamic Republic to develop nuclear weapons. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-says-doesnt-know-u-iran-talks-203911974.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 16:39:11 -0400Reutersnetanyahu-says-doesnt-know-u-iran-talks-203911974<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/netanyahu-says-doesnt-know-u-iran-talks-203911974.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/umehbrW7fMSYsU3NRfrsaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T214340Z_1_CBRE89K1OCU00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-DRILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he didn&#039;t know about any U.S. plans to talk bilaterally with Iran, saying tougher sanctions and a &quot;credible military option&quot; were the best ways to peacefully halt Tehran&#039;s nuclear program. The White House had earlier denied a New York Times report that Washington and Tehran had agreed in principle to hold bilateral negotiations to halt what the West fears is a plan by the Islamic Republic to develop nuclear weapons. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israel-swaps-missile-drills-earthquake-rehearsal-193032531.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AXM39UL74PTaoWZ3tKgt3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T193032Z_1_CBRE89K1I7800_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-DRILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli soldiers stand on rubble during an earthquake drill near Tel Aviv" align="left" title="Israeli soldiers stand on rubble during an earthquake drill near Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel dropped its annual simulation of a missile attack and held its first major earthquake drill on Sunday instead, but officials insisted the country remained as ready as ever for the possibility of a war with arch-foe Iran. School children, civil servants and others participating in the &quot;Turning Point 6&quot; exercise were urged to flee outdoors if possible as radio and TV channels broadcast tremor alerts. In previous years, people were told to go to household bomb shelters in order to flee an imaginary missile attack. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/israel-swaps-missile-drills-earthquake-rehearsal-193032531.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 15:30:32 -0400Reutersisrael-swaps-missile-drills-earthquake-rehearsal-193032531<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/israel-swaps-missile-drills-earthquake-rehearsal-193032531.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AXM39UL74PTaoWZ3tKgt3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T193032Z_1_CBRE89K1I7800_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-DRILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israeli soldiers stand on rubble during an earthquake drill near Tel Aviv" align="left" title="Israeli soldiers stand on rubble during an earthquake drill near Tel Aviv" border="0" /></a>JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel dropped its annual simulation of a missile attack and held its first major earthquake drill on Sunday instead, but officials insisted the country remained as ready as ever for the possibility of a war with arch-foe Iran. School children, civil servants and others participating in the &quot;Turning Point 6&quot; exercise were urged to flee outdoors if possible as radio and TV channels broadcast tremor alerts. In previous years, people were told to go to household bomb shelters in order to flee an imaginary missile attack. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-13-syrian-capital-174018666.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rJSWBWdM3lfeBTznQno0Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13113189aee69d1d1e0f6a706700ad8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A taxi packed with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing 13 people as the U.N. envoy tasked with ending the country&#039;s civil war pushed his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-13-syrian-capital-174018666.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 13:40:18 -0400Associated Presscar-bomb-kills-13-syrian-capital-174018666<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/car-bomb-kills-13-syrian-capital-174018666.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rJSWBWdM3lfeBTznQno0Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13113189aee69d1d1e0f6a706700ad8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A taxi packed with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing 13 people as the U.N. envoy tasked with ending the country&#039;s civil war pushed his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assad-tells-syria-envoy-arms-flows-rebels-must-125324532.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ys595y.oXXDUuZYgGnbSRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T173632Z_2_CBRE89K0ZTL00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-ASSAD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Syria&#039;s President Assad meets U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Brahimi in Damascus" align="left" title="Syria&#039;s President Assad meets U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Brahimi in Damascus" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 13 people in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad told an international mediator seeking a truce in Syria&#039;s civil war that the key to any political solution was to stop arming rebels. The bomb exploded outside a police station in the mainly Christian central Bab Touma district of the capital while Assad held talks with United Nations-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who is pushing for a temporary ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/assad-tells-syria-envoy-arms-flows-rebels-must-125324532.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 13:36:32 -0400Reutersassad-tells-syria-envoy-arms-flows-rebels-must-125324532<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/assad-tells-syria-envoy-arms-flows-rebels-must-125324532.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ys595y.oXXDUuZYgGnbSRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T173632Z_2_CBRE89K0ZTL00_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-ASSAD.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Syria&#039;s President Assad meets U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Brahimi in Damascus" align="left" title="Syria&#039;s President Assad meets U.N.-Arab League peace envoy for Syria Brahimi in Damascus" border="0" /></a>DAMASCUS (Reuters) - A car bomb killed 13 people in central Damascus on Sunday as President Bashar al-Assad told an international mediator seeking a truce in Syria&#039;s civil war that the key to any political solution was to stop arming rebels. The bomb exploded outside a police station in the mainly Christian central Bab Touma district of the capital while Assad held talks with United Nations-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi, who is pushing for a temporary ceasefire to mark the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-seeks-renewed-talks-familiar-demands-164920070.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MkIkFIAr6JoZ_fG9r4zgCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e456976197658f1d1e0f6a706700deaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University of Havana, in Havana, Cuba, The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran&#039;s reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there&#039;s no agreement now to meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University of Havana, in Havana, Cuba, The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran&#039;s reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there&#039;s no agreement now to meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)" border="0" /></a>Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper ? with Iran&#039;s supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-seeks-renewed-talks-familiar-demands-164920070.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 12:49:20 -0400Associated Pressiran-seeks-renewed-talks-familiar-demands-164920070<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-seeks-renewed-talks-familiar-demands-164920070.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/MkIkFIAr6JoZ_fG9r4zgCg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/e456976197658f1d1e0f6a706700deaa.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University of Havana, in Havana, Cuba, The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran&#039;s reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there&#039;s no agreement now to meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to a gathering at the University of Havana, in Havana, Cuba, The White House says it is prepared to talk one-on-one with Iran to find a diplomatic settlement to the impasse over Tehran&#039;s reported pursuit of nuclear weapons, but there&#039;s no agreement now to meet, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes, File)" border="0" /></a>Iranian officials have made no secret about their desire to reopen nuclear talks with the U.S. and other world powers as economic sanctions dig deeper ? with Iran&#039;s supreme leader even depicting his envoys as waiting at the negotiating table.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-detains-seven-over-killing-policeman-145223566.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZEDKXH4I8XphNCP_eevNMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T155524Z_1_CBRE89K188E00_RTROPTP_2_BAHRAIN-BOMBING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Riot policemen arrest human rights activist Yousif al-Mahafdhah during his march towards al-Eker village in Sitra" align="left" title="Riot policemen arrest human rights activist Yousif al-Mahafdhah during his march towards al-Eker village in Sitra" border="0" /></a>ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Seven people in Bahrain have been detained over the killing of a policeman last week, the Gulf Arab kingdom&#039;s government said on Sunday, as activists tried to break through police checkpoints around the village where he lost his life. Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, has been convulsed by unrest since February last year following mass demonstrations led by majority Shi&#039;ites demanding democratic change in the Sunni-led monarchy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-detains-seven-over-killing-policeman-145223566.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 11:55:24 -0400Reutersbahrain-detains-seven-over-killing-policeman-145223566<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/bahrain-detains-seven-over-killing-policeman-145223566.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/ZEDKXH4I8XphNCP_eevNMw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T155524Z_1_CBRE89K188E00_RTROPTP_2_BAHRAIN-BOMBING.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Riot policemen arrest human rights activist Yousif al-Mahafdhah during his march towards al-Eker village in Sitra" align="left" title="Riot policemen arrest human rights activist Yousif al-Mahafdhah during his march towards al-Eker village in Sitra" border="0" /></a>ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Seven people in Bahrain have been detained over the killing of a policeman last week, the Gulf Arab kingdom&#039;s government said on Sunday, as activists tried to break through police checkpoints around the village where he lost his life. Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Fifth Fleet, has been convulsed by unrest since February last year following mass demonstrations led by majority Shi&#039;ites demanding democratic change in the Sunni-led monarchy. ...</p><br clear="all"/>(Reuters) - Here is a look back at events in Lebanon after the country buried slain intelligence officer Wissam al-Hassan amid violent clashes between protesters who want Prime Minister Najib Mikati to quit and security forces. Hassan led the investigation into the 2005 bombing which killed former Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri: February 2005 - Rafik al-Hariri, the former premier, is killed, with around 21 others, by a truck bomb in Beirut, piling pressure on Syria to end its 29-year military presence in Lebanon. The last Syrian soldiers leave Lebanon on April 26. ...http://news.yahoo.com/timeline-political-turmoil-violence-lebanon-since-2005-144941254.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 10:49:41 -0400Reuterstimeline-political-turmoil-violence-lebanon-since-2005-144941254Iran followed the United States on Sunday in denying that the two countries had scheduled direct bilateral negotiations on Iran's controversial nuclear program.http://news.yahoo.com/iran-us-agree-one-thing-no-direct-talks-141304361.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 10:13:04 -0400Christian Science Monitoriran-us-agree-one-thing-no-direct-talks-141304361France's foreign minister says Iran appears on track to reach the ability to produce a nuclear weapon by the first half of next year.http://news.yahoo.com/france-iran-seems-track-nukes-mid-2013-140512020.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 10:05:12 -0400Associated Pressfrance-iran-seems-track-nukes-mid-2013-140512020<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blast-syrian-capital-kills-least-13-122101357.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rJSWBWdM3lfeBTznQno0Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13113189aee69d1d1e0f6a706700ad8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A taxi rigged with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/blast-syrian-capital-kills-least-13-122101357.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 09:53:10 -0400Associated Pressblast-syrian-capital-kills-least-13-122101357<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/blast-syrian-capital-kills-least-13-122101357.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rJSWBWdM3lfeBTznQno0Pg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/13113189aee69d1d1e0f6a706700ad8c.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" align="left" title="A Syrian man looks at a damaged cars at the site after a car bomb attack in Bab Touma neighborhood, a popular shopping district largely inhabited by Syria&#039;s Christian minority in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012. A taxi rigged with explosives blew up outside a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad. The SANA state news agency said tens of people were wounded. (AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)" border="0" /></a>A taxi rigged with explosives blew up near a police station in the Syrian capital Sunday, killing at least 13 people even as the U.N. envoy to the nation&#039;s crisis was visiting Damascus to push his call for a cease-fire in talks with President Bashar Assad.</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-denies-report-plans-nuclear-talks-u-111601338.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qtbip3.I9dqtNsvppFIs_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T113315Z_2_CBRE89K0VB100_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-EGYPT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi attends a news conference after a meeting regarding the Syrian crisis, in Cairo" align="left" title="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi attends a news conference after a meeting regarding the Syrian crisis, in Cairo" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran followed the United States on Sunday in denying that the two countries had scheduled direct bilateral negotiations on Iran&#039;s controversial nuclear program. The New York Times, quoting unnamed U.S. administration officials, had said on Saturday that secret exchanges between U.S. and Iranian officials had yielded agreement &quot;in principle&quot; to hold one-on-one talks. &quot;We don&#039;t have any discussions or negotiations with America,&quot; Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told a news conference. &quot;The (nuclear) talks are ongoing with the P5+1 group of nations. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/iran-denies-report-plans-nuclear-talks-u-111601338.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 09:32:10 -0400Reutersiran-denies-report-plans-nuclear-talks-u-111601338<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/iran-denies-report-plans-nuclear-talks-u-111601338.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/qtbip3.I9dqtNsvppFIs_g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T113315Z_2_CBRE89K0VB100_RTROPTP_2_SYRIA-CRISIS-EGYPT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi attends a news conference after a meeting regarding the Syrian crisis, in Cairo" align="left" title="Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi attends a news conference after a meeting regarding the Syrian crisis, in Cairo" border="0" /></a>DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran followed the United States on Sunday in denying that the two countries had scheduled direct bilateral negotiations on Iran&#039;s controversial nuclear program. The New York Times, quoting unnamed U.S. administration officials, had said on Saturday that secret exchanges between U.S. and Iranian officials had yielded agreement &quot;in principle&quot; to hold one-on-one talks. &quot;We don&#039;t have any discussions or negotiations with America,&quot; Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi told a news conference. &quot;The (nuclear) talks are ongoing with the P5+1 group of nations. ...</p><br clear="all"/>The Israeli military says its largest ever exercise with the United States has begun.http://news.yahoo.com/major-us-israeli-air-defense-exercise-begins-130942369.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 09:09:42 -0400Associated Pressmajor-us-israeli-air-defense-exercise-begins-130942369A powerful explosion hit Damascus on Sunday, killing 10 people on a day when the U.N. peace envoy was visiting the Syrian capital for talks with President Bashar Assad on the crisis.http://news.yahoo.com/syria-explosion-hits-damascus-10-killed-104416168.htmlSun, 21 Oct 2012 06:44:16 -0400Associated Presssyria-explosion-hits-damascus-10-killed-104416168<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/quakes-not-iranian-missiles-loom-israeli-drill-091044819.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Oim41jtryLf7FtQQgtr3TQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2012-10-21T101921Z_1_CBRE89K0SOC00_RTROPTP_2_ISRAEL-DRILL.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem" align="left" title="Israel&#039;s PM Netanyahu attends

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