Iran’s new president: Scrap all WMDs
Iran's new President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took office Wednesday with an appeal for an end to weapons of mass destruction and pledging to fight for justice and prosperity for Iranians.
View ArticleFurther progress made towards eliminating blinding eye disease
With the estimated number of people affected by the infectious eye disease, blinding trachoma, dropping from 360 million people to 80 million over the past 21 years, several more countries are on track...
View ArticleIran letter to Bush lifts hopes
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has written to US President George W Bush in an attempt to ease tensions between Teheran and the West.
View ArticleTearing down the Great Firewall of China
Looking at them you might not guess it. But deep in a basement room on the University of Toronto campus, three unassuming computer hackers with messy hair and wrinkled T-shirts are working to tear down...
View ArticleScientists launch project to save Caspian Beluga Sturgeon
Three men struggle to lift a squirming, nearly 2-meter (6.5 foot) gray fish with a pointy nose and distinctive jagged spine and spill it into the green waters of the Caspian Sea.
View ArticleCharter of Muslim women’s rights under consideration
An international charter of Muslim women's rights and responsibilities has been sent to organizations and Islamic entities worldwide for their views, English-language Iran Daily reported on Saturday.
View ArticleIran nuclear talks ‘constructive’
Talks between the EU and Iran over Iran's nuclear programme are "constructive", both sides say.
View ArticleIran ‘misunderstandings’ cleared
Some misunderstandings over Iran's nuclear policy have been cleared up, says the EU's foreign policy chief.
View ArticleNorway ranked as world’s most peaceful nation
Japan, which only 65 years ago was seen as an aggressive war-mongerer, has been ranked as the world's fifth most peaceful nation in a report launched Wednesday by international businessman Steve...
View ArticleIran agrees to new UN nuclear inspections and safeguards
The United Nations nuclear watchdog announced today that it has reached agreement with Iranian authorities to allow new inspections and safeguards at some of its key facilities.
View ArticleUS and Iran hold rare direct talks on Iraq security
Arch enemies the United States and Iran launched a second round of rare face-to-face talks in Baghdad on Tuesday aimed at stemming the raging violence in Iraq.
View ArticleAl Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007
The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al)...
View ArticleSkies to be swept for alien life
The switch has been thrown on a telescope specifically designed to seek out alien life.
View ArticleNewly-discovered fungus strips pollutants from oil
A humble fungus could help oil companies clean up their fuel to meet tightening emissions standards.
View ArticleConstructive Start To Iran Talks, Says UK
The British government has welcomed the encouraging start in the resumption of six-party talks with Iran in Geneva over its nuclear programme, which it hopes will continue in the spirit of goodwill and...
View ArticleUranium talks “off to a good start”
Talks between Iranian, Russian, French, and United States officials are "off to a good start" according to Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog.
View ArticleIran president Ahmadinejad accepts nuclear deal terms
Iran's president has said it is ready to send its enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a deal to ease concerns about its nuclear programme.
View ArticleIran ready for nuclear talks without conditions-report
Iran is ready to return to negotiations on a nuclear fuel swap without conditions, its envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported.
View ArticleIran, regional nations sign accord to tackle sand storms
Iran, Iraq, Syria, Qatar and Turkey have inked an accord in Tehran aimed at tackling the problem of sand storms within the next five years, local media reported on Thursday.
View ArticleLife of woman sentenced to death by stoning could be spared
Iran has signalled for the first time that it may spare the life of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the Iranian woman whose sentence of death by stoning for adultery has sparked an international outcry.
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