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Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material.http://emm.newsexplorer.eu/NewsExplorer/entities/en/101358.htmlenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10758328http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10758328EU foreign ministers impose new sanctions on Iran's energy sector, to block its controversial nuclear programme.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-453548374922297763b127793f267ba9bbcenhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10753448http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-10753448Survivors of a stampede at a dance music festival in Germany, in which 19 people were killed, blame organisers for the deaths.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-2e787990bd217ea5dc00652b01b64d8abbcenhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7910473/Moscow-hit-by-smog-in-soaring-temperatures.htmlhttp://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/7910473/Moscow-hit-by-smog-in-soaring-temperatures.htmlThick smog blanketed large parts of Moscow as dozens of forest and peat bog fires raged outside the Russian capital amid soaring temperatures.Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200telegraph-5409d5409b3telegraphenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/ups6_9tk7D0/index.htmlThe top diplomats from Iran, Brazil and Turkey met for lunch at a posh hotel on the banks of the Bosphorus, in an effort to reboot stalled negotiations over Iran's controversial nuclear program.Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-180a31bcf14aee2f7ee8a21ca1a3d7cdcnnenhttp://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1270125&srvc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20bostonherald%20%28Home%20-%20BostonHerald.com%29http://www.bostonherald.com/news/international/europe/view.bg?articleid=1270125&srvc=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:%20bostonherald%20%28Home%20-%20BostonHerald.com%29J ASENOVAC, Croatia Touring the site of Croatia’s World War II concentration camp, Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday it was a demonstration of "sheer sadism" and thatSun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bignewsnetwork-palestine-0ec435b14297fa5e31945be589ed973dbignewsnetwork-palestineenhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3924245,00.htmlhttp://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3924245,00.htmlPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that Iran would send its first manned shuttle into space by 2019, Iran's English-language Press TV reported. "In response to the enemy's resolutions, it was decided that the project be pushed forward by five years," Ahmadinejad said, referring to Iran's shuttle program.Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200yediotaharonot-47deeb953b2a329d88b1bc102c3ba79eyediotaharonotenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/byaYIVmZ78o/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/byaYIVmZ78o/index.htmlIran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is accusing the United States of supporting the recent bombings in the southeastern city of Zahedan to stir up religious dissension within the Islamic republic, state media said Wednesday.Wed, 21 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-57a2a97b8b682885edbe1a4bbcf77d19cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/VNNo3F6fVl8/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/VNNo3F6fVl8/index.htmlA government-linked film studio in Iran plans to make a movie about the Iranian nuclear scientist who Iranian officials say was kidnapped by U.S. agents, state media reported Tuesday.Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-57bab93ba3ba2feb6574ea6d82e9265ccnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/c3etUVHQV6s/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/c3etUVHQV6s/index.htmlTehran, Iran (CNN) -- Want a job in Iran's executive branch? Quit smoking. People addicted to tobacco cannot get jobs with the government's executive branch, according to the semi-official Iranian Labour News Agency, which cited a directive published Monday by the Cabinet's information office.Mon, 19 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-36013d7219c478932400ffa1ea7f1b1bcnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/pGqDMAVXZO8/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_world/~3/pGqDMAVXZO8/index.htmlThe bodies of 27 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest, Iran's official news agency reported.Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-bb03f3f91c40fc94bda85db6fa190381cnnenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/WPnsbHqFzss/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/WPnsbHqFzss/index.htmlThe bodies of 27 people killed in a pair of suicide bombings in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan were laid to rest Saturday, Iran's official news agency reported.Sat, 17 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-2ff6ff8ffc9e16944c45209b2e4a4879cnnenhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/W9R5Vfrmh10/la-fg-iran-nuclear-scientist-20100715,0,6844524.storyhttp://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/nationworld/world/~3/W9R5Vfrmh10/la-fg-iran-nuclear-scientist-20100715,0,6844524.storyShahram Amiri, standing beside an Iranian official, says he was kidnapped and psychologically tortured in an attempt to get false testimony against Tehran. He says he has no 'expertise in any nuclear domain.' Iran says the man at the center of a murky intelligence caper -- stretching from the....Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200latimes-c0a31e0f1c97468909b8dbfd2ad8bbe8latimesenhttp://www.ngrguardiannews.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16898:how-they-govern-nigeria&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615http://www.ngrguardiannews.com//index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16898:how-they-govern-nigeria&catid=38:columnists&Itemid=615THE copyright of the above title of the article in The Guardian of July 9, 2010 belongs to Dr. Reuben Abati of The Guardian newspaper. You may have read this article of thoughtful anecdotes spiced with equally thoughtful sarcasm and satire yet, intellectually and historically correct in fact as in analysis.Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200ngrguardiannews-078d50c7cbab48e16f6d79b7504855cfngrguardiannewsenhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/07/20107121354041711.htmlhttp://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/07/20107121354041711.htmlOfficial say woman facing death for adultery has received temporary stay of execution.Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200aljazeera-en-73ce571e9800a58897109f43665f5ddbaljazeera-enenhttp://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/iranian%20widow%20may%20escape%20hanging/3706787http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/world/iranian%20widow%20may%20escape%20hanging/3706787The lawyer for an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned to death for an adultery conviction has expressed cautious optimism after Iran said it will review the decision, which has drawn international condemnation. Human rights activists and other officials, however, warned that Sakineh Mohammadi....Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200channel4news-753c2c6f8663f99d621011d959e03440channel4newsenhttp://english.bna.bh/?ID=88600http://english.bna.bh/?ID=88600Beirut Jul 11 (BNA) Two Israeli warplanes today violated the Lebanese airspace from over Kfar Kila in South Lebanon in violation of the UN resolutions, the Lebanese Army said in a statement.Sun, 11 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bignewsnetwork-palestine-346a3395a7e951d16f29f35f0f2dfa5ebignewsnetwork-palestineenhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/BKDo6naAMio/index.htmlhttp://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_latest/~3/BKDo6naAMio/index.htmlIran's top human rights official said the country is reviewing a verdict that called for a woman to be stoned to death for adulterySat, 10 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200cnn-2147b6c243936dca8d4fa5fa4f5c32efcnnenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10437336.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/middle_east/10437336.stmFrench company Total says it has stopped petrol deliveries to Iran, amid growing pressure over Iran's nuclear programme.Fri, 09 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-d80f7ddcee6e1bd95e070b7a96af024abbcenhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6655922nhttp://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6655922nKatie Couric speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about sanctions to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and the Middle East peace negotiations.Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200CBSnews-5dd51643da554333fd3e83f2f111e315CBSnewsenhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10551985.stmhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/10551985.stmA classical concert in support of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is held in Sderot on the border with Gaza.Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200bbc-8e9c2dee649a8bd979d72359004a7626bbcen