UNESCO: World's smallest school in Iran

" Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:35:23 GMT The road to Iran's tiny Kalou village is being laid in honor of its elementary school, now recognized by UNESCO as the world's smallest.  Kalou is a tiny village situated 180 kilometers from Bushehr in the south of Iran; its population is...

Chances for U.S. Withdrawal

"BASRA -- The Bush administration's preliminary security pact with Iraq calls for withdrawing most American combat troops by 2011, a development that seemed almost unthinkable even a few months ago. One reason they're thinking about it now: the new assertiveness of Iraqi...

Up to 30 people killed in Iraq`s Basra clashes

"Basra, Iraq (ANTARA News/Xinhua) - Up to 30 people were killed and some 60 others wounded in the ongoing fierce clashes between Iraqi security forces and the Shiite Mahdi Army militia in the southern oil hub of Basra, medical and police sources said on Tuesday."Two hospitals...

Al-Sadr Threatens to End Cease-Fire in Iraq

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr may let a six-month cease-fire expire as soon as Saturday, a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have led to a sharp decline in violence.The Associated Press is...

Iran: Europe will become a Muslim continent, says Khamenei's spokesman

Do you agree? Will other cultures survive?"Europe will eventually become a Muslim continent, according to a representative of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei. "In a dozen years, Europe will be an Islamic continent," said Rasul Jalilzadeh on Friday as he...

Even the Independent is prepared to admit that Tehran is training terrorists ...

Although their sources seem less reliable than the U.S. and Iraqi ones who have been providing more or less the same information for weeks now.  This is perhaps evidence of editorial caution: when Washington launches several dozen cruise missiles into the Iranian...

Iraq's African Shadow: Insurgency Grows , Peacekeepers Hesitate

Ethiopia's war against Somalia continues, with Ethiopian troops still very much present in the capital and other cities. Ethiopia's Meles Zenawi, the country's controversial political leader, invaded Somalia with U.S. assistance at Christmas. He pledged a quick, decisive war...

Iraqi Ghost Dance

" Maliki's Shiite Iraqi Government orchestrated a deliberate slaughter of Muslim heretics this weekend in Iraq."

Iraqi cult leader killed in Najaf battle

"The leader of an Iraqi cult who claimed to be the Mahdi, a messiah-like figure in Islam, was killed in a battle on Sunday near Najaf with hundreds of his followers, Iraq's national security minister said on Monday. Women and children who joined 600-700 of his "Soldiers of...