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Iran has boosted uranium enrichment capacity, report says
WASHINGTON -- Iran further increased its uranium enrichment capacity in the last three months, yet it also limited its progress in certain sensitive areas of its disputed nuclear program in an apparent attempt to avoid risking retaliation from Israel or...Tags: United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, U.S. Department of State, Nuclear Policy, Israel
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METALS-Copper falls from 6-week high as end to U.S. bond buys weighed
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - London copper fell on Thursday from the previous session's six-week peak after signs the U.S. central bank was veering towards tapering its bond-buying scheme, and ahead of a string of global manufacturing sector reports....Tags: Economic Indicator, Central Bank, Glencore International AG, Metal, Mario Draghi
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House committee approves Iran sanctions bill
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A new push to thwart Iran's nuclear ambitions by crippling the country's economy gathered momentum on Capitol Hill Wednesday with approval of legislation by the House Foreign Affairs Committee that would impose even tougher...Tags: Lindsey O. Graham, Nuclear Policy, U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Petroleum Industry, Israel
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Nuclear Policy, Emergency Incidents, Nuclear Power, Israel
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Iran bars candidates for presidential election
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities barred two potentially powerful and disruptive candidates from running in next month's presidential election on Tuesday, ensuring a contest largely among hardliners loyal to the clerical supreme leader. Akbar Hashemi...Tags: U.S. Elections, U.S. Department of State, Yasmin (drug), European Union, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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Iran's rulers risk alienating voters by candidate bans
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's clerical rulers may have sought to remove any challenge to their grip by barring two vivid contenders from next month's presidential election, but they risk alienating voters already disillusioned by the violent aftermath of the...Tags: Lebanon, Iran Presidential Election (2009), Yasmin (drug), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Polls
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Iran acts to expand sensitive nuclear capacity: diplomats
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be put to developing atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday....Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Nuclear Policy, Emergency Incidents, Nuclear Power, Iran
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Iran hangs two spies working for Israel and U.S.: report
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities executed two men on Sunday convicted of working for Israeli and U.S. spy agencies, Iran's Fars news agency reported. Mohammad Heidari, accused of passing security-related information and secrets to Israeli Mossad...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Iran, Israel, Espionage and Intelligence, Tehran (Iran)
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Iran's Revolutionary Guard warns against possible post-election turmoil in June
Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A senior commander in Iran's Revolutionary Guard has warned that his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after next month's presidential election, calling the outcome "unpredictable" and sending the strongest message...Tags: Computer Networking and Internet, BBC, Demonstration, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad, CIA
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Defense Equipment, Espionage and Intelligence, Iran, Israel
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U.S. lifts sanctions on Iraq bank that had links to Iran
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it had allowed an Iraqi bank to again conduct business with the U.S. financial system after the bank showed it was no longer helping Iran evade financial sanctions. Iraq's Elaf Islamic Bank was...Tags: U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iran, Financial Markets, Religion and Belief, Islam
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America and Iran face off in New York - on a wrestling mat
ReutersBy Jonathan Allen NEW YORK, May 15 (Reuters) - The United States and Iran on Wednesday set aside tensions over Iran's nuclear program long enough to engage in what could be a combat sport version of Cold War-era ping-pong diplomacy. The national...Tags: Freestyle Wrestling, Table Tennis, Wrestling, Sports
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