Saturday, October 1, 2016

US Allows Boeing and Airbus to Sell Planes to Iran and other top stories.

  • US Allows Boeing and Airbus to Sell Planes to Iran

    US Allows Boeing and Airbus to Sell Planes to Iran
    Photo An Iran Air Boeing 747 in 2003. Boeing received a license to sell the airline 80 new planes. Credit Hasan Sarbakhshian/Associated Press TEHRAN — The United States on Wednesday removed a final hurdle for Western aircraft manufacturers to sell planes to Iran, a country desperately in need of hundreds of new aircraft.The Treasury Department granted the aviation giants Airbus and Boeing licenses to deliver planes to Tehran. The decision is a boon not only for the two ..
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  • In Myanmar, A Golden Opportunity for American Soft Power

    In Myanmar, A Golden Opportunity for American Soft Power
    I returned to Myanmar last week for the first time in almost three decades. I lingered for a moment outside the peeling white walls of the former U.S. Embassy to see what had become of the street corner where I witnessed a slaughter of young idealists on the auspicious 8th day of August 1988. I recalled standing in a crowd of red and white clad protesters that rainy morning as many of them prepared for what looked like an inevitable military crackdown from the despised forces of the "Tatmadaw...
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  • Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS

    Mosul: Smuggled diary reveals life of fear under IS
    Media captionMosul diary: 'I feel like I'm living in a prison' "Ahmed" was an engineering student at Mosul University when so-called Islamic State (IS) militants stormed into the city in June 2014. From that day, everything changed.The university shut and life became a daily struggle to survive. This summer, after two years, Ahmed (not his real name) managed to escape. In the weeks before, at great personal risk, he secretly kept a diary of living in the shadow of death under IS. Ahmed has ..
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  • Fight Between Saudis and 9/11 Families Escalates in Washington

    Fight Between Saudis and 9/11 Families Escalates in Washington
    And in a démarche on Wednesday, the European Union called on Mr. Obama to stop the measure from becoming law, warning of harm to “the international order” if it were to take effect.Saudi officials have long denied that the kingdom had any role in the Sept. 11 plot, and the 9/11 Commission investigating the attacks found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded the organization.” But the commission’s narrow wording left open the possi..
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  • Pakistan's Sharif says world ignores South Asia tension at its peril

    Pakistan's Sharif says world ignores South Asia tension at its peril
    By David Brunnstrom | UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif accused nuclear-armed rival India on Wednesday of putting unacceptable conditions on dialogue and said the world would ignore rising tension in South Asia at its peril.Sharif told the annual United Nations General Assembly Pakistan could not ignore India's "unprecedented" arms build-up and would "take whatever measures are necessary to maintain credible deterrence".India has accused Pakistan of being be..
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  • RPT-Abandoning discretion, Iranians proclaim their role in Syrian war

    RPT-Abandoning discretion, Iranians proclaim their role in Syrian war
    (Repeats Wednesday item)* Iran leaders present Syria as existential war* Volunteer fighter numbers rise* Perceived threat from Islamic State* Fighters who die praised as heroes* War deepens region's sectarian strainsBy Bozorgmehr Sharafedin and Babak DehghanpishehDUBAI/BEIRUT, Sept 21 Abandoning a long-standing reticence, Iranians are increasingly candid about their involvement in Syria's war, and informal recruiters are now openly calling for volunteers to defend the Islamic Republic and fell..
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  • North Korea Accidentally Reveals It Only Has 28 Websites

    North Korea Accidentally Reveals It Only Has 28 Websites
    Enlarge this image North Korean students work at computer terminals inside a computer lab at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea in January 2013. David Guttenfelder/AP hide caption toggle caption David Guttenfelder/AP North Korean students work at computer terminals inside a computer lab at Kim Il Sung University in Pyongyang, North Korea ..
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  • Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Egypt, Killing at Least 42

    Migrant Boat Capsizes Off Egypt, Killing at Least 42
    CAIRO — A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria on Wednesday, killing at least 42 people, Egyptian authorities said.The army gave the toll in a statement, saying it had "thwarted an illegal immigration attempt" and that the boat had been 12 nautical miles off the coast when it sank.In the city of Rosetta, Egyptian families gathered near the harbor urging authorities to do more in their search and rescue effort ..
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  • Oxford Tops List of World's Best Universities

    Oxford Tops List of World's Best Universities
    The U.S. has many of the best universities in the world, but according to a new global list, it doesn’t have the best. The University of Oxford, the oldest in the English-speaking world, took the top spot in the latest World University Rankings, released annually by Times Higher Education. The English university dating to 1096 dethroned the California Institute of Technology, a small, private school in Pasadena that had ranked No. 1...
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