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Published on February 15, 2012
IRAN CUTS OIL EXPORTS TO 6 EU STATES
- Iran has stopped oil exports to six European states in retaliation for European Union sanctions imposed on the Islamic state's key export, the country's English language Press TV reported on Wednesday, February 15, according to Reuters.
"Iran cuts its oil exports to six European countries," Press TV said, without naming them.
Headlines for February 15, 2012
ARMENIA'S SECOND NUMBERS MAY PERFORM AT EUROPEAN WEIGHTLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Second numbers of the Armenian team are likely to perform at European Weightlifting Championships to be held on April 6-15 in Antalya, Turkey, Armenian Weightlifting Federation President said.
According ...U.S. ON HIGH ALERT OVER ISRAELI DIPLOMATS
With Iran allegedly striking out at Israeli citizens and Jewish targets around the world, Israeli and American security officials in the U.S. are on high alert, ABC news reports. Israeli officials said ...U.S. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE TO VISIT BELGIUM, RUSSIA
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Philip Gordon will pay visits to Belgium and Russia within the next few days, the State Department said in a statement.
"Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian ...IRAN PLANS TO SEND HEAVIER HOME-MADE SATELLITES TO HIGHER ALTITUDES
Iran plans to display its new achievements in space fields by sending heavier home-made satellites to higher altitudes by the next few years, Fars News Agency reported. There would be a new round of ...NKR MFA: BAKU TRIES TO DISTRACT ATTENTION FROM ARMENIAN MASSACRE IN SUMGAIT
Khojalu population became hostage of Baku authorities' dirty tricks who turned this tragedy into speculative political capital, the Foreign Ministry of Nagorno Karabakh Republic said, commenting on the ...FRANCIS BACON'S PAINTING SOLD FOR £21.3M IN LONDON
A painting of a female nude by Francis Bacon sold in London last night for £21.3m (€25.4m), The Irish Independent reported.
Bacon's sexually charged 1963 canvas Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, ...HACKERS TARGET NASDAQ, BATS WEBSITES
Hackers have targeted the public websites of the operators of the Nasdaq and Bats stock exchanges over the past two days with cyberattacks that disrupted the sites but had no impact on trading.
The Nasdaq.com ...YERKIR NEWSPAPER: WOLVES HUNTED IN YEREVAN
Armenian Ministry of Nature Protection has proposed to bring the number of killed wolves to 200 against 100 in 2011, considering the outcomes of studies conducted in Armenia's provinces in 2011.
Ministry ...HRANT MELKUMYAN 0,5 POINT BEHIND AEROFLOT ОPEN LEADER
All chess players representing Armenia tied the 8th round games in tournament A of Aeroflot Open Chess Festival 2012, ongoing in Moscow.
Hrant Melkumyan tied game vs. Evgeny Tomashevsky (Russia), Karen ...GREEK ORTHODOX PATRIARCH TO ADDRESS TURKISH PARLIAMENT
Greek Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew is set to give a speech to Parliament's Constitutional Commission on Feb 20 to expound on the problems of Turkey's minorities, marking the first such occasion in the ...SONY APOLOGIZES FOR RAISING PRICES OF WHITNEY HOUSTON'S ALBUMS ON ITUNES
Sony has apologized for raising the prices of two of Whitney Houston's albums in Apple's UK iTunes store at the weekend just hours after her death, according to Digital Trends.
The company, which ...SYRIAN OIL PIPELINE HIT, CAUSING HUGE FIRE
A Syrian activist group says an oil pipeline in the central city of Homs has been hit, causing a huge fire, The Associated Press reported.
The Local Coordination Committees says the pipeline was hit ...ARTHUR ABRAHAM TO WATCH STIEGLITZ VS KESSLER CLASH
Former IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham (33-3, 27 KO's) has been elevated to the #2 spot in the World Boxing Organization (WBO) rankings at super middleweight, and he hopes to get a title shot ...SPY BUG REPORTEDLY FOUND IN TURKISH COUNCIL OF STATE OFFICE
A Turkish Council of State member was said to have found a spy bug in his office last week and informed the police about the incident. The member also made a denunciation to the public prosecutor, Hurriyet ...EGYPT CIRCULATES UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION ON SYRIA
Egypt circulated a UN General Assembly resolution Tuesday, Feb 14, strongly condemning human rights violations by the Syrian regime and backing an Arab League plan aimed at ending the 11-month conflict ...OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE URGES EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO REVISE ACTA
In a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, on Feb 14, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the Parliament to safeguard free expression when discussing ...ANGRY BIRDS LAUNCHED ON FACEBOOK
The popular iPhone app Angry Birds has been launched on Facebook in a free version that can be played on internet browsers.
The game, which has been downloaded 500 million times - and even said to have ...BOOK-ALBUM ANI PRESENTS 3D MODELS OF CHURCHES
The illustrated three-language book-album "Ani" was published within the framework of events dedicated to the 1050th anniversary of Ani's establishment.
Presenting the book to the journalist, head Research ...1.7 PERCENT ECONOMIC GROWTH RECORDED IN FRANCE
France's GDP grew slightly in the last quarter of 2011, bringing total economic growth for the year to 1.7 percent.
The figure is slightly below the government's projection in October of 1.75 ...AMBASSADOR: ARMENIA IS IMPORTANT PARTNER FOR U.S.
U.S. ambassador to Armenia named economy, regional programs and elections as the key areas of activity U.S. mission in Armenia pursues.
As John Heffern said at the presentation of the Enterprise Development ...INTERNET-CONNECTED DEVICES TO OUTNUMBER INDIVIDUALS IN 2016
According to Cisco's Visual Networking Index Forecast there will be more than 10 billion Internet-connected devices in 2016, more than the projected world population of 7.3 billion individuals, BizReport ...ARMENIAN NA SPEAKER SUGGESTS ESTABLISHING COMMISSION TO MONITOR ELECTIONS
Speaker of the Armenian National Assembly Samvel Nikoyan suggested that a body be established within the parliament authority to monitor implementation of the Electoral Code provisions and to hold fair ...TIGRAN DAVTYAN: ARMENIA HAS SERIOUS POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP SME
Presentation of "Business development: Boosting market competition" project implemented by USAID, the Armenian Ministry of Economy and Pragma corporation took place in Yerevan.
The Armenian Minister ...HP TO OPEN LAB TO ALLOW CUSTOMER ACCESS TO ARM SERVERS
Hewlett-Packard will open a lab in the second quarter where select customers will be able to play around with its first low-power server based on an ARM processor, a company executive said this week.
...ARFD MEMBER: REPRODUCTION OF AUTHORITIES LEADS TO USURPATION
At a parliamentary hearing on full shift to proportional electoral system set forth by the opposition, ARF Dashnaktsutyun MP Armen Rustamyan noted that majority of political forces back the proposal.
...DAVID NALBANDIAN TO FACE BENOIT PAIRE IN BRASIL OPEN ROUND 1
Argentina world No.84, David Nalbandian will be squaring off with the France world No. 92, Benoit Paire in the first round of the 2012 Brasil Open on February 15, 2012 which is being held at Sao Paulo, ...ARMENIA CLIMBS 41ST IN FIFA RANKINGS
Armenia climbed 4 positions to be placed 41st with 639 points in the FIFA rankings released on February 15.
Armenia's rivals at FIFA 2014 World Cup qualifiers are placed as follows: Italy is 8th with ...NUMBER OF TERRORIST ATTACKS IN RUSSIA HALVED IN 2011
The number of terrorist attacks in Russia halved to 365 in 2011 from 779 in 2010, the head of Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said Wednesday, Feb 15, RIA Novosti reported. "The actions of ...ARMAN PASHIKYAN SHARES 1-2 PLACES AT FERDOWSI CHESS TOURNAMENT
With 5 points, Armenian grandmaster Arman Pashikyan shares 1st-2nd places with Iran's Morteza Mahjoob after the 5th round of 2nd Ferdowsi International Chess Open Tournament in Mashhad, Iran. The chess ...ARMENIAN JUSTICE MINISTER RECALLS ITALY'S EXPERIENCE WITH REGARD TO ELECTORAL SYSTEM
Speaking at a parliamentary hearing on the opposition's proposal to move to 100 per cent proportional system of elections, Armenian Justice Minister Hrayr Tovmasyan reminded the deputies of Italy's experience.
...FIFTH-GENERATION KALASHNIKOV AK-12 ASSAULT RIFLE UNVEILED IN RUSSIA
Russia's Izhevsk Machine Building Plant (Izhmash) has officially unveiled its new fifth generation Kalashnikov AK-12 assault rifle.
Until recently, the new Kalashnikov rifle remained shrouded in mystery. ...5 ARMENIANS INJURED IN VOLGOGRAD BLAST
Russian media outlets report that a blast and fire in Bellagio café in 13 Mir Street in the center of Volgograd, Russia, left 20 people with different burn injuries
Reports about the fire in the ...BERNARD SLADE'S ROMANTIC COMEDY TO BE STAGED IN YEREVAN
Bernard Slade's tragic comedy, Romantic Comedy, will be for the first time staged at Yerevan's Hrachya Ghaplanyan Drama Theatre (artistic director Armen Khandikyan) on March 25.
Zhan Nshanyan will be ...SYRIA TO VOTE ON NEW CONSTITUTION FEB 26
Syrian President Bashar Assad has ordered a referendum on February 26 on a new constitution that would open the way to political parties other than the ruling Baath Party, the state news agency said Wednesday, ...HERITAGE MEMBER DISFAVORS MAJORITY MPS' ACTIVITY
At a parliamentary hearing on full shift to proportional electoral system, deputy chairman of Heritage party Ruben Hakobyan called attention to passivity of MPs elected through majority system, noting ...AMERIABANK STAFF SHOWS BEST RESULTS AT EBRD ON-LINE SEMINAR
Ameriabank CJSC trade financing management staff showed best results during the on-line seminar organized by European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).
The staff was awarded two out of ...SOTHEBY'S TO OFFER MAGNIFICENT SPANISH COINS WORTH $25-35 MILLION
The Vast Archer M. Huntington collection of coins relating to the history of Spain will be offered as a single lot in a sealed-bid auction at Sotheby's New York, Sotheby's website says.
Sotheby's will ...ARMENIAN DEFENSE MINISTER, U.S. REAR ADMIRAL DISCUSS COOPERATION
Armenian Defense Minister Seyran Ohanyan met with deputy director for Plans, Policy and Strategy at U.S. European Command, Rear Admiral Mark Montgomery.
The two men discussed strengthening of cooperation, ...EGYPT'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION DUE LATE MAY: REPORT
Egypt's first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was overthrown a year ago will be held by late May, state newspaper al-Ahram quoted a government minister as saying.
Army leaders who took ...3RD MEGAUPLOAD SUSPECT RELEASED ON BAIL
A third man accused of taking part in internet piracy along with Kim Dotcom, the millionaire German founder of the file-sharing Megaupload website, was released on bail, M&C reported, citing DPA.
...ICELAND LIKELY TO CHANGE EUROVISION NATIONAL SELECTION RULES
Iceland will most probably change the rules for next year's national selection, escxtra.com reports quoting Iceland's TV company.
This decision came following much criticism after the national selection ...FRANCE'S SARKOZY JOINS TWITTER AS ELECTION CAMPAIGN STARTS
French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined the micro-blogging website Twitter on Wednesday, February 15 shortly before he was due to appear on television to announce the official start of his election campaign, ...ITALY'S ECONOMY FACES RECESSION
The Italian economy entered its fourth recession since 2001, contracting more than economists forecast in the fourth quarter as government austerity measures weighed on growth, according to Bloomberg.
...UKRAINIAN MP DEMANDS TO ARREST PUTIN
Ukrainian MP Grigory Omelchenko demanded to detain Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and instigate a criminal case against him.
The MP calls on Putin to bear responsibility for the case of Russian-Ukrainian ...YOUNG ARMENIAN SINGER FROM TURKEY TO PERFORM IN NY
1Young Armenian singer from Turkey, Sibil, will make her debut in the New York Metropolitan Area on March 31. According to The Armenian Mirror-Spectator, she will perform at the Bergen County Academies ...ANC MEMBER: OSKANIAN'S JOINING PROSPEROUS ARMENIA THOUGHTLESS STEP
ANC member and Armenian National Movement Board Chairman Aram Manukyan characterized RA Former Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian's decision to join Prosperous Armenia coalition party as a thoughtless step.
...TEHRAN SUMMONS EUROPEAN ENVOYS TO DISCUSS SANCTIONS
Iran's semiofficial Mehr news agency says six European ambassadors are meeting Iranian officials to discuss the European Union sanctions against Tehran over its nuclear program. Mehr says envoys ...EDUCATION MINISTER HAPPY TO SEE KUWAITI STUDENTS IN ARMENIAN UNIVERSITIES
Armenian Minister of Education and Science Armen Ashotyan received Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Kuwait to the Republic of Armenia Bassam Mohammed Al-Qabandi.
The Minister and the Ambassador ...GREEK PRESIDENT TO GIVE UP SALARY TO HELP CRISIS
Greece's finance minister says all pending issues in its international creditors' requirements for the country's second bailout will be completed ahead of a Wednesday, February 15 evening ...ARMENIA HONORS MEMORY OF AFGHAN WAR HEROES
A memorial rally to commemorate the 23rd anniversary of withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan took place in Yerevan's Victory Park on February 15. Representatives of the Afghan war veterans ...ITALY'S MONTI TO MEET GERMANY'S MERKEL IN ROME
Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti will meet German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Rome on Friday, February 17 to discuss the latest developments in the euro zone debt crisis, Reuters reported. Speaking ...ANC MEMBER DUBS WEATHER MAIN REASON FOR RALLY DELAY
ANC member and Armenian National Movement Board Chairman Aram Manukyan named bad weather conditions the only reason for shifting the date of the rally, initially scheduled for February 17.
"Nothing has ...PROSECUTORS SEEK 5-YEAR JAIL TERM FOR BERLUSCONI
Italian prosecutors on Wednesday, February 15 asked a court to sentence former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to five years in prison on charges of paying British lawyer David Mills a $600,000 bribe ...USD MARKET AVERAGE RATE TOTALS AMD 388,89 FEB 15
Deals amounting to AMD 1,9 mln. at an average rate of AMD 389,31/USD1 were concluded at NASDAQ OMX Armenia on Feb 15.The closing price totaled AMD 389,48.
The market average rate of USD totaled AMD 388,89 ...MARCHES TO RAISE AWARENESS ON DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HELD IN GLENDALE, BURBANK
Nearly 60 volunteers marched the streets of Glendale and Burbank to raise awareness and gain support for a new domestic violence help center that they hope will make inroads with Armenian families. Volunteers ...IRAN CUTS OIL EXPORTS TO 6 EU STATES
Iran has stopped oil exports to six European states in retaliation for European Union sanctions imposed on the Islamic state's key export, the country's English language Press TV reported on Wednesday, ...ISRAELI PM SAYS IRAN'S AGGRESSION MUST BE STOPPED
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Iran is destabilizing the world and its aggression must be stopped, according to AP. At Israel's parliament on Wednesday, February 15, Netanyahu reiterated ...NASDAQ OMX ARMENIA REGISTERS PANARMENIAN BANK AS MARKET PARTICIPANT
On Feb 15, 2012, Panarmenian Bank ojsc was registered as a Market participant at NASDAQ OMX Armenia and granted the right to participate in credit resources market. Panarmenian Bank will operate under ...IRANIAN FM SAYS STRONG TIES WITH ARMENIA IMPORTANT TO IRAN
In the framework of working visit to Iran, Deputy Foreign Minister of Armenia Shavarsh Kocharyan met with Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi.
The parties discussed strengthening of cooperation, ...ARMENIAN INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION TO PARTICIPATE IN UN PANEL SESSION
The United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will hold its 56th session this year on the theme "The Empowerment of Rural Women and Their Role in Poverty and Hunger Eradication: Development ...RUSSIAN FM TO MEET FRENCH COUNTERPART FOR SYRIA TALKS
Russia's foreign minister says he will meet his French counterpart in Vienna on Thursday, February 16 and discuss moves to rework a U.N. Security Council resolution that aims to end violence in Syria, ...U.S. "CLOSELY MONITORING" SYRIA'S CHEMICAL ARMS STOCKPILES
The U.S. and its allies are closely monitoring Syria's stockpiles of chemical arms and portable anti-aircraft missiles, a State Department official says, amid concerns that the country's unconventional ...PRESIDENT HU VOWS CHINA'S SUPPORT IN EU DEBT CRISIS
Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday, February 15 promised EU leaders that China would continue to support Europe through its debt crisis, M&C reported, citing DPA. China planned to cooperate ...U.S. PUBLISHER: BRYZA'S INTERVIEW REAFFIRMS HIS NON-PROFESSIONALISM
Former U.S. Co-chair of the OSCE Minsk Group and unaccomplished U.S. ambassador to Azerbaijan, Matthew Bryza's pro-Turkish and pro-Azerbaijani statements during an interview with Turkish Hurriyet newspaper ...RIO OLYMPIC ORGANIZERS EXPECT $750 MLN. REVENUE FOR LOCAL BUSINESS
Rio Olympic organizers expect the 2016 Games to generate $750 million in revenue for local businesses.
The organizing committee launched the games' licensing program on Tuesday, Feb 14 saying at ...GAZPROM TO DOUBLE EUROPEAN GAS STORAGE
Russian energy giant Gazprom intends to invest 200-300 million euros to double its underground gas storage facilities in Europe to ensure uninterrupted gas supplies, RIA Novosti quoted Gazprom Deputy ...RUSSIA, VIETNAM TO MAKE URAN ANTI-SHIP MISSILES
Russia and Vietnam are planning to start in 2012 joint production of a modified anti-ship missile, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev said on Wednesday, February ...EXPERTS: DUBAI'S WILL GROW DUE TO TRADE, TOURISM
Dubai's economy will continue to grow in 2012 despite persistent contraction in its once rapidly-booming construction sector, thanks to healthy trade and tourism, an official and economists said Wednesday, ...DUTCH ARTIST KAREL APPEL'S LOST WORKS RECOVERED
More than 400 works by Dutch artist Karel Appel have been recovered after being discovered in a British warehouse a decade after they went missing, BBC reports. The artist was said to be distraught when ...UKRAINIAN CHEESE IMPORTS BANNED IN RUSSIA
Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor imposed on Wednesday, February 15 a ban on cheese supplies from three Ukrainian producers over their failure to meet Russian food standards, RIA Novosti ...JONNY LEE MILLER TO STAR AS SHERLOCK HOLMES IN US TV UPDATE
Jonny Lee Miller will play Sherlock Holmes in a US TV update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous detective stories, BBC News reported. The British Trainspotting star will play the sleuth in a pilot ...THE WOMAN IN BLACK TOPS UK BOX OFFICE CHART
Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe has topped the UK box office chart again - this time with his new Hammer production The Woman in Black, according to BBC News. The latest adaptation of Susan Hill's ...ORINATS YERIKIR JOINED COALITION TO PREVENT AZERI ATTACK - PARTY LEADER
Orinats Yerkir coalition party leader, National Security Council Secretary Artur Baghdasaryan commented on his decision to support the ruling party candidate Serzh Sargsyan at 2008 presidential race, ...IRAN'S OIL MINISTRY DENIES CUTTING OIL EXPORTS TO EU
Iran's Oil Ministry denied state media reports on the Islamic state stopping its crude exports to six European countries on Wednesday, February 15, Reuters reported.
"We deny this report ... ...SLOVAKIA MAKES EXCUSES FOR EX-MP MIKLOSKO'S VISIT TO ARTSAKH?
Slovakia Embassy in Moscow commented on Azeri hysteria over the recent visit of the former member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic Frantisek Miklosko to Nagorno Karabakh.
"Miklosko's visit ...TV REPORT: IRANIAN PRESIDENT UNVEILS NUKE PROJECTS
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday, February 15 inaugurated three new nuclear projects, in a ceremony that was broadcast live on state television network IRIB, M&C reported citing ...TRAFFIC DISRUPTION LOOMS AT FRANKFURT AIRPORT OVER STRIKE
A strike is expected to disrupt traffic at Frankfurt international airport, one of Europe's principal air hubs, for seven hours on Thursday, February 16, M&C reported citing DPA.
About 200 ground ..."HOUSE" MEDICAL DRAMA FINALE SET FOR MAY 21
After eight seasons, five Emmys, a pair of Golden Globes and a Peabody Award, Fox's Hugh Laurie medical drama "House" will officially be discharged from the network's schedule on May ..."HANNIBAL" SERIES GETS 13-EPISODE ORDER FROM NBC
NBC network has given a 13-episode order to the series "Hannibal", a thriller based on the Thomas Harris novel and "The Silence of the Lambs" predecessor "Red Dragon," The ...CHINA LOOKS TO BOOST OIL IMPORTS FROM RUSSIA
Beijing is in talks with Moscow to increase oil imports from Russia by purchasing all 30 million tons shipped on the Eastern Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline operated by oil pipeline monopoly Transneft, ...AFGHAN GOVT INSTRUCTS WOMEN TV PRESENTERS TO WEAR HEADSCARVES
Afghanistan has instructed female TV presenters to stop appearing on screen without a headscarf and to wear less make-up, officials said, raising fears about creeping restrictions on the media, AFP reported.
...BURNING CAR REPORTED AT YEREVAN MUNICIPALITY
Armenian Ministry of Emergency Situations reported a burning car in the neighborhood of Yerevan Municipality, with a fire brigade sent to handle the situation. No information as to those injured or combustion ...IKEA POISED TO BUILD $50 MLN FURNITURE PLANT IN RUSSIA
Swedish home furnishing giant IKEA may build a furniture plant in the Nizhny Novgorod region near the Volga for 1.5 billion rubles ($50 million), regional deputy governor Dmitry Svatkovsky said on Wednesday, ...WORLD BANK PRESIDENT ZOELLICK LEAVES OFFICE IN JUNE
The president of the World Bank is stepping down, AP reported.
Robert Zoellick informed the 187-nation lending organization's board Wednesday, February 15 that he will leave office June 30, the end ...RUSSIA LAUNCHES DUTCH SES-4 TELECOMS SATELLITE
A Russian Proton-M launch vehicle carrying the Dutch SES-4 (NSS-14) telecoms satellite lifted off on Tuesday, February 14 from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan after a series of delays caused by ...APPLE ASKS BANKRUPTCY JUDGE FOR PERMISSION TO SUE KODAK
Apple Inc. asked a bankruptcy judge for permission to sue Eastman Kodak Co. over allegations it's infringing patents that Apple says cover technologies used in printers, digital cameras and digital picture ...SYMANTEC RELEASES NORTON 360 6.0 TO BE JOINED BY BRAND NEW PRODUCT
Symantec Software has released version 6.0 of its all-in-one security, backup and system maintenance tool. Norton 360 offers the same security engine as Norton Internet Security 2012, but also includes ...CISCO TO CHALLENGE MICROSOFT'S TAKEOVER OF SKYPE AT EU'S TOP COURT
Cisco has said it will challenge Microsoft's $8.5bn (£5.4m) takeover of Skype at the EU's top court. According to BBC News, Cisco said conditions needed to be set to ensure Microsoft would ...U.S. DOWNPLAYS IRAN'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF NUCLEAR PROGRESS
The United States on Wednesday, Feb 15 downplayed Iran's latest announcement of nuclear progress, saying Tehran's reported advances were "not terribly new and not terribly impressive." ...MARADONA: EVERY TIME I SET FOOT IN ITALY I FEEL PERSECUTED
Argentina legend Diego Maradona on Wednesday, Feb 15, said he would love to coach his former club Napoli but an ongoing wrangle with the Italian authorities over unpaid tax is preventing his return, AFP ...
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