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Religious minorities in different parts of the world, including India, continue to be discriminated
Friday, October 24, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Religious minorities in different parts of the world, including India, continue to be discriminated against, with some living in 'perpetual threat', an independent UN expert has said.
Human rights activist Asma Jahangir told UN News Centre that at national levels, religious minorities continue to suffer, and the more despotic a regime, the more suffering of religious minorities.
India, she sai
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Iran blamed the United States for triggering global financial meltdown, saying the "hegemonic"
Thursday, October 16, 2008 www.hindustantimes.com
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Iran blamed the United States on Thursday for triggering global financial meltdown, saying the "hegemonic" nature of the US economy affected other economies. Speaking on the sidelines of a conference in Kazakhstan, Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said it was time to set up a "fair international financial system" to curb the impact of the U.S. economy on world finances.
"The economic c
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A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement
Friday, October 10, 2008 timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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BAGHDAD: A roadside bomb killed a prominent member of Muqtada al-Sadr's political movement on Thursday, raising fears of new internal Shia bloodshed ahead of regional elections expected in January.
The victim's allies blamed US and Iraqi forces for the blast, which occurred near an Iraqi army checkpoint in mostly Shia eastern Baghdad.
Suspicion also fell on Shia splinter groups, some with susp
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Iranian fighter jets forced a foreign aircraft which had violated Iran’s airspace to land on its ter
Wednesday, October 08, 2008 justsamachar.com
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DUBAI: Iranian fighter jets forced a foreign aircraft which had violated Iran’s airspace to land on its territory, Iranian new agencies alleged.
According to the semi-official Fars news agency, the foreign plane was a U.S. Falcon and was ferrying military officials. Iranian state-television, however, said the plane was European with no Americans on board.
Iranian television said all those on boa
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India warned over Pak gas pipeline deal : Iran
Thursday, September 27, 2007 sify.com
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The Iranian officials have issued a warning to India that it would sign a multi-billion dollar gas pipeline deal with Pakistan alone if New Delhi did not swiftly agree terms on transit pricing with Islamabad. Later this week, talks will be held between the Iranian and Pakistani officials over finalising the long-delayed pipeline, which would see Iranian gas sent to Pakistan and to India via Pakist
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17 Indians arrested for straying into disputed waters: Iran
Thursday, June 28, 2007 sify.com
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Foreign Affairs , Nations
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Iran have arrested seventeen Indians for allegedly fishing off the coast of an island that is disputed between Iran and the UAE. The Indian embassies in the UAE and Iran say they are aware of the incident, but they have received no official confirmation from either of the governments.
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Iran: Crackdown against dissenters
Monday, June 25, 2007 www.indianexpress.com
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The government in Iran is in the midst of one of its most ferocious crackdowns on dissent in years, with the government focusing on labor leaders, universities, the press, women’s rights advocates, a former nuclear negotiator and Iranian-Americans.
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Iran, Pak, India may lay gas pipelines in own territories
Wednesday, June 06, 2007 www.thehindubusinessline.com
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Even as a final call on the price of gas at the Indian border is to be taken, Iran, Pakistan and India seem to have firmed up their views on the proposed project structure of the tri-nation pipeline, which will transport gas from Iran to India via Pakistan.
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India opposes military action against Iran
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 www.expressindia.com
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Nations
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As the standoff between Iran and the West continues over the former's controversial nuclear programme, India on Tuesday voiced strong opposition to any "threat or implied threat" of use of military or economic force against Tehran, saying it will not yield any positive results.
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Iran shouldn’t be pawn in N-deal
Saturday, May 26, 2007 203.197.197.71
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Foreign Affairs , Columns
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Part of the problem that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh faces while crafting a reply to the seven American Congressmen who have warned him against doing anything by way of developing India’s relations with Iran, is the potential danger of hitching our wagons to ambivalent American policies towards Iran.
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