Iran moots international NAM news agency
IRAN: Iran plans to accomplish one of the main
objectives of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) since its inception by
launching the movement’s international news agency. Mohammad
Sheikhan, deputy head of the 16th NAM summit for public relations
and communications,
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India restores power after huge blackouts
INDIA: India restored its power supplies on
Wednesday after two days of massive outages that blacked out half
the country, but fears remained that the grid could again collapse
under the strain of over-demand. India’s electricity network was
back at full capacity after three regional grids failed on Tuesday,
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US imposes new sanctions on Iran oil sector
US: US President Barack Obama on Tuesday imposed
new economic sanctions on Iran's oil export sector and on a pair of
Chinese and Iraqi banks accused of doing business with Tehran.
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