Iran test fired a long-range Shahab-3 missile on Monday, state-run Press TV reported. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps began a series of missile exercises Sunday to promote the armed forces’ defense capabilities.
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Iran conducts missile exercises
Iran tested a missile-launching system and two types of missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said without offering details.
‘Bin Laden message’ to Europe appears on Internet
A purported message from Osama bin Laden to Europeans urges them to distance themselves from the United States, noting that Americans are losing the war in Afghanistan. The brief message in Arabic, which appeared Friday on radical Islamic Web sites, has subtitles in English and German
Gadhafi delivers rambling U.N. tirade
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi on Wednesday delivered a lengthy, rambling address in his first appearance before the United Nations — slamming both the U.N. Security Council and the United States.
Afghan leader backs U.S. military call for more troops
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Monday that he backs a recommendation from the top U.S.
Iranian leader decries Obama’s missile defense plan
Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday blasted U.S. plans to overhaul the setup for a missile defense shield in Europe, calling the Obama administration’s intentions “anti-Iranian,” state-run media reported
Taliban leader boasts of eventual victory in Afghanistan
The Taliban fight against American and NATO troops in Afghanistan “is forging ahead like a powerful flood,” according to a purported online message posted Saturday by the Taliban’s elusive leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar. “Anyone who opts to resist it will himself be washed away.
Hamas leader: Captured Israeli soldier alive and well
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DARPA invests in math
The group came into being in December 1987, growing out of the Muslim Brotherhood, the religious and political organization founded in Egypt.
Yemeni government defends efforts to end girls’ marriages
The Yemeni government Wednesday defended its efforts to end the practice of young girls marrying, citing last week’s death during childbirth of a 12-year-old Yemeni. “Over the years, the government of Yemen has embarked on an awareness campaign to end the practice of young marriages, which has been deeply rooted in the rural cultures of Yemen,” said Mohammed Albasha, a spokesman in Washington for the Embassy of the Republic of Yemen, in a written statement