02:15 22 May 2013 from
IANS
Iran allows eight contenders for presidential election
Tehran, May 22 (IANS) Iranian legislative body has approved eligibility of eight presidential candidates for the June 14 poll in the country, Xinhua reported Tuesday.The candidates, including the country's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili and former...
02:05 22 May 2013 from
PTI
Iraq PM orders security shakeup as unrest kills 21
Baghdad, May 21 (AFP) Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered a shakeup of senior security officers today as violence killed 21 people, the latest in a wave of unrest that has cost more than 380 lives in May. "After consultation with security...
01:21 22 May 2013 from
IANS
Russia to scrap world's biggest n-subs
Moscow, May 22 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia will decommission and scrap two of the world's largest submarines by 2018, a defence industry source has said.The Severstal and the Arkhangelsk, both Project 841 (Typhoon-class) ballistic-missile submarines,...
