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The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that Iran has started preparations to resume uranium enrichment, BBC reported.
The findings come in an IAEA classified report made available to the media ahead of an emergency board meeting on Thursday.
According to the report, Tehran hadn’t yet begun enrichment but had started renovation work at its Natanz enrichment facility. “Substantial renovation of the gas handling system is underway at the Pilot Fuel Enrichment Plant (PFEP) at Natanz,” it said.
Iran had threatened to resume uranium enrichment if its nuclear case was sent to the UN Security Council for possible sanctions.
The new IAEA report comes as the U.S. and members of the UN Security Council reached a shocking accord to refer Iran to the world body.
However it’s not clear whether the UNSC will impose sanctions against Tehran.

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Senior HAMAS officials said that the resistance group won’t be “blackmailed” by Western threats to halt aid to the Palestinians, BBC reported.
“We are looking for alternative sources and we will not allow ourselves to be blackmailed,” Osama Hamdan, a member of HAMAS’ exiled leadership told The Associated Press. “We will not accept any conditions from anybody. At the same time, we are ready for dialogue.”
HAMAS’ overall leader, Damascus-based Khaled Meshaal, also said that attempts by the West to force change on the group were doomed to failure.
“Our message to the U.S. and EU governments is this: your attempt to force us to give up our principles or our struggle is in vain,” Meshaal wrote in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. “HAMAS is immune to bribery, intimidation and blackmail,” he added.
Meshaal also called on all Arab states to increase aid to the Palestinians.

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Kidnapped US reporter Jill Carroll tearfully pleaded for her life in the latest video released by her captors as Britain suffered its 100th military fatality in Iraq.

In stark contrast to her earlier appeal, Carroll appeared in a conservative white headscarf weeping on the video, which was broadcast by Arab satellite television Al-Jazeera on Monday night without sound.

“The journalist called on her family, her colleagues and Americans throughout the world to ask the US military authorities and the Iraqi interior ministry to free all Iraqi prisoners, saying this could contribute to her release,” Al Jazeera’s presenter said.

In the tape broadcast on January 17, a tired Carroll had spoken calmly, dressed in a grey sweatshirt, her hair loose.

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Thirty-two people have been killed and 54 injured in two separate bus crashes in southern Egypt, the official Mena news agency says.
In the first crash, 14 tourists from Hong Kong were killed and 30 wounded when their bus overturned on a motorway near the Red Sea resort of Hurghada.

Later, 18 Egyptians were killed and 24 injured when their bus collided with a lorry in Qina, north of Luxor.

Egypt has one the highest traffic accident rates in the world.

Police say around 6,000 Egyptians die in road accidents each year.

Many drivers ignore road safety regulations and roads are often poorly maintained.

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The 100th UK soldier to die in Iraq since the 2003 invasion has been named by the Ministry of Defence.
Corporal Gordon Alexander Pritchard, 31, of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards soldier died in a blast in Umm Qasr, Basra province.

This follows the death of L/Cpl Allan Douglas, 22, who was shot and killed in Maysan province on Monday.

Prime Minister Tony Blair said it was a “tragedy” but British troops would remain in Iraq for as long as needed.

Three other soldiers were injured, one seriously, in the Umm Qasr blast, which took place at 0834 local time (0534 GMT).

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دعت المنظمات الاسلامية في الدنمارك إلى وقف الجدل القائم حول الرسوم المسيئة للنبي محمد ( ص).

وقالت تلك المنظمات التي كانت قد أطلقت موجة الاحتجاجات إنها مرتاحة للاعتذار الذي تقدمت به الصحيفة التي نشرتها.

وأعربت عن استعدادها للقيام بكل ما من شأنه أن يحول دون تطبيق بعض الدول الإسلامية للتهديدات التي أعلنتها بمقاطعة المنتوجات الدنماركية.

وكانت صحيفة “يلاندز بوستن” الدنماركية قد تقدمت باعتذار الى المسلمين بعد الضجة التي اثارتها في مختلف انحاء العالم الاسلامي، في حين نصحت الدنمارك رعاياها بتجنب السفر الى السعودية.

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قتل فلسطينيان يعتقد أنهما من “حركة الجهاد الإسلامي في فلسطين” خلال اشتباك مع القوات الإسرائيلية شمالي الضفة الغربية.

وذكرت مصادر فلسطينية أمنية وشهود عيان أن الفلسطينيين الاثنين المسلحين قتلا خلال مداهمة الجنود الإسرائيليين من قوات حرس الحدود لقرية “عرابا” قرب مدينة جنين.

وقد نقلت وكالة الأنباء الفرنسية عن ناطقة باسم الجيش الإسرائيلي تأكيدها للاشتباك وقالت “إن اثنين من عناصر الجهاد الإسلامي قتلا فيه”، كما وقعت إصابات لم تحددها في صفوف القوات الإسرائيلية.

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A woman identified as a former postal employee went on a shooting spree at a mail sorting center near Santa Barbara, California, killing six people before committing suicide, authorities said on Tuesday.

At least one other person, a woman, was critically wounded in the shooting, which erupted shortly after 9 p.m. on Monday at the warehouse-sized facility in the coastal town of Goleta, about 100 miles northwest of Los Angeles, a Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman said.

Authorities were alerted to the shooting when dozens of panicked postal workers streamed out of the complex and ran to a firehouse across the street seeking help, according to the spokesman, Capt. Keith Cullom.

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Traditional Arab male meets free spirited, open-minded Arab female – would he get seriously involved with her? The new film “Li’bit Hub” (Love Game) explores the question, and filming has already begun at the ‘Al Ahram Studios’ in Cairo.

The film stars Tunisian actor Hind Sabri, along with Egyptian actors Khaled Abu Al Naja, Basma and Bushra. The script was written by Ahmad Al Naser and Sami Hussam, and marks director Mohammad Ali’s first film.

According to the London based daily, Al Sharq Al Awsat, the film is produced by ‘Egyptian Media Production City,’ which has set a budget of five million Egyptian pounds.

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يعكف الجهاز الفني للمنتخب الوطني علي دراسة منتخب الكونغو الديمقراطية بالفيديو قبل ان يلتقي معه في مباراة دور الثمانية للبطولة الافريقية والتي ستقام يوم الجمعة القادم باستاد القاهرة الدولي.. فالبرغم من حرص الجهاز الفني علي مشاهدة مباراة الكونغو أمام الكاميرون والتي اقيمت مساء أمس الاول باستاد الكلية الحربية والتي انتهت بفوز الكاميرون بهدفين نظيفين وهي النتيجة التي جعلت الفريق الكونغولي يصعد لدور الثمانية. وقد شاهد المباراة لاعبو المنتخب بجوار الجهاز الفني لرؤية الفريق عن قرب.. الا أن الجهاز الفني شاهد صباح أمس بقيادة حسن شحاته المدير الفني شريط مباراة الكونغو الاولي امام توجو والتي انتهت بفوز المنتخب الكونغولي بهدفين نظيفين وقدم خلالها عرضا نال الإعجاب والتقدير من المتابعين للفريق وكان لهذا الفوز الاثر الكبير في وصول الفريق لدور الثمانية.. وسوف يقوم حسن شحاته ورفاقه بمشاهدة اليوم مباراة انجولا مع الكونغو والتي انتهت بالتعادل السلبي وظل المنتخب الكونغولي يلعب بعشرة لاعبين بعد طرد موبوتو علي مدار 70 دقيقة وبالرغم من ذلك احتفظ الفريق بالتعادل

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