Wednesday, April 27, 2005

John Bolton and Iran

WorldNetDaily: The Bush administration is prepared to fight hard for John Bolton to be our U.N. ambassador. Why? Yes, Bush does want a tough U.S. ambassador to the United Nations – a person like Bolton who is unafraid to stand up to the anti-American gangster behavior that typifies today's United Nations. Equally important, when the case of Iran arrives at the U.N. Security Council in the next few weeks, Bush wants a guy there who understands that the mullahs are following the North Korean path of lying their way to having nuclear weapons.

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

Rafsanjani set to run for Iran presidency in June elections

Financial Times: Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Iran's influential 70-year-old former president, yesterday gave the clearest indication he would again run for president in June's elections when the reformist Mohammad Khatami stands down."The issue of the presidency has occupied my mind, and even though I would like someone else to take the responsibility, I think I'm going to have to swallow this bitter medicine," Mr Rafsanjani said. But the election has no obvious frontrunner, and Mr Rafsanjani's months of hesitation have delayed the decisions of others.

'Atomic Iran' TV ad rejected

A TV commercial warning Americans that Iran intends to launch a nuclear terror attack in the U.S. has been rejected by several stations due to fears it might inflame Muslims. The scenario described in "Atomic Iran" shows that a 150-kiloton improvised nuclear device exploded in New York would reduce much of the city to rubble. Some 1.5 million people would be killed instantly, with another 1.5 million certain to die over the next few days. See the whole story

Sunday, April 17, 2005

Beta Version of Yahoo! News Goes Live

Yahoo! News has released a new beta version of their popular news site to the public this week. The new design features quick access to a variety of topics via tabbed navigation and the ability to customize the news categories that appear on the front page. One of the most practical new features is the ability to view the headlines from a variety of news sources without having to click thru to new pages. For example, in the "Top Stories" section of the page, there are tabbed buttons that will automatically load news from AFP, Reuters, the Associated Press and a variety of other sources into the "Top Stories" box without the user ever leaving the page. The tabbed option appears in each of the topical news boxes so that users can quickly skim through the latest news from their favorite sources without jumping from page to page.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

Iran looks to CNN and BBC to sell itself

Iran, which long castigated the United States as the "Great Satan", is to promote its tourist potential on America's CNN television station and Britain's BBC, the country's vice-president for tourism Hossein Marachi has revealed to AFP. Tense relations between Tehran and Washington will not stop Iran from exploiting its attractions on the US cable network, said Marachi, who insists US sanctions preventing American companies from trading with Iran "will not apply in this instance". Continue