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March 8, 2011 8:01 PM

Iran's Assembly of Experts elect Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani as new chairman

Iran's Assembly of Experts on Tuesday elected Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as the new chairman to replace Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The semi- official Fars news agency said Mahdavi Kani was elected by 63 votes in favor for the next two years. Mahdavi Kani, an influential cleri...

March 8, 2011 8:01 PM

Iran's Assembly of Experts elect Ayatollah Mahdavi Kani as new chairman

Iran's Assembly of Experts on Tuesday elected Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani as the new chairman to replace Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The semi- official Fars news agency said Mahdavi Kani was elected by 63 votes in favor for the next two years. Mahdavi Kani, an influential cleri...

March 8, 2011 7:59 PM

Anti-government protests continue in West Asia

Anti-government protests continue in Bahrain, amid a wave of pro-democracy unrest that has gripped the region for weeks and toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. In the government's latest response to protests, Bahrain's housing minister has announced plans to build 50 thousand homes over ...

March 8, 2011 7:59 PM

Anti-government protests continue in West Asia

Anti-government protests continue in Bahrain, amid a wave of pro-democracy unrest that has gripped the region for weeks and toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. In the government's latest response to protests, Bahrain's housing minister has announced plans to build 50 thousand homes over ...

March 8, 2011 7:59 PM

Anti-government protests continue in West Asia

Anti-government protests continue in Bahrain, amid a wave of pro-democracy unrest that has gripped the region for weeks and toppled regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. In the government's latest response to protests, Bahrain's housing minister has announced plans to build 50 thousand homes over ...

March 8, 2011 7:57 PM

Bangladesh HC rejects Muhammad Yunus's petition

In Bangladesh, the High Court on Tuesday rejected the writ petition filed by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus' challenging the legality of the central bank's order to remove him from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank. The two judge bench of the Bangladesh High Court passed the order af...

March 8, 2011 7:57 PM

Bangladesh HC rejects Muhammad Yunus's petition

In Bangladesh, the High Court on Tuesday rejected the writ petition filed by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus' challenging the legality of the central bank's order to remove him from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank. The two judge bench of the Bangladesh High Court passed the order af...

March 8, 2011 7:57 PM

Bangladesh HC rejects Muhammad Yunus's petition

In Bangladesh, the High Court on Tuesday rejected the writ petition filed by Nobel Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus' challenging the legality of the central bank's order to remove him from the post of Managing Director of Grameen Bank. The two judge bench of the Bangladesh High Court passed the order af...

March 8, 2011 7:26 PM

China closes Tibet for Foreign Tourists in March

Travel Agents in China said on Monday the authorities have closed the troubled Tibetan region to foreign tourists, ahead of the third anniversary of violent anti-government riots there. According to an official of Xizang Tourist General Company in the region's capital Lhasa, the tourism bureau ...

March 8, 2011 7:26 PM

China closes Tibet for Foreign Tourists in March

Travel Agents in China said on Monday the authorities have closed the troubled Tibetan region to foreign tourists, ahead of the third anniversary of violent anti-government riots there. According to an official of Xizang Tourist General Company in the region's capital Lhasa, the tourism bureau ...

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