CMS ZarCom Media http://www.zarcommedia.com/ ©2009 ZarCom Media http://www.zarcommedia.com/files.php?file= http://www.zarcommedia.com/ Israeli police stoned at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa compound http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/middle-east/8638.html MIDDLE EAST Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:27:00 +0000 Palestinian protesters hurled stones and shoes at police escorting Jewish and Christian visitors inside the flashpoint Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City on Tuesday, Israeli police said. Azerbaijan says it busts alleged pro-Iran group http://www.zarcommedia.com/general/8634.html GENERAL Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:53:00 +0000 BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan's security agency said Tuesday it has busted a suspected terrorist group working for Iran's secret services, the second such claim this year as tensions rise between the two neighbors. Iran says would act against enemies if endangered http://www.zarcommedia.com/iranews/8633.html IRANEWS Wed, 22 Feb 2012 06:50:00 +0000 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran would take pre-emptive action against its enemies if it felt its national interests were endangered, the deputy head of the Islamic Republic's armed forces was quoted by a semi-official news agency as saying on Tuesday. Afghan protests erupt over Koran burning http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/middle-east/8630.html MIDDLE EAST Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000 Protesters hurling petrol bombs and firing slingshots besieged the largest US-run military base in Afghanistan on Tuesday, furious over reports that NATO troops burned copies of the Koran. Taliban behead four alleged spies: official http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/middle-east/8629.html MIDDLE EAST Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:09:00 +0000 Taliban militants have beheaded four men for allegedly spying for the government in southern Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday. Iranian navy ships return from Syria through Suez http://www.zarcommedia.com/iranews/8628.html IRANEWS Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:07:00 +0000 CAIRO (Reuters) - Two Iranian naval ships returned from Syria through the Suez Canal Tuesday, a Suez Canal source said. Yemenis vote as Saleh's 33-year rule comes to end http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/middle-east/8625.html MIDDLE EAST Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:44:00 +0000 Yemenis voted in large numbers on Tuesday as President Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year hardline rule came to an end in a poll marred by deadly clashes in the south and a Shiite rebel boycott in the north. Kuwait to post record income, surplus http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/middle-east/8608.html MIDDLE EAST Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:07:00 +0000 OPEC member Kuwait was forecast Sunday to post its largest revenues and budget surplus ever this current fiscal year on the back of high oil prices and production, a local economic report said. South Sudan halves spending after oil shutdown row http://www.zarcommedia.com/world_news/africa/8607.html AFRICA Mon, 20 Feb 2012 08:02:00 +0000 South Sudan slashed non-salary government spending by half, weeks after halting the oil production that forms 98 percent of its budget in a bitter row with former foes in north Sudan, officials said Sunday. Seoul holds military drills despite NKorea threat http://www.zarcommedia.com/general/8616.html GENERAL Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:18:00 +0000 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea conducted live-fire military drills near its disputed sea boundary with North Korea on Monday despite Pyongyang's threat to respond with a "merciless" attack — a threat it did not immediately make good on. ZarCom Media