Iran has produced a "first stock" of 20 % enriched uranium for its nuclear programme and is capable of enriching it to 80 percent but will not do so, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.
In a speech marking the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution, the president said Iran would soon triple its daily production of low-enriched uranium 3.5 % The head of the atomic energy organisation said the first stock of 20 percent fuel was produced and delivered to scientists," he said.
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Barcelona denied they had struck an agreement with Arsenal's midfielder and captain Cesc Fabregas to return to the Champions League holders next season.
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Nigerian police and military units carried out extra-judicial killings last year in the aftermath of clashes with members of a Muslim group in the north of the country, footage obtained by Al Jazeera appears to confirm.
An estimated 1,000 people were killed as Nigerian government forces fought Boko Haram in Borno, Yobe, Kano and Bauchi states in July and August of 2009.
But the footage obtained by Al Jazeera shows that many of the deaths occurred only after the fighting was over.
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Iran began work to produce higher-grade nuclear fuel, an official said, a move that may increase pressure for new UN sanctions on the major oil producer. "We started preparatory work in the presence of (International Atomic Energy Agency) representatives," said a spokesman for Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, Ali Shirzadian.
Iran's Arabic-language state television, al Alam, earlier on Tuesday said production of 20 percent enriched uranium had started at the Natanz plant.
Iran's Arabic-language state television, al Alam, earlier on Tuesday said production of 20 percent enriched uranium had started at the Natanz plant.
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Egyptian authorities swooped on the opposition Muslim Brotherhood before dawn, arresting 13 members including the group's deputy chief and two other leaders, Aljazeera reporter said.
Muslim Brotherhood deputy chief Mahmud Ezzat was picked up along with senior members Essam Erian and Abd al-Rahman el-Berr, the group's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksud said.
The attorney, citing initial reports, said that 10 other members of the opposition group were also arrested in various parts of Egypt.
Muslim Brotherhood deputy chief Mahmud Ezzat was picked up along with senior members Essam Erian and Abd al-Rahman el-Berr, the group's lawyer Abdel Moneim Abdel Maksud said.
The attorney, citing initial reports, said that 10 other members of the opposition group were also arrested in various parts of Egypt.
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Barcelona right-back D. Alves and midfielder Y. Toure will be out for three and two weeks respectively after sustaining injuries in their last match.
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has instructed Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation to begin enriching uranium for use as nuclear fuel, casting doubt on the prospect of a deal with the West.
Ahmadinejad's comments, carried on state television, were directed at Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the atomic energy body and who was sitting in the audience at the time of the speech.
"I [ask] Dr Salehi to start work on the production of 20 per cent fuel using centrifuges," Ahmadinejad said.
Ahmadinejad's comments, carried on state television, were directed at Ali Akbar Salehi, who heads the atomic energy body and who was sitting in the audience at the time of the speech.
"I [ask] Dr Salehi to start work on the production of 20 per cent fuel using centrifuges," Ahmadinejad said.
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Several people were killed or wounded when a bombing rocked the Iraqi city of Karbala as thousands of visitors thronged the city for the climax of a major Shia mourning ceremony, with thousands of security forces on high alert.
On Monday, a female suicide bomber blew herself up among a crowd of visitors near Baghdad, killing 41 people including women and children, and wounding more than 100.
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Chelsea defender John Terry sacked as England captain after his alleged extra-marital affair with the ex-girlfriend of international team-mate Wayne Bridge.
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Togo has filed a legal complaint against the CAF for failing to protect its team from a deadly attack in Angola last month, legal sources said.
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US troops and their Afghan and NATO allies are planning their biggest joint offensive since 2001.
Afghan defense ministry spokesman said that the military campaign aims at isolating Taliban gunmen from people.
The attack would concentrate on the town of Marjah in the volatile south known as a Taliban stronghold and a "hub of their lucrative opium trade," US officers said.
No date for the start of the offensive has been released for security reasons.
Afghan defense ministry spokesman said that the military campaign aims at isolating Taliban gunmen from people.
The attack would concentrate on the town of Marjah in the volatile south known as a Taliban stronghold and a "hub of their lucrative opium trade," US officers said.
No date for the start of the offensive has been released for security reasons.
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Iran said it would soon hang nine more rioters over the unrest that erupted after the June presidential vote, and the leader of the opposition said such repression showed the 1979 Islamic revolution had failed.
The two men hanged last week were among a group of 11 people sentenced to death on charges including "waging war against God" and being members of armed groups.Two bomb attacks have killed at least 14 Shia pilgrims and injured 40 others in the city of Karbala in central Iraq.
Iraqi police said the death toll from Wednesday's attacks could rise.
Thousand of Shia Muslims have been travelling to the holy city for the annual Arbaeen religious rite.
Earlier on Wednesday, at least 1 person was killed and 6 others injured in two separate blasts in Baghdad.
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South Africa striker Benni McCarthy joins West Ham United from Premier League rivals Blackburn Rovers.
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Gunmen fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital overnight, prompting return fire by troops that killed at least 16 people, medical officials.
Violence has killed an estimated 21,000 people or more in the Horn of Africa nation since the start of 2007 and driven another 1.5 million from their homes, helping trigger one of the world's worst humanitarian emergencies.
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