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So WHO makes United States' decisions - Jan09 - English. US denies Olmert influenced UN vote
The US has denied that a telephone call made by...
So WHO makes United States' decisions - Jan09 - English. US denies Olmert influenced UN vote
The US has denied that a telephone call made by Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, to George Bush, the US president, led to the US abstaining in a UN vote on the Gaza war last week.
In a speech late on Monday, Olmert said Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, was left "pretty shamed" at the vote and had to abstain on a resolution she had helped arrange.
Sean McCormack, a US state department spokesmen, who was with Rice at the UN last week during debate on the security council resolution, said the remarks were "just 100 per cent, totally, completely untrue".
McCormack said that Washington had no plans to seek clarification from Israel.
Mark Regev, a spokesman for Ehud Olmert, said the Israeli leader stood by his remarks.
Telephone influence
The Israeli prime minister said on Monday that he demanded to talk to Bush last Thursday, minutes before a vote in the UN Security Council on a resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.
"When we saw that Rice, for reasons we did not really understand, wanted to vote in favour of the resolution ... I looked for President Bush," Olmert said.
Bush, who Olmert said was taken off a stage in Philadelphia where he was making a speech, said he was not informed on the resolution and was "not familiar with the phrasing".
"I'm familiar with it. You can't vote in favour." Olmert claimed telling the US president.
"He [Bush] gave an order to the secretary of state and she did not vote in favour of it, a resolution she cooked up, phrased, organised and manoeuvred for," Olmert said.
Bush was in Philadelphia on Thursday morning and gave a 27-minute speech on education policy that ended about 10 hours before the UN vote and there was no interruption of the public event.
The Israeli prime minister described Bush as an "unparalleled friend" of Israel.
UN call
Fourteen of the security council's 15 members supported the legally binding resolution, which has until now failed to stop Israel's offensive in Gaza.
Olmert criticised the UN resolution, saying that "no decision, present or future, will deny us our basic right to defend the residents of Israel".
Israel launched its offensive on December 27, in what it said was an attempt to stop Hamas firing rockets into southern Israel from Gaza.
After an intensive air campaign in the first week, Israel sent ground forces into Gaza in the second week of fighting and continues to push deeper into the strip.
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Hypocrisy against Syria overwhelming - 17 Feb 12 - English
The UN General assembly has voted on a non-binding resolution put forward by the Arab League to intervene in the internal affairs of Syria...
The UN General assembly has voted on a non-binding resolution put forward by the Arab League to intervene in the internal affairs of Syria receiving a majority vote.
Press TV has interviewed Franklin Lamb, Director for Americans concerned for Middle East peace in Beirut about the UN General Assembly vote outcome, the process that was undertaken and the importance of the decision. The discussion focuses on hypocrisy of the stance on Bahrain and Saudi Arabia's oppressive monarchies demanding democracy in Syria.
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[20 Nov 2013] Afghans opposed to security agreement with US - English
The Loya Jirga starting Thursday in Kabul will be a four-day affair. Thousands of delegates have already arrived for the meeting. They will sit...
The Loya Jirga starting Thursday in Kabul will be a four-day affair. Thousands of delegates have already arrived for the meeting. They will sit down and decide on a much hyped security deal with Washington. But criticism is mounting over the pact with many politicians, like Saeed Alemi Balkhi, are even opposed to the jirga saying thid is not legally binding.
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[12 Dec 2013] Ukraine political crisis - English
Ukraine has been hit with a wave of political unrest since late November when President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign a trade pact with the...
Ukraine has been hit with a wave of political unrest since late November when President Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign a trade pact with the European Union.
The refusal to sign the deal triggered major street protests by the opposition supporters, who want Ukraine to become closer to the EU and distance itself from Russia.
Clashes erupted several times between the anti-government protesters and police forces during the demonstrations. Several arrests were made in the course of the protests as well.
In an effort to calm the political unrest, Yanukovych on Wednesday invited all parties, including the opposition, to engage in dialog to resolve the crisis facing the country.
Ukrainian opposition leaders rejected Yanukovych\'s offer of negotiations, calling for dismissal of his government and release of detained protesters.
Russia has criticized Western nations for interfering in Ukraine, saying protests against Kiev\'s decision to back away from the EU deal were destabilizing the former Soviet state.
The Russian parliament, the State Duma, in a non-binding statement on Tuesday urged the West to \"stop mounting external pressure on the politics of a country that is brotherly to us.\"
The lower house of parliament also called on Ukrainian opposition forces to \"stop illegal actions\" over the political crisis.
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[29 Dec 2013] Imran Khan: PM Nawaz Sharif covertly backing US strikes on...
A leading Pakistani opposition politician accuses Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of secretly supporting deadly US drone attacks in the country....
A leading Pakistani opposition politician accuses Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of secretly supporting deadly US drone attacks in the country.
Imran khan-- the head of the Tehreek-e-Insaf party, says the premier has failed to talk forcefully to the US administration about the strikes, despite his earlier pledge. He also criticized the government for refusing to take the issue to the UN Security Council, which under Chapter Seven, can take binding action against the attacks. He made the remarks after Nawaz Sharif implied that anti-drone protests are pushing Pakistan into isolation. Imran khan has been spearheading an anti-drone campaign by blockading main NATO supply routes into Afghanistan. Anti-drone sentiment is running high in the country over civilian casualties of the drone strikes.
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[20] Short Tafsir by Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei | The Profitable...
What is important when it comes to the matter of Shahadat, the matter of martyrdom?
What is the reward for a Shaheed, a martyr who takes his...
What is important when it comes to the matter of Shahadat, the matter of martyrdom?
What is the reward for a Shaheed, a martyr who takes his life in the palms of his hands and sacrifices it for the sake of Allah?
Finally, what is the most profitable kind of death?
Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Khamenei provides us with a short interpretation of the following verse of the Holy Quran.
Chapter 9 (Tawba), Verse 111:
“Indeed, Allah has purchased from the believers their lives and their properties [in exchange] for that they will have Paradise. They fight in the cause of Allah, so, they slay and they are slain. [It is] a true promise [binding] upon Him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur\\\'an. And who is more faithful to his covenant than Allah? So, rejoice in your transaction which you have contracted. And it is that which is the great attainment.”
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The Source Of Our Victory is Sayyid al-Shuhada (A) | Imam...
What – according to the Father of the Islamic Revolution – is the main factor of the victory of the Islamic Revolution?
And what role did...
What – according to the Father of the Islamic Revolution – is the main factor of the victory of the Islamic Revolution?
And what role did the mourning ceremonies and the gatherings for the propagation of Islam play in it?
Moreover, what is the binding agent of the Iranian nation?
Imam Ruhollah Khomeini (R) explains how Imam Husayn (A) brings people together.
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