Police teargas marching mourners in Iran

October 7th, 2009 TAIPEI - A Taipei funeral parlour is using the heat saved from cremations to operate air conditioners and to brew coffee for mourners, the director of the parlour said Wednesday. The project is part of the Taipei No.2 Funeral Parlour's plan to protect the environment and save energy, funeral director Yang Chih-hsien said.

October 2nd, 2009 SRINAGAR - Curfew was imposed in Baramulla town in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday following the death of a 13-year-old boy in clashes that erupted after Friday prayers. According to police, a tense situation prevailed in the town even on Saturday morning.

September 9th, 2009 VIENNA — The United States says it has "serious concerns" that Iran is deliberately trying — at a minimum — to preserve a nuclear weapons option. Washington's chief envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency says a recent report by the nuclear watchdog shows that Iran is now either very near or already has enough low-enriched uranium to produce one nuclear weapon.

September 7th, 2009 TEHRAN, Iran — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran is ready to hold talks with the world powers over global challenges including its nuclear program. Ahmadinejad said Monday Iran will initially present its package of proposals to the five permanent members of the U.N.

September 3rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Hyderabad came to a grinding halt Thursday as thousands poured on to the streets and thronged outside the residence of Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy to pay their last respects to him.

August 11th, 2009 Families: American hikers entered Iran by mistakePHILADELPHIA — The families of three American hikers being held in Iran say their children had no intention of entering Iran and that they hope the misunderstanding will be resolved quickly. Joshua Fattal, freelance journalist Shane Bauer and Bauer's girlfriend, Sarah Shourd, have been held in Iran since July 31.

July 30th, 2009 Iranian police bar Mousavi from graveside memorialTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian police blocked opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi from attending a graveside memorial for victims of post-election unrest after he defied a government ban on the gathering. Mousavi, surrounded by hundreds of supporters, was trying to reach the graveside of Neda Agha Soltan, a young woman whose shooting death at an anti-government rally on June 20 was caught on video that became one of the iconic images of the upheaval.

July 30th, 2009 Iranian police break up graveside demonstrationTEHRAN, Iran — Iran's state-run Press TV says police have used tear gas to break up a memorial rally by around 1,000 opposition supporters at the grave of a woman killed in post-election turmoil. The crowd were gathered in Tehran's Behesht-e Zahra cemetery Thursday to commemorate those who have died in the government's nearly 7-week-old crackdown against protests that erupted over the disputed June 12 presidential election.

July 30th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian Police Thursday dispersed hundreds of mourners planning to commemorate the protesters killed during the country's post-election unrest, Press TV reported. "Iranian police have dispersed hundreds of people planning to gather in Tehran's Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery to commemorate those killed in post-election unrest," said the report.

July 30th, 2009 TEHRAN - Iranian police and security forces Thursday broke up a demonstration by mourners remembering those killed in recent post-election clashes, and prevented Mir Hussein Moussavi from attending, witnesses said. Police used batons to break up a crowd of several hundred who had gathered around the grave of Neda Agha-Soltan, who died during last month's protests against the re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

July 11th, 2009 Iranian-Americans rally in front of White HouseWASHINGTON — Hundreds of protesters, many of them Iranian-Americans, marched from Capitol Hill to the White House on Saturday, most holding Iranian flags and chanting demands for the U.S. to take more action after Iran's disputed election.

June 17th, 2009 Iran accuses US of interference in election feudTEHRAN, Iran — Iran has accused the United States of "intolerable" meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter post-election dispute. A state television channel in Iran says the government summoned the Swiss ambassador, who represents U.S.

May 11th, 2009 Lawyer: US reporter leaves jail in IranTEHRAN, Iran — A lawyer for a U.S. journalist jailed in Iran says she has been freed from prison after an appeals court suspended her eight-year jail sentence.

May 6th, 2009 NEW YORK - The young woman, whose alleged affair with the band leader of the famed Brooklyn Steppers caused him to be booted, has denied having sex with him. The head of the famed Brooklyn Steppers marching band -- a group whose high-profile gigs peaked this year with a spot in President Barack Obama's inauguration, has been bounced for allegedly having sex with a 17-year-old band member.

March 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Iran has accused Pakistan of allowing its soil to be used against it. Addressing a press conference here, Iran's Ambassador to Pakistan Mashall-ah Shakeri asked Islamabad to curb the activities of Jund Ullah which is involved in carrying out anti-Iran activities from Pakistani soil.