GenevaLunch » Iran http://genevalunch.com Community Newspaper Online Sun, 27 May 2012 07:22:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ Copyright © GenevaLunch 2010 editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) editor@genevalunch.com (GenevaLunch) http://genevalunch.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpgGenevaLunchhttp://genevalunch.com 144 144 Community Newspaper Online GenevaLunch GenevaLunch editor@genevalunch.com no no Major Afghan refugee conference in Geneva seeks long-term solutionshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 12:31:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=69818 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – US President Barack Obama’s surprise visit to Afghanistan 1 May has focused world attention on the country itself, but a two-day conference 2-3 May in Geneva is looking at the ramifications of 30 years of war in Afghanistan for refugees in two neighbouring countries. Some 40 international organizations and representatives from 60 [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/05/02/major-afghan-refugee-conference-in-geneva-seeks-long-term-solutions/feed/ 0 Kofi Annan seeks Iran’s support on Syriahttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/kofi-annan-seeks-irans-support-on-syria/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/kofi-annan-seeks-irans-support-on-syria/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2012 18:07:06 +0000 Paula Dupraz http://genevalunch.com/?p=68879 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – United Nations special envoy Kofi Annan is urging Syrian ally, Iran, to help in an effort to achieve peace, The joint UN and Arab League appointee on Syria met with Iran’s foreign minister, Ali Akbar Salehi, Wednesday 11 April in Teheran, saying that Iran could be “part of the solution”. The meeting [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/04/11/kofi-annan-seeks-irans-support-on-syria/feed/ 0 Iran vs Israel: the stakes are raised with 2 attacks Mondayhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/iran-vs-israel-the-stakes-are-raised-with-2-attacks-monday/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/iran-vs-israel-the-stakes-are-raised-with-2-attacks-monday/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:42:42 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=66560 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Tensions are rising globally over push and shove tactics by Iran and Israel that may involve the US. Two attacks on Israelis Monday 13 February, one in India and the other in Georgia, were blamed by Israel on Iran, while Iran says its staged them to smear its name. Four people were [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2012/02/13/iran-vs-israel-the-stakes-are-raised-with-2-attacks-monday/feed/ 0 Mob attacks UK Embassy in Tehranhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/mob-attacks-uk-embassy-in-tehran/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/mob-attacks-uk-embassy-in-tehran/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:50:30 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=64235 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Britain has reacted sharply to the attack on its embassy in the Iranian capital of Iran Tuesday 29 November, by an angry crowd that police were unable to control. The embassy compound was over-run, including diplomats homes and offices. An emergency meeting of the UK government was called to deal with one [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/30/mob-attacks-uk-embassy-in-tehran/feed/ 0 Iran says US creating “collision course”http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/iran-says-us-creating-collision-course/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/iran-says-us-creating-collision-course/#comments Fri, 04 Nov 2011 05:38:27 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=63213 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Iran Friday 4 November suggested the US is setting the countries on a collision course, as the US and Britain “advance contingency plans”, according to the Guardian, for an attack on Iran, should new fighting break out in the Middle East. Tensions are rising in the US and the UK over Iran’s [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/11/04/iran-says-us-creating-collision-course/feed/ 0 Iran never showed Swiss rep evidence about US hikershttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/30/iran-never-showed-swiss-rep-evidence-about-us-hikers/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/30/iran-never-showed-swiss-rep-evidence-about-us-hikers/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 11:30:03 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61995 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Livia Leu Agosti, Switzerland’s ambassador to Iran, has told Associated Press that she was never shown any evidence by Iran that a trio of American hikers held captive as spies had strayed across the border into Iran, as its government has claimed. Switzerland, which represents US interests in Iran, worked for the [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/30/iran-never-showed-swiss-rep-evidence-about-us-hikers/feed/ 0 Two US hikers jailed in Iran close to freedom (update)http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/two-us-hikers-jailed-in-iran-close-to-freedom/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/two-us-hikers-jailed-in-iran-close-to-freedom/#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 14:29:36 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=61701 GenevaLunch.com Update 17:05 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The two US men who were jailed by Iran after hiking in the Iranian border area are reported by the Iranian state news agency to be free and en route home, and AP is reporting that a convoy has left Evin Prison, with Swiss and Omani diplomats and police and [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/09/21/two-us-hikers-jailed-in-iran-close-to-freedom/feed/ 0 Iran tests 14 missiles, says it can reach 2,000 kmhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/28/iran-tests-14-missiles-says-it-can-reach-2000-km/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/28/iran-tests-14-missiles-says-it-can-reach-2000-km/#comments Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:18:39 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=59276 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Iran test-fired 14  short-, medium- and long-range missiles Tuesday as part of its Great Prophet 6 military drills, Iran’s English language news agency Mehr says. It quotes Aerospace commander of Islamic Revolution Guard Corps Amir Ali Hajizadeh as saying that Iran’s missiles have the range of 2,000 km and can reach US [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/28/iran-tests-14-missiles-says-it-can-reach-2000-km/feed/ 0 World’s poorest nations are hosting 80% of refugees, UN report sayshttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/worlds-poorest-nations-are-hosting-80-of-refugees-un-report-says/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/worlds-poorest-nations-are-hosting-80-of-refugees-un-report-says/#comments Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:01:05 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58961 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The numbers alone are daunting: 43.7 million displaced persons worldwide, of which 15.4m are refugees, 27.5m are internally displaced refugees and nearly 850,000 are asylum seekers, with one-fifth of asylum seekers in South Africa alone. The world’s 49 least developed countries hosted some 2 million refugees last year. Just under 100,000 refugees [...]

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]]> http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/06/20/worlds-poorest-nations-are-hosting-80-of-refugees-un-report-says/feed/ 3 Iran says it will sue Swiss over oil companies’ refueling banhttp://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/24/iran-says-it-will-sue-swiss-over-oil-companies-refueling-ban/ http://genevalunch.com/blog/2011/05/24/iran-says-it-will-sue-swiss-over-oil-companies-refueling-ban/#comments Tue, 24 May 2011 09:01:17 +0000 Ellen Wallace http://genevalunch.com/?p=58058 GenevaLunch.com GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Iranian officials said Tuesday 24 May that the country will take Switzerland to court at the United Nations over what the officials say is a recent decision not to allow Iranian aircraft to refuel in Geneva. The Swiss Federal Office of Civil Aviation (Foca) told GenevaLunch that the Swiss government has not [...]

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