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Drill Ill Will: ‘S. Korea provocation seeks new talks fail’

South Korea has conducted live-fire military exercises near its disputed naval border with North Korea. The maneuvers took place in the same area where four South Koreans were killed in a North Korean artillery attack in 2010. Before the drills started, North Korea said it would retaliate with punishments a “thousand-fold more severe” than the [...]

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Russian scientists find ancient polar lake

Scientists have been drilling through some of Antarctica’s thickest ice for more than two decades as part of efforts to reach the core to examine air trapped there for millions of years. Now, a team of Russian scientists are reported to have broken through the ice to discover a vast lake that has not seen [...]

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Iranophobia: ‘Why negotiate when West can cash in on tension?’

Iran’s threatening to switch off its oil supplies to Europe before the EU embargo comes into force in July. Parliament will discuss whether to make the move next week. The EU decided to stop buying Iranian oil hoping to force Tehran back into talks over its nuclear programme. Shirin Shafaie, from the Campaign Against Sanctions [...]

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Iranophobia: ‘Why negotiate when West can cash in on chaos?’

Iran’s threatening to switch off its oil supplies to Europe before the EU embargo comes into force in July. Parliament will discuss whether to make the move next week. The EU decided to stop buying Iranian oil hoping to force Tehran back into talks over its nuclear programme. Shirin Shafaie, from the Campaign Against Sanctions [...]

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‘Warships real deal, Iran oil ban is propaganda’

Iran has apparently found a way to stay in business despite a new EU oil embargo and asset freeze. India is reportedly agreeing to pay Iran in gold for its oil, instead of US dollars. Reports suggest Iran’s biggest customer, China, could follow suit. Christoph R. Horstel, a government consultant and political analyst in Potsdam, [...]

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Escobar: EU needs Iran’s oil, shoots itself in foot

Reports from Iran suggest a fierce reaction to the EU’s move to impose an embargo on Iran’s crude exports. To discuss the implications of fresh sanctions against Iran, RT talks to Pepe Escobar – columnist and ‘Asia Times’ correspondent, from Bangkok RT on Facebook: www.facebook.com RT on Twitter: twitter.com

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Oil-for-gold: Iran to dodge US ban with metal shield?

The EU has delivered on its threat to ban the import of crude oil from Iran, in response to its nuclear programme. The latest round of sanctions prohibits any new oil contracts, while allowing for existing deals to run until July. But Tehran is apparently finding ways to keep business pumping. Reports say Iran will [...]

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US aircraft carriers to deliver ‘direct message to Iran’

Europe and the US have expressed their willingness to return to talks with Iran over its controversial nuclear program. But despite that, the EU is seemingly still set to approve an embargo on Iranian oil. France even says the time to avoid military intervention is running out. As for the US, this week it strengthened [...]

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Strait Jacket: Iran to ‘definitely’ close Hormuz if EU bans oil

EU nations have formally adopted an unprecedented set of sanctions against Tehran – which include a bloc-wide embargo on Iranian oil. The move targets Iran’s nuclear program which, the Islamic Republic insists, is for purely peaceful purposes. To discuss the implications of fresh sanctions against Iran, RT talks to James Corbett – editor of independent [...]

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War In the Air: Israel on edge over Iran

Iran says it won’t resort to terrorism to avenge the latest murder of one of its nuclear scientists. The speaker of the Iranian Parliament accused Israel and the US of using such tactics, in a desperate bid to stop Tehran’s nuclear program. A number of Western officials have spoken out recently about possible military action [...]

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