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Iranians search the ruins of buildings at the village of Bajebaj near the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, on Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012, after Saturday's earthquake. Twin earthquakes in Iran have killed at least 250 people and injured over 2,000, Iranian state television said on Sunday, after thousands spent the night outdoors after their villages were leveled and homes damaged in the country's northwest. Iran is located on seismic fault lines and is prone to earthquakes. It experiences at least one earthquake every day on average, although the vast majority are so small they go unnoticed.
Disaster   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Earthquake		  Independent online (SA) 
Two earthquakes in Iran kill 300
Mon 13 Aug 2012
Dubai - Overcrowded hospitals in northwest Iran struggled to cope with thousands of earthquake victims on Sunday and rescuers raced to reach remote villages after two powerful quakes killed nearly 300... (photo: AP / ISNA, Arash Khamoushi)
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, speaks during a meeting with members of the People’s Summit a parallel event to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Earthquake   Iran   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Earthquake		  Xinhua 
UN chief "deeply saddened" by deadly earthquake in Iran
Mon 13 Aug 2012
> • UN chief Ban Ki- moon said that he was "deeply saddened by the loss of hundreds of lives" in Iran. • Ban extends his sincere condolences to the Iranian government and people. • The death toll of... (photo: AP / Silvia Izquierdo)
Salman Rushdie, UK  Foreign Policy  Mon 13 Aug 2012
Epiphanies from Salman Rushdie
Nearly 25 years after The Satanic Verses, the controversial novel that inspired an Iranian fatwa against his life and forced his family into a decade of hiding, Salman Rushdie seems at ease, even... (photo: Creative Commons / )
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Activity lead Bobak Ferdowsi, center, wipes tears away after a successful landing inside the Spaceflight Operations Facility for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity rover at Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., Sunday Aug. 5, 2012.  Irna  Sun 12 Aug 2012
German weekly lauds NASA's Iranian head of Mars mission
Berlin, Aug 12, IRNA -- The Hamburg-based weekly news magazine 'Der Spiegel' on Sunday hailed Babak Ferdowsi who is NASA's Iranian flight director on the Mars Science Laboratory Curiosity mission,... (photo: AP / Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times-POOL)
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A victim of Saturday's earthquake sits on the ruins of buildings at the village of Bajebaj near the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, Sunday, Aug. 12, 2012 The Hindu Sun 12 Aug 2012
Iran wraps up rescue process; quake death toll hits 227
Iran today wrapped up rescue operation in hundreds of villages flattened by twin earthquakes the day before in its northwest, as officials gave a new toll of 227 dead and... (photo: AP / Ruhollah Vahdati)
Disaster   Iran   Photos   Quake   Wikipedia: 2012 Ahar-Varzaqan earthquakes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in his Jerusalem office The Guardian Sun 12 Aug 2012
Israeli PM: Iran threat dwarfs all others
... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
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The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh addressing at the 150th Anniversary celebrations of Archaeological Survey of India, in New Delhi on December 20, 2011. Newstrack India Sun 12 Aug 2012
Manmohan set for high-wire diplomacy in Iran: Oil, trade, Syria on agenda
Tweet New Delhi, Aug 12 (IANS) In a visit laden with immense symbolic significance, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh heads to Iran Aug 28 to attend the Non-Aligned Movement... (photo: PIB of India)
Diplomacy   India   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Manmohan Singh
File - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a news conference on the sidelines of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, or Rio+20, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, June 21, 2012. WorldNews.com Sun 12 Aug 2012
The war on Iran is already underway
Article by WN.com Guest Writer Kourosh Ziabari Economic sanctions, psychological warfare, media propaganda, threats and assassinations; what other sort of evidence may... (photo: AP / Victor R. Caivano)
Conspiracy   Iran   Photos   War   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran
Ruins of a houses are seen after an earthquake in the city of Varzaqan in northwestern Iran, on Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012. A 6.2-magnitude earthquake hit the towns of Ahar, Haris and Varzaqan in East Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran on Saturday, state TV said. The Star Sun 12 Aug 2012
Two earthquakes in Iran kill 250 and injure 1,800
DUBAI (Reuters) - Two powerful earthquakes killed 250 people and injured around 1,800 in northwest Iran, where rescue workers frantically combed the rubble of dozens of... (photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Hamed Nazari)
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