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 Iran has developed laser-guided artillery rounds designed to home in on stationary or moving targets at a distance of up to 20 kilometres (12 miles), Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi told state media Monday.State television showed images of artillery being fired, saying it showed the precision-guided ammunition in action.No details were given on the techn . التفاصيل

AFP - Harlequins captain Chris Robshaw is to lead England in their opening two Six Nations matches, it was announced Monday.The 25-year-old flanker, capped just once -- against Argentina in 2009 -- replaces Lewis Moody after the former skipper announced his retirement from international rugby following England's World Cup flop in New Zealand.England interim . التفاصيل

Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh will stay in the United States beyond the election next month that will choose his successor, a senior diplomatic source said Wednesday. Saleh headed for the United States from Oman on Wednesday to seek medical treatment for injuries suffered in a rocket attack on his palace last year before he agreed to step asi . التفاصيل

Japan announced its first annual trade deficit for more than 30 years on Wednesday after the March quake-tsunami and strong yen hit exports in 2011, while high fuel costs pushed up import bills. The first calendar-year deficit in goods since 1980 came to 2.49 trillion yen ($32 billion), the finance ministry said. Imports were up 12.0 percent on 2010, . التفاصيل

A pod of about 40 beached pilot whales re-stranded themselves in New Zealand Tuesday after volunteers worked for hours to get them back into the sea, officials said. The pod was part of a larger group of about 100 pilot whales which stranded at Golden Bay on the South Island on Monday, the Department of Conservation (DOC) said. DOC spokesman Nigel . التفاصيل

Eurozone finance ministers scrambled on Monday to hammer out a massive debt writedown deal for Greece as Athens and its bank creditors struggled to find a compromise to avoid a messy default. Ministers meet on Monday to finalise a pact to toughen budget discipline across the eurozone while Athens and its private lenders seek common ground to erase 1 . التفاصيل

About 200 Palestinians staged a demonstration on Saturday in the West Bank town of Ramallah against the exploratory talks with Israel being held in Jordan. Palestinian and Israeli negotiators have held three such meetings in Amman this month in a bid to restart direct peace talks which have been on ice since September 2010, but without any concrete . التفاصيل