Beirut- Iran's government said Sunday it arrested the daughter, grandchild plus three other relatives of former president Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, one of the country's most powerful men. The arrests are the strongest signals yet of a serious divide among Iran's ruling

Beirut- "I do not understand the obstructing third vote concept, as we are used to having a party that rules and another that opposes," Lebanon's spiritual leader Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Boutros Sfeir said in an interview with Al-Quds Al-Arabiya newspaper

Beirut - Lebanon's Eldest member of parliament Abdel Latif el-Zain called Monday during a press conference for a parliament session at 10:30 am Thursday June 25 to elect a new speaker to replace Nabi Berri .

Beirut - Lebanon's Democratic Gathering leader MP Walid Jumblatt warned Monday against speculations over his future meetings with various political leaders insisting that only he can decide on whom to meet and when.

Beirut- Neda Soltani the young girl that was brutally killed on the streets of Tehran Saturday, has become the symbol of the Iranian rebellion. Her name " Neda" which means "voice" in Farsi, and her death has become the central

Photo via And that's a good thing, believe it or not. Mentioning levee-busting and Louisiana in the same breath may seem like a faux pas, even vulgar, with repercussions of the still afflicting the state. Talk of stronger levees, more

photo: There's no getting around the fact that there is absolutely no way and environmental protection can go together. Unfortunately though the Obama administration and the EPA don't see things that way, recently merely

photo: via flickr.If there's one thing that continues to stand out to me in the politics of climate change is the yawning chasm between what to prevent and what

Photo via We'd like to think of as an outdated practice, largely frowned upon and done only by a handful of persistent nations around the world. And so it is, for the most part-- over the last 20 years. But

Photo via In a ruling that will shock and dismay environmentalists everywhere, the decided that the Clean Water Act shouldn't prevent mining companies from dumping their toxic waste into lakes--even with full knowledge that doing so will exterminate every trace

Photo via the As you've likely heard, at least 9 people were killed and up to 70 were injured in when one train rammed into another on Washington DC's Metro's Red line. The precise cause of the crash is so

Image via the The day has finally come--the much-discussed, much-derided, and will be up for a vote on Friday the 23rd. Tensions are running high in the House, as many on which way they'll cast their votes--and that uncertainty is

Reasons not to pipe more tar-sand oil to the USA.While our country is finally beginning to move down the path towards a clean-energy economy, some continue to slip dirtier - often hazardous - fuel into our mix, pipeline by pipeline,

Putnoe Lib Dem Councillors have slammed the council for not getting the toilets in Mowsbury Park repaired for over a year.

Local Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Richard Burt and County Councillor Steve Brown have challenged Network Rail to move a train stopping point after residents complained their lives are being disrupted every day through noise and vibrations created by London trains

Local Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt and newly elected Malvern Trinity County Councillor, Beverley Nielsen will join walkers on a 25 mile challenge walk, supporting NSPCC projects and Childline, next Saturday.

Local Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate, Richard Burt has written to the Chairman of the Three Counties Cancer Network (3CCN) calling for the retention of head and neck cancer surgery in Worcestershire.

Residents flocked to the Civic Centre in Sutton recently for an energy awareness day held by the MP for Sutton, Cheam and Worcester Park, Paul Burstow.

North East Fife parliamentarians Iain Smith MSP and Sir Menzies Campbell MP have written to the Boundary Commission for Scotland to urge that the Commission acts in accordance with the wishes local people.

Parliament has published the details of all MPs’ expense claims for 2004/05 through to 2007/08 and you can find local MP Michael Moore’s information online at