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CAIRO, Egypt — Iran's state-run Arabic-language TV channel reported Monday that all 15 captured British sailors had confessed to illegally entering Iranian waters. The claim was carried by the news channel Al-Alam, a state-run channel that is broadcast across the Arab world but not in Iran. Iran's military chief had said on Saturday, March 24 that the sailors had confessed after interrogations to illegally entering Iranian waters. There was no source given for Al-Alam's new claim. The station has so far broadcast video footage of four of the 15 saying they were in Iranian waters at the time of their...

LONDON, August 17 (IranMania) - Tehran-based Arabic-language Al-Alam TV network launched the English-language section of its website. In a fax received by Iran Daily, Al-Alam’s English-language website http://www.alalam.ir/english provides news and reports from around the world. The site comprises sections such as headlines, politics, business, sports and photos on global developments, with a special focus on the Middle East. Al-Alam TV network, which started work in 2002, is one of the popular TV channels for Arab nations.

<p>Baghdad -- When nearly 300 Iraqi exiles, tribal leaders and other would-be politicos met Monday with U.S. officials to plan the nation's future, Iraqis watching television saw a different picture -- street protesters yelling at the delegates, angrily criticizing the Americans and demanding justice for a wide range of grievances.</p>

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - It would not be Washington's first choice, but the long-banned Iraq Communist Party on Sunday won the race to publish the first newspaper in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The eight-page "People's Path" was handed out for free, snapped up eagerly by passers-by hungry for any kind of news after the U.S. invasion eradicated state-run media. "Collapse of a Dictator" read the headline under the hammer and sickle on the front page, followed by an article railing against the abuses of Saddam's "bloody, terrorist reign." "With the dictatorship's collapse, all the wishes of the vast...