Sunday 19 May 2013
The damage wrought by sanctions on Iran's economy became clear yesterday when oil exports were shown to have fallen by 43pc since last year, costing about $100m (€78m) every day in lost revenue.
The EU imposed an embargo on Iranian oil on July 1 as the Western powers sought to compel Tehran to negotiate over its nuclear ambitions. The US and its allies have also targeted Iran with financial sanctions. (© Daily Telegraph, London)
Irish Independent
A five-year-old British girl who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named by her family, according to reports.
Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence.
Turkish police have detained a man they believe to be one of the main perpetrators of car bombings that killed more than 50 people near the Syrian border, officials said today
A five-year-old British girl who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named by her family, according to reports.
Two bombs exploded outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 people in one of the deadliest attacks in a month-long surge in sectarian violence.
Turkish police have detained a man they believe to be one of the main perpetrators of car bombings that killed more than 50 people near the Syrian border, officials said today
Actor Edward Furlong has been arrested on suspicion of violating a restraining order filed by his ex-girlfriend.
TODAY
President Obama apparently has his own Hollywood-inspired aspirations. According to a nugget buried in a New York Times story on Thursday, Obama has been telling aides that he is tempted to pull a "Bulworth" – that is to make like Warren Beatty's liberal senator character in the 1998 movie of the same name by going rogue and saying exactly what is on his mind regardless of the political fallout.
THE former preparatory school of former Miss World Rosanna Davison and her father Chris De Burgh, the oldest in the country, is beset by financial difficulties amid fears about its future, the Sunday Independent has learnt.
When Carey Mulligan ditched the Tiffany spangles and Prada sequins of her screen role in The Great Gatsby in favour of a baggy jumper and the dingy folk music venues of the new Coen brothers film, Inside Llewyn Davis, it seemed like a comment on this year's Cannes film festival.
Orla Brady has revealed how filming the new series of Poirot was tricky as almost every character has a different accent.
Leonardo DiCaprio has revealed he doesn't mind living his life in the public eye.
JANE Given and her footballer husband, Shay, were famous for raising funds for charity.
The Big Bang Theory star Simon Helberg has said the show feels stronger than ever, as the sixth series ended on US screens.
Alesha Dixon proved a hit with the male contestants in this week's Britain's Got Talent auditions.
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