http://www.GEO.TVLatest News Via RSS Feedsen-usCopyright GEO TV Networkhttp://www.geo.tv/data/rss2/9/2010http://www.geo.tv/data/rss/geo.jpghttp://www.geo.tvMUMBAI: Adnan Sami and his German-Afghan girl friend Roya Faryabi had a secret nikaah ceremony at Adnan''s residence in Mumbai on Friday, January 30, a day before the wedding cards announced the wedding in Munich. Only close family members of Adnan were present at this nikaah. A source close to Adnan said that the wedding in Munich had to be cancelled because the courts did not allow Adnan to leave the country. There are serious charges of domestic violence against him. Rather than cancelling the wedding, Adnan decided to have a flash ceremony in Mumbai. Adnan''s son Azaan made all the arrangements. At first Adnan was reluctant to confirm the development, but finally admitted that they got married last Friday in a secret nikaah. And they''re loving it. Speaking from Munich, Adnan''s third wife Roya Faryadi said that Adnan is the perfect man for her. She loves not just the man but also his mother and son.http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58904.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 19:14TEHRAN: Iran began enriching uranium to a higher level Tuesday over the vociferous objections of the U.S. and its allies who fear the process could eventually be used to give the Islamic republic nuclear weapons. Even before the announcement U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he believed the U.N. should slap new sanctions on Iran in “weeks, not months,” according to his spokesman. Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates believed the United Nations should slap new sanctions on Iran in ``weeks, not months.'''' France and the U.S. said Monday Iran''s action left no choice but to push harder for a fourth set of U.N. Security Council sanctions to punish Iran''s nuclear defiance. Russia, which has close ties to Iran and has opposed new sanctions, appeared to edge closer to Washington''s position, saying the new enrichment plans show the suspicions about Iran''s intentions are well-founded. Iranian state television said that the process began in the presence of inspectors from the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency. Uranium has to be enriched to fuel nuclear power plants and Iran needs the 20 percent enriched fuel for a research reactor producing medical isotopes. Enriching uranium to 90 percent, however, creates the material for nuclear weapons, which many countries are afraid Iran is seeking. Iran denies the charge. Ali Akbar Salehi, a vice president as well as the head of the country''s nuclear program, said the further enrichment would be unnecessary if the West found a way to provide Iran with the needed fuel. “Whenever they provide the fuel, we will halt production of 20 percent,'''' he told state TV late Monday. Iran has so far enriched uranium to a level of 3.5 percent, which is suitable for use in fueling nuclear power plants. On Tuesday, the spokesman of Iran''s Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast said any plan by the West to impose new Security Council resolutions would not be helpful. China called for more talks on Tuesday, with Foreign Ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu, saying “I hope the relevant parties will step up efforts and push for progress in the dialogue and negotiations.'''' Russia, another Security Council member, has also been reluctant to back new sanctions. The nation''s security chief said on Tuesday, however, that Iran''s decision to enrich uranium to higher levels has added to doubts about its nuclear program.http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58902.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 19:13KABUL: At least 28 people have died and more than 70 were injured after vehicles were trapped overnight by avalanches in a mountain tunnel in Afghanistan, the Afghan Ministry of Defence said on Tuesday. The avalanches, after days of heavy snow, blocked the entrances to the 2.6 km (1.6 mile) long Salang tunnel, the main route connecting Kabul to north Afghanistan through a treacherous pass at 3,400 metres (11,000 feet) in the Hindu Kush mountains.http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58890.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 15:24MOSCOW: NATO remains a serious threat to Russia''s security, the secretary of the country''s national security council said Tuesday, Russian news agencies reported. "We deeply doubt that we will be safer as a result from NATO enlargement. For us, the alliance represents a threat and a fairly serious one," Nikolai Patrushev said, quoted by the agency. The comment came after NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen voiced surprise Saturday that Russia had named the western alliance as its "chief external military threat" in a key strategy document, amid a recent improvement in their ties. http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58889.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 15:23KABUL: Avalanches in a mountain pass north of Kabul have killed at least 15 people, injured more than 50 and left hundreds stranded on blocked roads, Afghan officials said Tuesday. The avalanches took place Monday following heavy snows in the Salang Pass that links the Afghan capital with the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif and rescuers worked through the night to save more than 200 people, said Gen. Abdul Rahman Sayedkhail, Parwan provincial police chief. He said 54 people were injured. "It''s very heavy snow. We''re cleaning the roads. So far, we have found 15 bodies, including women and children, he said. "There''s still danger from avalanches there so that''s why our work is a little slow," Rahman said. About 100 Afghan soldiers were mobilized to join police and others in the rescue efforts, along with four helicopters, several ambulances and several bulldozers, Defense Ministry spokesman Gen. Mohammad Zahir Azimi said. "Unfortunately there were more avalanches this morning which made our work a little difficult, but we are trying to rescue people," he said. Military helicopters were dropping food packages to people stuck on snow-blocked roads, Interior Ministry spokesman Zemerai Bashary said.http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58883.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 13:53JERUSALEM: A senior Israeli minister called on Tuesday for the international community to adopt tough sanctions against arch-foe Iran over its controversial nuclear programme. "The coming month is decisive," Silvan Shalom, vice premier, told public radio. "It is time the international community imposes tough sanctions against Iran, even if Russia and China do not go along." He was referring to two of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, who have previously expressed opposition to Iran sanctions. "The international community must decide if it will continue to harbour illusions on the so-called Iranian cooperation or if it will impose real sanctions against Iran and its nuclear programme," said Shalom. http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58881.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 13:08TEHRAN: Iran on Tuesday began enriching uranium to 20 percent purity level at its Natanz plant in defiance of world powers but under the supervision of inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog, state media said. A source from Iran''s atomic body as telling the state-owned channel that "Iran has started enriching uranium to 20 percent in the presence of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) inspectors at Natanz." The United States and France said on Monday they will push for "strong" new UN anti-nuclear sanctions against Iran after Tehran announced it was going to step up its enrichment of uranium. http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58879.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 12:52BEIJING: At least one person died and 11 others were feared drowned in eastern China after their ship collided with another vessel and sank in the Yangtze River, local maritime authorities said Tuesday. Rescuers expanded their search for the 11 missing people to dry land after trawling the waters near the scene of the sinking late Monday, said Ma Changhong, a maritime official in Jiangsu province. http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58872.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 11:34KABUL: Deaths of three soldiers over two days took the British toll in Afghanistan since 2001 to 256, one more than the number killed in the Falklands. Two soldiers, from the Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland, were killed by an explosion in Sangin in Helmand Province on Sunday. "They were on a foot patrol bringing security to local people when the explosion caught them. Two of our comrades have been cruelly taken from us, but their bravery and fortitude will not be forgotten," said a spokesman. On Monday a bomb disposal expert, from 36 Engineer Regiment, was killed by a blast as he cleared a path in Helmand. The news is a new blow to Brown, who recently pledged 500 extra troops and hosted a London conference on Afghanistan, but is struggling to avoid defeat to the main opposition Conservatives in elections due by June. http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58870.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 11:31SANTO DOMINGO: Screen star Angelina Jolie visited Haitian children being treated in the neighboring Dominican Republic after the devastating earthquake in their homeland killed more than 200,000 people. Oscar-winner Jolie toured the pediatric wing of Dario Contreras Hospital in Santo Domingo, a leading local trauma hospital, with its director Hector Quezada, the hospital said. Jolie, who serves as a goodwill ambassador for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and UNICEF, was also joined by Gonzalo Vargas Llosa, a son of Peruvian writer Mario Vargas Llosa. The actress and her partner, actor Brad Pitt, donated a million dollars to Doctors without Borders in Haiti following the January 12 quake, the worst natural disaster on record in the Americas.http://www.geo.tv/2-9-2010/58869.htmTuesday, February 09, 2010 11:19