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<description><![CDATA[Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guards inaugurated a new naval base on Sunday to reinforce Tehran's authority over three Persian Gulf islands also claimed by the neighboring United Arab Emirates, Iranian state TV reported.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14916004-iran-sets-up-new-base-near-disputed-islands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/04/14916004-iran-sets-up-new-base-near-disputed-islands</guid><category>iran</category><category>islands</category><category>persian-gulf</category><category>world-news</category><category>revolutionary-guards</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>ml</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Nov 2012 09:47:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran may cut ties with UAE over disputed islands</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran on Tuesday warned the United Arab Emirates it could cut diplomatic relations between the two countries if the Arab nation keeps repeating claims to three Gulf islands that are controlled by Tehran.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317647-iran-may-cut-ties-with-uae-over-disputed-islands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/09/14317647-iran-may-cut-ties-with-uae-over-disputed-islands</guid><category>iran</category><category>islands</category><category>1st</category><category>world-news</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>ld</category><category>writethru</category><category>ml</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 14:35:40 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran may cut ties with UAE over disputed islands</title>
<description><![CDATA[Iran says it may cut diplomatic relations with the United Arab Emirates if the Arab nation keeps repeating claims to three Gulf islands that are controlled by Tehran.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14315687-iran-may-cut-ties-with-uae-over-disputed-islands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14315687-iran-may-cut-ties-with-uae-over-disputed-islands</guid><category>iran</category><category>islands</category><category>world-news</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>ml</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Tue, 9 Oct 2012 00:32:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Iran's Guard commander visits disputed islands</title>
<description><![CDATA[The commander of Iran's powerful Revolutionary Guard on Thursday visited three disputed islands in the Gulf that are held by Iran but claimed by the United Arab Emirates, Iranian state media said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nasser Karimi]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11988359-irans-guard-commander-visits-disputed-islands</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/30/11988359-irans-guard-commander-visits-disputed-islands</guid><category>iran</category><category>islands</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 00:22:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>UAE official pledges ship for disputed island</title>
<description><![CDATA[The ruler of one of the United Arab Emirates has promised he would order a ship that could travel to and from a disputed island claimed by his country but controlled by Iran.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11278893-uae-official-pledges-ship-for-disputed-island</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/19/11278893-uae-official-pledges-ship-for-disputed-island</guid><category>iran</category><category>islands</category><category>gulf</category><category>world-news</category><category>united-arab-emirates</category><category>ml</category><category>gulf-arab</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:48:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/928e729c-e923-40a9-9117-439c40a778f1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/928e729c-e923-40a9-9117-439c40a778f1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, speaks, as Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi, listens, during army parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Iran's president said that the country's armed forces will make its enemy's regret any act of aggression against Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/2ccc1b26-b692-4d04-941c-a3025f91e9a2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2ccc1b26-b692-4d04-941c-a3025f91e9a2.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan listens during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha, Tuesday 17, April 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/d56b58e0-3121-408c-a586-b7715153bf31.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="436" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d56b58e0-3121-408c-a586-b7715153bf31.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah, left, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrive for the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha, Tuesday 17, April 2012. (AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/5f48d426-25a4-476c-a04a-3db573a178bc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/5f48d426-25a4-476c-a04a-3db573a178bc.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, speaks, as Chief of the General Staff of Iran's Armed Forces, Gen. Hasan Firouzabadi, listens, during army parade commemorating National Army Day in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, outside Tehran, Iran. There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c11faaae-00bb-4bbb-b6fa-52587940e825.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="352" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c11faaae-00bb-4bbb-b6fa-52587940e825.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan listens during the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League to discuss the situation in Syria taking place in Doha. There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw.  (AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/8e0ca095-e229-47ac-bd9f-588c82c71f18.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="436" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8e0ca095-e229-47ac-bd9f-588c82c71f18.jpg" width="120" height="131" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Tuesday, April 17, 2012 file photo, Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad Al-Sabah, left, and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister, Sheik Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrive for the meeting of the Committee of Ministers of the Arab League in Doha. There would seem to be enough points of tension to keep Iran and its Gulf Arab rivals fully occupied: Tehran's nuclear program, accusations of Iranian meddling in Bahrain's uprising, Iranian threats to block Gulf oil shipping lanes. But it's all been overshadowed by three contested islands that Iran wants to turn into a tourist draw.(AP Photo/Osama Faisal, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/0155f5af-3bc4-48b7-8285-e13e8120638c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0155f5af-3bc4-48b7-8285-e13e8120638c.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The ninth exceptional Ministerial meeting of the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council  convenes in Doha on Tuesday April 17 2012 to discuss the latest flare-up over Abu Musa. The UAE and others have sharply denounced a visit last week to the strategic island by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Iran's foreign minister is warning Gulf Arab neighbors to avoid escalating regional tensions over a strategic island controlled by Iran but also claimed by the United Arab Emirates.(AP Photo/Osama Faisal)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Model killed on assignment in Shanghai is buried</title>
<description><![CDATA[Family and friends gathered Sunday under perfect blue skies on one of British Columbia's famed Gulf Islands to remember a young Canadian model who was killed while on assignment in Shanghai earlier this month.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/20/1682002-model-killed-on-assignment-in-shanghai-is-buried</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/07/20/1682002-model-killed-on-assignment-in-shanghai-is-buried</guid><category>canada</category><category>china</category><category>death</category><category>british-columbia</category><category>world-news</category><category>model</category><category>gulf-islands</category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:43:17 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/617cf1fb-44d4-44c8-82e4-06b2ec856dff.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="242" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/617cf1fb-44d4-44c8-82e4-06b2ec856dff.jpg" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman holds photographs of Diana O'Brien, a model who was killed in China earlier this month, as she leaves a memorial service for her in Ganges, B.C., Canada on Sunday July 20, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/1daec9d0-2f3f-4d62-971e-82a98d831652.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="357" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1daec9d0-2f3f-4d62-971e-82a98d831652.jpg" width="120" height="172" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A woman carries flowers as she arrives  for a memorial service , in Ganges, Canada, on Sunday July 20, 2008 for Diana O'Brien, a model who was killed in China earlier this month.  Family and friends gathered Sunday under clear blue skies on one of British Columbia's famed Gulf Islands to remember a young Canadian model who was killed while on assignment in Shanghai earlier this month. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/c7c16c52-2275-43b2-a085-eff2cacd458a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c7c16c52-2275-43b2-a085-eff2cacd458a.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mourners depart following a memorial service for Diana O'Brien, the model who was killed in China earlier this month, in Ganges, B.C., Canada on Sunday July 20, 2008. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Darryl Dyck)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>