Last month visitors to Baidu.com were redirected to a page stating that the site had been hacked by the Iranian Cyber Army.  You can find our report here about that.  Baidu later sued Register.com for allegedly allowing a security intrusion that enabled the hackers to change the name servers for Baidu.com.

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Abdulmalik Rigi was reportedly arrested by Iranian authorities while travelling from Pakistan [AFP]

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Abdolmalek Rigi is the leader of Jundallah, a Sunni insurgent organization based in Southeastern Iran.

The group started under the name of Jundallah and later renamed itself as the People’s Resistance Movement of Iran.

Jundallah claims to be fighting for the rights of the

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Saudi Arabia has signed a deal to acquire the Storm Shadow cruise missile from European weapons builder MBDA as part of a Tornado strike aircraft update package, said industry sources here.

The weapons package also includes the Brimstone anti-armor missile, they said.

Earlier plans to include

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Iranian scientists have cloned a goat and plan future experiments they hope will lead to a treatment for stroke patients.

The female goat, named Hana, was born early on Wednesday in the city of Isfahan in central Iran.

“With the birth of Hana, Iran is among five countries in the world cloning a baby goat,” said

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Iran to use their own email platform?

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The Iranian government has officially banned the use of Gmail in the country, reports The Wall Street Journal. In place of Google’s email platform, Iran will allow citizens to use a State-sponsored national email service.

The ban coincides with the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Republic, which

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