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Britain Replaces US as Favorite Target of Iran - Voice of America
Spiegel Online Britain Replaces US as Favorite Target of Iran Voice of America In the aftermath of the disputed Iranian presidential election, Tehran has hurled some of its sharpest rhetoric not at its traditional nemesis, the United States, but at Britain. Iran accused Britain of instigating protests, ... British calls for diplomatic walkout from Iran are rejected by EU ...
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:22:37 GMT
Text of Obama's AP interview - The Associated Press
BBC News Text of Obama's AP interview The Associated Press AP transcript of an interview with President Barack Obama on Thursday. ___ Q: Appreciate the time. Obama: You bet. Q: News out this morning: unemployment rate up to 9.5 percent, and it's of course expected to go higher, as you've said that it probably ... Analysts Say Russia's Influence on Iran Very Limited
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:11:37 GMT
North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles - Voice of America
Globe and Mail North Korea Launches Short-Range Missiles Voice of America By VOA News President Barack Obama says the United States is trying to "keep a door open" for North Korea to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks. The president's comments came in an interview with the Associated Press on Thursday, ... S Korea braces for more missile tests
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:18:21 GMT
Iran reports more protest arrests - The Associated Press
CBC.ca Iran reports more protest arrests The Associated Press EDITOR'S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official ... Moscow opposes new sanctions on Iran
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:12:14 GMT
US 'hits the pause button' on aid to Honduras - CNN International
Times Online US 'hits the pause button' on aid to Honduras CNN International WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States put some teeth in its diplomatic signals to Honduras Thursday, stopping some aid programs temporarily to the Latin American country as it grapples with its two-president crisis. ... Diplomats, OAS Press for Resolution of Crisis in Honduras
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:48:31 GMT
US Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands - New York Times
Telegraph.co.uk US Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands New York Times KABUL — A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in a volatile region of eastern Afghanistan has been captured and is believed to be in the hands of the Taliban network headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, ... US forces target Taliban stronghold
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:33 GMT
Judgment on Section 377 welcomed - Hindu
Telegraph.co.uk Judgment on Section 377 welcomed Hindu NEW DELHI: Describing Thursday as an “exciting” day for people with different sexual preferences, Voices Against 377 and Naz Foundation (India) Trust have welcomed the Delhi High Court judgment that said making gay sex among consenting adults a ... Gay sex ruling: Views from India
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:41:39 GMT
UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime - Reuters
CBC.ca UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime Reuters GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) - A UN human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the territory constituted a "continuing crime ... Settlements issue "blown out of proportion": Israeli FM
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:37 GMT
Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel risk - The Associated Press
CTV.ca Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel risk The Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — First there was smoke, then flames burst out of the aircraft engine. But I was having difficulty communicating with the Mozambican flight attendant who was fussing with warm sodas and soggy sandwiches and did not speak English. ... Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean Intact
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:21:30 GMT
Next big test for Iraq: January election - Christian Science Monitor
FOXNews Next big test for Iraq: January election Christian Science Monitor Everything up to this point has been 'concessional, interim, or bridging,' Iraq's foreign minister told the Monitor, calling the vote the most important in Iraq's history. By Jane Arraf | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor Baghdad - As the ... US VP Visits Iraq Following US Troop Withdrawal From Cities
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:16:58 GMT
The Scotsman: International
US sends 4,000 marines into the hell of Helmand
COMMITTING men, money and firepower, the United States opened a new chapter in the Afghan conflict yesterday, sending more than 4,000 of its best combat troops tearing into a
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Jackson's ex-wife wants custody of children
MICHAEL Jackson's second ex-wife is to fight for their two children, dismissing claims that she is not their biological mother and accusing the late star of breaking his e
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Pilots struggled to pull Air France jet out of final dive
A DISTURBING account has emerged yesterday of the last moments aboard the Air France jet that plunged 35,000ft into the Atlantic Ocean last month, killing all 228 people on bo
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
India's capital 'enters the 21st century' after court rules gay sex legal
THE Indian capital's highest court ruled yesterday that gay sex was not a crime ? a groundbreaking decision sure to open divisions in the deeply conservative country.
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Saddam 'let world believe he had WMD to deter Iran from attacking'
SADDAM Hussein told American interrogators he let the world believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he worried about the need to deter an attack from Iran, newly de
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Former leader of UK island could face criminal inquiry
AN INVESTIGATION into allegations of corruption in a tropical British Overseas Territory has recommended a criminal inquiry into the former ruler, Foreign Office minister Chr
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
New head of UN nuclear watchdog must tackle Iran threat
JAPANESE diplomat Yukiya Amano was narrowly elected the next head of the UN atomic watchdog yesterday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Italians and Dutch fend off Germans in battle over Bavarian beer
EUROPE'S highest court has upheld the right of Dutch and Italian brewers to sell their "Bavaria" beer in Italy, rejecting a bid by a rival Bavarian company to st
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Romanian football star admits role as informer
GHEORGHE "Gica" Popescu, the former captain of Romania's national football team, yesterday admitted being an informer for the country's secret police during t
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
Jet plunge survivor back with father
THE sole survivor of a Yemeni jet that plunged into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands was reunited with her father in France yesterday.
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm
BBC World
French investigators believe the Air France plane that crashed in the Atlantic broke up on contact with water, not in mid-air.
2 Jul 2009 at 11:30am
The UN's top health official tells a swine flu forum in Mexico that the spread of the virus worldwide is now unstoppable.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:50pm
The late Michael Jackson's ex-wife is undecided over whether to fight for custody of their two children, her lawyer says.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:45pm
The UN secretary general will visit Burma to seek the release of political prisoners including Aung San Suu Kyi.
2 Jul 2009 at 6:24pm
President Obama warns Moscow ahead of a visit that "Cold War approaches" to relations with the US belong in the past.
2 Jul 2009 at 12:46pm
Security forces in the Russian North Caucasus city of Nalchik besiege a flat after coming under fire, Russian media report.
2 Jul 2009 at 6:46pm
US investigators publish accounts of interviews with Saddam Hussein, giving a wealth of detail about the Iraqi leader.
2 Jul 2009 at 11:39am
A US soldier is captured by militants in eastern Afghanistan, as the US launches a major anti-Taliban offensive in the south.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:40pm
Species around the world are still being lost despite governments pledging action to reverse the trend, a report warns.
2 Jul 2009 at 10:38am
A new joint-venture energy firm between Nigeria and Russia has got online communities twittering, after the governments choose the name Nigaz.
2 Jul 2009 at 7:14am
Guardian Unlimited World
Huge assault to take and hold river valley in bid to increase security for local population ahead of elections
The US poured 4,000 marines into Afghanistan's Helmand province today in its biggest operation for five years to try to wrest the poppy-filled river valley permanently from the Taliban.
In helicopters, armoured vehicles and on foot, the marines fanned out to Afghan villages in two districts previously dominated by insurgents in a mission codenamed Operation Khanjar (Sword Strike).
Repo...
by Julian Borger, Ewen MacAskill
2 Jul 2009 at 3:38pm
Air France jet intact when it crashed
? Investigators: Jet hit the sea belly first at high speed
? Without black box exact cause may never be found
The Air France plane that vanished in the middle of the Atlantic with 228 people on board did not disintegrate in mid-air but plunged into the water intact and belly first, investigators said today.
Alain Bouillard, leading the preliminary inquiry on behalf of France's BEA accident agency, said examination of wreckage indicated the A330 Airbus was still in one piece when it crashed, at h...
by Lizzy Davies
2 Jul 2009 at 1:58pm
Yemen jet survivor and father reunited
A teenager believed to be the only survivor of an aeroplane crash in the Indian Ocean flew back to France today to be reunited with her father, who embraced her and made jokes to lift her spirits.
Bahia Bakari, 14, returned from the Comoros islands on an aircraft carrying a government minister and other French officials, which arrived at Le Bourget airport just north of Paris.
Yemenia Flight 626 crashed on Tuesday morning off Comoros in heavy winds, and Bakari, who was described by her father a...
2 Jul 2009 at 3:53pm
China's Green Dam internet filtering system will go ahead, official says
Government claims technology will curb access to pornography, but internet users say it blocks politically sensitive content and monitors behaviour
China's controversial plan to install Green Dam internet filtering software on all computers will go ahead despite being postponement, a government official told state media today.
The official said it was only "a matter of time" until the software was installed.
The remarks ? if they fully reflect official policy ? will anger internet users, who mou...
by Tania Branigan
2 Jul 2009 at 1:09am
Young victims continue to receive treatment in Cuba two decades after Ukrainian nuclear disaster
Eleven-year-old Olga enters the beach house in flip-flops, her hair still wet from a dip in the Caribbean. "I really like it here," she says. "The food is great, the beach is awesome. I made some fantastic friends."
A typical child's reaction to a beach holiday, perhaps ? only this is no ordinary seaside break. Olga is a Ukrainian "Chernobyl child", in Cuba not for a holiday but to undergo intensive...
2 Jul 2009 at 12:51pm
Plans for public event confirmed as more details about the pop singer's drug use emerge
The family of Michael Jackson has finally moved to end uncertainty about his memorial fully a week after his death by firming up plans for commemorative event in downtown Los Angeles next Tuesday.
The Hollywood Reporter said all systems were go for a memorial event on Tuesday at 10am at the Staples Centre, the auditorium owned by AEG, the company that was promoting Jackson's London run of shows at the O2 Are...
by Ed Pilkington
2 Jul 2009 at 5:15pm
Turkish gameshow enlists imam, Greek Orthodox priest, rabbi and monk to try to convert atheists, with pilgrimage as reward
It sounds like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room?
Viewers of Turkish television will soon get the punchline when a new gameshow begins that offers a prize arguably greater than that offered by Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Contestants will ponder whether to ...
by Robert Tait
2 Jul 2009 at 1:11pm
FBI reports why Saddam refused UN inspectors
? Deposed dictator calls Osama bin Laden a 'zealot'
? Iraqi told interviewers religion and government 'should not mix'
Saddam Hussein remained preoccupied with the threat from neighbouring Iran as the US-led invasion loomed and would have sought a security pact with the US if UN sanctions were lifted, he told an FBI interviewer in his jail cell before his execution.
In more than two dozen interviews and casual talks, the deposed Iraqi leader told FBI questioners that he refused to allowed UN ins...
by Daniel Nasaw
2 Jul 2009 at 10:37am
Washington Post withdraws Obama offer
? Meetings would have cost $25,000
? Publisher Katharine Weymouth had planned to host events
The Washington Post has abandoned an offer to sell lobbyists and business interests access to Obama administration officials and policymakers for $25,000 a time, including dinner, after uproar in the paper's newsroom over a promise that its journalists would also be part of the package.
The offer came to light in a flier aimed at players in healthcare at a time when the White House is planning major refo...
by Chris McGreal
2 Jul 2009 at 11:06am
Indian court decriminalises homosexuality in Delhi
Sex between people of same gender has been illegal in India since British colonial era
An Indian court today decriminalised homosexuality ? but only in the country's capital, Delhi.
The Delhi high court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime was a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's constitution.
The ruling is the first of its kind in the deeply conservative country.
"We've finally entered the 21st century," said Anjali Gopalan, the executive director of the Naz Founda...
2 Jul 2009 at 4:29am
Toronto Globe and Mail: International
OAS chief to visit Honduras for talks on coup
Interim leaders tried to shore up support for the coup against President Manuel Zelaya
by Mica Rosenberg
2 Jul 2009 at 3:39pm
Obama chides Putin for ‘old ways of doing business'
U.S. President readies for trip to meet with Russian Prime Minister, President Dmitry Medvedev
by Jennifer Loven
2 Jul 2009 at 2:39pm
September 2010 trial set for first Guantanamo defendant
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by Larry Neumeister
2 Jul 2009 at 1:00pm
Croatia's parliament accepts PM's resignation
Ivo Sanader fails to explain his unexpected move
2 Jul 2009 at 12:52pm
Cyprus police say Canadian tourist strangled to death
No description available
2 Jul 2009 at 12:52pm
Plane crash survivor returns to family
Young girl who spent more than 13 hours in the water after Yemenia Flight 626 accident met in Paris by her father, who described the reunion as ‘very powerful'
by Michel Euler and Tom Maliti
2 Jul 2009 at 12:32pm
U.S. Marines begin massive Afghan assault
Aim is to seize virtually the entire lower Helmand River valley, the heartland of the Taliban insurgency and the world's biggest opium poppy producing region
by Peter Graff
2 Jul 2009 at 6:34am
The New York Times
U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley
Almost 4,000 Marines moved to clear Taliban fighters from the hotly contested Helmand River valley.
by By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:39pm
U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region
A new American military operation in southern Afghanistan may ignite further tensions among a weary population, residents and local officials warn.
by By CARLOTTA GALL
2 Jul 2009 at 4:21pm
In Refugee Aid, Pakistan?s War Has New Front
Hard-line Islamist charities are using a refugee crisis to sour public opinion about the United States.
by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
2 Jul 2009 at 1:49pm
U.S. Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands
A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan is believed to be in the hands of the Taliban network headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, American military officials said Thursday.
by By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:55pm
Bomber Strikes Government Bus in Pakistan
A suicide bomber riding a motorbike rammed into a government bus in Rawalpindi, police officials said, killing at least one person and injuring 28 others.
by By SALMAN MASOOD
2 Jul 2009 at 5:36pm
Sole Comoros Crash Survivor Arrives in France
Bahia Bakari arrived in Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father, just as the French media raised new concerns about air safety.
by By STEVEN ERLANGER
2 Jul 2009 at 3:20pm
Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean Intact
The Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people aboard, did not break up in the air but rather hit the water intact, investigators said.
by By NICOLA CLARK and MATTHEW L. WALD
2 Jul 2009 at 3:17pm
Documents Show Iraqi Dictator?s Fears
Before his execution, Saddam Hussein told the F.B.I. that he refused entry to U.N. inspectors because he feared they ?would have directly identified to the Iranians where to inflict maximum damage to Iraq.?
by By SCOTT SHANE
2 Jul 2009 at 7:02pm
Biden Visits Iraq, Underscoring Fragile Sovereignty
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. began a two-day mission that he said was intended to ?reestablish contact? with Iraqi leaders.
by By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
2 Jul 2009 at 6:12pm
North Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles
The launchings had been expected, as North Korea declared a no-sail zone last month in waters off its east coast through July 10.
by By CHOE SANG-HUN
2 Jul 2009 at 9:28am