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Olmert says Israel serious about peace with Syria
Jerusalem (AFP) May 25, 2008Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that indirect peace talks with Syria, a process begun more than a year ago and confirmed this week, will be conducted seriously and in secrecy. "We have no intention to conduct these negotiations neither in the media, nor in daily statements, nor in slogans," Olmert said before the weekly cabinet meeting. "I can say we are taking these ne ... more Iran conservatives tap ex-nuclear chief as speaker 
Tehran (AFP) May 25, 2008The conservative bloc dominating Iran's new parliament has chosen former nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani as its candidate for speaker, the state news agency IRNA reported on Sunday. IRNA said conservatives MPs parliament chose Larijani by 161 votes against 50 for the incumbent Gholam Ali Hadad Adel, who is also a conservative. Conservatives have the majority in the new parliament after w ... more UN nuclear body needs double budget by 2020: experts 
Vienna (AFP) May 24, 2008The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needs to double its budget by 2020 if it is to do its job properly, according to the findings of an expert study released Friday. The report deplored the fact that the United Nations's nuclear watchdog, which has to keep track of hundreds of tonnes of nuclear materials across hundreds of sites, had a budget roughly equal to that of the Vienna pol ... more Analysis: Petraeus upbeat on Iraq 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2008 Gen. David Petraeus told an admiring Senate Armed Services Committee Thursday that the improving security situation in Iraq will likely allow him to recommend further U.S. troop reductions this fall, beyond the planned drawdown to about 140,000 in July. Petraeus, currently the commander of the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and now nominated by President Bush to take over as head of U.S. ... more NATO needs to work with, not against Russia: Moscow 
Moscow (AFP) May 25, 2008NATO needs to work with Russia, and not against Moscow's wishes, Russia's ambassador to the transatlantic military alliance told news agency ITAR-TASS on Sunday. "Common questions of security cannot be resolved without Russia, or against her," said Dmitry Rogozin, speaking from Berlin, where the NATO parliament is in session. Rogozin said global security threats are "directed every bit a ... more |
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Washington (AFP) May 22, 2008North Korea is expected to begin dismantling its nuclear weapons arsenal immediately after submitting a long awaited declaration of its atomic program possibly as early as next week, officials said Thursday. Pyongyang is unlikely to wait for the declaration to be fully verified before disbanding its nuclear facilities, in a bid to hasten denuclearization under a six-nation deal stalled for n ... more China targets 'quake lake' as flood fears grow 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008Soldiers raced Monday to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago as flood prevention became a top priority in the disaster zone. More than 86,000 people are dead or missing following the massive quake on May 12 that destroyed entire towns and villages across an area of mountainous Sichuan province the size of South Korea. China has had to ... more Migrant workers, having helped at home, head back to work 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008After rushing back to their families following China's devastating quake, many migrant workers are returning to their jobs in the industrial heartland to funnel desperately needed cash home. Still grieving and in shock after the tragedy that killed more than 60,000 people in largely mountainous and rural Sichuan province, the young men and women from farming areas feel they have no choice bu ... more Report: Superbugs killed record number 
London (UPI) May 23, 2008 Superbugs are killing a record number of patients in hospitals, nursing homes and hospices, the British Office for National Statistics indicated. The office's statistics linked MRSA and Clostridium difficile to more than 8,000 deaths in England and Wales in 2006, up from 5,300 the previous year, The Daily Telegraph reported Friday. A total of 6,424 deaths were linked to Clostridi ... more Nearly 5,500 orphans after China quake: state media 
Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2008Nearly 5,500 children have been left without their parents following the massive China earthquake, either because their parents were killed or cannot be found, state media reported Sunday. Xinhua news agency, citing sources at the national disaster relief headquarters, said at least 5,498 children were alone following the May 12 quake, which has killed more than 62,500 people and left nearly ... more |
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Yangon (AFP) May 23, 2008UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Friday the eyes of the world were now on Myanmar after pushing the secretive military regime to accept a major relief effort for survivors of the cyclone disaster. After more than two hours of talks with junta leader Than Shwe, Ban said he had convinced him to agree to accept foreign disaster experts -- three weeks after the storm left at least 133,000 ... more Analysis: Oil prices pummel U.S. security 
Washington DC (UPI) May 26, 2008Unless the United States' energy structure changes radically and rapidly, soaring oil prices will leave the country at the mercy of hostile states and terrorists, witnesses testified Thursday in Congress. The United States currently consumes close to 21 million barrels of oil per day and imports almost 14 million barrels a day, or 60 percent. Countries in the Persian Gulf supply 16 perc ... more Analysis: Europe worried by oil prices 
Berlin (UPI) May 23, 2008 First the high euro, now this: ever-rising oil prices have shocked observers, who fear Europe's export-driven economies will take a beating. Anyone remember 2002? The New England Patriots won their first Super Bowl, Ben Affleck was dating Jennifer Lopez, and oil prices were at roughly $30 a barrel. An Iraq war, an Iranian nuclear crisis and some worrying global warming reports later, pr ... more Analysis: To drill or not to drill? 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) May 23, 2008 A day after oil prices topped $130 a barrel for the first time in history, U.S. lawmakers debated Thursday whether increased production at home would lower prices at the pump. In an effort to ease the burden on consumers as gasoline prices reach record highs of $4 a gallon, Congress passed a measure last week demanding that the administration stop pulling oil off the market to fill the ... more Philippines, US to hold naval exercises near Spratlys: report 
Manila (AFP) May 24, 2008US and Philippine forces will carry out joint naval exercises off Palawan, the closest major Philippine island to the disputed Spratlys chain in the South China Sea, a report said Saturday. The joint exercises will begin Monday, Vice Admiral William Douglas Crowder, commander of the US seventh fleet flagship the USS Blue Ridge, told the Philippine Star newspaper. About four US ships will ... more
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