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Tehran mayor backs talks with US Tokyo (AFP) Oct 17, 2008 
The mayor of Tehran, a possible contender for the Iranian presidency, said Friday his country would welcome talks with the United States as supported by White House contender Barack Obama. Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, a harsh critic of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, expressed hope that Obama would make good on calls to hold dialogue with Iran should the Democrat win the November 4 election. ... read morePakistan airstrikes kill 60 militants, hostage escapes: officials 
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 18, 2008Airstrikes by Pakistani jets killed 60 pro-Taliban fighters in the restive northwest while a Chinese engineer seized seven weeks ago escaped from his kidnappers, security officials said Friday. "Security forces destroyed a training camp and hideouts of militants in Peochar in Swat valley, killing 60 of them and injuring scores of others," a senior security official told AFP. Another secu ... more
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Mongolia signs landmark mining deal with French nuclear giant
IEA forecasts record nuclear electricity production in 2025 Russia PM meets Vietnam president, seeking deeper ties Iran unveils spy ship during major war games: state media Iranian president warns Trump against risking 'war' Iran FM says European powers appear serious about resuming nuclear talks Russia, Vietnam sign nuclear energy deal Iran, European powers hold 'constructive' nuclear talks Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return Iran, European powers to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return 
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NKorea's Kim believed still in charge: South Korean minister
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il is believed to remain in control of the government despite reports of ill health but the situation in the isolated country is unpredictable, South Korea's defense minister said Friday. Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee, joined by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates at a news conference, said the United States and South Korea were monitoring the situation closely. ... more NKorea must change to ease massive malnutrition: Seoul official 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 17, 2008South Korea is willing to give the North unconditional food aid but the communist state must fundamentally change its system to end massive long-term malnutrition, a senior official said Friday. Chief nuclear negotiator Kim Sook also said a decade of engagement under previous liberal Seoul governments had largely been a failure. He was speaking a day after the North threatened to cut all ... more Kurdish rebels say four die in Turkish air attack 
Ankara (AFP) Oct 17, 2008Four Kurdish rebels died Friday when Turkish warplanes attacked their positions in the north of Iraq, the Kurdish news agency Firat News reported. The rebels were members of an Iranian group associated with the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK), it said, citing sources in the group. The Turkish army confirmed the raids, saying that all the aircraft had returned safely and that the operation ... more  |
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'Distinct' risk if Uighurs released on US soil: Bush administration
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008The Bush administration believes the 17 Chinese Muslim Uighurs detained at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp should not be released into the United States because they pose a "risk distinct to this nation," according to court documents obtained by AFP on Friday. The potential risks, said the US Justice Department, were compounded by the fact "that petitioners were detained for six years by the ... more Gates assures Iraq withdrawal agreement protects US troops 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday that he and top US military officers believe that US troops would be well protected under a draft status agreement for a withdrawal process negotiated with Iraq. Gates told reporters he had received a "generally positive response" from four lawmakers he had consulted, including Republican candidate John McCain, "but clearly they are looking forwa ... more Sri Lanka destroys food aid withheld from tsunami victims 
Colombo (AFP) Oct 17, 2008Sri Lanka said Friday it would destroy a consignment of more than five tonnes of rotting rice and lentils meant for victims of the December 2004 Asian tsunami. District officials in the southern city of Galle said the food aid had not been distributed among the needy in the coastal town of Habaraduwa due to bureaucratic bungling. "It's the fault of the cooperative society in Habaraduwa ... more China quake rumour-monger jailed for four years: court 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2008A 19-year-old man who hacked into a government website just after southwest China's devastating earthquake and warned of another huge tremor has been jailed for four years, a court said Friday. The court in Nanning, capital of the southern Guangxi region, convicted Chen Zhifeng of deliberately spreading false and terrifying news. Chen hacked into the website of Guangxi's seismological bu ... more |
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