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US to probe 'revelation' of Iran nuclear trigger workWashington (AFP) Dec 15, 2009 The United States said Tuesday it will investigate a British newspaper report that Iran is working on a trigger for a nuclear bomb, adding the "revelation" fueled concerns about Iranian intentions. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley's remarks appear to give credence to a report in The Times on Monday saying it had obtained notes describing a four-year plan by Iran to test a neutron in ... read more |
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Baghdad (AFP) Dec 15, 2009An eight-day-old baby was among five people killed in separate attacks Tuesday in Iraq, including car bombs in Baghdad and bombings that struck two churches in the main northern city of Mosul. Three car bombs rocked Baghdad, killing four people in the fourth wave of coordinated attacks in as many months, and wounding 14 others. Baby Teba Saad Yunis was killed in the Mosul bombings, her ... more  
Sanaa, Yemen (UPI) Dec 15, 2009 Saudi Arabia's intelligence service has established a station in Yemen's capital ostensibly to help coordinate a joint campaign against northern Shiite rebels along the kingdom's border. But its main task is understood to be hunting down the Yemen-based operatives of a resurgent al-Qaida that threatens the Saudi monarchy, and eliminating them with extreme prejudice. The Saudis ... more  
Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2009The White House said Tuesday it had no current plans to sign a landmark nuclear arms reduction pact with Russia in Copenhagen, or anywhere else this week, following reports a deal was near. "We are not planning currently for a signing ceremony in Copenhagen," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. "We are not planning to visit any nearby countries on that trip," he said, though added ... more |
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Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Iraq's Kurds on Tuesday slammed a Turkish court's ban on the main Turkish Kurdish political party and said it hoped the decision would not derail Ankara's efforts to end a Kurdish rebellion that has repeatedly spilled over the border. "The president's office expresses its anger at the Turkish constitutional court's outlawing of the Democratic Society Party (DTP)," said a statement released ... more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 15, 2009The White House Tuesday defended President Barack Obama's open hand policy towards Iran, after Hillary Clinton said nearly a year of offering dialogue to the Islamic state had achieved little progress. Obama spokesman Robert Gibbs argued that the strategy of initially offering to engage Iran had convinced world powers to form a united front against Tehran when it did not respond to the ... more 
London (AFP) Dec 15, 2009Recession-hit Britain announced 900 million pounds for new helicopters and equipment for the war in Afghanistan Tuesday, but said it would have to close a military base and cut staff to pay for it. Defence Secretary Bob Ainsworth said the money, worth 1.5 billion dollars or one billion euros over three years, would pay for 22 new Chinook helicopters and equipment including body armour ... more |
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