News Archive - 27 November 2009

> "We are surprised to see Norwegian authorities taking a tendentious stance and in a hasty attitude ignoring laws and rules which are respected by everyone," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said, in comments carried by the semi-official Mehr news agency. Norway's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that Ebadi's gold...

> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world is losing patience with Iran's behavior over its nuclear program and Tehran will be responsible for the consequences if it fails to meet its obligations, the White House said on Friday. Robert Gibbs, President Barack Obama's chief spokesman, said a vote by the U.

Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Shirin Ebadi says she has been threatened by the Iranian authorities Iran has denied confiscating the Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the lawyer and human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi.The foreign ministry also criticised Norway, who had earlier summoned the...

> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's vote to rebuke Iran on Friday should send a clear message that Tehran will face consequences if it fails to engage with major powers on the nuclear issue, a senior U.S. official said. "We hope that the board of governors...

VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret, and Iran said the "hasty and undue" rebuke would damage its cooperation with the agency.The resolution was the first by the 35-nation board of the...

> The International Atomic Energy Agency's governing body approved the measures sponsored by the powers to censure Tehran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret and they demanded it freeze the project immediately. "Adoption of this resolution is not only unhelpful in improving the current situation, but it will...

By Paul Reynolds World affairs correspondent, BBC News website Iran has insisted it will not stop enriching uranium The latest criticism of Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is another sign that new sanctions could be on the way.The IAEA resolution, censuring Iran's secret construction of...

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> The governors voted overwhelmingly to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret. Brown said such a conclusive vote sent "the clearest possible signal to Iran that they should desist from their nuclear plans, that the world knows what they are doing." "They should accept the...

Shirin Ebadi has criticised Iran's recent disputed presidential election Shirin Ebadi, an Iranian lawyer and former judge, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for her pioneering efforts to promote democracy and human rights, particularly for women and children.She was the first person from Iran and the first...

Nine Saudi soldiers have been seized by Houthi rebels in northern Yemen during fighting, the insurgents have said.A rebel spokesman based in Germany told BBC News that the incident took place inside Yemeni territory and urged Saudi Arabia to stay out of the conflict. The Saudi defence ministry...

> PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Iran can't divide the international community and will inevitably face more sanctions if it defies the world over its nuclear program, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday. A vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog to rebuke Iran for building a uranium...

> The International Atomic Energy Agency's board of governors voted 25-3 to censure Iran in a decision that gained rare backing from Russia and China, which have in the past blocked attempts to isolate Iran, a trade partner for both. "The fact that 25 countries from all parts of the...

> Moscow missed its initial deadline to deliver the S-300s, which could defend Iranian nuclear facilities against an Israeli strike, but has reassured Tehran that they will arrive soon, Ambassador Mahmoud Reza Sajadi said. "There were statements by certain individuals that these weapons systems would not be delivered to Iran.

> "We count on Tehran to react with full seriousness to the signal contained in the resolution... and to ensure full cooperation with the agency" the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. (Writing by Conor Humphries; Editing by Guy Faulconbridge) ((conor.humphries@thomsonreuters.com; +7495-7751242))...

TEHRAN, Iran — Norway has no right to criticize Iran for confiscating Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, Iran's foreign ministry said Friday. In Norway, where the peace prize is awarded, the government said the confiscation of the gold medal was a shocking first in the history of the...

> The International Atomic Energy Agency's governing body approved the measures sponsored by the powers to censure Tehran for developing a uranium enrichment site in secret and they demanded it freeze the project immediately. "Adoption of this resolution is not only unhelpful in improving the current situation, but it will...

> Ambassador Glyn Davies was speaking to reporters after International Atomic Energy Agency governors voted to rebuke Iran for covering up a second uranium enrichment site until September. The resolution also reflected exasperation with Iran's snub of an offer to give it fuel for nuclear medicine if it turns over...

> ** Indian state explorer Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC.BO) is seeking a 20-25 percent stake in a $7.5 billion phase-12 project of Iran's South Pars gas field, media reports said on Friday. To read more, double click on [ID:nDEL45204] ** Ranault (RENA.PA) may agree to...

Iran has confiscated human right activist Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize medal and frozen her bank accounts to pressure the critic of the Islamic regime, her colleagues told AFP on Friday.

> BANGALORE, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The following corporate finance related stories were reported by media on Friday: * Conglomerate Swire Pacific (0019.HK) (0087.HK) has shortlisted eight investment banks to handle its proposed property arm spinoff, IFR Asia, a Thomson Reuters service, reported, citing banking sources. [ID:nSP34034] *...

Armenian tennis players will participate in the tournament dated to the 21st anniversary of the 1988 earthquake.

Iran will produce its own fuel for a medical research reactor in Tehran if it is not made available by the UN atomic watchdog, a senior hardline cleric said on Saturday.

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While most Americans are celebrating Thanksgiving tomorrow, the family of U.S. Army Sgt. James Michael Nolen, 25, will be making funeral arrangements.

London, Nov 28 (IANS) A TV spin-off on hit movie 'Twilight' is said to be in the pipeline with Robert Pattinson taking his vampire character Edward Cullen to the small screen.

Milan, Nov 28 (IANS/AKI) One of Italy's largest banks, the UniCredit Group, and the European Investment Bank (EIB) have signed a 300 million euro agreement to help small and medium-sized firms hard hit by the credit crisis.

VIENNA (AP) — In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency has overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility and freeze uranium enrichment.

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VIENNA: The UN nuclear watchdog on Friday passed a resolution condemning Iran for secretly building a uranium enrichment plant and demanded the Islamic republic freeze construction of the facility.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Friday charged that Israel aims to "terminate the Palestinian people" and said he backs the establishment of Jerusalem as capital of an independent Palestinian state.

WASHINGTON — The U.N. nuclear watchdog's governing board voted overwhelmingly Friday to censure Iran for its defiant nuclear policies and demanded an immediate halt to work on a uranium-enrichment plant built in secret in mountain tunnels south of the Iranian capital.

While many Americans gorged themselves Thursday, others chose not to eat in honor of a worldwide religious observance.

In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China and three other powers that Tehran immediately stop building its newly revealed nuclear facility and freeze uranium enrichment.

Washington, Nov 28 (IANS) When it comes to plants' innate immunity, bacteria play a vital role, according to researchers.

VIENNA - The U.N. nuclear agency's board censured Iran today, with 25 nations backing a resolution that demands Tehran immediately mothball its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed U.N. Security Council resolutions calling on it to stop uranium enrichment.

Does the Obama administration share the Clinton-Bush euphoria? The steady drizzle during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s four-day visit to the US did not dampen the spirits of his entourage, which perhaps took heart from the Hindu belief that rain on a wedding day is considered propitious.

With a mother's instinct, Rehab grabbed her three-year- old daughter Arwa and ran out of the bedroom and into the living room after the sound of a loud explosion rocked the house. The Israelis were targeting an ironsmith's workshop after midnight on Saturday.

Lebanese political forces continue to haggle over the details of a ministerial statement that will define the mandate of the new coalition government for the next three and half years.

WASHINGTON - The White House says a vote by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board to censure Iran over its disputed nuclear program shows the "growing international deficit of confidence" in Iran's intentions.

"Israel is prepared to hold negotiations without preconditions with the Syrians," Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu proclaimed last week, shunning his usual rhetoric that Syria isn't serious about peace. "I prefer direct talks, but if they are with a mediator then it must be fair."

The White House says time is running out for diplomacy on the Iranian program.

On Sunday, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu repeated Turkey's willingness to try to break the international deadlock over Iran's nuclear power programme by storing the country's stockpile of enriched uranium on Turkish soil.

Sir-- I will never like to see even one sports fan attacked by another but let me say I also think Egypt has made a slight exaggeration. The Cairo government says 20 of its citizens were injured in Sudan (Sudanese authorities say three or four).

Hot on the heels of a well-attended dossier exhibition on 165 years of Iranian photography at the musée du quai Branly, the Middle Eastern and photographic theme continued at this year's Paris Photo photography show at which Iran and the Arab World were guests of honour.

Will it happen this time? The question is again being asked in the face of fresh news predicting the completion of a prisoner swap deal between Israel and Hamas.

Port-of-Spain, Nov 28 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy has requested the Indian prime minister to attend the forthcoming climate change summit in Copenhagen and Manmohan Singh has assured him at the ongoing Commonwealth meet at this Trinidad and Tobago capital that he would discuss the proposal with his cabinet colleagues.

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In a blow to Iran, the board of the U.N. nuclear agency on Friday overwhelmingly backed a demand from the U.S., Russia, China...

The US Secret Service may begin a criminal investigation against the Virginia couple who crashed a high-profile White House dinner, an agency spokesman says.

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Even Russia, China join in condemnation

Today is Saturday, Nov. 28, the 332nd day of 2009. There are 33 days left in the year.

IN A brief report that captured the essence of the game, Fiba Asia reporter S. Magheswaran wrote that in the Fiba Asia Under-16 Championships semifinal duel between the Philippines and China in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, “the Philippines won hearts, China the game.”

Police suspect a train crash that killed 25 people may have been a terrorist attack. The last four carriages of the Nevski Express which links Moscow to St Petersburg was derailed. A crater located near where the train came off the tracks has led police to suspect terrorism.

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Support from Russia and China gives more force to a U.N. nuclear watchdog resolution denouncing Iran's nuclear program, officials said.

The US Secret Service will investigate a couple who gatecrashed a high-profile White House dinner.

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In Tokyo the Nikkei 225 dived 3.22% as the Japanese yen soared.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service may begin a criminal investigation against the Virginia couple who crashed a high-profile White House dinner, an agency spokesman said Friday.

BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Ever isolated by the United States and its European allies, Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is increasingly forging ties in Latin America, and not just with fervently anti-American leaders such as Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez.

Iran's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ambassador Ali Asghar Soltaniyeh attends a board of governors meeting in Vienna November 26, 2009.

UN NUCLEAR watchdog chiefs voted to rebuke Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret but Tehran dismissed the move as “intimidation” which would poison its negotiations with world powers.

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Secret Service "Embarrassed" by Crashing, Director Says; Agency Mum on Details of Breach for Possible Criminal Investigation

The resounding censure of Iran on Friday by the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the U.N. nuclear watchdog, signals the start of a potentially more confrontational phase in the Obama administration's dealings with the Islamic republic, including the prospect of strengthened U.S.-led...

The UN has censured Iran and has demanded it halt construction of a newly-revealed uranium enrichment plant.

Washington, Nov 28 (DPA) Golf luminary Tiger Woods was slightly injured Friday in an early morning car accident just outside his home near Orlando, Florida, and was treated at a nearby hospital before being released, his publicist and the hospital said.

Columnists Mark Shields and David Brooks go over the week's headlines, including President Obama's upcoming Afghanistan announcement and his promise to curb carbon emissions.

An event is set for Dec. 12 in Flat Rock to allow parents and grandparents to learn how to protect children from toxic toys, state Rep. Deborah Kennedy (D–Brownstown Twp.) said.

Port of Spain, Nov 28 (IANS) A day after the first anniversary of the Mumbai attacks, Britain and France assured India about their intention to 'stay the course in Afghanistan' and redouble their efforts to combat terrorism emanating from Pakistan and the region.

Los Angeles, Nov 28 (DPA) Video game franchise Call of Duty has racked up over $3 billion in global sales thanks to the record-breaking release of its latest installment Modern Warfare 2, publisher Activision Blizzard said Friday.

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The United Nations' nuclear watchdog's board censured Iran yesterday, with 25 nations backing a resolution demanding that Tehran immediately freeze construction of its

Source: Reuters By Yara Bayoumy KABUL, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Moussa Khan had just been making his way back from a long day's work at a copper mine south of Kabul thinking about the son he lost a week earlier to a ...

CHINA lived up to their top billing by crushing South Korea 104-69 in the final of the Asia Under-16 (men's) basketball championship at Johor Baru City Council Indoor Stadium yesterday.

Iran's most outspoken human rights activist, Shirin Ebadi, whose Nobel prize has been seized by the Islamic regime, is in danger of being imprisoned or placed under permanent house arrest if she returns to Tehran, her supporters warned yesterday. They demanded that the international community place the Islamic regime's human...

Tiger Woods sustained facial cuts in a minor car accident early Friday when his SUV hit a fire hydrant and a neighbor's tree as he was leaving his mansion in a gated waterfront community near Orlando, Fla.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Friday said Iran's alleged seizure of human rights activist Shrin Ebadi's bank accounts and Nobel prize medal was "deeply reprehensible," and called on Iran to end its harassment of the lawyer.

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WASHINGTON - US AND international patience over Iran's nuclear program is 'limited,' the White House said on Friday, hours after the International Atomic Energy Agency censured Teheran. 'Our patience and that of the international community is limited, and time is running out,' White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a...

Florida authorities: Tiger Woods injured in early morning car accident outside his mansion

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Moscow dpa) - At least 10 people were killed and 130 passengers were injured Friday in a train derailment between Moscow and St Petersburg, the state press agency Ria Nowosti reported. At least three cars of the express train were derailed, according...

TEHRAN, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Iranian officials denied allegations from Norway that human rights activist Shirin Ebadi's Nobel Peace Prize was confiscated.

Militants have had a resurgence in Kunduz, a province that U.S. officials didn’t think they had to worry about.

BRODHEAD — Glistening snow. Fluttering flakes. The warmth of the crackling fire, and the smell of pine wafting over from Christmas trees.

With the support of Russia and China, the panel also demanded that Iran freeze operations at a once-secret uranium enrichment plant.

Washington - The United States views Sunday's controversial elections in Honduras as a critical step towards restoring democratic order in the country, but other measures will be needed to give a new government legitimacy, the State Department said...

Port of Spain: India, which voted for the IAEA resolution against Iran’s failure to implement fully all its safeguard obligations under the IAEA regime, has also made clear that this resolution should not be the basis of a “renewed ...

Clearest signal that Iran should desist from its nuclear plans, say major powers

The UN has censured Iran and has demanded it halt construction of a newly-revealed uranium enrichment plant.