News Archive - 7 June 2011

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has sent submarines to the Red Sea in the first such deployment by the country's navy in distant waters, a semi-official news agency reported on Tuesday. The deployment reflects Iran's efforts to show off its naval power. Iran has long sought to upgrade its air...

In his speech last month about the seismic shifts unfolding in the Middle East, President Obama referred to the "shouts of human dignity... being heard across the region" and said, "The question before us is what role America will play as this story unfolds." The ousting of several...

Thirty years ago, I was a young Reuters correspondent in Tel Aviv. It was a sleepy June day, as I recall -- the festival of Shavuoth. People were at the beach, or hiking in the hills or in synagogue. That afternoon, I went to the office to begin what...

>Obama, in a White House meeting with Crown Prince Sheikh Salman bin Hamad al-Khalifa, voiced support for moves toward a national dialogue and insisted the stability of the Gulf kingdom "depends upon respect for universal human rights," the White House said.The meeting came after King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa,...

>The oil exporters group meets on Wednesday and Gulf Arab members are pushing for an output increase of at least 1.4 million barrels per day."We do not agree with production being increased now, we must continue to consolidate balance in the market and we have to defend fair...

At the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, President Obama invited all governments, international organizations, private industry, and civil society to deepen Inter-American collaboration by joining the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas (ECPA).

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has deplored the interference of the United States and its allies in Syria, saying the country is capable of resolving its domestic problems.

VIENNA, Austria - Mideast turmoil, a faltering world economy and divisions on whether to raise crude production promise to make today's OPEC meeting one of the more volatile in recent history.

WikiLeaks' leaking of classified information should be considered a blessing for the US government, and other governments should take heed of the lessons when it comes to information sharing, according to a former member of Barack Obama presidential campaign.

VIENNA (AFP) - The OPEC oil cartel mulled an output hike Tuesday ahead of a crucial production meeting, as it seeks to help the faltering global economy and address vocal consumer calls for lower crude prices.

• President: 'We will deal with those who carried out this ugly job' • Ambassador says women's team's suspension is 'inhumane' The president of Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has called Fifa "dictators and colonialists", after world football's governing body banned the Iranian women's national team from an Olympic qualifier because their...

The Indonesian and Iranian governments have reached a double taxation preventing agreement between the two countries

# huh FIFA has a lot of problems right now, and given that Sepp Blatter has enlisted Placido Domingo and Henry Kissinger to solve them, they're not gonna get solved. More »

A curator's signature on an online petition is not enough. The great museums should publicise China's detainee via their sites One of the most successful attempts to galvanise public support for the detained Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has been a petition started by the Guggenheim Museum and other art institutions.

Mideast turmoil, a faltering world economy, and divisions on whether to raise crude production promise to make today’s OPEC meeting one of the more volatile in recent history.

>PARIS, June 7 (Reuters) - Dominique Strauss-Kahn's exit from France's presidential race as he faces a long legal battle over attempted rape charges has thrown the 2012 election campaign into disarray. As the Socialist Party looks for a replacement for the man who was seen as its star candidate and...

> * Gulf Arabs want OPEC output target upped at least 1.4 mbpd * Iran, Venezuela, Iraq oppose increase (updates throughout) By Amena Bakr and Alex Lawler VIENNA, June 7 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is planning to lift oil output sharply this month in a bid rein in high...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia is planning to lift oil output sharply in June, whatever policy OPEC adopts this week, in an effort to rein in high fuel prices. Riyadh expects to lift production by more than 500,000 barrels a day in June to its highest for three years, a...

> Iran has offered India various options to end an impasse on payments, including a choice of currencies and paying on a cargo-by-cargo basis, after India's central bank scrapped a long-standing payment system in December under pressure from the United States. "I do not think so," Shinichi Nishimiya, deputy foreign...

> When asked at a news conference whether the P5+1 group -- the United States, France, Germany, China, Russia and Britain -- could offer any incentive to stop Iran's enrichment, he answered with the one word: "No".

>VIENNA (Reuters) - War in Libya, Qatari support for its rebel army and rivalries between Saudi Arabia and Iran need not scupper OPEC's attempts to forge a new oil output deal in Vienna. The 50 year-old group has held together through two Gulf wars involving its members and the protracted,...

America's enemies and competitors - from al-Qaeda to China and Russia- are ramping up their ability to launch devastating...

Release Time:  For Immediate Release Location:  East Room 11:41 A.M. EDT      PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Please, everyone, have a seat.  Good morning again.  It is an honor to welcome my good friend and partner Chancellor Merkel back to the White House.  We had a wonderful dinner last night,...

WASHINGTON (AP) - After a spate of discouraging economic reports, President Barack Obama insisted Tuesday he's not afraid of the country slipping into a double-dip recession. But at the same time he displayed some impatience that the pace of the recovery has "got to accelerate."

The country is fine with $115 per barrel oil, despite the U.S. desire for less pain at the pump.

Iranian president Ahmadinejad says that current sanctions not impacting country’s economy

Research from Iran shows a vast improvement in fertility when heifers received supplemental cooling. During the study, researchers housed Holstein heifers in a shaded structure during July. Upon estrus detection, they assigned heifers to one of three treatment groups:

The OPEC oil cartel mulled a possible output boost Tuesday on the eve of a crucial production meeting against a background of deep divisions over Libya and consumer calls for lower prices.

An American woman who spent 14 months in an Iranian prison accused of spying has spoken to Channel 4 News about the plight of two men who are still being held in Tehran.

Iran is willing to hold nuclear talks but its atomic advances have “no brake and no reverse gear” according to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Amid fears it is developing nuclear weapons, world powers want Tehran to stop enriching uranium.