News Archive - 14 June 2011

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Worried that Congress will not act in time to raise the country's borrowing cap, the Obama administration is enlisting the business community to persuade lawmakers that a default will have dire consequences. Outgoing White House economic adviser Austan Goolsbee is set to talk to a slew of...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Oil prices will rise and could harm the economy if an expected supply shortage materializes later this year, OPEC Secretary General Abdullah al-Badri said on Tuesday. Consumer countries urged the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries to pump more to replace supplies shut down in Libya and...

>ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Sunday's election has given Leyla Zana a fresh chance to voice her political vision for Turkey's Kurds in parliament, 20 years after causing uproar when she spoke Kurdish at her first oath-swearing ceremony there. The former Nobel Peace Prize nominee, who subsequently spent 10 years in jail...

> * Female directors focus on violence against women By Amie Ferris-Rotman and Sayed Hassib KABUL, June 14 (Reuters) - A young bride silently sobs on the floor watching her mentally disturbed husband gorge on chicken, rub his greasy hands through his hair and scream at her for more, just...

>DUBAI/KHOBAR, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's crude output is expected to jump to nearly 10 million barrels per day (bpd) in June but the world's top oil exporter could pump slightly less in July, industry sources said. The kingdom pledged last week it would increase production regardless of official...

> The Panama-flagged ship, based in Egypt's Port Said, was carrying cement when it was seized on Aug. 2, 2010, with a crew of 23. * SOCOTRA 1: Seized on Dec. 25, 2009, in the Gulf of Aden. The Yemeni-owned ship had six Yemeni crew. * ICEBERG 1: Seized on...

> Hu told President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, both in the central Asian country's capital Astana ahead of the summit, that Iran should "take substantial steps" to establish trust and "promote the process of dialogue," state news agency Xinhua said. "This is not only in the interest of the Iranian side, but...

>AMMAN (Reuters) - Thousands of Syrians fled the historic town of Maarat al-Numaan on Tuesday to escape tank forces thrusting into the country's north in a widening military campaign to crush protests against President Bashar al-Assad. In the tribal east, where all of Syria's 380,000 barrels per day of oil...

>WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - It was to be a swap felt around the world -- a plan privately discussed by the world's largest oil exporter and the globe's biggest consumer to take the heat out of $120-plus oil prices. In the weeks leading up to the failed June OPEC meeting, U.

Mumbai Police, considered one of the best crime-fighting forces in the world, has had one allegation come up against it, every once in a while-- that of a nexus with the underworld. The latest man in khaki to come under the scanner is Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Anil Mahabole,...

ASTANA, Kazakhstan - President Hu Jintao urged Iran on Tuesday to seize "positive factors" that will accelerate the dialogue necessary for resolving the country's nuclear issue.

The couple have decided to cancel their nuptials just five days before they were due to tie the knot on Saturday (June 18) at the Playboy Mansion.

Just two days after a bitter and ugly slugfest between civil society representatives and the government, the Lokpal drafting panel meets today. The last meeting was boycotted by the civil society members, but ahead of today’s meeting, Anna Hazare has struck a conciliatory note. Mr Hazare has said that all...

DAMASCUS: Syrian troops continued their crackdown in the north of the country, with more civilian deaths reported, as the United States accused Iran of backing the assault on pro-democracy protesters.

It's hot, it doesn't keep the sun out of your eyes, and you need two hands and a mirror to make sure it's on straight. After 10 years of complaints, the Army is all but ditching the black wool beret and allowing soldiers to go back to the old brimmed...

Both ‘Britannia’ and the Western alliance are losing the means to perpetuate military-political hegemony worldwide. Britain was once a proud maritime power, with a foremost Royal Navy that policed a global empire on which “the sun never set”.

With the former and current Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu at war, it is the students of the state who are bearing the brunt. Most schools in Tamil Nadu are reopening today after summer vacation, but most students will have to go to school without text books for at least...

# fashionpolice The Iranian government, which last year banned the mullet , calling it a "decadent western [hair]cut," is reportedly deploying some 70,000 literal fashion police to enforce the newest style Dos and Don'ts of the "moral security plan." For women, this means no more loose-fitting headscarves, tight jackets...

Assessing the regional security implications of events in Syria is as difficult as understanding how its internal dynamics will resolve themselves. The revolutionary wave sweeping the Middle East has torn apart the old political order. Consequently, the strategic plans of the main parties are in disarray. That is certainly...

Last week, our families published information that has been gnawing away at us for many months: my brother Josh and his friend Shane Bauer have been beaten while in Evin Prison in Iran and feared that they would be executed shortly after their arrest nearly 23 months ago. Shane...

Two years after the June 2009 sham presidential elections in Iran and consequent mass anti-regime uprisings, the honeymoon seems to be over for the regime's beleaguered president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is now at loggerheads with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, who actually secured his "victory" two years ago. Their floundering alliance...

Shahram Karimi: The Rose Garden of Remembrance at Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery in Manhattan Shahram Karimi is the consummate artist, master of many mediums: painting, drawing, collage, set design, video and poetry. This Iranian born prophet carries battered suitcases blazoned with his itinerant refugee status committed into the very...