News Archive - 2 September 2011

>VIENNA (Reuters) - The watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency is "increasingly concerned" about possible work in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, the IAEA said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters on Friday. In addition to addressing the issue of alleged military dimensions to Iran's nuclear...

VIENNA — The UN nuclear agency said Wednesday it is “increasingly concerned” about a stream of intelligence information suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program.

>VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear agency has invited its members -- including Israel, Arab states and Iran -- to attend rare talks later this year about the volatile Middle East and efforts to rid the world of atomic bombs, it said on Friday. While Israel and some Arab...

>ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A NATO early-warning radar system will be deployed in Turkey to help spot missile threats coming from outside Europe, including potentially from Iran, the Turkish and U.S. governments said on Friday. "Turkey's hosting of this element will constitute our country's contribution to the defense system being...

Head of Iran Space Agency (ISA) Hamid Fazeli says the country's Rassad (Observation) satellite has successfully completed its mission following its launch in mid-June.

TBILISI, Georgia - The rattling olive Audi A4 with two middle-aged smugglers attracted little attention as it slithered through this former Soviet republic one morning in February, speeding toward the Turkish border.

Luis Orlando DelValle is facing a boxer far inferior to his last opponent, but winning is hardly DelValle's singular goal. Looking good is almost as important as he tries to open avenues toward a title fight.

Tehran, September 1 (KCNA) -- The deputy chief of Staff of the General Command of Armed Forces of Iran denounced the double-dealing attitude of the West towards the issue of terror on Aug. 30.

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Pyongyang, September 2 (KCNA) -- The U.S. is stepping up the production of Bunker Buster. Its air force has already put an order for it with munitions industry.

Tehran, September 1 (KCNA) -- Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that the global arrogance is doing its best to blow a strike on Iran's economy, but the vigilance of Iranian officials and the resistance of the Iranian nation will foil their efforts.

PARACHINAR, Sept 2: Eleven people were killed and two others got injuries when unknown assailants attacked passenger vans in Kurram Agency on Thursday and Friday, sources said.

CANBERRA (AFP) - United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he had concerns about Australia's approach towards refugees, even as he praised the "model" nation for its record on the world stage.

I wonder how many journalists covering Libya are aware that the African continent is the world’s most peaceful when it comes to interstate wars.

It was a music to the ears of many Iranian football fans; Miroslav Blazevic, the 76-year-old experienced Croatian manager returned to – what he described as - “his second home” after 10 years.

Country's export provides about quarter of income

'You start with the fact that he's Lazarus and proceed from there,' one author says of Castro.

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The UN nuclear watchdog says it is "increasingly concerned" that Iran is working on components for a nuclear weapons programme.

It won’t become law anytime soon, but a bill to be introduced in the House next week to revolutionize how America finances UN activities is already stirring up Turtle Bay. Which needs it. A top member of the US delegation to the UN, Ambassador Joseph Torsella, publicly complained this...

A python has undergone emergency surgery in the US after a man allegedly bit the creature twice. Related Stories UN concern over Iran nuclear work Poodle Ted is a fire rescue hero Calderon vows to clean-up policing US sues bank giants over mortgages Saggy trousers rocker grounded

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong says his sagging trousers cost him a seat on a US flight. Related Stories UN concern over Iran nuclear work Poodle Ted is a fire rescue hero Calderon vows to clean-up policing US sues bank giants over mortgages Cops put squeeze on 'python biter'

National squad starts off road to the 2014 World Cup with 4-1 qualifying win over St. Lucia at BMO Field on Friday

Friday marked the beginning of the third round of 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers through the Asian Football Confederation, with 10 matches in total played across the continent.

TORONTO -- With the sounds of the Canadian National Exhibition’s midway reverberating around BMO Field, Canada took their boisterous fans on a roller-coaster ride en route to a 4-1 victory over St. Lucia to open their World Cup qualifying campaign.

DAEGU, South Korea: Oscar Pistorius’ history-making participation at the world championships ended with a silver medal after his [...]

TORONTO - Josh Simpson scored twice as Canada started its 2014 World Cup qualifying journey in somewhat unconvincing fashion before dispatching Caribbean minnow St. Lucia 4-1 Friday night.

View full sizeAP photoA job postings board is shown at Central City Concern employment access center today in Portland, Ore. U.S. employers stopped adding jobs in August, an alarming setback for an economy that has struggled to grow and...

Both ‘Britannia’ and the Western alliance are losing the means to perpetuate military-political hegemony worldwide.

Bandar Seri Begawan - Two of the 15 teams participating in the Butra Heidelberg Cement Tour de Brunei 2011 are scheduled to touch down in Brunei Darussalam tomorrow for the inaugural prestigious cycling championship from Sept 7-11.

Funding for the United Nations should not be cut based on the actions of some of its members. It's like blaming Madison Square Garden for the New York Knicks losing a game.

Autocrats and royals across the Middle East and North Africa face an increasingly urgent decision on how their legacy will survive internal political pressures. A lasting role for the royal family or for a dictator's child is Copyright 2011 Vail Daily. All rights reserved. This material may not be published,...

Attorney-General Robert McClelland says WikiLeaks' decision to publish the full unredacted cache of more than 250,000 US diplomatic cables is an extremely concerning move.

THE visit by United States Vice-President Joe Biden to China, meant to introduce Washington to the next Chinese leader Xi Jinping -- who will visit the US in a few months -- went relatively well and shows that both countries want to maintain stable relations at a time when the...

SWOG has selected four talented, early-career researchers for its 2011 Young Investigator Training Course. These four will attend a three-day workshop September 19 - 21 in Seattle, Wash., for intensive training in how to design and conduct cancer clinical trials.

Sahm Adrangi, hedge-fund manager, has become the Canadian member of an exclusive club of aggressive short-sellers who target Chinese-based companies listed in North American exchanges, reaping millions in the process

The US government has begun legal action against the nation's largest banks, along with a handful of other financial institutions and executives, over the sale of home mortgage-backed securities. Related Stories US government 'set to sue banks' Rebels closing in on Gaddafi town UN concern over Iran nuclear work Poodle...

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TEHRAN: Iran on Friday welcomed as a "step forward" a UN report on its nuclear activities, saying it highlighted positive steps taken by Tehran towards "cooperation and transparency."

The first time information from the 251,287 US diplomatic cables obtained by WikiLeaks was made public, the howls of rage came from Washington.

The UN nuclear agency has said it is "increasingly concerned" about intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to secretly work on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons programme.

It seems that French President Nicolas Sarkozy has warmed to the role of Napoleon. The events in Libya have infatuated him. Gaddafi has not been toppled yet, but Sarkozy already threatens Iran. It...

IRAN'S state radio said at least 90 people have died in road accidents around the country in three days of the end of Ramadan holiday, Eid al-Fitr.

A lot of really strange analysis has been coming out on the subject of Obama Administration foreign policy following the apparant toppling of the Ghaddafi regime in Libya. Broadly criticized by opinion leaders of the left and right on his Libya policy until recently, it seems that many decided ...

Turkey and Iran have not done enough to protect civilians while carrying out strikes against Kurdish separatists in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, Human Rights Watch said Friday.

The day following the fall of Tripoli to CIA/NATO backed rebels, Cynthia McKinney spoke at Cleveland State University in downtown Cleveland about her fact-finding mission to Libya.

THE International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is "increasingly concerned" about possible work in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, it said in a

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At the height of his high-octane, adrenaline-fuelled days in the SAS, John McAleese was said to know no fear and feel no pain.

Authoritarian regimes often dream through propaganda. To see what they're fantasizing about, we regularly check in on what state-controlled media outlets have been churning out. Kim Jong-il looking powerful The Korean Central News Agency, you might be surprised to learn, has its own version of the wacky  Kim Jong-il Looking...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Turkey has agreed to host a U.S. radar installation to detect Iranian rockets on one of its bases, officials say.

While Pakistan is classified globally as a low-income country, in at least one industry, the wages for unskilled labourers have risen too high for the industry to compete effectively: the handmade carpets industry.

An International Atomic Energy Agency report, dated and leaked Friday, said Iran continues to defy U.N. resolutions aimed at curbing its nuclear program and cited "increasing" concerns it may be developing nuclear weapons

Global Film Initiative: Nine views of the developing world By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 2, 2011 03:31PM MDT The Global Film Initiative makes its eighth annual visit to Utah, bringing unique views of life in developing nations to the Broadway Centre Cinemas, 111 E. 300...

Jake Pavelka & Vienna Girardi: Watching these two narcissistic, fame-seeking neurotics spar with each other is like watching the Iran-Iraq War of the 1980s. There is no one to cheer for.

VIENNA (Reuters) - North Korea may have used a "clandestine supply network" to acquire technology and information needed for an uranium enrichment facility the reclusive Asian state revealed late last year, the U.N. nuclear agency said in a report.

Westlake doctor made his way to Ground Zero to try to help while in medical school and living in New Jersey,

— The UN nuclear agency said Friday it is “increasingly concerned” about a stream of intelligence suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program.

The opening matchday of Asia's third qualifying round for the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil™ sent shockwaves across the continent, with favourites struggling to prove their credentials while underdogs stated their intention to mount a serious challenge.

International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano's latest report has confirmed that Iran's civilian nuclear activities are transparent and have not been diverted, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA says, Press TV reports.

Reuters/Vienna The UN nuclear agency has invited all its members, including Israel, Arab states and Iran, to attend rare talks later this year about the volatile Middle East and efforts to rid the world of atomic bombs, a document showed yesterday.

Ukraine came close to ending Brazil’s lengthy unbeaten FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup run, while new boys Tahiti won their first ever game in the competition.

Now in its 14th year, the Outflix Film Festival, which features gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender films from around the world, suddenly finds it...

Long a leader in intel, surveillance and recon, Israel aims to master the cyber-realm, too.

FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GENEVA Three Swiss men suspected of aiding an international nuclear smuggling ring that supplied Libya and Iran are likely to face charges this fall, prosecutors said Friday. Urs Tinner, his brother Marco and their father Friedrich have been under investigation by Swiss authorities for almost a...

Reuters/Vienna The watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency is “increasingly concerned” about possible work in Iran to develop a nuclear payload for a missile, the IAEA said in a confidential report obtained by Reuters yesterday.

International Atomic Energy Agency report cites credible information concerning Tehran's recent nuclear activities

Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle has said Germany won't attend an anti-racism conference due to concerns about anti-Semitism. Westerwelle said, however, that Germany remains committed to the fight against racism.

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Some U.S. companies are finding that the cost of switching to vehicles that run on alternative fuels is worth it over the long haul.

Rather than apologising for Israel's killing of nine Turkish activists, the prime minister dug in he heels.

The UN nuclear watchdog is getting more and more worried about a possible military dimension to Iran's nuclear activities, a new report reveals.

The rest of the world wants to see Bashar al-Assad out, but for Iran, he's essential.

The UN nuclear agency said it is "increasingly concerned" about a stream of intelligence information suggesting that Iran continues to work secretly on developing a nuclear payload for a missile and other components of a nuclear weapons program.

TEHRAN— Iran on Friday welcomed as a “step forward” a UN report on its nuclear activities, saying it highlighted positive steps taken by Tehran towards “cooperation and transparency.”

In 1995, the city of Gaziantep, on the southeastern edge of Turkey’s Anatolian plain, was under siege. Its crumbling medieval center was swamped with refugees from a civil war between insurgent Kurds and the Turkish Army that eventually left...

A poodle has saved a man's life in the United States by leading firefighters through a smoke-filled house to the 19-year-old asleep in the basement. Related Stories Syrian troops surround mosques EU imposes embargo on Syrian oil US government 'set to sue banks' Rebels closing in on Gaddafi town UN...

Controversial source documents deserve wider airing, Wikileaks style The tsunami of flannel emanating from John Key, Phil Goff and the former Defence top dogs will not bury Nicky Hager's latest exposure on New Zealand's involvement...

CERNOBBIO, Italy -- Amr Moussa, a leading candidate for the presidency of Egypt, said Friday that he had warned Hosni Mubarak days before his fall to call off security forces who attacked demonstrators but was ignored by an authoritarian ruler who seemed convinced he could ride out the popular uprising.

BAGHDAD (AP) - August marked the first month since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that no American forces have died, according to an Associated Press tally.

The Associated Press The Associated Press VIENNA A report from the U.N. nuclear agency strengthens suspicions that — like Iran — North Korea turned to black market suppliers to set up its uranium enrichment plant. The report says the layout of equipment and other details observed last year by...

Iran defeated Indonesia in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Asian qualifying round Group E courtesy of two goals from captain Javad Nekounam and one from substitute Andranik Teymourian on Friday.

It is clear that Netanyahu wants to preserve the status quo, even if it means that Israel reverts to a position where every one of its neighbors is an actual or potential enemy.

DAN PERRY Associated Press CERNOBBIO, Italy Amr Moussa, a leading candidate for the presidency of Egypt, said Friday that he had warned Hosni Mubarak days before his fall to call off security forces who attacked demonstrators but was ignored by an authoritarian ruler who seemed convinced he could ride out...

“War is an attitude, wherein you might not clearly see any particular operation” (Thomas Hobbes)

PAUL HAVEN Associated Press HAVANA It's been more than a year since Fidel Castro burst back on the scene with a spate of public appearances and dire warnings of nuclear Armageddon. But after a flurry of activity that quieted speculation about his exit from the world stage, the Cuban revolutionary's...

Rather than apologising for Israel's killing of nine Turkish activists, the prime minister dug in he heels.

TEHRAN, Sept. 2 (MNA) -- The long-awaited United Nations inquiry into Israel’s attack on the Mavi Marmara, the flagship of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, on May 31, 2010 has ruled that Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip is both legal and appropriate.

After traveling the world, living and studying in different places, Kambiz Ahmad, returns to Windsor to teach high school classes where he was once named Valedictorian.

Iran's envoy to the UN on Friday urged the international community to reject nuclear weapons and impose a total ban on nuclear tests.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC praised Germany for withdrawing from this month's tenth anniversary commemoration of the UN World Conference on Racism. The event, known as Durban 3, will take place at the UN in New York on September 22. (Logo:...

A senior commander of Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) says any act of aggression from the enemy will be met with a crushing response.

Turkey ordered the expulsion of Israel's ambassador and other senior diplomats stationed there on Friday, a dramatic slap against its one-time close ally over its failure to apologize for a deadly raid last year on a Gaza-bound ship in a flotilla loaded with humanitarian aid.

From partial de-funding efforts to the recent "reform" bill, Republican moves against the UN risk U.S. global leadership and would cost far more than they'd save

The UN nuclear agency is "increasingly concerned" that Iran is still secretly developing a nuclear payload for a missile.

Warner Bros has sent out the obligatory press release to announce the commencement of filming on Ben Affleck's third film as director, Argo. We've known most of the cast for a while: Affleck, Alan Arkin, Bryan Cranston, and John Goodman, with more recent additions Kyle Chandler, Tate Donovan, Rory Cochrane...

Canada opened its World Cup qualifying campaign in less than emphatic fashion with a 4-1 win over St. Lucia Friday night in Toronto, taking its first step towards qualification for the 2014 tournament in Brazil.

On receiving her ISFA Award, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad said, "I am happy to receive the award from (filmmakers) Jafar Panahi and Naser Taqvaii. I would become even happier if Panahi and I could make a film, and if the cinema policymakers would think about what they will say to the next...