News Archive - 16 November 2014

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi said Iran's human rights situation has not improved despite President Hassan Rouhani's promises of change. She urged the U.N. General Assembly to approve a resolution criticizing the country's abuses.

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News analysis: Under no circumstances should US ground combat forces be sent to Syria, nor should they be redeployed in Iraq except in the most limited capacity to support Iraqi military units. To do otherwise would only play into the hands of the terrorists who taunted Obama in the propaganda...

Paris (AFP) Nov 15, 2014 Secret "Russian subs" off Sweden, tit-for-tat sanctions, NATO fighters scrambling to intercept Russian warplanes: relations between the West and Moscow over Ukraine have sparked incidents reminiscent of the Cold War that terrified the world for decades. Even Cold War doyen Mikhail Gorbachev used the highly...

November 14, 2014. Defining Youth Participation First, let us define the broad term of political participation , and then we will define the more specific term of youth activism . Political participation is...

Obama headed home Sunday on a collision course with Republicans on immigration and Keystone, showdowns that could mean a fight over keeping the government running

Russia poses the biggest security risk to world markets and will be the biggest loser from the drop in oil prices, according to a Bloomberg Global Poll of international investors.

Washington (CNN) — A defiant Barack Obama dives into what could be a defining period of his presidency this week, after repeatedly enraging Republicans from afar during his Asia tour. Obama faces showdowns with the GOP over immigration, the Keystone XL pipeline and his drive for a nuclear deal with...

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to be possibly followed by another six, a move intended to cement closer ties between the two nations.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar rallies on U.S. data, stocks trade flat* Oil surges a day after Brent crash; supply fears linger* Iran, Venezuela urge oil price support ahead of OPEC meeting* IEA sees new era, no quick rebound in oil prices* PRECIOUS-Gold soars on short-covering, new fund buying* Kurdistan regional...

>BRISBANE Australia (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday that Russia would remain isolated by the international community if President Vladimir Putin continued to violate international law in Ukraine, some of his toughest remarks yet on the crisis. Putin has come under intense pressure from other leaders...

>Pashaie, who died on Friday of pancreatic cancer at the age of 30, was a singer-composer who won a big following that crossed Iran's political and social divides. His music appealed both to Westernised urbanites and the traditionally devout.Last week, before he died, large crowds of fans poured into...