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Technicians, measure part of the reactor of Iran´s Boushehr nuclear power plant, southwest of the ca

Talks for deal on Iranian uranium read more
BBC News

Russia, France and the US are to hold talks with Iran to try to finalise an agreement on sending Iranian uranium abroad for enrichment. Iran agreed in principle to have some uranium shipped out of the country at talks in Geneva earlier this month. Monday's meeting in Vienna, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), is...

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Leading article: Afghanistan needs a legitimate government read more
The Independent

Of all the possible outcomes of the Afghan presidential election in August, the one that...

The Couch Surfer: John Mayer's life is one long party, to which he provides the ... read more
The Independent

As the Persuaders once said, it's a thin line between love and hate. And that's the line I have...

Malaysia's ruling party has out-Islamized the opposition read more
Daily Star Lebanon

By Maznah Mohamad Commentary by Monday, October 19, 2009...

Switzerland Will Lower Hurdles to EU Imports Next Year read more

Security guards, top left, look outside as EU nations flags are mirrored in the windows of the EU Council headquarters ahead of a two-day EU summit in Brussels, Wednesday March 12, 200

Wall Street Journal

By MARTIN GELNAR ZURICH -- Switzerland will lower hurdles to European Union imports next year, a move expected to benefit Swiss consumers by lowering prices. On Jan. 1, the country will adopt the so-called Cassis de Dijon principle, an EU-wide...

photo: AP / Yves Logghe

Darfur policy a climbdown for Obama read more

An UNAMID peacekeeper patrols at the Abu Shouk refugee camp, near the Darfur town of al-Fasher, Sudan Thursday, March 26, 2009. The Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is visiting Libya in his third trip abroad in less than a week, after an international court issued an arrest warrant for him on war crimes

Irish Times

THE OBAMA administration will today roll out a new policy aimed at resolving the Darfur crisis in Sudan, a much softer and more conciliatory line than the president promised during his election campaign. Barack Obama is dropping a...

photo: AP / Nasser Nasser

Iran blames US and UK for suicide bomb attack read more

Iran -Members of the Iranian army march during a parade ceremony, marking the 26th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Ir

Irish Times

THE IRANIAN Revolutionary Guards yesterday vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 37 others in one of the country's most unstable provinces. The attack, which killed the...

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On patrol with the roadside bomb hunters in Afghanistan read more

Sgt. 1st Class Rob Toomey, 33, of Tidoute Pa., left, and Sgt. Jacob Hayes, 25, of Welcome Md., of the U.S. Army's 2nd Platoon Apache Company of 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., dig for a roadside bomb after disarming the trigger wire during a patrol in the Tangi Valley in Afghanistan's Wardak Province Sunday Aug.16, 2009.

The Times

The sun was dipping behind the mountains and the US convoy was just leaving the beautiful but deadly Tangi Valley when the alert sounded over the radio in Lieutenant Christopher George's armoured vehicle: "IED! IED!" The young officer's face fell....

photo: AP / David Goldman

Greenland melts miners' hearts as receding ice reveals its treasure trove read more

Eureka Mine & Cashier Mill the ores that are most famously associated with the area were also the easiest to collect and the most profitable: evaporate deposits such as salts, boater, and talc. Borax was found by Rosie and Aaron Winters near Furnace Creek Ranch (then called Greenland) in 1881

The Times

It is - or was - one of the most inhospitable places on Earth, where temperatures plunge to -60C and darkness reigns for months at a time. Now, however, a combination of retreating ice sheets, soaring metal prices and a drive for independence from...

photo: Creative Commons / Tomdonohue

Banks threatened with windfall tax on profits amid storm over bonuses read more

The Times

Banks are being threatened with a windfall tax on profits amid mounting criticism from across the political spectrum of a return to huge bonuses. Strong financial results from American investment banks have raised the prospect of a bumper bonus...

photo: AP / Alastair Grant