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Senior US and Iraqi officials differed on Tehran's role in stalling a military accord that will allow US troops to remain in Iraq until 2011, as Iran on Tuesday sent mixed signals on the deal. The Iraqi cabinet approved the agreement on Sunday and parliament was expected on November 24 to take a vote on the wide-ranging pact, which would replace the troops' UN mandate when it expires on ... read more 
Damascus (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Traces of uranium on a site in northern Syria were residue from Israeli missiles used to bomb the area in September 2007, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Tuesday. "The traces of uranium found on the site come from Israeli missiles launched during the destruction of the building. It is the only plausible explanation," Muallem said. The facility destroyed by Israel "was a ... more
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Iran was 'not serious' about doing a deal: US official
Iran requests emergency IAEA meeting over 'wrongful acts of aggressors' What led to US-Israeli strikes on Iran: protests, nuclear power and proxies Canada PM backs US strikes on Iran US, Israeli strikes on Iran 'totally irresponsible': ICAN Trump says frustrated with Iran, but mediator sees 'breakthrough' IAEA stresses 'urgency' to verify Iran's nuclear material Trump says frustrated with Iran talks as US personnel leave Israel Sweden's PM rules out hosting French nuclear arms in peacetime Macron to set out how France's nuclear arms could protect Europe 
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Brussels (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Russia considers the European Union, rather than NATO, to be its chief interlocutor on pan-European security, Moscow's envoy to the military alliance said Tuesday. "The EU under its French presidency has started a concrete dialogue with Russia on this subject," Ambassador Dmitry Rogozin told AFP. At an EU-Russia summit last Friday, French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposed that Russia ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008China Tuesday called allegations that it bought US military space technology from a Chinese-born physicist a complete fabrication made with ulterior motives. "This so-called report about China stealing outer space technology from the United States is a sheer fabrication made out of ulterior motives that is doomed to failure," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told journalists. Qin ... more 
Brussels (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 Barely one hour after Barack Obama's victory speech, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans to deploy missiles in Russia's westernmost region of Kaliningrad that could attack U.S. military targets in Poland. The targets are limited, small in number and do not yet really exist: They will exist if and when the United States completes the ballistic missile defense system it plans to ... more 
Washington (AFP) Nov 17, 2008Washington and Baghdad are moving closer to clinching a security pact that highlights Iraq's growing stability but also the blood and treasure that all sides have spent to achieve modest gains. Iraq may no longer be descending into the civil war feared just two years ago, but it is a far cry from the "Eden on the Euphrates" hinted at before the Bush administration launched the invasion in ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Beijing authorities have issued an order to destroy the home of one of China's leading rights activists, who has been in police custody for more than 200 days, her husband and lawyer said Tuesday. The plight of Ni Yulan is one of the highest-profile of the many so-called "land grab" cases in China, where city residents are evicted from their homes or farmers kicked off their lands to make ... more 
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Nov 18, 2008Tibetan exiles worked Tuesday to hammer out a new strategy for their fight against Chinese rule in the region, after the Dalai Lama called for fresh guidance from his followers. More than 500 prominent Tibetans have gathered at the government in exile's base in northern India to debate whether to ditch the Dalai Lama's push for "meaningful autonomy" in favour of a demand for full independence ... more  
Washington (UPI) Nov 17, 2008 The largest permanent carbon dioxide storage will be at a Wyoming site, the U.S. Department of Energy said when awarding $66.9 million for the project. Montana State University-Bozeman will lead the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program to conduct a large-volume test in the Nugget Sandstone formation to demonstrate the ability of a geologic formation to safely, permanently ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Nov 18, 2008The next Sino-US economic talks will be held early next month, US Labor Secretary Elaine Chao said Tuesday, but she was not sure if president-elect Barack Obama would retain the half-yearly event. "I will come back on December 4 and 5 and meet again in Beijing," Chao told reporters in the Chinese capital. "The value of this Strategic Economic Dialogue is self-evident, so we hope that the ... more |
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