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 Tehran (AFP) Sept 28, 2009 
Iran on Monday test-fired its two long-range missiles which it says could hit targets in arch-foe Israel, as the Revolutionary Guards staged war games for the second straight day. The exercises coincide with heightened tension with the West after the UN nuclear watchdog revealed on Friday that Tehran was building a second uranium enrichment plant. Western countries suspect Iran of seeking ... read more
London (AFP) Sept 28, 2009There can never be peace and security on the Korean peninsula while the United States "continues to threaten us with nuclear weapons", Pyongyang's ambassador to London said Monday. North Korea was committed to denuclearising the peninsula but the secretive state would pursue its nuclear programme while Washington's "hostility" remains, Ja Song-Nam said in a rare public speech. ... more
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Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2009The Pentagon said Monday that the top US military commander in Afghanistan was not complaining when he said he had spoken to President Barack Obama just once in the past 70 days. General Stanley McChrystal said in an interview with CBS television's "60 Minutes" news program, broadcast Sunday, that he had spoken to Obama once by secure videoconference since arriving in the strife-torn country ... more 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 28, 2009Foreign ministers from China, Japan and South Korea on Monday pledged to deepen cooperation on non-proliferation and disarmament, as pressure grew on Pyongyang over its nuclear programme. The three ministers, who met in Shanghai to prepare for an October 10 leaders' summit in Beijing, did not specifically refer to efforts to end North Korea's nuclear drive in a joint statement, read by China ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2009The United States piled pressure on Iran Monday ahead of key nuclear talks, demanding full access to Tehran's newly revealed uranium plant and denouncing "provocative" new missile tests. "This is an important day, and an important week for the Iranians, they have decisions to make," said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, in the run-up to Thursday's meeting in Geneva between world powers ... more |
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New York (AFP) Sept 28, 2009Oil prices posted a modest rise Monday, tracking a Wall Street stock rebound and amid geopolitical concerns as key producer Iran test-fired missiles ahead of talks over its atomic program. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for November delivery, rose 82 cents from Friday's close to 66.84 dollars per barrel. London's Brent North Sea crude for delivery in November gained 43 cents ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 28, 2009China on Monday launched the sale of six billion yuan (879 million dollars) in government bonds in Hong Kong, the finance ministry said, marking the first such offer outside the mainland. The sale is another step in efforts by China, which has questioned the US dollar's status as the global reserve currency, to promote international use of the yuan. "Hong Kong has the conditions and ... more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2009China faces major uncertainties even though it rebounded strongly from the latest financial crisis aided by its huge treasure chest, World Bank President Robert Zoellick said on Monday. "China's future is not yet determined," he said even though the Asian giant effectively pump primed its huge economy and used various monetary polices to weather the crisis that plunged the world into ... more |
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