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Tags: Articles about your interests. (World, 77 articles)
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Korea nuclear ties U.S., nuclear weapons, Syria, Israel 22.4.2008 21:47 The Associated Press Syrian Jews celebrate Passover at only synagogue in Damascus Passover, Israel, Syria 22.4.2008 10:35 By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent ANALYSIS: U.S. to ask N. Korea: Where's the missing plutonium? North Korea, U.S., Syria, nuclear program Hamas arrested three Palestinians who fired rockets into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, a militant faction said, in the first such detentions since the Islamist group and Israel agreed on a cease-fire last month. A truce reached June 19 between Israel and Gaza militants has been repeatedly violated by Palestinian rocket and mortar fire, leading Israel to punitively shut Gaza's border crossings. The European Union, Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair and France on Tuesday criticized Israel's checkpoints in the West Bank and blockade of Gaza as preventing an economic recovery there and limiting the impact of international aid. An international donors' conference in December pledged more than $7 billion in aid to the government of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to try to reinforce its authority as it tries to negotiate a peace deal with Israel in U.S.-backed talks.
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Iran missile test sends message to US, Israel (World, 49 articles)
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The United States, Israel and other Western countries say Iran is seeking to develop nuclear weapons, but Iran says the program is for civilian purposes. Tehran launched war games and tests of a long-range missile this week after saying Tel Aviv would be "set on fire" if Israel were to attack Iran. State-run media said the missiles were long- and medium-range weapons, and included a Shahab-3, which Tehran maintains is able to hit targets up to 1,250 miles away from its firing position.
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Iraq Military Commander Survives Suicide Bomb Attack (World, 12 articles)
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BAGHDAD - Violence claimed the lives of at least 20 Iraqis on Wednesday, including eight who were killed in a suicide attack against Iraq s top military commander in the northern city of Mosul. BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) Turkey and Iraq signed an agreement Thursday that tightens and streamlines their working relationship in a range of areas, including the volatile issue of border security and the promise of a fruitful trade relationship. A suicide car bomber killed eight civilians and wounded 41 in an attack on a military convoy carrying a senior Iraqi commander in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi military said.
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Emerging Nations Join G-8 on Climate (World, 13 articles)
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Nearly everyone had something to cheer about on Wednesday after the major industrial powers and a big group of emerging nations pledged to pursue "deep cuts" in emissions of heat-trapping gases in coming decades. This week's summit meeting of major industrialized nations in Japan yielded two important firsts on global warming. RUSUTSU, JAPAN For the first time, the Bush administration on Tuesday joined other wealthy nations in an offer to halve their global warming emissions by mid-century.
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Hostages' rescue highlights 'crumbling' rebel group - (World, 8 articles)
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BOGOTA, Colombia - The sensational rescue of 15 hostages from the grip of Latin America's largest rebel group has highlighted the severely diminished state of an organization that just six years ago threatened to overrun the Colombian government. The nature of the rescue mission - in which government agents posed as rebels and freed the hostages without firing a shot - was widely seen as a deep humiliation and a public relations disaster for the FARC. The US has formally asked Colombia to extradite two Farc rebels captured during last week's military rescue of 15 hostages, including three Americans.
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Zimbabwe opposition, gov't talk in South Africa (World, 9 articles)
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Zimbabwe s ruling party began preliminary discussions with the opposition on Thursday in an effort to settle a political crisis in which both sides have staked a claim to the nation's presidency. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - About 200 opposition supporters crowded outside the U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe yesterday, appealing for protection amid new reports of violence aimed at dissenters against the heavy-handed rule of President Robert G. Mugabe. JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Zimbabwean government and opposition officials met in South Africa on Thursday to try to find a way out of their country's crisis, with the opposition pressing for an end to attacks on its supporters.
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India moves to clinch US nuclear accord (World, 8 articles)
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India moved with unexpected swiftness on Wednesday to submit to the United Nations' nuclear watchdog a key document required to finalise a civil nuclear deal with the US. The two leaders did not announce any plans to push ahead with the deal but used their meeting to hail the growing strength of their bilateral relationship. The International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) approval of the plan is a key condition for putting into effect a nuclear deal between India and US.
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China's athletes feel push for gold in Beijing Games - (World, 6 articles)
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" Beating the West at its own game would be particularly pleasing said Susan Brownell BEIJING China will abide by regulations to allow foreign reporters freedom to report at next month's Olympic Games, one of the country's top leaders was quoted as saying Friday. Li Changchun, the fifth-ranked official in the country and a member of China's powerful Politburo, encouraged foreign journalists to report "extensively" on the games, the China Daily newspaper said.
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London soothes Moscow over Litvinenko killing (World, 8 articles)
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" In relation to the stories that appeared earlier this week, no intelligence or security officials were authorised to comment on the Litvinenko case. Gordon Brown reported back to the Commons yesterday on the failure of his meeting with President Medvedev at the G8 summit to repair Britain's frayed relations with Russia. Relations between Britain and Russia remained in the deep freeze last night after Gordon Brown appeared to have made little headway in his first meeting with President Medvedev.
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Afghan Bombing Sends Stark Message to India (World, 5 articles)
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Many ordinary Afghans are disillusioned that daily life remains filled with hardship and fraught with danger six years after the U.S.-led invasion. The bombing drew condemnation from the NATO-led International Security Assistance force, which is battling to subdue Taliban fighters in the country's long-restive south and increasingly violent east. At least 250 Afghan civilians have been killed or wounded in insurgent attacks or military action in the past six days, the Red Cross says.
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UN criticises West Bank barrier (World, 4 articles)
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In a report, the UN said thousands of Palestinians had already been cut off from their jobs, land or key services. Israel says the barrier is needed to keep out Palestinian attackers, but Palestinian officials describe the barrier's route as a land-grab. The West Bank village of Bil'in has sued two Canadian companies for building in an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, the village's lawyer said Thursday.
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Turkish police suspect al-Qaida in U.S. consulate attack (World, 8 articles)
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The Turkish police said Thursday they had detained four people in connection with an investigation into a shooting at the United States consulate in Istanbul a day earlier that left six people dead and two injured. Gunmen opened fire on Turkish security guards outside the United States Consulate in Istanbul on Wednesday, the Turkish authorities said, and at least three police officers and three assailants were killed in a brief gun battle. The attack was the first on a diplomatic mission in the city since 2003, when 62 people were killed in assaults on the British Consulate, a bank and two synagogues.
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Killings set back Darfur peace effort - (World, 6 articles)
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Now analysts, diplomats, aid workers and United Nations officials are bracing for the increasing likelihood that Mr. Moreno-Ocampo will ask the judges for an arrest warrant for the president, Omar Hassan al-Bashir. The indictment of a sitting head of state in a war-torn country would not be unprecedented: Slobodan Milosevic of Serbia and Charles Taylor of Liberia were both charged by international war crimes courts while in office. Seven international peacekeepers were killed and 22 wounded in a brazen day ambush by heavily armed men in trucks and on horseback in the Sudanese province of Darfur, United Nations officials said Wednesday.
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