IRAN — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has stressed the importance of promoting justice for the establishment of peace and security for all nations. All nations are in need of peace, security, freedom, progress and welfare; it is necessary to enhance cooperation, communication and collective efforts for such wishes to materialize, said President Ahmadinejad in […]
Read moreGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel to urge China to cut Iran oil imports: source
BERLIN (Reuters) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel will use a planned visit to China this week to encourage Beijing to reduce its imports of Iranian oil, a German government source said on Tuesday. Last week, the European Union agreed to ban from July 1 all imports of oil from Iran, OPEC’s second largest producer, […]
Read moreTop U.S. spies to face grilling on Taliban, Iran talks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The possible release of detainedTaliban leaders is likely to join Iran’s nuclear ambitions at the top of a busy agenda when the top seven American intelligence chiefs testify before the Congress this week. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper — as well as the heads of the CIA, FBI, Defense Intelligence Agency, National Counterterrorism Center […]
Read moreIAEA to wrap up Iran visit, US eyes more sanctions
IRAN — Officials from the IAEA, the UN nuclear watchdog, were scheduled on Tuesday to wrap up a three-day visit to Iran seen as a chance to defuse an intensifying international showdown over Tehran’s atomic activities. But even as the high-stakes mission wound down, US lawmakers signalled they intended to keep up the pressure on the Islamic republic […]
Read moreU.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta Discusses Defense Issues on ‘60 Minutes’
VIDEO : At Home With Leon Panetta WASHINGTON, Jan. 30, 2012 – U.S. Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta called his role in taking down Osama bin Laden a high point in his career, but also shared his belief that someone in the Pakistani government knew of the al-Qaida leader’s whereabouts before the raid […]
Read moreEU bids to bury deficits, end Greek debt drama
EU leaders closed one chapter in the debt crisis late Monday with a new treaty supposed to end deficits — then launched a big final push to resolve Greece’s bailout woes. European Union president Herman Van Rompuy called for a new deal with Athens “by the end of the week” on the conditions underpinning the long-delayed second […]
Read morePrince Harry: Queen needs husband for her work
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Prince Harry says be believes Queen Elizabeth II’s husband is so important to her that she could not carry out her public duties without him. In rare public comments about his grandparents, Harry highlighted the role of Prince Philip in supporting the queen on her many duties, including occasional visits abroad and hosting foreign dignitaries. He also paid […]
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January 31, 2012 