Headlines:UN extends Sudan peacekeeping mission another year
Headlines:UN extends Sudan peacekeeping mission another year The U.N. Security Council is extending for another year the U.N. mission in Sudan that backs up the 2005 agreement ending the north-south civil war. The council's 15 members voted generally Thursday to keep the ... Read More
News:UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund
News:UN pays out $590 million from Iraqi oil fund A U.N. panel has approved $590 million in compensation expenditure for victims of Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The U.N. Compensation Commission says the money will go to five companies and four government ... Read More
News:EU China talks over how, not if, to sanction Iran
News:EU China talks over how, not if, to sanction Iran European talks with Chinese leaders over Iran have moved to the issue of how to aim sanctions and away from whether sanctions should be applied at all, the European Union's foreign ... Read More
Obama moves to put stamp on Federal Reserve
Obama moves to put stamp on Federal Reserve Barack Obama on Thursday presented three nominee to join the US Federal Reserve Board, moving to put a stamp on the middle bank that would outlast his presidency. Obama's candidates look set to boost ... Read More
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged Arab states to do more to back Israeli-Palestinian peace moves while caution Syria against arming Lebanon's anti-Israeli Hezbollah. But Clinton, speaking to a pro-Israel group, said she ... Read More
Attack: Four cops killed in Peshawar suicide attack
Attack: Four cops killed in Peshawar suicide attack Four policemen were killed while 13 people, counting eight cops and three women, sustained injuries when a suicide bomber ram his explosives-laden vehicle into the Pir Bala police post in Mathra early ... Read More
News: New polls may be needed: Allawi
News: New polls may be needed: Allawi Iraq’s general election winner Iyad Allawi on Wednesday said new parliamentary polls run by international monitors might be needed to end concerted labors from rivals who want to overturn his victory. A statement from Allawi’s ... Read More
News:Sarkozy and Hu bury hatchet in Beijing talks
News:Sarkozy and Hu bury hatchet in Beijing talks France and China on Wednesday pledged to draw a line under past tensions over Tibet and breathe new life into their association by working together on issues from global monetary policy to Iran. ... Read More
headlines:Hungarian president proposes Orban as next PM
headlines:Hungarian president proposes Orban as next PM Hungarian President Laszlo Solyom said on Wednesday he will propose Viktor Orban, leader of the centre-right Fidesz party, as the country’s next prime minister and will ask him to form a government. Fidesz won ... Read More
News :UN nuke nonproliferation conference begins May 3
News :UN nuke nonproliferation conference begins May 3 Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has applied for a U.S. visa to be present at a nuclear conference at the United Nations that begin next week, the U.S. ambassador said. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told ... Read More
News: ‘Those given refuge 30 years ago killed BB’
News: ‘Those given refuge 30 years ago killed BB’ President Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday said that those who were granted refuge 30 years ago killed Benazir Bhutto. The refugees turned out to be bitter enemy in the end as they were ... Read More
Government:Indian govt wins confidence vote
Government:Indian govt wins confidence vote India’s Congress-led government won a key self-assurance vote in parliament on Tuesday by a stronger-than-expected 84 votes in spite of the coalition suffering problems from high inflation to a cricket scandal. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government was ... Read More
Obama begins campaign trail
Obama begins campaign trail President Barack Obama heads into the American heartland on Tuesday to launch the Democratic mid-term election movement in states paying a heavy price for the worst economic crisis in decades. Obama will spend two days hop scotching across ... Read More
Headlines: Hatoyama’s woes mount over party kingpin, US base row
Headlines: Hatoyama’s woes mount over party kingpin, US base row apanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and his party suffered a cruel blow ahead of a mid-year election when a judicial panel said on Tuesday that ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa should ... Read More
News:Brazil demands Iran guarantee N-work is non-military
News:Brazil demands Iran guarantee N-work is non-military Iran is expanding its diplomatic and economic ties with Venezuela but has no military attendance in the South American country, a US general said on Tuesday. The comments came as Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez denied ... Read More
