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British embassy staff to be tried in Iran

A senior Iranian cleric suggested Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest.

Iran hardliners urge Mousavi's prosecution

A group of hardline Iranian members of parliament want the judiciary to prosecute defeated presidential candidate Mirhossein Mousavi over post-election unrest that rocked the Islamic Republic last month.


Honduran President Manuel Zelaya

The Organization of American States has issued a stern ultimatum to the leaders of the military coup in Honduras. The organization gave the interim government in Honduras 72 hours to reinstate democracy or face possible suspension in a resolution ...

Medhi Karroubi

Iran halted the publication of a reformist party newspaper after its defeated presidential candidate, former parliament speaker Medhi Karroubi, said he would refuse to recognise Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, its website said.


Black box from Yemeni jet located; Teen survivor recovers after miracle rescue

One of the "black box" flight recorders from the Yemeni plane which crashed in the Indian Ocean off the Comoros with 153 people on board has been located, the French government has said.

Car bombing kills 35 in Iraq as US troops pull out of cities

At least 35 people were killed in a car bombing Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, marring a national holiday declared to celebrate the departure of U.S. combat troops from the country's cities.


Bernard Madoff Sentenced to 150 Years in Prison

U.S. Department of Justice 30.06.2009
Bernard Madoff

Lev L. Dassin, the Acting U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and Joseph M. Demarest, Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that Bernard L. Madof...

Iraqis celebrating as US forces pull out

Iraqi forces officially assumed control of Baghdad and other cites across the country early Tuesday, following the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from urban areas.


Yemeni Airbus flight with 153 on board crashes in Indian Ocean

A passenger jet from Yemen with 153 people on board crashed in the Indian Ocean early Tuesday as it tried to land during heavy wind on the island nation of Comoros, a Yemeni aviation official said.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iranian officials have again declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad the winner of the nation's disputed presidential election. The powerful group that supervises Iran's elections, the Guardian Council, conducted a partial recount Monday of 10 perc...


Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of killing civilians in Gaza drone attacks

Missile-firing Israeli drones unlawfully killed at least 29 Palestinian civilians during the Gaza Strip war, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday.

Iraq Begins Major Oil and Gas Auction

CAMPBELL ROBERTSON and ALISSA J. RUBIN The New York Times 30.06.2009
Iraq Begins Major Oil and Gas Auction

BAGHDAD — After a year in preparation, a much-heralded auction of licenses to develop Iraq’s huge oil reserves began Tuesday but seemed to run into difficulties when oil and gas companies demanded far more remuneration than the authorities were re...


British Queen faces battle over funding after spending record sums from savings

The Queen is set to face a battle with the Treasury over the funding of the Royal Household after new figures revealed the monarch drew record amounts of money from reserves this year.

US withdraws from Iraqi cities despite violence

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called on his countrymen to revel Monday to mark the ostensible departure of U.S. troops from Iraqi cities by the end of the month -- a turning point he calls a "major victory."


Northern Ireland's paramilitaries dump arsenal

Anne Cadwallader Reuters 27.06.2009
Northern Ireland's paramilitaries dump arsenal

Pro-British paramilitary forces said on Saturday they had completed a major milestone in the Northern Ireland peace process by scrapping their weapons in front of independent witnesses.

Brazil ends search for bodies, debris from Air France crash

Brazil's military said late Friday it had ended its search for more bodies and debris from an Air France jet that plunged into the Atlantic nearly four weeks ago. The search for the jet's flight recorders will go on.


US President praises Mousavi; Iran's Ahmadinejad slams Obama

U.S. President Barack Obama has praised the opposition candidate in Iran's disputed presidential election. Obama said Mir Hossein Mousavi had captured the imagination of groups in Iran that were interested in opening up to the world.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday called the U.S. president inexperienced, compared him unfavorably to President George W. Bush and suggested he apologize for "interfering in Iran's affairs."


Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina

Gov. Mark Sanford of South Carolina acknowledged Thursday that he visited his mistress in Argentina on a taxpayer-financed trade mission to South America early last summer, an admission adding another layer to a scandal that produced increasing ca...

Zimbabwe army guilty of diamond field abuses: Human Rights Watch

Human Rights Watch accused Zimbabwe's armed forces, under the control of President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF, of torture and forced labour in the eastern Marange diamond fields.



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