South Korea, Peru to Begin Fta Talks in 2009
LIMA, Nov. 21 Asia Pulse - South Korea and Peru are planning to launch negotiations on a bilateral free trade agreement during the first half of next year, a government official accompanying South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on his state visit to Perumore
Bush effigy burned in anti-US protest in Baghdad
BAGHDAD -- Followers of a Shiite cleric on Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier. Chanting andmore
Iraqis burn Bush effigy at square where Saddam statue was toppled in 2003 CP Defence, International, Politics
BAGHDAD - Followers of a Shiite cleric Friday stomped on and burned an effigy of U.S. President George W. Bush in the same central Baghdad square where Iraqis beat a toppled statue of Saddam Hussein with their sandals five years earlier. Chanting andmore
Iranian cleric accuses IAEA chief of 'two-sided' stance on nuclear program
TEHRAN, Iran - A leading Iranian cleric has accused the chief of the United Nations nuclear agency of delivering ambiguous remarks about the country's nuclear program. Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani says that Mohamed ElBaradei speaks in a 'two-sided'more
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. The 26-nationmore
BRIEF-Libya in talks for 5-6 deals with Italian companies
ROME, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Libya's ambassador to Italy Hafed Gaddur tells Reuters: * Libya is in talks on five or six deals with Italian companies * Denies report that Libya had suspended investments in Italy, says Libya actively searching for newmore
Construction on new nuke power plant kicks off in SE China
Construction on a new nuclear power plant started Friday in southeast China's Fujian Province, the first nuclear power plant to get into the saddle after the government announced its huge stimulus package to boost domestic demand. Vice Premier Li Keqiangmore
Iraqi protesters give Bush boot over agreement for US troops to stay to 2011
Followers of Moqtada al-Sadr, the anti-US Shia cleric, hurled Wellington boots and water bottles at an effigy of George Bush today during a protest against a deal that will keep American forces in Iraq for three more years. No, no to the agreement ofmore
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
By Mark John BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. Themore
IAEA hardens fear of covert Syria atom site: U.S.
By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on it to come clean.more
Lithuanian president backs Georgia, blasts Russia again
Vilnius - Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus sent a letter to his Georgian counterpart, Mikheil Saakashvili, Friday congratulating him on five years in power and criticizing Russian 'brutality'. 'Five years ago, Georgia proclaimed to the world itsmore
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. The 26-nationmore
Construction on new nuke power plant kicks off in SE China
FUZHOU, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Construction on a new nuclear power plant started Friday in southeast China's Fujian Province, the first nuclear power plant to get into the saddle after the government announced its huge stimulus package to boost domesticmore
NATO's expansion: we need another Ireland
(Slovakia's former Prime Minister, lawyer Jan Carnogursky, for RIA Novosti) - A little more than a year ago, the European Union had to decide on the Lisbon Treaty, which proposed changes to its internal structure. The treaty gave Brussels the power tomore
U.S. Wary on Chances of Normal NATO-Russia Ties
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. The 26-nationmore
Dark side of US war raised in Aafia torture case
THE 'dark side' of US counter-terrorism took center stage Wednesday in the court case of a mentally ill Pakistani woman accused of attacking US officers in Afghanistan. The New York federal judge in the case of Aafia Siddiqui highlighted defensemore
Tsvangirai to meet Carter, Annan on eve of their Zimbabwe visit
Berlin/Johannesburg - Zimbabwe's prime minister-designate Morgan Tsvangirai said he would meet Friday in South Africa with former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan and ex-US president Jimmy Carter on the eve of their high-profile visit to Zimbabwe.more
US ambassador says 294 dead from cholera in Zimbabwe
confirmed cases of cholera and another 2,500 unconfirmed cases' Washington - The US ambassador to Harare, James McGee, said Thursday that a total of 294 people have been confirmed dead from cholera in Zimbabwe, amid some 1,200 cases of the water-bornemore
Zimbabwe tells Annan to postpone visit
Nov-2008 Article Type : News 'The visit has been deemed a partisan mission by a group of people with partisan interests,' an unnamed government source said Harare - Zimbabwe on Thursday told former UN secretary general Kofi Annan to postpone a visit setmore
US pessimistic on normal Nato-Russia ties
The 26-nation military alliance scaled back its co-operation with Russia after the August conflict over Georgia's rebel South Ossetia, declaring that 'business as usual' was impossible after a Russian incursion condemned by the West as disproportionate.more
Russia allows transit of Nato arms to Afghanistan
MOSCOW: Russia said on Thursday it had authorised the transport of German military equipment to Afghanistan through Russian territory, the first time it had allowed such a transit by a foreign state. Russian authorities on November 10 'issued a permitmore
NATO official: NATO needs both enlargement, Russia
NATO will not revoke its pledge made to Georgia and Ukraine and both countries will join NATO one day, NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary-General Aurelia Bouchez said here on Thursday, according to Hungary's News Agency MTI. Addressing a NATO conference inmore
IAEA hardens fear of covert Syria atom site: U.S.
By Mark Heinrich VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday the first independent monitoring report on an alleged Syrian nuclear site had hardened suspicions that Syria was building a covert reactor and would raise pressure on it to come clean.more
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
By Mark John BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. Themore
? NATO Chief Says Africa Must Fight Pirates
ACCRA ? NATO is committed to helping improve security in Africa but expects African states to take the lead in fighting piracy off the continent?s shores, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said late on Wednesday. De Hoop Scheffer wasmore
U.S. wary on chances of normal NATO-Russia ties
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States raised doubts about the prospect of a fast return to normal ties between NATO and Russia after the Georgian war on Friday, despite a European Union move to restart partnership talks with Moscow. The 26-nationmore
United Nations approves sanctions on Somali pirates
UNITED NATIONS - The voted unanimously Thursday to impose sanctions on pirates, arms smugglers, and perpetrators of instability in Somalia in a fresh attempt to help end years of lawlessness in the nation. The 15-nation council endorsed a British planmore
China 'winning the cyber war'
China is aggressively developing its power to wage cyber warfare and is now in a position to delay or disrupt the deployment of America's military forces around the world, potentially giving it the upper hand in any conflict, a panel of the US Congressmore