Intel says Iran plans secret nuclear experiments (The State) Iran has recently tested ways of recovering highly enriched uranium from waste reactor fuel in a covert bid to expand its nuclear program, according to an intelligence assessment made available to The Associated Press. The intelligence, provided by a member of the 145-nation International Atomic Energy…
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Iran News – Intel says Iran plans secret nuclear experiments (The State)
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Asia Pacific News – Australian PM says Australia can avoid recession (People’s Daily)
Australian PM says Australia can avoid recession (People’s Daily) Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said here on Friday he agreed with Deputy Reserve Bank Governor Ric Battellino that Australia can avoid a recession in the near future. Battellino said in a speech on Thursday that Australia was well placed to cope with the global downturn…
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India – India opposes putting asbestos in hazardous list (The Hindu)
India opposes putting asbestos in hazardous list (The Hindu) NEW DELHI: Reacting to the anti-worker and anti-science position of few reckless governments that has created a stalemate for the U.N. hazardous chemicals treaty, the Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI) has accused Canadian, Russian and Indian governments of turning a blind eye towards the poisonous…
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Sri Lanka Conflict Monitor – Sri Lanka: Ceasefire should be primary concern: Thirumavalavan (TamilNet)
Sri Lanka: Ceasefire should be primary concern: Thirumavalavan (TamilNet) Quick on the heels of the news-report that hundreds of Tamil schoolchildren had a hair-breadth escape from death due to airstrike by the Sri Lanka Air Force Tuesday, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) President Thol.Thirumavalavan said in a press meet in Chennai that “an immediate ceasefire in…
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Russian News Monitor – Putin: Kazakhstan one of Russia’s closest allies (People’s Daily)
Putin: Kazakhstan one of Russia’s closest allies (People’s Daily) Russia views Kazakhstan as one of its closest allies, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said here Thursday. Putin made the remarks at a meeting with his Kazakh counterpart Karim Masimov on the sidelines of the 7th Prime Ministers’ Meeting of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member countries…
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Somalia – Somali government vows to name new cabinet fast (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Somali government vows to name new cabinet fast (Reuters via Yahoo! News) The main priority for Somalia’s interim government is to form a new cabinet within 15 days as demanded by east African leaders at crisis talks in Kenya, the Somali prime minister said on Friday. Somalia: Somaliland Says Suicide Bombers Hail From Mogadishu –…
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Southeast Asia – Thai Prime Minister to visit Vietnam (Vietnam Net)
Thai Prime Minister to visit Vietnam (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans to visit Laos, Vietnam, India and Peru next month, Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry sources said Friday. Aide to Malaysia’s deputy PM freed in murder case (CNN) SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A court acquitted a close friend…
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Southeast Asia – Thai Prime Minister to visit Vietnam (Vietnam Net)
Thai Prime Minister to visit Vietnam (Vietnam Net) VietNamNet Bridge- Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans to visit Laos, Vietnam, India and Peru next month, Thai Foreign Affairs Ministry sources said Friday. Embattled Thai premier off to Laos, Vietnam, New Delhi (EARTHtimes.org) Bangkok – Embattled Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat has tentative plans…
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Afghanistan – Taliban storm Afghan ministry in Kabul; set off bomb killing 5, wounding 21 (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News)
Taliban storm Afghan ministry in Kabul; set off bomb killing 5, wounding 21 (The Canadian Press via Yahoo! Canada News) KABUL – Taliban insurgents stormed a government building in the centre of the Afghan capital on Thursday and one of them blew himself up inside, killing five people, officials and witnesses said. Taliban militants storm…
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Pakistan – Pakistan official: quake deaths likely over 300 (AP via Yahoo! News)
Pakistan official: quake deaths likely over 300 (AP via Yahoo! News) A Pakistani official says the death toll from the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan will likely rise to more than 300. 8 killed in Pakistan suicide attack (The Times of India) ISLAMABAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up near the convoy of a top police…
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