TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's foreign minister said on Saturday France's call for EU sanctions against Tehran outside of the U.N. framework was illegal and the Islamic Republic would not back away from its nuclear ambitions.
September 30, 2007 - October 6, 2007 Archives
October 6, 2007
Campaigners mark Politkovskaya murder anniversary
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Campaigners plan a series of events in Moscow and around the world on Sunday to put pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to catch the killers of journalist Anna Politkovskaya, murdered a year ago.
Brown rules out early UK vote as his lead vanishes
LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ruled out an early election on Saturday in what the opposition Conservatives called a humiliating retreat after polls showed his lead over them had evaporated.
Pinochet's children released from Chilean jails
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The sons and daughters of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet were released from jail on Saturday after spending two nights behind bars accused of siphoning off public funds for their own use.
Rare march in Baghdad against new U.S. wall
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than a thousand Iraqis marched in west Baghdad on Saturday in a rare public demonstration to protest against a wall they say the U.S. military is planning to erect around their neighborhood.
Pakistan's Musharraf wins landslide, awaits court ruling
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan's military ruler Pervez Musharraf won a landslide victory in a controversial presidential election Saturday, but the Supreme Court may yet snatch another five-year term away from him.
Kenyan opposition launches election bid
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Dancing and singing in a Nairobi park, tens of thousands of Kenyan opposition supporters held a raucous election campaign launch on Saturday buoyed by recent polls putting their leader ahead of President Mwai Kibaki.
Mynamar talks possible; protesters march in London
YANGON (Reuters) - The door to talks between Myanmar's ruling generals and detained democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi appeared to be ajar on Saturday as Western powers pressured the junta to begin a dialogue with the opposition.
Basque separatist says Madrid has declared war with arrests
SAN SEBASTIAN , Spain (AFP) - A top member of banned Basque separatist party Batasuna said Saturday the arrest of most of the party's leadership was "a declaration of war" by the Madrid government.
French families leave Algeria on security worries
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Families of French nationals working for Michelin in Algeria have been repatriated on fears of a security deterioration in the former French colony, a senior French diplomat and the company said on Saturday.
Global day of protest against Myanmar kicks off in Asia
SYDNEY: Activists took to the streets in cities across Asia Saturday, kicking off a global day of protest against a bloody crackdown on dissent in Myanmar.
October 5, 2007
Zimbabwe a disaster, Merkel tells South Africa's Mbeki
PRETORIA (AFP) - Robert Mugabe is presiding over a disaster in Zimbabwe but should still be entitled to attend a forthcoming Europe-Africa summit, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday.
Ukraine leader: accord needed for a stable assembly
PARIS (Reuters) - President Viktor Yushchenko said on Friday that his allies and rivals had to reach accord on forming a government after a closely-run election to ensure Ukraine remained stable and its parliament kept functioning.
Congo crash toll over 50, but survivor found
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese President Joseph Kabila sacked his transport minister on Friday as the death toll from the latest air accident in the central African country rose to more than 50.
Che Guevara's legacy fading with the years
LA PAZ (Reuters) - Forty years after his death, Ernesto "Che" Guevara is still revered by many in Latin America but his calls for armed insurrection and class warfare now seem outdated in a region that has largely embraced democracy.
U.N. envoy warns Myanmar
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. envoy warned Myanmar on Friday of international consequences from its brutal suppression of pro-democracy protesters, and detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party dismissed the junta's offer of talks as a surrender demand.
Pakistan court move may prevent Musharraf vote win
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's Supreme Court decided a presidential election President Pervez Musharraf is sure of winning could go ahead on Saturday, but he cannot claim victory until it rules if he is eligible to stand.
Basque radicals call protests after arrests
MADRID (Reuters) - Radical Basque nationalists called protests on Friday after Spanish police arrested almost all the top members of a party banned for links to ETA rebels.
Turk PM tells Bush genocide bill would hurt ties: report
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan told President George W. Bush that ties between the two countries would be hurt if the U.S. Congress passed a bill branding the 1915 mass killing of Armenians by Ottoman Turks "genocide," Turkish television reported on Friday.
October 4, 2007
North Korea's Kim marks summit magic with mushrooms
SEOUL (Reuters) - The leader of destitute North Korea gave his presidential guest from the South four tonnes of prized pine mushrooms worth up to $2.6 million at their summit this week, South Korean media reported on Friday.
U.N. envoy reports on Myanmar as China opposes action
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council decided on Thursday to hear a U.N. envoy's report on Myanmar at a public meeting but China said it was opposed to any action by the 15-member body because the junta's crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners was an internal affair.
U.S. warns Costa Rica against rejecting CAFTA
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Costa Rica could lose valuable access to the U.S. market if the country rejects a free-trade agreement with the United States when voters go to the polls on Sunday, a top U.S. official said.
1.4 billion dollars in possible US arms sales to Mideast announced
WASHINGTON (AFP) - The Pentagon notified Congress Thursday of possible sales of missiles, armored vehicles and cargo aircraft upgrades worth nearly 1.4 billion dollars to four Mideast states.
CPJ to Putin: World is watching Politkovskaya case
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists told Russian President Vladimir Putin the world is still watching the investigation into the death of a journalist and raised concerns that the probe was infused with politics.
Pinochet's widow, children arrested in fraud case
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - The widow and five children of late Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet were arrested on Thursday as part of an investigation into allegations he stole $27 million of public funds and hid it in foreign banks.
Che Guevara's ideals lose ground in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) - "Pioneers for Communism: we will be like Che," Cuban children chant each morning in school courtyards, hands raised in a salute to the revolutionary martyr.
Iran says clears hurdles to nuclear industry
TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday Iran had overcome difficulties en route to a nuclear energy industry and no one could stop it, a day after France called for wider European sanctions to rein in Tehran.
NATO chief: no nation can veto Georgian NATO bid
SIGNAKHI, Georgia (Reuters) - NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said on Thursday no nation could veto Georgia's bid to join the U.S.-led military alliance and that the door remained open to the small ex-Soviet state.
Soaring food prices will hurt world's poor: FAO
LONDON (Reuters) - Soaring food prices will hurt the world's poor and increase the risks of political upheaval, a senior United Nations food agency official said on Thursday.
Ethiopia pledges 5,000 peacekeepers to Darfur
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ethiopia pledged 5,000 troops to a future U.N.-African Union peacekeeping mission for Darfur on Thursday, just days after the worst attack on peacekeepers already in Sudan's war-ravaged region.
China human rights a worry post-Olympics
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The beating of a Chinese lawyer even as the spotlight shines on Beijing ahead of the Olympics has raised concerns about the government's conduct after the event, but a Games boycott would not help, a Chinese law expert said.
Key Nepal polls may be delayed
KATHMANDU : Key elections that are central to Nepal's peace process may have to be postponed due to wrangling between former rebel Maoists and mainstream parties, officials said Thursday.
Russia marks Sputnik anniversary
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia on Thursday marked the 50th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik, the tiny satellite whose crackly beeps started the Space Race between the Cold War superpowers.
October 3, 2007
Rescuers save 1,950 South African gold miners
ELANDSRAND MINE, South Africa (Reuters) - Around 1,250 miners remained trapped more than a mile underground in a South African gold mine on Thursday after an all-night rescue mission.
Korean leaders to unveil peace declaration
SEOUL - The North and South Korean leaders were Thursday expected to declare their commitment to peace and a nuclear-free peninsula after a rare summit buoyed by a six-nation deal on disarming the communist state.
Myanmar junta carries out more arrests
YANGON (Reuters) - Troops in Myanmar hauled away truckloads of people on Wednesday after the departure of a U.N. envoy trying to end a ruthless crackdown on pro-democracy rallies that has sparked international outrage.
U.S. and Russia sign pact to hunt for water on Mars, moon
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States, the world's great space powers, celebrated the eve of the first satellite launch 50 years ago with a pact to use Russian technology on NASA missions to seek water on the moon and Mars.
Russia warns of arms war in space: report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's military space commander vowed to retaliate with an arms race if any country started putting weapon systems into orbit, he said in remarks published on Wednesday.
U.S. sees Latin American armies as crime fighters
BOGOTA (Reuters) - The Pentagon sees crime, drugs and street gangs as Latin America's top security problems and it wants the region's soldiers, rather than police, to tackle them.
South rejects offer to extend Koreas summit
SEOUL (Reuters) - The second ever summit between the two Koreas looked strained on Wednesday when the South's president snubbed an invitation to stay in Pyongyang another day and said North Korea still did not trust its neighbor.
Poland's Iraq envoy wounded
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Poland's ambassador to Iraq was lightly wounded in a triple bomb attack on his diplomatic convoy in central Baghdad on Wednesday which killed a Polish bodyguard and an Iraqi passer-by, officials said.
Australia to close doors on African refugees
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia will not take any more refugees from Africa until at least the middle of next year, Prime Minister John Howard said Wednesday, triggering charges of a vote stunt ahead of national elections.
Pakistan's Bhutto says talks with Musharraf stalled
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Talks with Pakistan's military president Pervez Musharraf have "totally stalled", former prime minister Benazir Bhutto said on Wednesday, as the Supreme Court considered a last-ditch bid to block the general's re-election.
Sudan pledges $300m Darfur compensation: Carter
KEBKABIYA, Sudan (Reuters) - Sudan's president has promised to pay $300 million in compensation to the country's war-torn Darfur region, tripling a previous pledge, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter said on Wednesday.
Babies protect mothers against breast cancer: study
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Having children could reduce the risk of getting breast cancer because cells with strong protective characteristics are transferred from the baby in the womb to the mother, a study showed Tuesday.
October 2, 2007
Olmert, Abbas and negotiating teams to meet
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and their negotiating teams will meet on Wednesday to try to narrow differences over a U.S.-led conference on Palestinian statehood.
Diana inquest opens with accusations
LONDON (Reuters) - The inquest into Princess Diana's death in a Paris car crash 10 years ago opened on Tuesday with accusations that the British royal family ordered her death.
Ukraine's Tymoshenko says aims to form new govt
KIEV (Reuters) - Yulia Tymoshenko, one of the leaders of Ukraine's "Orange Revolution," said on Tuesday she and her allies had won enough seats in a parliamentary election to oust the prime minister and form a new liberal government.
Russia parliament condemns pro-U.S. Georgia
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian lawmakers criticized neighboring Georgia's pro-U.S. policies and voted unanimously on Tuesday to condemn "anti-democratic" behavior in the former Soviet republic.
Russia to cut gas if Ukraine does not pay debts: Gazprom
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian gas monopoly Gazprom warned Tuesday it would cut gas supplies to Ukraine, which transports 80 percent of Russian gas supplies to western Europe, if Kiev did not pay over a billion dollars in debt this month.
Pakistan to grant amnesty to former premier Bhutto ahead of election
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - Pakistan agreed to grant ex-premier Benazir Bhutto an amnesty on corruption charges, officials said Tuesday, as President Pervez Musharraf named a new army chief just days before he seeks re-election.
AU outnumbered, outgunned in Darfur: commander
EL-FASHER, Sudan (Reuters) - African Union peacekeepers are outgunned and outnumbered by rebels and militias in Darfur, the AU force commander Martin Luther Agwai said on Tuesday.
Britain's Brown sees more troops home by end 2007
BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Tuesday 500 more soldiers would be home from the unpopular war in Iraq by year's end, fuelling speculation he may soon call a national election.
Israel, breaking silence, confirms strike in Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After nearly a month of official silence, Israel confirmed on Tuesday that its air force carried out a strike inside Syrian territory on Sept 6.
Antagonists U.S., Venezuela hold rare diplomatic meet
CARACAS (Reuters) - Senior officials from antagonists Venezuela and the United States held a rare meeting on Monday and laid the groundwork for a possible visit by Washington's top diplomat for Latin America, Venezuela said.
Climate change will alter world travel patterns
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Global warming will produce stay-at-home tourists over the next few decades, radically altering travel patterns and threatening jobs and businesses in tourism-dependent countries, according to a stark assessment by U.N experts.
October 1, 2007
Bhutto says she might allow U.S. strike on bin Laden
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto said on Monday that she might allow a U.S. military strike inside Pakistan to eliminate al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden if she were the country's leader.
Dow hits record high
NEW YORK (AFP) - Wall Street shares surged higher Monday, kicking off the fourth quarter with gusto, with the Dow hitting a record high as investors appeared to bank on easier credit.
Putin announces run for Russian parliament
MOSCOW (AFP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday he would run for parliament in December and had a "realistic" shot at becoming prime minister, dropping a political bombshell that may herald a fundamental change in the way Russia is governed.
Ukraine president orders probe of vote count
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's president ordered an investigation into vote counting from a parliamentary election on Monday as his rival the prime minister and his allies in the pro-Western opposition both claimed victory.
Volcano erupts off Yemen, soldiers killed
SANAA (Reuters) - A volcano erupted on a Yemeni Red Sea island late on Sunday, killing at least seven soldiers and spewing lava and ash hundreds of meters into the air.
African Union vows to punish killers of Darfur troops
KHARTOUM (AFP) - The African Union on Monday began probing an unprecedented attack on one of its bases in Sudan's war-ravaged Darfur that left 10 peacekeepers dead and 40 missing, vowing to punish those responsible.
Embassies warn against violence in Kenya election
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Two dozen foreign embassies in Kenya called on Monday for "zero tolerance" on campaign violence as elections loom in the east African nation where national votes seldom pass without bloodshed.
Top Thai general resigns from junta before joining Cabinet
BANGKOK - Thailand's General Sonthi Boonyaratglin, who led last year's coup, has stepped down as head of the nation's junta, paving the way for him to join the Cabinet, a spokesman said Monday.
September 30, 2007
Some live it up: life on Cairo rooftops
CAIRO (Reuters) - Like thousands of other people in Cairo, Ashraf Ali, 33, has lived his whole life on a downtown roof.
Pro-West forces score narrow victory in Ukraine: exit polls
KIEV (AFP) - Pro-Western parties in Ukraine narrowly defeated their Moscow-backed rivals in snap parliamentary elections Sunday, exit polls indicated, but the apparent victory was unlikely to end months of political unrest.
Correa wins majority in Ecuador vote
QUITO (Reuters) - Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa's party won an overwhelming majority of seats in Sunday's election for a national assembly to rewrite the constitution, four government ministers told Reuters.
Israel freeing 87 jailed Palestinians to aid Abbas
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel releases 87 jailed Palestinians on Monday in a bid to shore up President Mahmoud Abbas against rival Hamas Islamists and ahead of a U.S.-sponsored conference on Palestinian statehood.
Darfur attack kills 10 AU troops, dozens missing
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Ten African Union soldiers were killed and dozens were missing after armed men launched an assault on an AU base in Darfur, the worst attack on AU troops since they deployed in Sudan's violent west in 2004.
UN envoy meets Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi
YANGON (AFP) - A UN envoy met Myanmar's detained democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi and leaders of the ruling junta Sunday, as he tried to broker an end to a bloody crackdown on anti-government protests.
MORE CURRENT HEADLINES
Afghanistan
AFP Asia Pacific
Africa
Africa Have Your Say
African
Alpine skiing
Also in the news
American Football
Americas
AP
Arsenal
Arts & Culture
Asia
Asia Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Aston Villa
Athletics
Australasia
Australia
Baseball
Basketball
Beds, Bucks & Herts
Beds/Bucks/Herts
Berkshire
Birmingham
Black country
Blackburn
Blogs
Bolton
Boxing
Bradford
Bradford & West Yorkshire
Bradford and West Yorkshire
Bristol
Bristol/Somerset
Business
Cambridgeshire
Celtic
Championship
Chelsea
China
Click
Companies
copenhagen
Cornwall
Country profiles
Coventry & Warwickshire
Coventry/Warwickshire
Cricket
Crossing Continents
Cumbria
Cycling
Davos 2009
Derbyshire
Devon
Disability Sport
Dorset
Earth News
East Asia
Eastern Europe
Economy
Edinburgh East and Fife
Edinburgh, East & Fife
Edinburgh, East and Fife
Education
Education & Family
England
English
Entertainment
Entertainment & Arts
Entertainment and Arts
Entertainment/Arts
Environment
Essex
Euro 2008
Europe
Everton
FA Cup
Features preview index - WILL NOT PUBLISH
Fencing
Figure skating
Food Crisis
Football
Formula 1
Formula One
Foyle & West
Foyle and West
From Our Own Correspondent
Front page
Fulham
Funny Old Game
Germany
Glasgow and West
Glasgow, Lanarkshire and West
Gloucestershire
Golf
Green Room
Guernsey
Gymnastics
Hampshire
HARDtalk
Have Your Say
Health
Hereford/Worcs
Hibernian
Highlands & Islands
Highlands and Islands
Hockey
Horse Racing
Hull
Human Rights
Humber
Hurricane Ike
Ice Hockey
In Pictures
India
International Teams
Internationals
Ipswich
Iran
Iraq
IRIN News
Irish
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Jersey
Journal
Judo
Kent
Lancashire
Latin America
Latin America & Caribbean
League Cup
Leicester
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Liverpool
London
London 2012
Luge
Macclesfield
Magazine
Man City
Man Utd
Manchester
Merseyside
Mid Wales
Middle East
Middlesbrough
Moneybox
MotoGP
Motorbikes
Motorsport
Music
N Ireland Politics
Newcastle
News
News Front Page
News Websites
Newsbeat
Newsnight
Newspapers
Norfolk
North East Wales
North East/N Isles
North West Wales
North Yorkshire
Northamptonshire
Northern Ireland
Nottingham
Nottinghamshire
Notts County
Obama inauguration
Olympics
Op-Ed
Oscars
Other sport...
Oxfordshire
Pakistan
Paralympics
Photo essay
Photo Galleries
Politics
Portsmouth
Premier League
Press Release
Programmes
promo
Radio Stations
Rangers
Reading
regular
Religion
Rising sea levels
Rugby League
Rugby Union
Russia
Sailing
Science & Environment
Science and Environment
Science/Environment
Science/Nature
Scot Prem
Scotland
Scottish Cups
Scottish Premier
separator
Shropshire
Snooker
SOL
Somalia
Somerset
South Africa
South Asia
South East Wales
South of Scotland
South West Wales
South Yorkshire
South-East Asia
Spain
Special Reports
Sports Personality
Sri Lanka
Staffordshire
Stoke & Staffordshire
Suffolk
Sunderland
Surrey
Sussex
Swansea
Swimming
Taekwondo
Tayside & Central
Tayside and Central
Technology
Tees
Television
Tennis
The Green Room
The P Word
Today
Tottenham
TV and Radio
Tyne
UK
UK election
UK Politics
US
US & Canada
US and Canada
US Elections 2008
US Politics
Vancouver 2010
Video
Vote USA 2008
Wales
Wales politics
Wear
Website
Weightlifting
Welsh
West Ham
West Indies
West Midlands
West Yorkshire
wide popup
Wiltshire
Wire Services
World
World Cup 2010
World News America
worldNews
York & North Yorkshire
York and North Yorkshire
Your Money
Your News
HOME
| About
| Authors
| Contact
| Partners
| Privacy & Security
| Terms of Use
| The WIP RSS News Feeds
| Archives
| Donate
Copyright © 2011 THEWIP.NET
