ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord

ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord


ElBaradei bound for Iran to pin down Geneva accord

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:23 PM PDT

VIENNA (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog will head to Iran this weekend to pin down an Iranian pledge, made at talks with big powers on Thursday, to open a newly revealed uranium enrichment site to inspections. The Geneva meeting, which also yielded agreement on follow-up talks before the end of October, lowered tensions a notch in a protracted standoff over suspicions that Iran is secretly trying to develop nuclear weapons.


Rio's Copacabana beach erupts at Olympic win

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:01 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's Copacabana beach erupted in Samba dancing and joy on Friday after the Brazilian city won the vote to host the 2016 Olympic Games, bringing the world's biggest sporting event to South America for the first time.


Iran security forces detain student activists: report

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:44 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian security forces arrested at least 15 student activists Friday after a meeting of key members of a pro-reform student movement in Tehran, a reformist website reported.


Rio beats Tokyo to 2016 Olympics

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:39 PM PDT

Brazil will become the first South American country to host the Olympics after Rio de Janeiro is chosen to stage the 2016 Games.


Downpours disrupt Japan practice

Posted: 01 Oct 2009 11:49 PM PDT

Championship leader Jenson Button sits out the second session as McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen is fastest overall at rain-soaked Suzuka.


US jobless rate continues to rise

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:04 PM PDT

Unemployment remains at highest level since 1983, despite signs recession is easing.


U.S. delaying millions in aid to Somalia, U.N. says

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:44 AM PDT

The U.S. government is delaying "tens of millions" of dollars in crucial humanitarian aid over concerns that the money is being diverted to a notorious militant group, a senior U.N. official said.


Israel airs videotape of kidnapped soldier

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:31 AM PDT

A "proof-of-life" video of an Israeli soldier kidnapped by Palestinian militants more than two years ago was made public Friday, after its delivery led to the release of Palestinian women prisoners. The video shows Gilad Shalit sitting in a chair, reading a newspaper dated September 14, 2009. "For a long time I've been waiting for the day to be released," Shalit says.


Entire villages buried by Sumatra quakes

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:21 AM PDT

An area that now looks like a flattened mess of destruction was, just days ago, a group of three villages.


Rio wins 2016 Olympic Games bid

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:33 AM PDT

The International Olympic Committee on Friday eliminated Chicago and Tokyo as contenders to host of the 2016 Games.


Iranian dissidents say they were raped

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 06:49 AM PDT

Two Iranians who were caught up in the waves of arrests that followed the disputed presidential elections in June have accused their captors of raping them.


Rio de Janeiro Wins 2016 Games

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:21 PM PDT

Rio will host the 2016 Olympics, bringing the Games to South America for the first time and besting a Chicago bid that was strongly backed by Obama.


Trustee Sues Four Madoff Relatives, Seeking $199 Million

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:55 AM PDT

The complaint does not accuse the family members of participating in the Ponzi scheme, but it calls them "derelict" in carrying out their professional duties.


Man charged in Jersey abuse probe

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 12:28 PM PDT

A 62-year-old man is charged in connection with Jersey's historical abuse inquiry, police have said.


EU and U.S. to present plan to break Bosnia deadlock

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:17 AM PDT

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - The European Union and the United States will present Bosnia's ethnically divided leaders next week with a plan to settle their differences and clear the way for the country's EU candidacy, officials said on Friday.


Man charged in Jersey abuse probe

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 11:34 AM PDT

A 62-year-old man is charged in connection with Jersey's historical abuse inquiry, police have said.


Scores killed in India flooding

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 07:36 AM PDT

At least 125 people die after three days of torrential rain batters southern India causing heavy flooding, officials say.


Montblanc's Gandhi Pen Prompts Howls in India

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 10:37 AM PDT

NEW DELHI, Oct. 2 -- Images of Mohandas K. Gandhi, father of modern India and icon of asceticism and nonviolence, have ended up in some unlikely places before, from ads selling Apple computers to counter-culture T-shirts.



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Posted: 02 Oct 2009 01:27 AM PDT

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Germany arrests al-Qaeda suspect

Posted: 02 Oct 2009 08:20 AM PDT

A man is arrested in Germany on suspicion of preparing explosive devices and posting al-Qaeda propaganda on the web.


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