Iran Won't Send Uranium Abroad

Iran Won't Send Uranium Abroad


Iran Won't Send Uranium Abroad

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:47 PM PST

Iran's foreign minister appeared to rule out sending the country's low-enriched uranium overseas for further processing, representing the country's most definitive rejection so far of a nuclear deal reached with Western powers.


Iraqi Election Placed in Jeopardy

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:44 PM PST

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi vetoed a recently-approved election law, throwing the timing of a parliamentary vote slated for January into further question.


Big Bronx Landlord, Feeling Flush, Looks for Bargains

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:55 AM PST

Jacob Selechnik amassed an empire of more than 7,000 apartments. After selling many of them recently, he says he is poised to go bargain hunting.


Ghailani Can't Keep Military Lawyers

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:47 AM PST

A federal judge ruled that the removal of the military lawyers who had represented Ahmed Ghailani, the first detainee from Guantanamo to face prosecution in the U.S., from his criminal case won't violate his rights.


UK soldier killed in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:48 PM PST

A British military policeman is shot dead during a gun battle in Afghanistan's Helmand province, the MoD says.


No Change in U.S. Mammogram Policy

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:42 AM PST

Federal policy on who should get breast cancer screening has not changed, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday.


Links Seen Between Chicago Arrests and Mumbai Attack

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:11 AM PST

Investigators in India are retracing the steps of two men arrested in Chicago by the FBI to see if they helped plan the attacks that killed more than 160 people in November 2008.


Obama arrives for South Korea talks

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

Final leg of Asia tour to be dominated by discussions on North Korea and trade.


Chocolate giants ponder Cadbury bid

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:38 AM PST

Hershey and Ferrero expected to join forces to offer rival bid to Kraft's hostile takeover.


Court backs Battisti extradition

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:20 PM PST

Brazil's Supreme Court approves the extradition of former left-wing militant Cesare Battisti to Italy.


Yahia sends Algeria to World Cup

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:42 AM PST

Antar Yahia scores the only goal of the game as Algeria beat Egypt 1-0 to clinch Africa's final spot at next year's World Cup.


Oceans Said to Absorb Fewer Emissions

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:31 AM PST

The Earth's oceans have recently grown less efficient at sopping up carbon dioxide from fuel emissions, new research suggests.


Obama brothers meet in China

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:45 AM PST

President Obama's four-day visit to China was aimed at building deeper ties -- and also spending time, albeit briefly, on family relationships.


Obama Arrives in South Korea

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:51 AM PST

After a rocky visit to China, Obama arrived in South Korea to solidify a unified approach toward North Korea but facing friction over free trade.


Clinton Makes Surprise Visit to Kabul

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:49 AM PST

On her first trip to Afghanistan as U.S. secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton said that President Hamid Karzai's inauguration provides a new chance for him to strengthen government accountability.


Maersk Alabama Evades 2nd Attack

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 08:33 AM PST

The Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship captured briefly by pirates in April, came under fire again off Somalia's coast, but evaded the attackers.


Hong Kong Proposes Reforms

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:49 AM PST

The government of Hong Kong proposed a new set of constitutional reforms that it called a "crucial step" toward direct elections, but drew criticism from prodemocratic lawmakers who called it a stall tactic.


British Government Lays Out Agenda

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 10:18 AM PST

The U.K.'s Labour government laid out its legislative program before next year's general election, with a raft of populist promises that were quickly dismissed by opposition politicians as election-year rhetoric.


Skate may be fished to extinction

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 11:23 AM PST

A species of skate could become the first marine fish driven to extinction by commercial fishing, say scientists.


Obama’s Asia Trip: Lots of Problems, Not Much Adulation

Posted: 18 Nov 2009 12:03 PM PST

The novelty of a visit as America's first black president having given way to intractable issues like monetary policy, trade, security and the new 800-pound gorilla on the continent, China.


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