Exclusive: Sources say senior Iranian diplomat detained in March

Exclusive: Sources say senior Iranian diplomat detained in March

Exclusive: Sources say senior Iranian diplomat detained in March

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:12 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A senior Iranian diplomat linked to Iran's reformists was detained in Tehran in March, possibly as part of a crackdown on dissidents ahead of the June presidential election, sources familiar with the case told Reuters on Tuesday.

VIDEO: Mathematician decodes WW2 letter

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 01:11 PM PDT

A top mathematician has deciphered coded messages in WW2 letters sent from imprisoned British naval officer John Prior to his family.

Map of the world's 25 best airports, according to that study Obama is so upset about

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:37 AM PDT

President Obama, as part of a larger point urging Congress to invest in American infrastructure, made several references to a study on the world's best airports at a news conference Tuesday.

"There was a recent survey of the top airports in the world," Obama said. "And there was not a single U.S. airport that came in the top 25, not one. Not one U.S. airport was considered by the experts and consumers who use these airports to be in the top 25 in the world. I think Cincinnati Airport came in around 30th. Well, what does that say about our long-term competitiveness and future?"

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Syrian rebels tackle local government

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:53 AM PDT

AZAZ, Syria — The sign erected outside the former mayor's office of a small village in rebel-held northern Syria is surprisingly lacking in revolutionary fervor.

"Anyone who throws rubbish in the street will be fined," it says, before warning that repeat offenders face a month in jail.

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Pentagon deploys small number of troops to war-torn Mali

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:45 AM PDT

The Pentagon has deployed a small number of troops to Mali to support allied forces fighting there, despite repeated pledges by the Obama administration not to put "boots on the ground" in the war-torn African country.

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DealBook: Apple Raises $17 Billion in Record Debt Sale

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:26 PM PDT

Why would a company with $145 billion in cash even bother to issue debt? The answer has a lot to do with the frenzied state of the bond markets.
    

Friction Between U.S. and Mexico Threatens Efforts on Drugs

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:49 AM PDT

There have long been political sensitivities in Mexico over allowing too much involvement from the United States, but recent policy changes under new president, Enrique Peña Nieto, have rattled American officials.
    

China dissident's brother says home attacked nightly with dead poultry, bottles

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:27 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Security personnel in eastern China are carrying out a nightly harassment campaign against the brother of blind rights activist Chen Guangcheng, the two said on Tuesday, throwing rocks, bottles and dead poultry at his house for 12 nights in a row.

Italy PM urges EU to drop austerity drive

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:23 PM PDT

Enrico Letta, visiting Germany, says initiatives fostering growth should be prioritised over budgetary discipline.

France troops capture suspected French jihadist in Mali

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 12:03 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - A suspected French jihadist has been captured by French forces in Mali, the defense ministry in Paris said on Tuesday, one of a handful of French nationals in the Sahel suspected of fighting against their own country.

Books of The Times: ‘A Delicate Truth,’ by John le Carré

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:00 AM PDT

"A Delicate Truth," a new thriller by John le Carré, pits good against evil by way of two innocents plopped into a high-stakes game.
    

Six Tunisian police wounded in hunt for Islamists near Algeria

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:54 AM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - A land mine suspected of being planted by hardline Islamists wounded six Tunisian police officers on Tuesday as they pursued a group of insurgents near the Algerian border, the interior ministry said.

Virgin Galactic test flight goes supersonic

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:44 AM PDT

California test reaches Mach 1.2 as engines fire for 16 seconds before gliding back to the ground.

Pope accepts invite to Israel, urges peace talks

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:38 AM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to resume talks and make "courageous decisions" to bring peace after his first meeting with Israel's President Shimon Peres on Tuesday and accepted an invitation to visit the Holy Land.

Puerto doctor gets jail term, evidence to be destroyed

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:28 AM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the central figure in the Operation Puerto probe into a doping ring in cycling, got a one-year prison term on Tuesday as the judge ordered all evidence from the case to be destroyed.

Military push not sole way to end Congo conflict: U.N. envoy

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:26 AM PDT

GOMA, Democratic Republic of Congo (Reuters) - A military solution is not the only way to end decades of conflict in eastern Congo, the newly appointed United Nations special envoy to the region said on Tuesday as the world body prepared to bolster its peacekeeping mission there.

Russia's oldest rights group told to register as "foreign agent"

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:17 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Moscow prosecutors told Russia's oldest human rights group on Tuesday that it must register as a "foreign agent" under a new law that critics say is a move by President Vladimir Putin to silence dissent.

Spanish judge wants eight business leaders in court on graft case

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:11 AM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - A magistrate investigating corruption allegations against Spain's ruling People's Party (PP) ordered eight business leaders on Tuesday to appear in court for questioning about supposed donations they made to the party.

Shell secures huge UAE gas deal

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 11:15 AM PDT

Royal Dutch Shell beats France's Total to a multi-billion-pound deal to develop a gas field with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company.

DealBook: JPMorgan Executives Come and Go as Vote Nears

Posted: 30 Apr 2013 10:56 AM PDT

The turnover at the highest levels of the bank continues just weeks before a shareholder vote decides whether to split the roles of chairman and chief executive.
    

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