Iran's next president, in speech: 'I will try to improve peace in the world by engagement'

Iran's next president, in speech: 'I will try to improve peace in the world by engagement'

Iran's next president, in speech: 'I will try to improve peace in the world by engagement'

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Hassan Rouhani, the political moderate who was announced Saturday as the winner of Iran's presidential election, gave a victory speech in Tehran that offered an early hint of diplomatic engagement. A former nuclear negotiator who agreed to halt uranium enrichment in 2004, Rouhani is seen as much more predisposed toward pragmatism and diplomacy than his predecessor, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Some Iran analysts are hopeful that he may be willing to compromise with the West over Iran's controversial nuclear program.

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Defiance toward more U.S. help of rebels

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 01:52 PM PDT

In this government stronghold city, Syrians moved with an air of confidence Friday, defiantly dismissive of how the United States will raise the stakes of the country's bloody two-year civil war by stepping up support to the rebels.

Paul Soros, Shipping Innovator, Dies at 87

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:47 PM PDT

Mr. Soros built Soros Associates, which has dominated the port-building industry and shifted international trade and production patterns through its shipping innovations.
    

EgyptAir plane diverted after threatening note found

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:48 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - An EgyptAir jet heading to New York from Cairo was diverted and landed in Scotland on Saturday after a passenger found a note in a toilet containing a threat to set the plane on fire, the Egyptian airline told Reuters.

Mortar attack on Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills three

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:43 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp killed three people in Baghdad on Saturday, police sources said, and the Mujahidin-e-Khalq (MEK) group said Iran was probably to blame, with Iraqi complicity.

Egypt cuts diplomatic ties with Syria

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT

President Mohamed Morsi announces closure of embassies in Damascus and Cairo, and calls for imposition of no-fly zone.

India cruise to win over Pakistan

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:49 AM PDT

India maintain their 100% Champions Trophy record with an eight-wicket win over Pakistan at Edgbaston.

Bulgaria to replace new security chief after public backlash

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's Socialist-led government said on Saturday it would reverse its appointment of a powerful media figure as head of state security just a day after rushing it through parliament, bowing to public outrage two weeks after taking power.

Ex-president gets 7 years in prison for arms smuggling

Posted: 14 Jun 2013 04:40 AM PDT

An Argentine court has sentenced former President Carlos Menem to seven years in prison for his role in illegally smuggling weapons to Ecuador and Croatia.

Egypt detains man suspected of spying for Israel

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:14 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Authorities in Egypt have detained an Egyptian man suspected of spying for Israel, the state news agency said on Saturday.

Turkish police begin to clear Istanbul’s Taksim Square

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:30 PM PDT

ISTANBUL — Turkish police began clearing a central Istanbul square of protesters on Saturday, using water cannons and tear gas to clear away a two-week-old encampment that has turned into the biggest challenge to the 10-year rule of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

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Murray battles into Queen's final

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:03 PM PDT

India cruise to win over Pakistan

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:49 AM PDT

India maintain their 100% Champions Trophy record with an eight-wicket win over Pakistan at Edgbaston.

A Staggering Migration

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:48 AM PDT

The Chinese government plans to move 250 million people from farms to cities over the next twelve to fifteen years.
    

Live Updates: Third Round of the U.S. Open Is Under Way

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Weather woes in the past, the United States Open gets serious on Saturday with a crowded leader board chasing Phil Mickelson and Billy Horschel.
    

Police clear Istanbul's Gezi Park

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:56 PM PDT

Riot police move to clear Istanbul's Gezi Park, using tear gas and water cannon, after PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan warns protesters to leave.

Campbell-Brown fails drugs test

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:01 PM PDT

Current World 200m champion and three-time Olympic champion Veronica Campbell-Brown tests positive for a banned substance.

Southern African leaders urge Zimbabwe to postpone election

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 12:33 PM PDT

MAPUTO (Reuters) - Southern African leaders on Saturday told Zimbabwe to ask its courts to extend a July 31 deadline to hold elections, amid high tension between President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai over the timing of the vote.

Video: Young Iranians fill streets in celebration of their new president, Hossan Rouhani

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:16 AM PDT

This video, uploaded by a popular Persian-language YouTube channel and circulated by the Iran news site Tehran Bureau, purports to show young Iranians celebrating in the streets of Shiraz, a city in the country's south. They are said to have gathered spontaneously in support of Hassan Rouhani, the moderate former nuclear negotiator, who has won Iran's election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president.

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Iran's next president, Hassan Rouhani, seen as best hope for ending nuclear standoff with West

Posted: 15 Jun 2013 11:10 AM PDT

Almost a day after polls closed, Iranian authorities have announced that the race's leading moderate, a cleric and former nuclear negotiator named Hassan Rouhani, has won the election outright to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the president of Iran.

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