Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - media

Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - media

Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - media

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:28 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A reformist former vice president, who was arrested after Iran's disputed presidential election in June, has been sentenced to six years in jail, Iranian newspapers reported on Sunday.


Azerbaijan warning ahead of talks

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:18 PM PST

President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan has warned Armenia that he will use force to regain control of the disputed enclave of Nagorno Karabakh if internationally mediated talks on Sunday fail to produce results.


Deaths feared in Turkish floods

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:30 PM PST

Four people are believed to have died in Turkey after heavy rains prompted flooding and landslides, causing some buildings to collapse and rivers to burst their banks.


US Senate approves health debate

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:48 PM PST

The US Senate has narrowly voted to hold a full debate on a landmark bill designed to overhaul the country's healthcare system.


Presidential election pivotal for Romanian economy

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians vote on Sunday in a closely-fought presidential election that is key to reviving economic and justice reforms and solving a government crisis that has delayed aid from the International Monetary Fund.


Top Iranian reformer jailed for six years - paper

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A reformist former vice president, who was arrested after Iran's disputed election in June, has been sentenced to six years in jail, a newspaper reported on Sunday.


Chavez says Venezuela in recession, by U.S. yardstick

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Oil-exporting Venezuela is in recession, its socialist President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday, adding that the capitalist system of measuring economic growth was established in the United States.


China mine explosion death toll reaches 87

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

HEGANG, China (Reuters) - The death toll from China's latest coal mine disaster reached 87 as hopes dimmed on Sunday that more survivors would be found a day after a gas blast at a colliery in the country's icy far northeast.


Bushfires burn as Australia prepares final ETS laws

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by the year's final day of parliament on Thursday.


Poll boost for UK's Brown as Tories' lead slashed

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 11:19 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Labour Party has slashed the main opposition Conservative Party's opinion poll lead to six points, giving the government its best showing in almost a year as voter confidence in the economy recovers.


Road deaths cost world economy $500bln - Kremlin

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:59 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday called on world powers to battle a rising tide of road accidents which he said killed the equivalent of a major city each year and drained the global economy of $500 billion.


'Catastrophic' Australia fire warning

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:53 PM PST

Australian authorities issue a "catastrophic" bushfire warning for the first time, warning residents in southern areas to evacuate their homes before uncontrollable fires take hold.


Pressure for progress at talks on rebel Karabakh

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:00 PM PST

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia hold talks on Sunday on the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, with Azeri ally Turkey pressing for progress before it seals an historic rapprochement with neighbouring Armenia.


Death toll in China mine blast rises

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:20 PM PST

At least 87 people are now known to have died in a coal mine blast in northern China, state media report, making the accident among the worst in recent years in China's notoriously dangerous mines.


Iran hardliner calls for Mousavi trial over "big lie"

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:13 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - The head of a hardline Iranian political party called on Saturday for opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi to face trial for spreading the "big lie" of fraud in June's disputed election.


Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:13 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said.


Iran to hold war games to protect nuclear facilities

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 09:13 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's military said it will begin large-scale air defence drills on Sunday, and a cleric in the Revolutionary Guards warned that the Islamic Republic would fire missiles at "the heart of Tel Aviv" if attacked.


Russia's Medvedev raps ruling party over elections

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 08:27 PM PST

ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev scolded leaders of Russia's ruling party on Saturday for "bad political habits" and ordered them to win future elections fairly.


Mubarak: Egypt will not tolerate insult to its expats

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 08:02 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt will not allow its citizens living abroad to be humiliated, President Hosni Mubarak said in an address to parliament on Saturday, in an apparent reference to a spat with Algeria over a World Cup qualifier.


Healthcare bill passes first U.S. Senate test

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 08:02 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A sweeping healthcare overhaul narrowly cleared its first hurdle in the U.S. Senate on Saturday, with Democrats casting 60 party-line votes to open debate on the biggest healthcare changes in decades.


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