Clinton: Iran moving toward military dictatorship

Clinton: Iran moving toward military dictatorship

Clinton: Iran moving toward military dictatorship

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - The United States believes Iran may be heading toward a military dictatorship and that its Revolutionary Guard Corps is supplanting its government, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Monday.


Yemen rebels hand over one Saudi soldier - Al Jazeera

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels believed to be holding five Saudi soldiers captive have handed over one missing soldier to a ceasefire committee, Al Jazeera television reported on Monday.


Anti-Saddam purge both woos and worries Iraq voters

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Government rhetoric against Saddam Hussein's Baath party will woo some Iraqi Shi'ite voters ahead of an election, but many people feel uneasy about a return to the sectarian politics that has spilled so much blood.


Russian resource tycoons recoup ground on rich list

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Local resource oligarchs have clawed back some ground lost to financiers on Russia's rich list over the year, a respected national magazine said on Monday, also predicting a flurry of Russian public share offerings.


Space station gets a room with a view

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:51 AM PST

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Monday added an observation deck that will give residents of the orbital outpost a panoramic view of the station and Earth below.


U.S. Marines say make steady progress in Afghan assault

Posted: 15 Feb 2010 12:03 AM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S. Marines are making steady progress in one of the biggest NATO offensives in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001 but areas infested with roadside bombs are bogging them down, a spokesman said on Monday.


Pope meets Irish bishops on child abuse

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:38 PM PST

Ireland's Catholic bishops are in Rome for two days of talks with Pope Benedict to discuss child abuse in the Church.


Five Australians jailed for jihad plot

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:35 PM PST

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Five Australian Muslims found with weapons and chemicals to make bombs and convicted of plotting a terror attack in Australia were jailed on Monday for terms ranging from 23 to 28 years.


Italians re-enact battle with oranges

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:01 PM PST

Hundreds of people pour into the northern Italian city of Ivrea on Sunday to re-enact the Battle of the Oranges by pelting each other with the fruit.


Australia's far-right Hanson to move to Britain

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 08:34 PM PST

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's former anti-immigrant politician, Pauline Hanson, is to become an immigrant herself, moving to Britain to escape lingering controversy over her warning that Australia was being swamped by Asians.


U.S., Israel up pressure for sanctions on Iran

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:37 PM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - The United States declared on Sunday it saw few alternatives to more sanctions on Iran, saying it sought a peaceful end to a nuclear standoff but did not want to engage diplomatically "while they are building their bomb".


NATO says its rockets killed 12 Afghan civilians

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:02 PM PST

MARJAH (Reuters) - NATO rockets killed 12 Afghan civilians on Sunday, the second day of an offensive designed to impose Afghan government authority on one of the last big Taliban strongholds in the country's most violent province.


Clinton urges Iran to reconsider nuclear policy

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 07:02 PM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iran on Sunday to reconsider its "dangerous" nuclear policy, saying Tehran's stance left the world little choice but to impose "greater costs".


Lebanon marks Hariri anniversary

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 11:12 AM PST

Thousands of people have gathered in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, to mark the fifth anniversary of the killing of Rafik Hariri.


U.S. wants peaceful solution to Iran nuclear dispute

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:56 AM PST

DOHA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Washington wants peaceful solution to a nuclear dispute with Iran, but does not want to engage with Tehran "while they are building their bomb".


Pope to meet Irish bishops on child abuse scandal

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:56 AM PST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Bishops who will meet Pope Benedict over a paedophilia scandal that has shaken devoutly Catholic Ireland will acknowledge the "enormous injustice and cruelty" inflicted on the victims, a participant said on Sunday.


Biden rejects Cheney attacks over terrorism fight

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:56 AM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden rejected assertions by Dick Cheney on Sunday that the Obama administration was soft on terrorism and waterboarding should have been an option for the suspect in an attempted Christmas Day airline bombing.


NATO says 12 Afghan civilians dead in missile strike

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:00 AM PST

MARJAH (Reuters) - NATO rockets killed 12 Afghan civilians on Sunday, missing Taliban militants attacking NATO and Afghan troops as they press ahead with a major offensive that must win over the local population to succeed.


No reason to stall Iran missiles deal, Moscow says

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:00 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia sees no reason to stall on the sale of its S-300 anti-aircraft systems to Iran, the Kremlin's powerful Security Council said on Sunday, hours before the premier of Iran's adversary Israel was due to visit Moscow.


Yanukovich wins Ukraine presidency - election body

Posted: 14 Feb 2010 10:00 AM PST

KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine's Viktor Yanukovich was declared president-elect by the main election body on Sunday, leaving rival Yulia Tymoshenko with only a slender chance to take power through a legal challenge.


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