Archive for November 5th, 2009
Clinton urges Iran to accept nuclear offer as it is (AFP)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
AFP – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday urged Iran to accept unchanged a UN-drafted deal with global powers on its nuclear program.
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Student stuns Iran by criticizing supreme leader (AP)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
AP – An unassuming college math student has become an unlikely hero to many in Iran for daring to criticize the country’s most powerful man to his face.
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U.S. tells Iran nuclear deal offer won’t be changed (Reuters)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Reuters – U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday said a draft nuclear cooperation deal between Iran and three major powers will not be changed and urged Iran to accept it as is.
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Clinton sees families of hikers detained in Iran (AP)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
AP – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had an emotional meeting on Thursday with the families of three American hikers detained in Iran since late July and renewed appeals to Iranian authorities to release them.
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IAEA found nothing serious at Iran site: ElBaradei (Reuters)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Reuters – U.N. inspectors found “nothing to be worried about” in a first look at a previously secret uranium enrichment site in Iran last month, the International Atomic Energy chief said in remarks published Thursday.
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US shares rise on business data
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
US shares rise strongly after official figures show business productivity has risen at its highest rate in six years.
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U.S. sets more duties on China pipe in record case (Reuters)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Reuters – The United States on Thursday slapped preliminary anti-dumping duties ranging up to 99 percent on Chinese-made oil well pipe in the biggest U.S. trade action against China.
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Iran tested advanced nuclear warhead: report (Reuters)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
Reuters – The U.N. nuclear watchdog has asked Iran to explain evidence suggesting the Islamic Republic’s scientists have experimented with an advanced nuclear warhead design, the Guardian reported in its Friday edition.
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Israeli president to visit Brazil just before Iranian leader (AFP)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
AFP – Israeli President Shimon Peres is to visit Brazil next week, just days before his country’s archfoe, Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is to also arrive, according to officials.
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AFP protests continued detention of reporter in Tehran (AFP)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
AFP – AFP reporter Farhad Pouladi will remain in custody at least until the weekend after being arrested on Wednesday while covering an anti-American rally in Tehran, an Iranian official said.
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