VIENNA, Sept 25 (Reuters): Iran has informed the UN nuclear watchdog agency that it has a second uranium enrichment plant under construction, diplomats told the news agency Friday.They said the Islamic Republic told the International Atomic Energy Agency of the...
TOKYO, Sept 25 (AP): Before Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama took office, diplomacy was seen as his weakest point. Now, he can't seem to get enough of it.Just six days after being sworn in as Japan's leader, Hatoyama left for...
NEW YORK, Sept 25 (Reuters): The US State Department said it is rethinking a decision to give $2.5 million in aid to Libya, including to foundations run by the Libyan leader's sons, after lawmakers Thursday asked it to cancel the...
CARACAS, Sept 25 (AP): President Hugo Chavez says Libya's Moammar Gadhafi is more than welcome to pitch his tent in Venezuela as the two of them make a diplomatic push for closer ties between Africa and South America at a...
Olmert corruption trial opens in JerusalemJERUSALEM, Sept 25: Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert went on trial in Jerusalem Friday on corruption charges, confidently predicting he would be acquitted of fraud, breach of trust and failure to report income. "I...
TOKYO, Sept 25 (AP): Japan's new government launched an investigation Friday into whether previous administrations entered secret security pacts with Washington, including one said to endorse US nuclear-armed ships despite a policy of barring such weapons.The Democratic Party of Japan,...
YANGON, Sept 25 (Reuters): Myanmar's detained Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi will support US plans to engage with the isolated nation but only if opposition groups are involved in any dialogue, her party said.Suu Kyi's backing followed US Secretary...
MOSUL, Sept 25 (Reuters): Eleven Iraqi soldiers were killed Friday in a roadside bomb disposal accident in northern Iraq, Iraqi security officials said.The bomb disposal unit was trying to detonate a number of bombs in a vacant area in Bashika,...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan, Sept 25 (AFP): A US drone attack in Pakistan's tribal belt killed 10 militants from an Al-Qaeda-linked network that is fighting Western troops in Afghanistan, officials said Friday.The strike by a suspected US spy plane was the fourth...
CENTURION, South Africa, Sept 25 (AFP): South Africa bounced back into contention for 2009 ICC Champions Trophy glory with a five-wicket triumph over New Zealand at SuperSport Park Thursday.Upset by Sri Lanka in the opening match of the ODI tournament...
CENTURION, South Africa, Sept 25 (AFP): Fit-again skipper Younus Khan has returned to bolster Pakistan in a high-pressure match against India in the Champions Trophy here Saturday.The reliable middle-order batsman missed his team's opening game against the West Indies in...
ALEXANDRIA, Sept 25 (AFP): FIFA president Sepp Blatter Thursday slammed Europe's top clubs for refusing to free their young players to compete in the under-20 World Cup in Egypt."It's not right that the big European clubs don't free up their...
TESSENDERLO, Sept 25 (AFP): US Open champion Kim Clijsters said Thursday she will play the four Grand Slams in 2010, as well as the Fed Cup and half a dozen more tournaments."I'm not going to base my programme on the...
MADRID, Sept 25 (AFP): Just four weeks into the Spanish season, Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi, two of the best strikers in the world, are already forging a rivalry that has fans drooling.The superstars of Real Madrid and Barcelona have...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 25 (AFP): Wayne Parnell repaid the faith shown in him by captain Graeme Smith with a five-wicket haul as South Africa defeated New Zealand to get their ICC Champions Trophy challenge back on track. The 20-year-old who made...
Saiful KaiserPakistan won their opener against the West Indies and as we all saw it looked like they were up against a Godzilla-size target, which was actually 134. And this was the WI side that had lost everything to Bangladesh...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 25 (AFP): Sri Lanka will be keen to cash in on England's inconsistent form and boost their hopes of qualifying for the Champions Trophy semi-finals here Friday.Kumar Sangakkara's Sri Lankans, having already beaten South Africa by 55 runs...
A 26-member team of Sonali Otit Club will leave for London today (Saturday) to play four friendly matches under the management of the UK branch of the club, reports UNB.During the 14-day tour, former national footballer Satyajit Das Rupu will...
LONDON, Sept 25 (AFP): Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria claimed the first hat-trick of his career Thursday playing for English county side Essex against Derbyshire at Derby. Greg Smith became the Pakistani player's 800th first-class victim when he was bowled behind...
WARSAW, Sept 25 (AFP): Real Madrid goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has been recalled by out-of-the-running Poland for their two remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers, after Dutchman Leo Beenhakker was sacked as coach, the Polish FA announced Friday.
GLASGOW, Sept 25 (AFP): David Will, a former President of the Scottish Football Association (SFA) who also served as a vice-president of FIFA, has died of cancer at the age of 72, the SFA announced Friday.Will was a member of...
James Anderson and Graham Onions made a mockery of the form-book on a seaming surface that might have been imported from Uxbridge in April, as England's pacemen launched themselves at Sri Lanka's much-fancied batsmen in an extraordinary start to their...
BANGKOK, Sept 25 (Reuters): Most Southeast Asian stock markets fell on Friday on fears that authorities around the world might end stimulus efforts too soon, and big caps such as Bumi Resources (BUMI.JK) and Astra International (ASII.JK) dropped.World central banks...
SHANGHAI, Sept 25 (AP): Ford Motor Co. said Friday it plans to spend $490 million on building a third assembly plant in China, ramping up production to meet surging demand in this fast-growing market as the U.S. automaker expands in...
SINGAPORE, Sept 25 (AFP): Oil rebounded in Asian trade today after overnight declines triggered by fresh concerns about the pace of recovery in the US economy, the world's largest energy user, analysts said. New York's main contract, light sweet crude...
NEW ZEALAND, Sept 25 (Bloomberg) -- Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. agreed to buy ING Groep NV's stake in their life insurance and wealth-management venture for A$1.76 billion ($1.5 billion) in the bank's biggest acquisition since 2003.Australia's fourth-biggest...
BEIJING, Sept 25 (AFP): China has started building the first strategic oil reserve in the far western Xinjiang region, a senior official said today, as part of the Asian giant's efforts to secure its energy supply. "We started building the...
TOKYO, Sept 25 (AFP): Yen rose against dollar and euro in Asian trade today after Japan's new finance minister said at G20 talks that Tokyo did not intend to intervene to weaken the Japanese currency. The dollar fell to 90.70...
LONDON, Sept 25 (Dow Jones): European stocks were generally a tad lower Friday, as investors attempted to balance the mixed U.S. economic data of the previous session with the temptation to take profits ahead of the weekend break.U.S. stocks closed...
LONDON, Sept 25 (Bloomberg): Unilever, the maker of Dove soap, agreed to buy Sara Lee Corp.'s personal-care and European detergent unit for 1.28 billion euros ($1.88 billion), gaining Sanex shower gel in its biggest purchase in nine years.Unilever, based in...
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