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Defiant Iran angers US with missile test

AFP - 21 minutes ago

TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Wednesday test-fired a missile it said is capable of reaching Israel, angering the United States amid growing fears that the standoff over the contested Iranian nuclear drive could lead to war. More »

  • European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana (seen here in June 2008) will visit Tehran on July 19 for talks on Iran's contested nuclear drive, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday.

    Solana to visit Iran for nuclear talks July 19: report

    AFP - 41 minutes ago

    TEHRAN (AFP) - European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana will visit Tehran on July 19 for talks on Iran's contested nuclear drive, the semi-official Fars news agency reported on Wednesday. More »

  • Obama, McCain split on Iran's missile tests

    AFP - 1 hour 15 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democrat Barack Obama Wednesday called for aggressive diplomacy with Iran while Republican John McCain warned against making any concessions, as Tehran's missile tests jolted the White House race. More »

  • Presumptive US Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama addresses the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, July 8. Obama has urged

    'Aggressive diplomacy' needed with Iran: Obama

    AFP - Wednesday, July 9 01:53 pm

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Barack Obama on Wednesday urged "aggressive diplomacy" as well as economic sanctions to get Iran to change its actions after Tehran's missile test. More »

  • Iran warns against attack as G8 demands nuclear freeze

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 07:32 pm

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran warned on Tuesday it would "set fire" to Israel and US forces in response to any attack over its nuclear drive, as the world's leading industrial powers told Tehran to freeze uranium enrichment. More »

  • Bangladesh's top anti-corruption body admitted Tuesday that it has discovered several of its own officials taking bribes while enforcing a nationwide crackdown on the practice.

    Bribe-takers found in Bangladesh's anti-corruption body

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 05:21 pm

    DHAKA (AFP) - Bangladesh's top anti-corruption body admitted Tuesday that it has discovered several of its own officials taking bribes while enforcing a nationwide crackdown on the practice. More »

  • Former Thai PM Thaksin goes on trial for corruption

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 01:13 pm

    BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand put billionaire former premier Thaksin Shinawatra on trial for corruption on Tuesday, almost two years after he was toppled from power in a military coup. More »

  • Iran says would strike Israel, US navy if attacked

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 11:58 am

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran would "set on fire" Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned on Tuesday. More »

  • Hossein Rezazade of Iran competes in the men's super heavyweight Olympic weightlifting competition in Athens in 2004. Rezazadeh won the gold medal. The government newspaper Iran has reported that Iran has banned sports and movie stars from appearing in commercial advertisements on the grounds that celebrities should not promote consumerism. Rezazadeh appears to be a notable target of the ban.

    Iran bans sports, film stars from advertisements

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 10:32 am

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran has banned sports and movie stars from appearing in commercial advertisements on the grounds that celebrities should not promote consumerism, the government newspaper Iran reported on Tuesday. More »

  • Israeli police have said they will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (seen here July 6) again this week over a corruption scandal that has rocked his government and which could lead to early elections.

    Israel police to quiz Olmert again over graft scandal

    AFP - Tuesday, July 8 10:06 am

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israeli police said on Tuesday they will question Prime Minister Ehud Olmert again this week over a corruption scandal that has rocked his government and which could lead to early elections. More »

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