Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite (Reuters)

Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite (Reuters)

Iran fuels up nuclear plant as sanctions bite (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:04 PM PDT

A general view of the Russian built Bushehr nuclear power reactor in southwestern Iran March 11, 2003. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl MN/AA/FilesReuters - Iran began loading fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, its atomic energy chief said, the last major step toward realizing its stated goal of becoming a peaceful user of nuclear energy.

Haiti cholera toll near 300, disease seen "settling" (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:05 PM PDT

Residents wear protective masks in St. Marc, the center of the cholera epidemic in Haiti, October 25, 2010. REUTERS/Sophia Paris/MINUSTAH/HandoutReuters - Deaths from Haiti's cholera epidemic approached 300 on Tuesday, and health experts said the illness would "settle" in the poor Caribbean nation, joining other endemic diseases like malaria and tuberculosis.

Guantanamo made Omar Khadr more dangerous, doctor says (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:37 PM PDT

Reuters - A Canadian who admitted he was a teen terrorist has grown more dangerous after being "marinated in radical jihadism" at the Guantanamo detention camp, a psychiatrist told a U.S. war crimes tribunal on Tuesday.

Russia wants troop limit in new NATO states: report (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:41 AM PDT

Reuters - Russia is demanding that any new cooperation deal with NATO include limits on the number of troops posted in the alliance's new member states in central Europe, a leading Russian daily reported on Wednesday.

China to expand fleet to patrol disputed seas (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:45 PM PDT

Reuters - China has launched a new inspection vessel to strengthen marine patrols and 36 more will be added to boost China's presence in disputed waters, state media said on Wednesday.

High Anxiety in Iran: Awaiting Economic Reform (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 11:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Ahmadinejad is on the verge of implementing a much-needed adjustment to the economy. But most Iranians are scared to death of the consequences

Heineken says Q3 sales weak but profits up (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:42 AM PDT

AP - Heineken NV, the Dutch brewer, said Wednesday that underlying sales dipped but profits rose during the third quarter on a mix of cost savings, volume growth in Asia and Africa, and price increases.

Iran acknowledges it funds Afghan government (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 04:12 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Oct. 25, 2010. Karzai told reporters that once or twice a year Iran gives his office $700,000 to $975,000 for official presidential expenses. He said the U.S. has known about the Iranian assistance for years and that Washington also gives the palace 'bags of money.' (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Iran acknowledged Tuesday it has been sending funds to neighboring Afghanistan for years, but said the money was intended to aid reconstruction, not to buy influence in the office of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.

Jaguar escaped in hurricane blamed in Belize death (AP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 07:15 PM PDT

AP - A jaguar that escaped from its cage at a Belize animal rescue center during Hurricane Richard has been blamed in the mauling death of a U.S. citizen whose body was found on Tuesday.

Disciplined South Africa beat Pakistan in Twenty20 (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:17 PM PDT

South African paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe (R), seen here delivering a ball, and off-spinner Johan Botha took three wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first of two Twenty20 matches.(AFP/Aamir Qureshi)AFP - Paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe and off-spinner Johan Botha took three wickets apiece to help South Africa beat Pakistan by six wickets in the first of two Twenty20 matches here on Tuesday.

Indonesia tsunami kills 154; help on the way (AP)

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:45 AM PDT

An Indonesian rescue team prepares to evacuate earthquake victims in Padang, West Sumatra on October 26. At least 108 people were killed and more than 500 missing, including a group of Australian surfers, after a tsunami triggered by a powerful earthquake hit a remote Indonesian island chain, destroying villages in its path.(AFP/RUS AKBAR)AP - Navy ships packed with medicine and food and rescuers in helicopters headed Wednesday to remote Indonesian islands that were pounded by a 10-foot (3-meter) tsunami, sweeping away villages and killing at least 154 people.

Watchdog praises Canada stimulus, raps chopper buy (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Reuters - Canada's government-spending watchdog eased political pressure on the minority Conservative government on Tuesday with a report that said a C$48 billion ($47 billion) two-year stimulus program had been well planned.

China reaches out to tiny, resource-rich East Timor (AFP)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT

Construction work by a Chinese firm begins on the East Timor ministry of defence and military headquarters in Dili. Beijing has lavished millions of dollars on a new presidential palace, a cavernous foreign ministry worthy of a country twice East Timor's size, and a yet-to-be completed military headquarters.(AFP/File/Mario Jonny Dos Santos)AFP - A jade elephant rears majestically in the corner as patrons tuck into their burgers and fries at one of only three US-style fast-food joints in East Timor, all of which are Chinese owned and operated.

French strikers begin to retrench after Senate finalized pension bill (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 01:19 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Strike season in France appears to have ended with a whimper.

Iran's Businesses Worry in Face of Uncertainty (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 10:40 PM PDT

Time.com - Businesses have grown dependent on official energy subsidies and, with the government mum about how it plans to cut them, many industrialists foresee really bad times ahead

How Tariq Aziz's death sentence could drive a wedge into Iraqi politics (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqis thirsting for vengeance as much as justice welcomed the death sentence Tuesday of one of Saddam Hussein’s best-known officials, Tariq Aziz.

U.S. Aid Shift Envisions Path to Self-Sufficiency (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 03:54 PM PDT

OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (IPS) - As part of a more general promise of reform to U.S. development policy, the U.S. Agency for International Development is poised to fundamentally alter the way it tackles poverty overseas.
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