UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Iran has told the agency UN nuclear watchdog that wants fuel for the reactor in Tehran before agreeing to send most of their reserves of enriched uranium to Russia and France, diplomats said Friday. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA for its acronym in English) described the remarks in [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – The H1N1 flu threatens to spread possibly three million pilgrims who travel to and from Mecca for the Haj next month, putting pressure on health systems worldwide, announced Thursday disease experts . No region can be considered free from risk, said U.S. and Arab experts, including the deputy minister of [...]
The major Asian markets were down about 1.5% or more after a disappointing report on Tuesday on consumer confidence in the U.S.. Britain's FTSE 100 closed with a loss of 2, 3% at 5080.42, Germany's DAX fell 2.5% to 5496.27 and the French CAC 40 lost 2.1%, reaching 3663.78. According to [...]
The move put in the awkward position of Italian Prime Minister as it is anticipated that the trial against him for the same corruption case begins shortly. A constitutional court recently ruled that the law granting him immunity for his prime minister was unconstitutional. A lower court found him guilty of corruption at [...]
LONDON (Reuters) – The Anglican Diocese unmet Papua New Guinea, USA and Australia could consider switching to Roman Catholicism under a new constitution offered by the Pope, said Wednesday a traditionalist Anglican.
The Vatican approved a document known as an apostolic constitution that paves the way to conversion and allows for Anglicans to maintain some [...]
Consulted by Efe, Pakistani military spokesman, AtharAbbas refused to confirm the end. We do not confirm, we will not provide details. Lasfuerzas security have surrounded the building and are todol making effort to bring the hostages to safety, he said. At least four terrorists who attacked the complejomilitar today, were taken [...]
The FTSE 100 index of leading shares in London fell 0.1% to 5159.72 points and Frankfurt's DAX fell 0.4% to 5713.52, while the Paris CAC-40 lost 0.3% to settle at 3814.10. On Wall Street, the Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.5% to 9742.20 points and the Standard Poor #39; s yielded 0.2% and [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Several detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay made the first video conference calls with their families, reported Friday the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). The humanitarian program, released quietly on Thursday, is available to almost all the prisoners, except for high-value detainees identified by U.S. authorities, [...]
Efe said one litigant, counsel AlfredoCrespo, sponsor of Abimael Guzman and his companion in fact, Elena Iparraguirre, two similar complaints for the same offense hanpartido parallel of the First Criminal Prosecutor State Attorney Supraprovincial And from the Ministry of Justice . Researchers are Guzman and Iparraguirre himself, losocho lawyers defending the main cabecillassenderistas, [...]
Frente Amplio won the elections but there will be runoff, according to polls / Montevideo (EFE) .- The ruling Frente Amplio won general laselecciones held today in Uruguay between 47 and el49 percent of the vote, although it will be necessary to go back unasegunda to define the new president, according to polls [...]