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Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, leader says
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Iran will never seek nuclear weapons, leader says

TEHRAN – The Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei says the Iranian nation has never sought and will never seek nuclear weapons as it has the capacity to challenge the nuclear-backed influence such powers rely on, presstv informs.In a Wednesday meeting in Tehran with the director and officials of the Atomic Energy [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 PM
Argentina train crash injures hundreds in Buenos Aires
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Argentina train crash injures hundreds in Buenos Aires

Some 340 people have been injured in a commuter train crash at a busy station in the Argentine capital, Buenos Aires. The train is reported to have slammed into the barrier at the end of the platform at the Once station in the west of the city, BBC informs. The injured driver and some passengers [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Greece bailout – Large protests expected against cuts

ATHENS – Greece is braced for large protests against further budget cuts, following a 130bn-euro bailout deal aimed at avoiding bankruptcy. There are fears of more violence during the rallies called by trade unions as the public mood hardens, a BBC correspondent in Athens says. Meanwhile the government is finalising emergency legislation demanded by international [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Western journalists ‘killed in Homs bombardment’

DAMASCUS – Two Western journalists have been killed in the Syrian city of Homs when shells hit the building they were staying in, opposition activists say, quoted by BBC. France named them as Marie Colvin, an American Sunday Times reporter, and Remi Ochlik, a French photographer. Several other people were reportedly killed when the shell hit [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 22nd, 2012 at 9:00 PM
DSK ‘a suspect’ in prostitution inquiry
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DSK ‘a suspect’ in prostitution inquiry

PARIS – Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being questioned by French police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry, a prosecutor says. Mr Strauss-Kahn, once a front-runner for the French presidency, is being held in custody at a police station in Lille, northern France, BBC informs. Police have questioned a number of prostitutes [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 21st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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NATO apologises for Afghan Koran ‘disposal’

The US commander of Nato troops in Afghanistan has apologised over reports that foreign troops had “improperly disposed” of copies of the Koran. In a statement, Gen John R Allen ordered a full investigation, BBC reports. “When we learned of these actions, we immediately intervened and stopped them,” he said. Rumours that a Koran had been [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 21st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Eurozone ministers back EUR 130 bln bailout for Greece

BRUSSELS – Eurozone finance ministers have agreed a second bailout for Greece after marathon talks in Brussels, BBC informs. Greece will get loans of more than 130bn euros and have about 107bn of its debt written off. In return, it must slash its debt from 160% to 120.5% of GDP within eight years and accept a [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 21st, 2012 at 9:00 PM
German parties agree on Joachim Gauck as new president
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German parties agree on Joachim Gauck as new president

BERLIN – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she backs Joachim Gauck, a pastor and former East German rights activist, to be the country’s next president, BBC informs. Mr Gauck was proposed by the opposition Social Democrats and Greens after Christian Wulff quit as president on Friday over corruption allegations.Mrs Merkel opposed Mr Gauck for [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 20th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Nuclear officials meet Iranian leaders as war talk looms

TEHRAN – Officials with the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency begin a second round of talks Monday with Iranian officials over the country’s nuclear program, a day after Tehran cut off crude exports to British and French companies in retaliation for a new round of sanctions imposed on the regime, CNN informs.The two days of talks [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 20th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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Thailand names sixth Bangkok bomb suspect

BANGKOK – A court in Thailand has issued an arrest warrant for a sixth suspect over an alleged Iranian bomb plot to attack Israeli diplomats in Bangkok, BBC informs. The man was named by police as Norouzi Shaya Ali Akbar, 57, wanted on charges of possessing and making explosives. Three men are in custody in [...]

Published by nineoclock on February 20th, 2012 at 9:00 PM
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