Saturday, November 17, 2007

Headlines for 11-16-07

China deals blow to Western efforts to punish Iran China has dealt a blow to Western efforts to increase diplomatic pressure on Iran over its nuclear program by dropping out of a meeting to discuss tougher sanctions against Tehran.


U.S. Licensing High-Tech Exports to Syria Under U.N. Development Program After years of harsh talk and escalating rounds of sanctions against Syria for supporting terror and seeking weapons of mass destruction, the United States is quietly supporting a United Nations program to supply the Syrian regime with sophisticated surveillance equipment and computers to monitor its borders.


Saudi builds security force of 35,000 to guard oil


OPEC blunder reveals Saudi-Iran disagreement on dollar A blunder by OPEC on Friday exposed a disagreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran about the falling dollar when a private meeting of ministers was broadcast to journalists by mistake.


Iran calls for US nuclear apology


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Israel slams IAEA for 'failing to expose' Iran ambitions Israel slammed the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Friday for failing to expose what it insisted was Iran's drive to acquire an atomic bomb in a key report on its archfoe's nuclear programme. LOL.


Bush adviser slams US policy on Iran United States policy towards Iran?s nuclear development throughout President George Bush?s presidency has had ?zero success?, according to leading neo-conservative strategist Richard Perle.


Israel dismisses UN report on Iran Israel has called a recent report on Iran by the International Atomic Energy Agency "unacceptable."


Palestinian militants clash in Lebanon camp


Bolton calls Annapolis a mistake "I just don't see this as the moment to make progress on Israeli-Palestinian matters," said John Bolton


Lebanon facing brink of abyss: UN chief United Nations secretary-general Ban Ki-moon has warned that Lebanon risks nearing "the brink of the abyss" unless its political crisis is solved.


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