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Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero's welcome in Geneva

AP News 32 days ago

Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero's welcome at news conference _ Not in Arab world, but Geneva The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush leaned back in his chair and soaked in the round of applause. This was ...

Madagascar talks in Geneva called off

AFP Global Edition 36 days ago

A meeting of Madagascar's four main political groups set for the weekend in Geneva to forge an interim government has been cancelled, a United Nations mediator announced on Friday. Madagascar's current leader Andry Rajoelina, the president he ousted in March, Marc Ravalomanana, ...

'Positive interest' by US for Iran talks

AFP Global Edition 39 days ago

Arch-foe Washington is showing "positive interest" in high-profile dialogue with Tehran, but just how serious it is will be seen in Iran's next round of talks with world powers, a top aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told AFP. Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, whose ...

Ahmadinejad sees no obstacle to further nuclear talks

AFP Global Edition 40 days ago

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that talks in Geneva on his country's nuclear programme had been positive and he saw no obstacle to continuing discussions with world powers. "We have a positive opinion of the meeting in Geneva," Ahmadinejad told state ...

Palestinians want urgent UN rights debate on Gaza

AP News 42 days ago

Palestinians drumming up support for emergency UN rights meeting on Gaza report, Jerusalem Palestinian diplomats in Geneva said Friday they are pushing to bring forward a U.N. Human Rights Council debate on alleged war crimes committed by Israeli forces and Palestinian militants ...

Ahmadinejad calls Geneva talks a 'step forward'

AFP Global Edition 45 days ago

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, in his first comment on last week's talks in Geneva between Iran and six major powers, said on Wednesday that they were a "step forward". The hardline president said Iran considered Geneva talks to be "positive" and they had ...

U.S. Treasury warns Iran may face sanctions

Reuters US Online Report Politics News 46 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A senior U.S. Treasury Department official said on Tuesday that if Iran fails to demonstrate that it is not seeking nuclear weapons it may face sweeping sanctions from the rest of the world. "The plan we are developing is ...

Clinton calls Iran nuclear talks a 'positive' step

AFP Global Edition 46 days ago

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defense Secretary Robert Gates described last week's nuclear talks with Iran as positive, but said it was too early to predict their outcome. Clinton said the session in Geneva "was a worthwhile meeting," as the ...

UN nuclear chief in Iran talks

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

The UN atomic watchdog head was holding talks on Sunday with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and other officials on Iran's nuclear drive amid reports it has acquired sufficient data to build the bomb. Mohamed ElBaradei and Iranian officials were to discuss arrangements to ...

UN atomic chief set for talks in Iran

AFP Global Edition 48 days ago

The head of the UN atomic watchdog was due to hold talks Sunday with senior Iranian officials on allowing its inspectors into Iran's new uranium enrichment plant at the holy city of Qom, local media said. Mohamed ElBaradei's visit comes after Washington ...

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