TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran said on Saturday its nuclear stance had not changed and it was ready to hold talks with world major powers over its disputed nuclear program based on international regulations. "Iran's stance has not changed (on uranium enrichment) and we are ready to hold talks on the common points of the P5+1 incentives package and Iran's package," government spokesman Gholamhossein Elham told a weekly news conference. Iran ...Read More»
SAPPORO, Japan - Thousands of activists and farmers from around the world gathered in northern Japan Saturday for a major protest ahead of next week's ...Read More»
ULAN BATOR - Mongolia was Saturday expected to lift a state of emergency implemented after unprecedented deadly election riots engulfed the capital of Ulan Bator, ...Read More»
BEIRUT, LEBNON - Lebanese leaders are close to a deal on the formation of a national unity government as stipulated in an agreement that ended ...Read More»
New York - Despite a three-month head start, Senator John McCain has struggled to solidify lines of attack against Senator Barack Obama for the general ...Read More»
Go to the website for the Lower Manhattan Development Corp., the government agency created after 9/11 to help redevelop Ground Zero and environs, and the first thing you'll see is a slogan that probably sounds a lot more defensive than intended: There Is a Plan for Lower Manhattan. Somebody tell that to Chris Ward. He is executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which, More»
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev played down differences with his predecessor Vladimir Putin in an interview with Reuters but the contrast in style and tone between the two men was striking. Medvedev -- a longtime Putin ally -- presented himself as a continuity figure during the presidential election campaign this year and he repeated that mantra in the interview, saying the essence of Putin's policies would Conversation»
