News Archive - 9 November 2012

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CIA Director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading U.S. spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he "showed extremely poor judgment." In a letter to the CIA workforce, Petraeus, 60, said he met with President Barack...

>Antonio Horta-Osorio and Stephen Hester, the chief executives of state-backed British Lloyds (LLOY.L) and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) respectively, will appear before the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards on Tuesday, along with Standard Chartered (STAN.L) CEO Peter Sands.The commission was set up after the government...

JERUSALEM—Israel's defense minister has said that Iran has slowed the timetable for enriching enough uranium to build nuclear weapons, implying that Israel would have more time to decide whether to strike Iran's enrichment facilities.

Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to international constraints on its nuclear program, officials say.

>"The defenders of the Islamic Republic will respond decisively to any form of encroachment by air, sea or on the ground," Fars news agency quoted General Massoud Jazayeri, a senior armed forces commander, as saying on Friday."If any foreign aircraft attempts to enter our airspace our armed forces will...

>* U.S. said Iran fired at its drone; escalation risk clear* EU, US urge Iran to resolve "outstanding issues"By Fredrik DahlVIENNA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran will return to talks with the U.N. nuclear agency next month, both sides said on Friday, the latest push to seek a...

>* Tensions in Iran, Syria escalate* Coming up: OPEC monthly report for October (Updates prices)By Ramya VenugopalSINGAPORE, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Brent crude held steady above $107 per barrel on Friday as worries about the U.S. fiscal health and its impact on oil demand growth, already dented by a...

Some individuals have left – but HSBC won't say how many; bonuses have been clawed back – but it won't provide details There goes another $800m (£500m). HSBC's latest provision to settle money-laundering allegations takes the total to $1.5bn but there is still no end in sight. Chief executive...

Hanoi, Nov 10 (IANS) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in the Vietnamese capital Friday on a two-day official visit, as the two countries wish to boost their relationship in different sectors.

PETALING JAYA, 10 Nov (Bernama) -- Pembelajaran di luar bilik darjah dapatmembantu pelajar memperkukuhkan pengalaman serta mempelajari tentang duniakehidupan yang sebenar, kata Timbalan Perdana Menteri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Beliau berkata pembelajaran seperti itu dapat membantu pelajar meningkatkankemahiran yang penting bagi kehidupan di abad ke-21, iaitu kemahiran berfikir,penyelesaian ...

NEW DELHI, Nov 10 (Bernama) -- India is expected to ink four pacts, including one in the field of mining with mineral-rich Afghanistan during the four-day visit of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, who arrived in Mumbai on Friday.

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FIFA.com hears from Mohammad Keshavarz on Iran's last 16 duel with Colombia and his own development as a player since his first FIFA Futsal World Cup in 2004.

If you're looking for question marks, the Boston College men's basketball team has them. The rebuilding Eagles...

Playboy girl Jenny McCarthy says she was once so high on drugs that she tried to have sex with a tree. The model and actress had stripped naked with female friends after taking ecstasy on a beach, reports thesun.co.uk.

CIA director David Petraeus resigned as head of the leading US spy agency on Friday, saying he had engaged in an extramarital affair and acknowledging he 'showed extremely poor judgment.'

You wouldn’t know it by watching the Ben Aflleck thriller Argo, but a Windsorite was at the centre of the covert rescue of six Americans from revolutionary Iran in 1979. And though Hollywood did not mention that Canadian diplomat John …

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Nation & World briefing AUSTIN, Texas -- George P. Bush, a rising star among Hispanic conservatives and the grandson of one president and

FIFA.com looks ahead to the first round of 16 matches at Thailand 2012, which includes a meeting between the hosts - one of three second-round debutants - and 2004 champions Spain.

Victor Davis Hanson Syndicated Columnist Barack Obama won a moderately close victory over Mitt Romney on Tuesday. But oddly, nothing much has changed. The country is still split nearly 50/50.

Editor: The reasoning goes that a nuclear-armed Israel motivates Iran to pursue nuclear weapons. That is unlikely. Iran has a history of foreign interference and exploitation, particularly by Britain, the US, Russia and Iraq.

The death penalty deserved to die.

The relationship between mankind and this graceful plant stretches back 5,000 years or more. Most ancient cultures have recorded its magical properties, ancient languages have names for it.

Simon Williams is tucking into a cold beer and toffee apples at his kids' school Bonfire Night. But, unlike me at my local firework fest, he's not swaddled up in scarf, hat and boots. Far from it. In fact, he's wearing shorts and a T- shirt.

'Mengele looked at me and I looked down,' Sally Rosen says. 'You couldn’t look him in the eye. And then God said — "I shall make you a miracle"'

TEHRAN, Nov. 9-- Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi confirmed Friday that the fighter jet of the Islamic republic had confronted a U.S. drone in the Persian Gulf last week, local media reported.

Frida Ghitis says the victorious president had many reasons for emotion--including the raft of serious issues that awaits--but more likely it was exhaustion and gratitude that let the mask slip

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Iran and Vietnam are determined to enhance the level of their bilateral cooperation in all areas.

>* Coalition of 500 companies and business groups backs bill* Business groups say there is strong bipartisan supportWASHINGTON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote next week on a long-delayed bill to ensure U.S. companies receive all the market-opening benefits of Russia's...

Brussels conference could help pave way for full international conference to ban weapons of mass destruction in Middle East Israeli and Iranian officials are taking part in a Brussels meeting on nuclear proliferation on Monday, in the hope of paving the way for a full international conference in the next...

US President Barack Obama WASHINGTON, D.C.: US President Barack Obama swept to an emphatic re-election win over Republican rival Mitt Romney on Tuesday, making history by winning a fresh term and transcending a dragging economy and the stifling unemployment that haunted his first term.

WASHINGTON, D.C.: With the grueling presidential race over and victory assured, US President Barack Obama might be forgiven for wanting a rest.

Earlier last week, Iran fighter jets opened fire on an unmanned air drone flying over the Persian Gulf. read more

MY first meeting with tycoon Tan Sri Syed Mokhtar Albukhary went off in a rather unusual way. The year was 2004 and he had wanted to meet someone from The Star to make known his views over his fight with another tycoon, the late Tan Sri Nasimuddin SM Amin ,...

Many drivers in New York and New Jersey are still struggling to find gasoline nearly two weeks after Superstorm Sandy battered the region's energy infrastructure. To help alleviate long lines at service stations,...

Dear Najib, the Malays are not fed up with DAP. They are fed up with MCA and UMNO. Likewise, the Chinese are fed up with MCA.

The government is alerting consumers to a safety recall announced by Britax Child Safety Inc., involving 55,455 convertible car seats sold in the United States.

Many drivers in New York and New Jersey are still struggling to find gasoline nearly two weeks after Superstorm Sandy battered the region's energy infrastructure. To help alleviate long lines at service stations, a gas...

Bali, 8 Nov - Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Paduka Seri Baginda Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, Sultan dan Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Brunei Darussalam bertitah bahawa Forum Demokrasi Bali telah berkembang sejak empat tahun lalu dan telah menjadi satu acara yang penting di dalam kalendar serantau.

The Public Safety Department worries Canada is becoming a digital launching pad for — not just a target of — malicious cyber-activities, confidential briefing notes reveal.

The Obama administration is considering a new approach in negotiations to curb Iran's nuclear program that would ease economic sanctions faster than previously offered if Tehran makes greater …

New York -- President Barack Obama enters his second term with a pledge that will test either the firmness of his resolve or the skillfulness of his elusiveness, namely the Iran pledge, in which he vowed not to allow the Islamic Republic of Iran to become a nuclear state.

Recent unrest in the Middle East highlights the importance of our strategic relationships in the region. A steadfast ally of the United States is Azerbaijan, and the United States must redouble its efforts to promote peace in this critical but unstable South Caucasus region. Bordered by both Iran and...

You can run, but you can't hide Cisco appears to be rather annoyed that one of its staff has been leaking memos to the press, and its vice president of global labs (and former CIA operative) Michael Quinn has sent a chilling email to staff warning he will hunt down...

I have spent a few days in Washington watching the US presidential elections play out and trying to understand how American policy vis-à-vis Russia will evolve – if at all.

Barack Obama has won a second term after the longest, most gruelling and most expensive presidential race in US history - one that cost a mammoth $3 billion.

Thailand reached the second round at the Futsal World Cup for the first time yesterday following the Solomon Islands' shock win over Guatemala.

Iran's economy has been hit hard by U.S.-led sanctions that have targeted its oil exports and its banking system. In response, Iran appears to have gone on a gold buying spree as it attempts to halt the downward spiral of its currency.

President Bashar Assad has rarely deviated from his statements on the crisis in Syria since it began nearly 20 months ago. Here is a look at his latest remarks, in an interview shown Friday by broadcaster Russia Today:

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's cash-strapped government said on Friday it would grab an expected 35 billion pound windfall from the Bank of England's bond-buying programme to reduce short-term borrowing. Related Stories Iran, U.N. nuclear agency to resume talks in December SFO expecting major developments in Libor probe New York...

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to international constraints on its nuclear program, officials say. The bipartisan financial and trade restrictions amount to a “complete...

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The JetBlue Airways pilot whose behavior on a flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Texas was ordered conditionally released by a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday.

Off a road guarded by three police checkpoints, Bahraini lawyer Taimoor Karimi wonders about his future in a country that no longer considers him a citizen.

Secretary Clinton Hosts the Swearing-in Ceremony for Joe Macmanus, U.S Representative to the U.S. Mission to International Organizations in Vienna and the International Atomic Energy Agency Remarks Hillary Rodham Clinton    Secretary of State Capricia Penavic Marshall    Chief of Protocol Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC November 9,...

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is telling Congress that the military did not have armed aircraft near Libya that could have helped defend against the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. Consulate that killed Ambassador Chris...

A “SADISTIC” murderer stabbed his ex girlfriend’s sister and friend to death in a revenge attack.

With all the laws about distracted driving (phones, texting), I have another one that should be put into law. What about the people driving with pets in their laps, with the pet hanging out the window?

Iranian military forces fired at a US Predator drone for the first time ever earlier this month, the Pentagon acknowledged this week. It’s a revelation that has raised a host of questions for the US military . Here are the top three.

Oil was little changed in New York amid speculation that political wrangling in the U.S. will slow the economy of the world’s biggest crude-consuming country, while gasoline rallied on shortages in New York and New Jersey.

After four years of trying to fashion foreign policy with one eye on his reelection and another on the struggling U.S. economy, Obama is now liberated on both fronts.

Editor: Jon Boyle + 44 207 542 7918 Picture Desk: Singapore + 65 6870 3775 Graphics queries: + 65 6870 3595 (All times GMT) TOP STORIES Thousands flee Syria after rebels capture border town BEIRUT - Thousands of Syrian refugees pour across thefrontier after rebels caputure a border town while...

Iran said it took "decisive" action after a U.S. drone entered Iranian airspace in the Persian Gulf last week, a commander said. "Iran will use all its capabilities, including the relevant international agencies, to follow up on this case," Maj. Gen. ...

TORONTO, Nov. 9, 2012 /CNW/ - The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) will be meeting in downtown Toronto next week to set the global agenda for transportation worker unions right around the world, in the rail and road transportation sectors. The road and rail...

Ukraine, Spain, Italy, Serbia and Russia all topped their groups unbeaten and the Czech Republic and Portugal also progressed to ensure all seven European sides made the last 16.

U.S. lawmakers are working on a set of new and unprecedented Iran sanctions that could prevent the Islamic republic from doing business with most of the world until it agrees to international constraints on its nuclear program, officials say.

>DUBAI Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iran said it would deal decisively with any foreign encroachment into its airspace, an apparent warning to the United States after one of its surveillance drones was targeted by Iranian warplanes last week.On Thursday U.S. officials said the unarmed Predator drone was in...

American military officials revealed yesterday that two Iranian fighter jets intercepted a Predator surveillance drone over international water,  and even tried to shoot it down Related Stories Bashar al-Assad Says 'I Will Live and Die in Syria'

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iranian warplanes fired at an unarmed U.S. drone in international airspace last week but did not hit the aircraft, the Pentagon said on Thursday, disclosing details of an unprecedented incident that triggered a formal warning to Tehran through diplomatic channels. The November 1 intercept was the...

Deputy Prime Minister of Armenia Armen Gevorgyan met with Prime Minister of Iraqi Kurdistan Idris Barzani.

Clubs from South Korea and Saudi Arabia will play Saturday for the Asian Champions League title. The game comes as the continent's soccer leaders look to close longstanding divisions.

Britain will halt all aid spending in India in 2015 in a significant shift in relations between the emerging economic giant and its former colonial ruler, Prime Minister David Cameron's government announced Friday.

>DOHA (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad said he would "live and die" in Syria and warned that any Western invasion to topple him would have catastrophic consequences for the Middle East and beyond. Assad's defiant remarks coincided with a landmark meeting in Qatar on Thursday of Syria's fractious opposition to...

>BAGHDAD Nov 9 (Reuters) - Iraq has warned Russia's Gazprom Neft to quit oil deals with the country's autonomous Kurdistan or pull out of its contract for the Badra oilfield, a spokesman for Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Hussain Shahristani said on Friday.Gazprom Neft, the oil arm of Russian...

>But it's the romance, legend and spectacle of a bridge that led online travel consultants Cheapflights.com (www.cheapflights.com) to create its list of the Top 10 most impressive bridges around the world. Reuters has not endorsed list:1. Tower Bridge, London, United KingdomThe world saw Tower Bridge this year...

Russia agreed to provide military and technical support to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the form of direct assistance. Russia is prepared to spend $1.1 billion to upgrade the Kyrgyz army and another...

WHEN I WOKE up Wednesday morning, it was dark. There was something ominous about that midweek morning, something that I hadn't felt in many years, something that I hadn't even felt when my father died decades ago. It was sense of intangible, yet visceral, loss.

Barack Obama's re-election is good news for Northern Ireland. Now we need to try to get him over here. Since the Clinton presidency, Northern Ireland has been more of a Democratic project than a Republican one. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in particular, has a personal interest. Related Stories SDLP...

Thirteen Kurd rebels are killed in Turkish air strikes on a town in the Kurdish-dominated southeast of the country after a Turkish soldier was killed in fighting there, local security sources say.

Online travel consultants Cheapflights.com have come up with a list of the top 10 fire festivals around the world.

The notion of reward and punishment in politics sounds likely, but is overly simplistic. Real life is much more complicated.

Russia agreed to provide military and technical support to Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in the form of direct assistance. Russia is prepared to spend $1.1 billion to upgrade the Kyrgyz army and another...

Ben Affleck faced a casting crisis on the set of new movie Argo when his appeal for young extras attracted thousands of senior citizens.The actor...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 (UPI) -- Defense officials denied political motives in not reporting for a week that Iranian fighter planes shot at an unarmed U.S. drone five days before Election Day.