News Archive - 14 June 2014

>Rouhani added in a press conference broadcast live on state television that Iran believed it was possible to conclude a comprehensive agreement ending its nuclear dispute with major powers by a July 20 deadline. Remaining differences could be settled through goodwill and flexibility, he said.(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Writing...

South West Health is making it easier for folks without a doctor to become a patient of one of two new Digby physicians through an expanded telephone enrolment process.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Thousands of Shiites from Baghdad and across southern Iraq answered an urgent call to arms Saturday, joining security forces to fight the Islamic militants who have captured large swaths of territory north of the capital and now imperil a city with a much-revered religious shrine.

Today is Saturday, June 14, the 165th day of 2014 with 200 to follow. This is Flag Day in the United States. The moon is full. Morning stars are Neptune, Uranis and Venus. Evening stars Jupiter, Mars, Mercury and Saturn.

By Raheem Salman and Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) - An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some territory in counter-attacks, easing pressure on the Shi'ite-led government in Baghdad. As Iraqi officials spoke of wresting...

Argentina fans are sending out a confident message to bitter rivals Brazil by arriving en masse to the scene of the World Cup final even if it costs thousands of dollars for the privilege. The Argentines begin their campaign against Bosnia on Sunday at Rio's famed Maracana stadium, where the...

THE deteriorating situation in Iraq and the rapidity with which the Al Qaeda-like Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham militia has advanced pose a threat not only to the oil-rich Arab country but to the entire region.

FILE - In this June 8, 2014 file photo, Iran goalkeepers coach Dan Gaspar works with goalies after an international soccer friendly against Trinidad and Tobago in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The 58-year-old Gaspar is from Connecticut. His players, however, speak mostly Farsi.

Army says it has wrested back initiative from ISIL fighters, as Washington orders aircraft carrier to head to the Gulf.

The Harper government’s proposed Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act (C-36) is a major step in a better direction for Canadians on prostitution. It adapts the relatively successful ‘Nordic Model’ applied in Sweden, Norway and Iceland to what our Supreme Court indicated in the Bedford case is necessary for...

June 14 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the Meeting New York Men/Women on Sunday Men's 400m1. LaShawn Merritt (U.S.) 44.19 2. Wayde Van Niekerk (South Africa) 44.38 3. Chris Brown (Bahamas) 44.61 4. David Verburg (U.S.) 45.09 5. Tony McQuay (U.S.

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At first glance, Iran appears to have exported more oil than allowed under a nuclear agreement with major powers, but rather than complaining, U.S. officials argue Tehran is skating just inside the deal's ambiguous limits. Iran's higher exports reflect its exploitation of a loophole in U.

>Picture Desk: + 65 6870 3775Graphics queries: + 65 6870 3595(All times GMT/ET)TOP STORIESRebels shoot down army plane in Urkaine, 49 killedKIEV/LUHANSK, Ukraine - Pro-Russian separatists shoot down a Ukrainian army transport plane in east Ukraine, killing all 49 military personnel on board, but hopes of averting a cut in...

>Baghdad, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged followers to take up arms against a full-blown Sunni militant insurgency to topple Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a conflict that threatens civil war and a possible break-up of the country. In Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama said...

>Carlos Pascual became an important player in Washington's effort to place tough new sanctions on Iran over its disputed nuclear program soon after the bureau of energy resources was launched in 2011.The State Department said Pascual had decided to return to private life.He traveled to countries in Asia,...

>ANKARA (Reuters) - Shi'te Muslim Iran is so alarmed by Sunni insurgent gains in Iraq that it may be willing to cooperate with Washington in helping Baghdad fight back, a senior Iranian official told Reuters. The idea is being discussed internally among the Islamic Republic's leadership, the senior Iranian official...