News Archive - 21 July 2014

>By John KempLONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Holders of Argentina's defaulted debt and their supporters have warned the country risks being frozen out from international capital markets unless it finds a way to solve its legal problems by the July 30 deadline.But away from the bad-tempered litigation in U.

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares tentative on lingering geopolitical tensions* Oil firms on Ukraine crisis; August WTI spikes before expiry* Gold steady over $1,300 as conflicts spur safe-haven bids* MIDEAST STOCKS-UAE rebounds amid more Arabtec turmoil; Qatar, Egypt slip* MIDEAST DEBT -Cash-flush Gulf banks grab top spots in region's loan market*...

KARACHI: Human Immunodefic iency Virus/Acquired Immunodefi ciency Syndrome (HIV/Aids) is claiming more lives in Pakistan than ever, says a first-of-its-kind analysis of trend data from 188 countries released on Monday.

Gerard Baden-Clay has lodged an appeal just two days after he was convicted of murdering his wife.

Cheers and jeers erupted in parliament as the senate voted in favour of repealing the carbon tax.

Insurgents have attacked Kabul airport, with authorities confident of bringing the situation under control.

The government says new powers for intelligence agencies won't increase surveillance of innocent Australians

A whale swimming off Sydney's northern beaches is showing signs it may be about to give birth.

Julian Assange has hit back at comments by George Brandis regarding his sexual assault charges.

The push for a Gaza ceasefire risks becoming mired in a regional tussle for influence between conservative Arab states and Islamist-friendly governments, with rival powers competing to take credit for a truce, analysts and some officials say.

U.S. crude held steady above $104 a barrel in early Asian trade on Tuesday, with worries over escalating geopolitical tension balanced by expectations of large draws in U.S. oil stockpiles. * U.S. commercial crude oil inventories are likely to have dropped in the week to July 18,...

>NEW YORK (Reuters) - BNP Paribas SA’s $9 billion settlement with U.S. authorities, aided by internal whistleblowers, has spurred calls for federal banking regulators to protect and reward individuals who report wrongdoing by banks. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has scored big enforcement successes and delivered millions...

>* Donetsk fighting counters hopes of swift resolution of crisis* Safe-heaven gold, yen, bonds rally; U.S. oil edges higher (Updates prices, adds details)By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK, July 21 (Reuters) - Major global stock markets fell and bond prices rallied on Monday as worries over conflict in the Gaza Strip...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Major powers appear to have made only limited headway in making sure Iran will not be able to build an atomic bomb any time soon, underlining the uphill task they face after talks that began in February were extended by four months. Western officials say some progress...

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An official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) says the country’s exports to Europe have witnessed an increase of 20 percent in the first two months of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21).

Daniel J. Graeber NEW DELHI, July 21 (UPI) -- A Russian gas pipeline along its southern border to India may be among the largest projects of its kind in history, the Russian envoy to New Delhi said.

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Iran dilutes stock of enriched uranium into more harmless forms and will refrain enriching above the five-percent level at any of its nuclear facilities

Vienna (AFP) - Iran has eliminated all its most sensitive nuclear material in line with an interim deal struck with world powers, a new UN atomic agency report showed Monday. VIDEOGRAPHIC

Vienna (AFP) - Iran has diluted its entire stock of medium-enriched uranium as required under a November deal with world powers, the UN atomic agency said in its latest report seen by AFP Monday.

The terrible events in Ukraine, electrified by the interception and destruction of a Malaysian passenger plane, should be a thunderclap, shaking us from our torpor and confusion.

Russia's richest businessmen are increasingly frantic that President Vladimir Putin's policies in Ukraine will lead to crippling sanctions and are too scared of reprisal to say so publicly, billionaires and analysts said. If Putin doesn't move to end the war in Ukraine in the wake of last week's downing of...

The Iran nuclear negotiations have reached a stalemate. The White House has asked for an extension, and Congress should give it additional time. But the latest stumble offers an occasion for some searching questions.

>* Kotak, MCX gain on merger-related news* Corporate earnings to drive market in near term - analystBy Indulal PMMUMBAI, July 21 (Reuters) - Indian shares rose for a fifth consecutive session on Monday as Reliance Industries rallied after its quarterly earnings beat estimates, while merger-related news led to gains in...

>China, Tehran's largest oil client, began stepping up purchases from the OPEC member after a preliminary nuclear deal in November of last year eased some sanctions on Iran. China has been making up the main portion of Asia's higher Iranian oil imports since then. Iran and six world powers have...