News Archive - 9 October 2014

THE GRUESOME AND TRAGIC beheadings of innocent US and UK citizens is excruciatingly painful, especially for the families of the victims. Other than making supreme efforts to free current prisoners held by ISIS by any means available, no compromises can ever be made with this extremist group.

>* Opposition website says location is military facility (Adds Iranian dissidents comment, paragraphs 4-5)VIENNA Oct 9 (Reuters) - A U.S. security institute said it has located via satellite imagery a section of a sprawling Iranian military complex where it said an explosion or fire might have taken place earlier...

>LONDON (Reuters) - Brent oil fell to $91 a barrel on Thursday, heading back to over two year lows, as a supply glut and concerns about global growth have pushed it 20 percent down from its peak in June. Brent for November delivery was down 34 cents at $91.04...

>Police discovered 330 kg (730 lbs) of the drug in a truck in the western city of Essen and arrested two men, public prosecutor Anette Milk said on Thursday. The haul was more than the entire amount of heroin seized in Germany during 2013.Local media said the drugs came...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Talks between the U.N. nuclear watchdog and Iran this week appear not to have substantively advanced an investigation into suspected atomic bomb research by Tehran, potentially dimming chances for a broader deal between the Iranians and big powers. Western officials say Iran must improve cooperation with...

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The effectiveness of the U.S.-led coalition effort in Syria is under scrutiny as Islamic State fighters try to overrun a strategic Syrian town on Turkey's border. The United States and its allies, including Gulf states, have conducted more than 130 airstrikes in Syria against Islamic...

>The new regulations reflect the ruling Communist Party's desire for all concerted efforts to influence popular opinion, both online and offline, to remain firmly in its own hands. The Supreme People's Court ruled on Thursday that collective and paid efforts to publish positive or negative information online will be subject...

Tehran, Iran Questions arise after military base explosion

MILTON, Del. (AP) — Sam Calagione has stepped down as CEO of Delaware's Dogfish Head Craft Brewery and is handing that responsibility to his longtime chief operating officer.

Predator restoration stirs the ecosystem pot By Summit Voice FRISCO — Long term ecological monitoring in Yellowstone National Park shows a surge in aspen growth following the restoration of wolves to the ecosystem, with overall shifts in landscape conditions not seen in more than a century. A series of studies...

Pyongyang, October 9 (KCNA) -- Iran News on Oct. 2 carried an article titled "7th anniversary of October 4 declaration". The declaration for the development of the inter-Korean relations and peace and prosperity was adopted in Pyongyang on October 4, 2007.

LONDON : Asian soccer must adapt to the increasingly competitive nature of the world game or risk being left behind, Alex Soosay, the general secretary of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), said on Wednesday.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Hospital officials say the captain of a Chinese fishing vessel was killed in a clash with the South Korean coast guard after his boat was stopped for suspected illegal fishing.

Off with his head. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so much backlash result from such an unfortunate confluence of events involving Gilas Pilipinas . After steering Gilas to a disappointing finish in the 2014 Asian Games, seemingly shaming naturalized player Marcus Douthit in public after losing to Qatar, and engineering ...

Words have a way of seeping into our vocabulary and, through overuse or distortion, soon begin to lose their meaning.

Words have a way of seeping into our vocabulary and, through overuse or distortion, soon begin to lose their meaning.

Brent oil fell below $91 a barrel today, heading back to more than two-year lows as a supply glut and concerns about global economic growth have driven the price down 20 percent from its 2014 peak in June.

Cris Kennedy selects his favourites of this year's Canberra International Film Festival at Dendy Cinemas.

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2014, Douglas Carswell, the UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate for the Clacton by-election, walks past one of his campaign posters a supporter had on display in their front garden as he canvasses and gives out leaflets in Clacton-on-Sea, England.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel says that the key military assistance the U.S. would like to get from Turkey would be access to its air base at Incirlik and help in training and equipping the moderate Syrian forces.

Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. The Cabinet approved bills Friday aimed at tightening rules against money laundering and terrorist financing in a bid to avoid getting on an international watchdog’s list of high-risk and uncooperative jurisdictions.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Voters in a South Korean city rejected a nuclear power plant in a referendum that the government says has no legal effect.

Nigel Farage said he wanted to control the 'quality' of immigration into Britain and said this should include the health of immigrants

NEW YORK (AP) — Copyright attorney and former Library of Congress digital Director Mary Rasenberger has been named executive director of the Authors Guild.

This report argues that if Iran's nuclear programme was peaceful, it would have invested solely in nuclear power infrastructure, rather than creating large stockpiles of enriched uranium. Read more

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala's highest court has suspended the swearing in of supreme court and appellate judges due to concerns that they were improperly selected.

ABINGDON, Va. (AP) — An eastern Kentucky couple and their son have been sentenced in Virginia for participating in a major cockfighting enterprise. A federal judge in Abingdon on Thursday sentenced Walter Stumbo of Floyd County, Kentucky, to 18 months.

SL Narayanan has been a regular visitor to Pune for Maharashtra Chess League. He has gained a reputation for shocking seeded players.

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October 10, 2014 Without Bureaucratic Cobwebs, ASEAN cooperation can now move forward by Tunku A. Aziz@www.nst.com.my WHEN ASEAN came into being on August 8, 1967, it was largely driven by considerations of peace and security among neighbours in a troubled region. We Malaysians had just emerged, with...

>* Efforts lagging, law criminalising conspiracy left in limbo* Authorities worry on risk of terrorist funds flowing into Japan* Japanese banks overseas transaction at risk if seen uncommittedBy Tetsushi KajimotoTOKYO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - Japan's cabinet approved bills on Friday aimed at tightening rules against money laundering and terrorist financing...

A record 83 countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 87th Academy Award, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today. They entries, listed below, also include Kosovo, Malta, Mauritania and Panama as first-time entrants.

Many suggest Iran is ready to switch from decades of anti-Americanism to cooperation in taming the monster of ISIS. This revives the “Iran is the solution” fantasy that has tempted...

According to a Business Recorder report, the Economic Co-ordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has decided to accord priority to the fertilizer sector over the electricity generation for supply of domestically-produced natural gas, during the 'Rabi' season (October 2014-March 2015) in order to reduce the import of urea from 0.

NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government said Thursday that it reached a $5 million settlement with Wells Fargo to resolve allegations it discriminated against pregnant women, new mothers and women on maternity leave.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella says women don't need to ask for a raise. They should just trust the system — one that at technology companies is overwhelmingly male.

MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) — Nicaraguan authorities say a 5-year-old girl is dead after record rains unleashed landslides and flooding that swamped hundreds of homes.

KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Officials say a Jamaican airport was briefly evacuated because of a fire that delayed departing flights. Nobody has been hurt.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced on Thursday the final submissions for the Foreign Language Film category

"Hidden in wonder and snow, or sudden with summer/ This land stares at the sun in a huge silence/ Endlessly repeating something we cannot hear."

House lawmakers are ready to shift nearly $1 billion in defense funds to fight the Ebola outbreak in Africa.

It's been nearly 40 years since the Navy started its relationship with the Harpoon missile, but now the service seems to have eyes for another surface-to-surface anti-ship missile: A younger, more agile Norwegian.

Sixteen unusable transport aircraft that the U.S. government bought for the Afghan Air Force have been scrapped for pennies on the dollar, according to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

As the U.S. approaches the end of major combat operations in Afghanistan, the number of airstrikes there hit their highest point in two years in August.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The long-time lawyer for Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier says Haiti will not hold a state funeral for the former dictator.

President Barack Obama waves as he walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in... President Barack Obama walks with with Col. John C. Millard, commander of the 89th Airlift Wing,...

(MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Leading global credit rating provider Moody's Investors Service maintained Aa2 sovereign ratings for Kuwait with a stable outlook as a result o...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at an al-Qaida cell in northern Syria cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of veteran fighters is still believed to be plotting attacks against U.S.

>Although there are faint signs of improving fundamentals in some physical crude oil markets, any uptick in prices ahead of OPEC's Nov. 27 meeting will be short-lived as the cartel struggles to rebalance a world market that's heading toward a 1 million to 1.5 million barrel per day (bpd)...

The first film in the Queer Projections series, Happy End?, was a sweetly romantic film about dignity and dying. The next film in the series will have a harder edge.

It appears increasingly likely there will not be a comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program by the late-November deadline, says nuclear expert Gary Samore.

SANAA, Yemen – Two suicide bombings in Yemen killed nearly 70 people on Thursday, with one targeting an anti-government rally by Shiite rebels who control Sanaa, leaving body parts strewn across a street in the heart of the capital and escalating sectarian tensions in a country gripped by turmoil.

Brent crude dropped below $90 a barrel for the first time since June 2012 as supplies increased and global economic growth slowed. West Texas Intermediate oil fell to a 22-month low in New York. Shale oil is set to boost U.S. Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter, cut prices...

Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has concluded that Hamas, aided by Iran and Syria, was perfecting underground warfare using tunneling technology developed by North Korea. A report by a leading Israeli think tank asserted that Hamas was employing a […] The post Report: Hamas developed tunnel warfare with...

A new U.N. effort to probe suspicions that Iran worked on atomic arms ended on a downbeat note Thursday, with diplomats saying that Tehran refused entry to Iran to a U.S. nuclear expert on the

Two suicide bombings in Yemen killed nearly 70 people on Thursday, with one targeting an anti-government rally by Shiite rebels who control Sanaa, leaving body parts strewn across a street in the heart of the capital and escalating sectarian tensions in a country gripped by turmoil.

KUCHING: Ketua Menteri Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Adenan Satem semalam dilantik sebagai Pro Canselor Universiti Teknologi Swinburne Kampus Sarawak pada Majlis Konvokesyen universiti berkenaan di Pusat Konvensyen Borneo Kuching (BCCK).

>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Throughout 2012, as signs mounted that militants in Syria were growing stronger, the debate in the White House followed a pattern. In meeting after meeting, as officials from agencies outside the executive residence advocated arming pro-Western rebels or other forms of action, President Barack Obama’s closest White...

A chorus of criticism aimed at President Barack Obama is coming from an unlikely group. A chorus of criticism aimed at President Barack Obama is coming from an unlikely group. Three decades ago, a genial President Ronald Reagan spoke at one of those Washington dinners where humor is the order...

Iran on Thursday blocked access to an Instagram page devoted to the lifestyle of Tehran's young elite that stirred indignation and spawned a rival site on how the majority live.

At least four Iranian police personnel were killed in attacks by terrorist groups in eastern Iran, near the border with Pakistan, media reported Thursday.

SINGAPORE: Dubai strengthened in the Middle East crude market on Thursday as Chinaoil continued its buying spree.

SINGAPORE: The Asia-Pacific crude market came under pressure on Thursday, as premiums for Russia's Sokol dropped to a more than four-year low, while Brent's premium to Dubai swaps rose to its highest in nearly 10 weeks.

An Iranian investigation into $2.7 billion of missing oil funds has concluded that Turkey-based gold trader Riza Sarraf may know the whereabouts of the money, a lawmaker involved in the probe said.

>VIENNA (Reuters) - A United Nations atomic agency official recently denied entry into Iran as part of a team investigating suspected bomb research is believed to be an American nuclear weapons expert, diplomatic sources said. The International Atomic Energy Agency last month said Iran denied a visa for one member...

Vienna, Oct 9 (IANS/WAM): The basket of 12 crude oils of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) closed at $88.32 a barrel Wednesday compared to $89.37 Tuesday, the OPEC Secretariat said.

While America is in an apologizing mode, how about expressing some regrets to the Kurds and others who for years begged for help in fighting against their (and our) enemies,...

Water Advocate and Bio Logic Aqua Research Founder Sharon Kleyne Interviews Fred Pearce on the Middle East and the Global Fresh Water Crisis. (PRWeb October 09, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/10/prweb12236611.htm

Sanaa (AFP) - At least 43 people were killed when a powerful suicide bombing ripped through the Yemeni capital on Thursday, plunging the violence-plagued state into further turmoil after weeks of political deadlock.

Thorny early discussions with Ankara deterred the US museum but Turkish attitude now appears more conciliatory

A powerful suicide bombing has rocked the Yemeni capital Sanaa, leaving at least 21 people dead

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Group of Emirati fishermen stranded on Kish as boats have been seized

Iran will unveil a domestically manufactured semi-heavy submarine in the coming months, a senior Iranian military official says.

* Fed worried about recent strength of dollar -policy minutes * Seasonal winter demand could support prices by end-Oct (Updates prices) By Keith Wallis SINGAPORE, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Brent crude futures rose towards $92 a barrel on Thursday, after rebounding from a 27-month low hit in the previous session...

Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) says it is the Islamic Republic’s sovereign right to issue visas or deny entry to the agency’s employees.

The fate of the Iranian woman sentenced to die for killing a man she says tried to rape her still hangs in limbo, according to her mother, who told FoxNews.com her daughter is now being pressured by authorities to sign yet another bogus confession.

THE striker cost Celtic £2.2million and failed to win a deal at a lower league club in Sweden. Now he is on the verge of sealing a switch to Iran.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Parliament has largely concluded the confirmation hearings for the incoming European Commission, the EU executive to be led by Jean-Claude Juncker. Juncker needs to find one new candidate and make some minor changes to portfolios before a plenary vote to confirm the new Commission, scheduled...

Washington, Oct 9 (IANS) Top diplomats of the US, the European Union (EU) and Iran will meet next week as the deadline approaches for negotiating a comprehensive agreement over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme.