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UN atomic agency to hold nuclear talks with Iran
The UN nuclear watchdog and Iran have agreed to hold talks in Vienna on Friday, IAEA chief Yukiya Amano said Monday, calling on Tehran to sign a deal clarifying issues over its atomic drive. “A meeting between Iran and the agency has been scheduled for 8 June in Vienna,” Amano told the International Atomic Energy Agency’s 35-member board of…
All-out chaos engulfs Lagos neighborhood after plane crash
LAGOS — Chaos broke out in the densely-populated Lagos neighbourhood where a passenger jet crashed Sunday, as rescue workers faced heavy crowds and aggressive soldiers while trying to access smoldering wreckage. All 153 people on board the Dana Air flight were presumed dead and more were believed to have been…
Bolivia’s president talks of nationalizing all natural resources
TIQUIPAYA, Bolivia — Bolivia’s leftist President Evo Morales, who has nationalized some utility companies, raised the possibility Sunday of making all natural resource-related industries property of the state. “Another policy ought to be how we recover, or nationalize, all natural resources, so they are in the people’s hands under state…
Israel may jail illegal African migrants for three years without charge
JERUSALEM — Israel will be able to jail illegal migrants without charge for up to three years, an official said on Sunday, as part of efforts to curb a major influx of Africans from across the Egyptian border. An interior ministry spokeswoman told AFP that following a directive from minister…
Five bodies found in burned car on Arizona drug smuggling route
LOS ANGELES — Five bodies burnt beyond recognition have been found in the smoldering wreckage of an SUV on a popular drug trafficking route in the Arizona desert near the US-Mexico border, officials said. Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu said he suspected the incident that took place off Interstate 8,…
George Zimmerman returns to Florida for jail after judge revokes bond
George Zimmerman has returned to Florida to turn himself in to police after having his bond revoked, a lawyer for the self-appointed neighbourhood watchman has said. Zimmerman, who is charged with the second-degree murder of unarmed teenager Trayvon Martin, has until 2.30pm ET Sunday to surrender to authorities, having been…
Palestinian threat to relaunch prisoner hunger strike
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — Palestinian prisoners in Israel are threatening to relaunch a hunger strike, a Palestinian official said on Sunday, blaming Israel for reneging on a deal that ended a recent one. “There are still provocations in the prisons, and the prisoners are threatening to resume the strike if…
Shafiq says Brotherhood will take Egypt to ‘dark ages’
CAIRO — Egypt’s presidential candidate and former Hosni Mubarak premier, Ahmed Shafiq, on Sunday tried to establish his democratic credentials and said his Muslim Brotherhood rival would bring back the “dark ages”. Shafiq urged Egyptians “to choose for Egypt a president who will make it a country for all, not…
Japan arrests gas attack cult fugitive
TOKYO — A former member of Japan’s Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult responsible for the 1995 nerve gas attack on the Tokyo subway was arrested by police on Sunday, reports said. Police officers found a woman believed to be Naoko Kikuchi, 40, a former Aum member who had been on…
Whistleblower names top Vatican hierarchy
ROME — Just 10 days after the pope’s butler was arrested in an investigation into Holy See leaks, an Italian daily Sunday published fresh whistleblower letters, suggesting the scandal is far from over. Three new documents filched from the Vatican were sent to La Repubblica by an anonymous source in…
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