Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh The Guardian * Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tuesday, after rising nearly 1 percent the day befor...
ANALYSIS - Revolution day will put Iran's disunity on show The Star | BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iranians are struggling over the legacy and even the legitimacy of an Islamic revolution that triumphed 31 years ago this week. No compromise is in sight. A member of the Iranian community living in Berlin, waves a Iranian flag during a demonstration in Berlin in this July 21, 2...
The more things change Indian Express | In the Charlie Chaplin film The Great Dictator, there is a famous scene in which Adolf Hitler and Mussolini meet. Both of them, trying to be one up on each other, constantly raise the height of their chairs. The effort is to prove that the one dict...
Iran's uranium enrichment: a really bad development' The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- Iran told the United Nations' nuclear watchdog Monday it will begin producing purer uranium, a step experts said could bring Tehran significantly closer to having the fuel for a nuclear weapon. | Iran plans to enrich uranium at its Na...
Expect modest US gains from thaw with Syria: analysts Breitbart | Aaron David Miller, Public Policy Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center, lea... | The Obama team may get modest benefits from ending a five-year chill with Damascus but will find it hard, if not impossible to peel Syria way from hardline ally Iran a...
Iran producing attack drones: general CBC | Iran has launched two production lines to build unmanned aircraft with surveillance and attack capabilities, the country's defence minister announced Monday. | Iran also announced it will soon deploy a missile air defence system more powerful than ...
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Ahmadinejad's economic plans under attack Asia Times | By Mitra Farnik | WASHINGTON - While Iranian politics have been mostly consumed with the aftermath of President Mahmud Ahmadinejad's disputed re-election in June 2009, unease abo...
Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran The News & Observer | WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be s...
Oil dips below $77 on U.S. crude stock rise The Guardian * U.S. crude stocks post bigger-than-expected increase * U.S. refinery utilization rate very low * NYMEX makes biggest gain since September on Tuesday (Recasts, updates prices, mar...
Oil steadies near $71, eyes Euro debt woes The Guardian * U.S. mid-Atlantic hit by blizzard * Iran ratchets up atom work despite sanctions threat * G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks (Recasts, updates prices, adds analyst's comments) By Fayen Wong PERTH, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices hovered near...
Oil rises on bargain-hunting, eyes Euro debt woes The Guardian * U.S. mid-Atlantic hit by blizzard * Iran ratchets up atom work despite sanctions threat * G7 reassures on Greece, talks tough on banks By Fayen Wong PERTH, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Oil prices reversed some of last week's losses on Monday nd rose from a se...
Ahmadinejad says Iran will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel The Times | Iran's President ordered his nuclear chief yesterday to start producing higher-grade fuel, raising the stakes in a dispute with the West days after claiming to have accepted a UN-drafted deal. | The announcement, made by President Ahmadinejad on li...
World's tallest tower closed The Hindu | - PHOTO: AP | People being guided for refund of their money at a ticket counter after the observation deck of Burj Khalifa in Dubai was shut down on Monday. | DUBAI: Tourists headed for the observation deck of the world's tallest tower were left disappointed and confused on Monday after the owner of Dubai's Burj Khalifa unexpectedly cut off publi...
Oil falls under $72, euro zone worries weigh The Guardian * Worries over euro zone fiscal health weigh down market * Market awaits weekly API oil inventory data due later * U.S. snowstorm, geopolitical tension offer price support By Jennifer Tan SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil sank below $72 a barrel on Tuesday, after rising nearly 1 percent the day before, weighed down by nagging worries over an uncerta...
