Iran to deliver response on uranium deal Thursday
TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran will deliver on Thursday its much-awaited response to a UN-brokered nuclear deal under which it would export low-enriched uranium for conversion into fuel for a medical research reactor, the Mehr news agency said.
Nations:Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Iran hints it could ship some uranium abroad
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran hinted Monday it could agree to ship some low-enriched uranium abroad for processing as reactor fuel as the world awaited its reply on a U.N.-drafted nuclear plan aimed at easing tensions with the West.
Nations:Russia Iran Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-26
Russian FM: Threats of Iran sanctions won't work
MOSCOW - Threatening Iran with more sanctions would be counterproductive, Russia's foreign minister declared Tuesday, resisting efforts by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to win agreement for tougher measures if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan North Korea People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Hillary Clinton Activities:Iran Nuclear Crisis Russia-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-13
Report: NKorea fires 5 short-range missiles
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea fired five short-range missiles off its east coast on Monday, news reports said, even as South Korea proposed working-level talks with its communist neighbor.
Nations:South Korea North Korea Russia People:Lee Myung-Bak Hillary Clinton Activities:Korea Nuclear Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-10-12
In a surprise, Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize
OSLO - President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday in a stunning decision designed to encourage his initiatives to reduce nuclear arms, ease tensions with the Muslim world and stress diplomacy and cooperation rather than unilateralism.
Nations:Afghanistan Pakistan Russia Zimbabwe Poland South Africa People:Nelson Mandela Morgan Tsvangirai Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Al Gore Jimmy Carter
2009-10-09
Russia says it won't deploy missiles near Poland
MOSCOW - Russia said Saturday it will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland since Washington has dumped a planned missile shield in Eastern Europe. It also harshly criticized Iran's president for new comments denying the Holocaust.
Nations:Russia Poland Iran People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Vladimir Putin George W. Bush Activities:Holocaust U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-09-19
East Europe: Rancor, relief on missile shield plan
PRAGUE - Czechs and Poles expressed rancor and relief Thursday that President Barack Obama had pulled out of plans for a U.S. missile defense shield -- reflecting deep divisions over a proposal that some feared would make them a target for terrorists.
Nations:U.S. Russia Poland Czech Republic People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-09-17
Twenty-five dead in 'monstrous' Russian bus crash
MOSCOW (AFP) - Twenty-five people were killed Friday in southern Russia when a bus collided with a truck in a "monstrous" crash that was horrifying even by the grim state of Russia's roads, news agencies said.
Nations:Russia People:Dmitry Medvedev Source:(AFP)
2009-07-24
'Worst to come' warning as G8 leaders gather
L'AQUILA, Italy (AFP) - G8 leaders gathering here Wednesday faced deepening crises in Iran and China and a warning that the worst political and social effects of the global economic downturn are still to come.
Nations:Italy Russia Canada India Honduras People:Dmitry Medvedev Nicolas Sarkozy Silvio Berlusconi Ban Ki-moon Gordon Brown Angela Merkel Activities:Group of Eight Global Financial Crisis
2009-07-07
China's Urumqi city in chaos
URUMQI, China (AFP) - Thousands of angry Han Chinese armed with poles, meat cleavers and other makeshift weapons stormed through Urumqi Tuesday as the flashpoint city riven by ethnic tensions descended into chaos.
Nations:Russia People:Barack Obama Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(AFP)
2009-07-07
Obama asks Russians to forge partnership with US
MOSCOW - Working to turn Russia from antagonist to ally, President Barack Obama asked the Russian people Tuesday to "forge a lasting partnership" with the U.S., but he acknowledged after talks with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that on divisive issues there won't be "a meeting of the minds anytime soon."
Nations:Russia Ukraine People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Vladimir Putin Activities:Russia-U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-07-07
Obama, Medvedev agree to deal to cut nuke weapons
MOSCOW - Presidents Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev confidently committed to a year-end deal to slash nuclear stockpiles by about a third on Monday, but the U.S. leader failed to crack stubborn Kremlin objections to America's missile defense plans -- a major stumbling block to such an agreement.
Nations:Russia Afghanistan Pakistan Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Vladimir Putin George W. Bush Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2009-07-07
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