 Iran's foreign minister said Saturday the government likely would suggest amendments to a Western package of incentives meant to persuade the Islamic republic to give up its uranium enrichment program. Manouchehr Mottaki would not give any timing for Iran's response. The Tehran regime previously has said some parts of the package were acceptable while others needed to be changed, and the central issue of uranium enrichment needed clarification. "It is a step forward," he said. Mottaki said Iran would come up with its own amendments to the package. "In the end, we will present our proposals. It's a two-way street," he told reporters at a joint news conference with Iraqi politician Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim, who heads that country's largest Shiite party, the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq. ...
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 Yemen family wants Guantanamo inmate's death probed |
The family of a Yemeni prisoner said to have committed suicide at the U.S. Guantanamo Bay prison is refusing to bury him, demanding an investigation into his death, the family lawyer said on Saturday.U.S. authorities said on Friday it handed over the body of Ali Abdullah Ahmed and those of two Saudi inmates it says committed suicide at the prison in Cuba last week. Their families have questioned the possibility that the men, all devout Muslims, have taken their own lives, saying that would amount to a major violation of the Islamic faith. "The family … is refusing to bury him and are asking for an autopsy to know the real reason behind his death," Khaled al-Ansi, also a human rights activist, told Reuters. ...
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| Japan and US warn N Korea on test |
Japan and the US have issued new warnings to North Korea not to proceed with a possible test firing of a new long-range missile. Japan's Foreign Minister Taro Aso and US envoy Thomas Schieffer met in Tokyo amid increasing speculation that Pyongyang is set to conduct a launch. Officials believe that Pyongyang may be planning to test the Taepodong-2, a missile with a range of up to 6,000km. Mr Schieffer urged North Korea not to take "provocative action". Such a move would lead to further isolation from the international community, he said. Mr Aso described the situation as serious and said that Japan had warned North Korea against going ahead with a test. ...
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| Ohio mayor violates policy he helped write |
The mayor of this central Ohio city caught someone violating a city employee policy — himself.Mayor Bruce Bain paid a $368 fine for sending an e-mail that promoted his son's part-time beverage business to city workers. He wrote to 15 city employees, recommending they become involved in selling a health drink."I violated the computer use policy I helped write," Bain said at a news conference Thursday. "You have to use the computer only for city business. How can I say to a city employee, 'Don't do that,' if I do it?"Bain said he realized the mistake on his own and calculated the fine of two days' pay based on his annual salary of roughly $66,000.He said he is not involved in the business and only wanted to help his son and city workers make extra money.Bain has asked the city's law director to investigate his e-mail....
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-06-17-ohio-mayor-fine_x.htm?csp=34
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| Nigerian president surprised by corruption? Why, they are Politicians aren’t they? |
Nigeria's president, nearing the end of his days in the country's highest office, said Saturday that he never intended to keep the job longer than two terms.In the wide-ranging interview in London, President Olusegun Obasanjo also spoke of corruption in his country and his efforts to calm the southern region.A strong campaign by Obasanjo's supporters to amend the constitution to enable him run for a third term was defeated in parliament last month.Many had argued Obasanjo needed more time to complete his reforms, but opponents said an extension would undermine democracy on a continent where many leaders have established themselves as dictators for life."When I took this job, I took it on the basis of the constitution," Obsanjo said.Obasanjo, first elected in 1999, completes his second term this year....
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| Arrested Italy prince goes from palace to jail |
Prince Victor Emmanuel, who lived in a former papal palace as a boy and spent his life among Switzerland’s jet set, woke up in a jail cell on Saturday, arrested as part of a probe into prostitution and corruption.The 69-year-old son of Italy’s last king was one of 13 people detained in northern Italy on Friday in the investigation. He was taken to a jail in southern Potenza, where the probe is based.The prince is one of Italy’s best known figures and the arrest came as a shock even for a country hardened by scandals. Some newspapers dedicated five pages or more to the story. “Women and Money - Victor Emmanuel ends up in handcuffs,” was the headline in Milan’s Il Giornale newspaper....
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