Attempts by the world's leading powers to join forces and stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons fell into disarray yesterday as they disagreed in public over whether Teheran could face sanctions.The UN Security Council on Wednesday night issued a unanimous "presidential statement" giving Iran 30 days to freeze its uranium enrichment programme. A day later, at a meeting in Berlin, the foreign ministers of six key powers - America, Russia, China, Britain, France and Germany - reinforced the message by telling Iran it had to make a choice between negotiations or inter-national isolation.But the ministers, who were meeting to co-ordinate future tactics, were soon at odds when it came to deciding what action to take if Teheran remains defiant.... http://www.telegraph.co.uk censor News |
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More doubts over Pakistani deaths |
| Afghan officials have told the BBC that 16 Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan last week were shot dead on the orders of a local commander. The Afghan foreign ministry has been maintaining they were Taleban fighte.. full News |
Editor - 09:51:00 03-31-06 |
Mosul slips out of control as the bombers move in "We are not leaving the base in daytime because we know other bombers are waiting for us," |
| When the 3,000 men of the mainly Kurdish 3rd Brigade of the 2nd Division of the Iraqi Army go on patrol it is at night, after the rigorously enforced curfew starts at 8pm. Their vehicles, bristling with heavy m.. full News |
Editor - 09:47:00 03-31-06 |
Dozens die in western Iran quakes |
| At least 70 people have been killed and 980 injured by several earthquakes in western Iran, officials said. The quakes, with magnitudes of up to 6.0, centred on remote villages between the industrial towns of D.. full News |
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Austrian jailed for baby murders |
| An Austrian woman who stuffed two of her babies in a freezer and entombed two others in concrete has been sentenced to life imprisonment. Gertraud Arzberger, from the city of Graz, was convicted on three counts.. full News |
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Rice admits multiple Iraq errors |
| US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has admitted the US has made thousands of tactical errors in Iraq, but said it was right to remove Saddam Hussein. "This could have gone that way, or that could have gone .. full News |
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