Iran covered up rape of detainees
Iran covered up rape of detainees CAIRO (AP) An international human rights group said Friday it has documented three cases of sexual assault against detainees arrested during Iran s postelection turmoil, including one that was supported by an offic...
 3.2K - Nov. 7, 2009; scored 485.0 Iranian protest sparks battles
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iranian security forces beat anti-government protesters with batons today on the sidelines of state-sanctioned rallies to mark the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover. The counter-demonstrations were the opposition s fir...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 150.0 Israel commandos seize ship loaded with guns
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli commandos seized a ship today that defense officials said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons bound for Lebanon s Iranian-backed Hezbollah guerrillas the largest arms shipment Israel has ever commandeered. The Israeli ...
5.6K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 134.0 Israel: Gaza rockets can reach metro Tel Aviv
JERUSALEM (AP) Hamas militants in Gaza have successfully test-fired an Iranian rocket able to reach Israel s largest urban center, the country s military intelligence chief said today. Maj. Gen. Amos Yadlin told parliament s foreign affairs and def...
3.0K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 91.0 German leader urges U.S. to act on climate
WASHINGTON (AP) German Chancellor Angela Merkel marked the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall by exhorting the world in a speech to Congress today to tear down the walls of today and reach a deal to combat global warming. Frequently ...
5.3K - Nov. 3, 2009; scored 150.0 What if we all laid down our weapons?
I wonder how attitudes both in and toward Iran would change if all were to show a willingness to become free of such weapons. That is what we need to see. Norma Eubanks Myrtle Point...
0.3K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 58.0 Pope urges leaders to give Catholics in Iran freedom
VATICAN CITY (AP) Pope Benedict XVI urged Iranian authorities today to let Catholics have the priests and churches they need to freely practice their faith in the country. In comments to Iran s new ambassador to the Holy See, Benedict also urged Te...
1.7K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 465.0 Iran's first response to enrichment deal is spoiler
George Jahn, Associated Press Writer VIENNA, Austria Iran has given an initial response to the International Atomic Energy agency on a plan that calls for Tehran to ship much of its enriched uranium abroad, the IAEA said today. The wording of the...
2.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 174.0 Russians: New nuke treaty is likely
MOSCOW (AP) Russia and the United States are scrambling to address disagreements over a new nuclear arms reduction treaty with little over a month left until the existing agreement between the Cold War adversaries expires. Despite the narrowing tim...
2.8K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 300.0 Man sentenced in prison food bribes
EUGENE (AP) A Maryland businessman has been sentenced to three months in federal prison for his role in an Oregon prison food bribery scandal. Douglas R. Levene had pleaded guilty two years ago to paying more than $600,000 in bribes to former ...
0.8K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 58.0 Iran seeks changes in uranium plan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - State television says Iran will agree to the general framework of a U.N.-drafted plan to ship enriched uranium out of the country for processing, but will seek important changes in the deal. The report today on the state-run c...
0.9K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 792.0 Iran doesn't accept U.N. uranium plan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran today failed to accept a U.N.-drafted plan that would ship most of the country s uranium abroad for enrichment, saying instead it would prefer to buy the nuclear fuel it needs for a reactor that makes medical isotopes. The re...
4.7K - Oct. 23, 2009; scored 1000.0 Iran backs new enriched uranium deal
VIENNA (AP) Iranian negotiators today expressed support for a deal that if accepted by their leaders would delay Tehran s ability to make nuclear weapons by sending most of its existing enriched uranium to Russia for processing, diplomats said....
4.4K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 897.0 Iran talks stall over French participation
VIENNA (AP) Talks meant to persuade Iran to send most of its enriched uranium abroad and thus delay its potential to make a nuclear weapon bogged down today over fierce Iranian resistance to French participation, diplomats said. Today was the s...
4.6K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 961.0 Analysis: Washington overplayed hand on Russia readiness
WASHINGTON (AP) The Obama administration was elated a month ago when the Russian president said sanctions against Iran for its nuclear program could become inevitable. Washington s reaction may have been significantly premature. Dmitry Medvedev s...
1.2K - Oct. 19, 2009; scored 418.0 Cleric warns against rally in Iran
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) A hard-line cleric sought today to head off an attempt to reinvigorate Iran s anti-government movement, warning against a planned opposition rally next month that would coincide with annual state-sponsored demonstrations against t...
2.8K - Oct. 16, 2009; scored 386.0 Words are easy; action has value
When it comes to making tough decisions, action speaks louder than words. Since the revelations of a covert uranium-enrichment facility near the Holy City of Qom, all hell has broken loose. President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown ...
3.0K - Oct. 14, 2009; scored 174.0 Russia: New Iran sanctions won't fly
MOSCOW (AP) Russia pushed back today at U.S. efforts to threaten tough new sanctions if Iran fails to prove its nuclear program is peaceful, a setback to the Obama administration s desire to present a united front with Moscow. After meeting with U....
5.1K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 897.0 Pentagon wants behemoth bunker buster ASAP
WASHINGTON The Pentagon is speeding up delivery of a colossal bomb designed to destroy hidden weapons bunkers buried underground. Call it Plan B for dealing with Iran, which recently revealed a long-suspected nuclear site deep inside a mountain nea...
4.6K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 193.0 Partisan attackers never learn
The braying from the anti-Obama contingent of the right is beginning to look like a replay of the rude left s nonstop criticism of President George W. Bush. But no matter where it comes from or which president is the target it s vapid partisan cl...
1.0K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 91.0 | 
