Iran has formally told the United Nation's atomic watchdog it will begin producing higher grade nuclear fuel and it is inviting UN inspectors to monitor the process. In response, the US and France have been leading calls for what would be a fourth round of international sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. Tehran says it is frustrated because of what it calls the unwillingness of the US and its allies to consider amendments to a UN backed nuclear fuel proposal. Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from the Iranian capital. (09 Feb 2010)
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Agricultural scientists in India say they have developed a variety of rice that requires no cooking and can be eaten simply after being soaked in water. (8 Feb 2010)
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Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has claimed victory in the presidential elections. But his rival, pro-western prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has refused to concede defeat. (8 Feb 2010)
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For decades the Toyota brand has been associated with quality, efficiency and good value. The latest recall of millions of vehicles for safety considerations has affected its sales and reputation. Inside Story asks will Toyota be able to restore public trust and has the drive for profit overwhelmed concerns about saftey?
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ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss Re said on Wednesday the insurance sector stood to lose $4-$7 billion from the earthquake in Chile, a sum unlikely to bring the long hoped-for increase in reinsurance prices.
(Reuters) - American International Group Inc has formulated a new "forced ranking" system to determine bonuses and rate employee performance, Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
BEIJING (AP) -- China's exports rose in February in a new sign of growing global demand that could help persuade officials to let the Chinese currency rise....
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economists raised their forecast for economic growth in 2010 in March, the third straight monthly rise, while trimming their growth forecast for 2011, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
The Indonesian president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has confirmed that the terror suspect Dulmatin was killed in a police raid in Jakarta. Indonesian security forces said they had killed three suspected militants in two raids on Tuesday. But they could not confirm that Dulmatin, alleged mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings, was among those killed. Mr Yudhoyono is on a three-day trip to neighbouring Australia. The raids were said to be linked to an ongoing operation against militants in...
The Greek prime minister has welcomed the US response to his call for a crackdown on speculators he blames for damaging Greece's economy. George Papandreou met President Barack Obama in Washington on Tuesday to discuss his country's financial woes. "We have found a positive response from President Obama which means this issue will be on the agenda in the next G20 meeting," Papandreou told reporters, refering to the G20 meeting in June, outside the White House after the talks. Greece wants to see the US impose stricter...
New Election Law Bars Myanmar Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi From Election Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) YANGON, Myanmar (AP) - A new election law issued by...
By AMY DOCKSER MARCUS CLAREMONT, Calif.—Staff members at the Food and Drug Administration are doing something unusual. They are leaving Washington to help drug makers take a crucial step in developing drugs for rare diseases. View Full Image Hempel Family Twins Addison, left, and Cassidy Hempel, who have a fatal cholesterol metabolism disorder, get cyclodextrin infusions April 13 in Reno, Nev. The staffers help administer the Orphan Drug Act, which provides incentives to create therapies for so-called orphan diseases—those that affect fewer than 200,000 Americans. There are about 7,000 such maladies, most of them serious, that have few or no drugs to treat them, from adenoid...
POLE CHAKI TRAINING BASE, Afghanistan (AP) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says some of the U.S. forces involved in the Afghanistan surge could leave the country before President Barack Obama's announced July 2011 date to begin withdrawal....
RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) -- Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in east Jerusalem is overshadowing Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama said Tuesday he'll bring in high-tech bounty hunters to help root out health care fraud, grabbing a populist idea with bipartisan backing in his final push to overhaul the system....
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) -- U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday the scene at President Barack Obama's first State of the Union address was "very troubling" and that the annual speech to Congress has "degenerated into a political pep rally."...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kobe Bryant hit a 17-foot fallaway jumper with 1.9 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers rallied in the fourth quarter to snap their three-game losing streak with a 109-107 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday night....
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- Derick Nelson scored a career-high 36 points and slow-starting Oakland, Mich., defeated IUPUI 76-64 in the Summit League championship game to advance to the NCAA tournament Tuesday night....
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Shelvin Mack scored all 14 of his points in the first half, and Matt Howard had 14 points and nine rebounds to help No. 12 Butler rout second-seeded Wright State 70-45 in the Horizon League title game Tuesday night....
