Category: International
International:
Dismay in Europe as Obama ditches missile defence
President Obama dismayed America's allies in Europe and angered his political opponents at home today when he formally ditched plans to set up a missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article68...
International:
Venezuela to Develop Nuclear Energy With Russian Help
Venezuela President Hugo Chavez said the South American country plans to develop a nuclear energy program with Russia and doesn’t want to build an atomic bomb.
Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=aElQ3UEU...
International:
Russia Signals Opposition to New Sanctions Against Iran
The US and Russia have given differing responses to Iran's latest proposals on its nuclear programme.
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8249664.stm
International:
Controversial U.K. Mayor Cuts Gay Pride Funding, Pledges End to Political Correctness in Government
The recently elected mayor of Doncaster, in South Yorkshire, has infuriated Britain's politically powerful homosexualist lobby by attempting to withhold local funding for this year's Gay Pride celebrations. The funding for this year's event in June went through, but Mayor Peter Davies, a member of the English Democrat party and the father of Tory MP Philip Davies, has scrapped all future funding for the annual Gay Pride event.
Source: http://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2009/sep/09090203.html
International:
Report: Group Campaigns to Stop New York Hotel From Hosting Ahmadinejad
United Against Nuclear Iran -- a bipartisan group whose founders include Obama special Afghanistan envoy Richard Holbrooke and Middle East aide Dennis Ross -- says the InterContinental The Barclay New York hotel is housing the Iranian president next Tuesday, according to a report.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/08/report-group-camp...
International:
Ahmadinejad: Iran 'Will Never Negotiate' Over Nuclear 'Rights'
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday Iran will neither halt uranium enrichment nor negotiate over its nuclear rights but is ready to sit and talk with world powers over "global challenges."
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,547260,00.html
International:
NATO Airstrike in Afghanistan Kills Up to 90
A NATO jet blasted two fuel tankers hijacked by the Taliban in northern Afghanistan, setting off a huge fireball Friday that killed up to 90 people, Afghan officials said.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,546464,00.html
International:
North Korea says in last stage of enriching uranium
North Korea said on Friday that it was in the final stage of enriching uranium, a process that would give it a second path to making a nuclear weapon.
Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE5826I520090903
International:
Brown Didn't Want Lockerbie Bomber to Die in Jail
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown is facing accuations of "double-dealing" after confidential documents were released on Tuesday revealing that Libya was told Brown wanted the Lockerbie bomber to die a free man.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545502,00.html
International:
Lockerbie Letters: No Reason Not to Release Bomber
Newly released documents show Britain's Foreign Office advised Scotland there was no legal barrier — or promise to the United States — to prevent the return of the Pan Am Flight 103 bomber to his native Libya.
Source: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,545144,00.html