Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Philip Arnold, squadron leader of the California Army National Guard?s 40th Infantry Division?s Agribusiness Development Team (ADT) Security Forces Platoon, guides vehicles in the Marawara district days after a U.S. offensive against Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Kunar province, Afghanistan, July 1, 2010....
US hopes for Iran nuclear talks The exterior of the Arak heavy water production facility in Arak, Iran, 360 kms southwest of Tehran, is seen on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2004. Iran's top leader rejected a long-term suspension of uranium enrichment and threatened Wednesday that Iranian diplomats will withdraw from talks with European negotiators if they insist on such a suspension. Heavy water is used to moderate a nuclear chain reaction in a nuclear reactor. ...
John Prescott doubted Iraq nuclear weapons intelligence | Lord Prescott had doubts about intelligence on Saddam Hussein's weapons programmes before the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the inquiry into the war heard today. | The former deputy prime minister dismissed some of the British spy agencies' information about the threat posed...
Dana Makes New Oil Field Discovery In Egypt Dana Petroleum's Fin-1X exploration well has discovered a new oil field at the North Zeit Bay Production Sharing Contract (PSC) area onshore in the Gulf of Suez in Egypt. This follows the discovery of the Lorcan oil field, made last month in the same PSC area. | Dana is...
Canada jails man for attempting nuclear exports to Iran Montreal: A Canadian court has sentenced a Toronto man to four years and three months prison for attempting to export dual-use nuclear-related items to Iran, in violation of UN resolutions. | Mahmoud Yadegari was sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justice to 20 months in...
Canadian jailed in Iran 'nuclear export' case A Canadian court has sentenced a Toronto resident to over four years in prison for violating a United Nations resolution by attempting to export nuclear-related goods to Iran. | The items, called pressure transducers, are subject to a UN embargo on nuclear-related expor...
Canada jails man for attempting nuclear exports to Iran Montreal, Jul 30, (AFP): | A Canadian court has sentenced a Toronto man to four years and three months prison for attempting to export dual-use nuclear-related items to Iran, in violation of UN resolutions. | Mahmoud Yadegari was sentenced in the Ontario Court of Justic...
Decks clearing for Iran nuclear talks | Atul Aneja | Tehran ready to stop enrichment, says Ankara | In return for medium-enriched nuclear fuel | U.S. willing to resume dialogue | DUBAI: Iran is ready to stop enriching uranium to 20 per cent purity if the global powers agree to export medium-enriched nuclear...
Questions Swirl About Damaged Japanese Tanker | Shipping officials said Thursday that they were examining the hull of a Japanese oil tanker that was mysteriously damaged this week as it traversed a strategically vital waterway between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. The ship’s owner has said that it may have ...
Petrofac wins $400m Kuwait pipeline deal | London: Petrofac on Thursday said it won a $400 million (Dh1.4 billion) contract from Kuwait Oil Company to design and install pipelines from the Mina Al Ahmadi port to power stations in the country. | The contract adds to Petrofac's estimated order backlog ...
Japan supertanker probe reveals smashed hull | FUJAIRAH/TOKYO (Reuters) - A Japanese supertanker that reported suffering an "explosion" near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route may have hit a submarine or a mine, UAE port officials examining the ship said on Thursday. | Damage to the massive crude carrier's hu...
Iraqi insurgents assert power with attacks as decrease in U.S. presence draws near Seattle Times| BAGHDAD - Militants flew the black al-Qaida in Iraq flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in an attack showing continued insurgent strength in Iraq's capital. | It was the blo...
Toronto man sentenced in Iran nuclear case Newsvine| A Toronto man found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison. | With credit for time already served, Mahmoud Yadegari will spend an additional 2...
Canada jails man for attempting nuclear exports to Iran Yahoo Daily News| MONTREAL (AFP) – A Canadian court on Thursday sentenced a Toronto man to four years and three months prison for attempting to export dual-use nuclear-related items to Iran, in violation of UN resolutions. | Mahmoud Yadegari was sentenced in t...
BC-CN--Canada-Iran-Nuclear Device, CN MSNBC| TORONTO — A Canadian man convicted of trying to send nuclear technology to his native Iran has been sentenced to 20 months in prison. | Mahmoud Yadegari was handed a four-year, three-month sentence Thursday, but with credit for time served it...
Toronto man sentenced in Iran nuclear case CBC| A Toronto man found guilty of trying to send devices to Iran that could be used to build nuclear weapons has been sentenced to four years and three months in prison. | With credit for time already served, Mahmoud Yadegari will spend an additional 2...
Iraq likely to delays gas fields auction The Guardian* Political vacuum casts shadow * Two of three gas fields rejected by companies last year * Istanbul workshop for interested companies Sep. 1 By Rania El Gamal BAGHDAD, July 29 (Reuters) - Iraq is considering postponing an auction for companies who w...
Alstom To Develop Electric Production Capacity In Iraq Energy Business ReviewFrench engineering group Alstom has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Government of Iraq to develop and modernize the country's electricity infrastructure. | The agreement covers three projects. The first project involves turnkey supply o...
Reportlinker Adds Saudi Arabia Steel Industry Forecast to 2013 PR Newswire | , May 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: | Saudi Arabia Steel Industry Forecast to 2013 | http://www.reportlinker.com/p0200063/Saudi-Arabia-Steel-Industry-Forecast-t...
Iranian voices: Nuclear sanctions BBC NewsThis week the pressure on Iran has increased with new, stricter, European Union sanctions. Just weeks earlier, US President Barack Obama signed a bill imposing the toughest measures yet in response to the Iranian nuclear programme. | Western powers s...
Petrofac Secures Pipeline Project In Kuwait Energy Business ReviewPetrofac, an international oil and gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a pipeline project valued at approximately $400m by Kuwait Oil (KOC). | The project, with an anticipated duration of 23.5 months, is for engineering, procurement and...
Iran Offers to Resume Nuclear Talks, Rein In Enrichment Wall Street JournalBy MARC CHAMPION and JAY SOLOMON | Iran has said it could suspend a part of its uranium-enrichment program and is ready to resume nuclear talks with the major powers without setting conditions, in what Western officials said Wednesday were signs that...
Australia adopts new sanctions against Iran, targeting trade, energy sectors Star Tribune| ADELAIDE, Australia - Australia will impose new sanctions against Iran, including restrictions for the first time on business dealings with that country's oil and gas sector, the country's foreign minister said Thursday. | Australia's sanctions fol...
US hopes for nuclear talks with Iran, other powers ZeenewsWashington: The United States said on Wednesday it hoped for high-level talks soon with Iran and five other world powers that like Washington are seeking to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions. | State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said "we hope to...
