
Foreign ministers from the world’s main industrialised countries have issued a statement “deploring” post-election violence in Iran.
The G8 bloc’s comments fell short of the condemnation wanted by France and Italy, after Russia warned against isolating Iran.
Earlier the US accused Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of seeking to blame the US for the unrest.
Iran has seen unprecedented [...]
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June 26, 2009 | Posted in
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Russia is considering a banking bail-out that will go further than measures taken by the US, as fears grow that bad loans could paralyse the economy.
Igor Shuvalov, deputy prime minister, will consider taking stakes in troubled banks when a group of experts on the crisis meets on Friday to discuss ways to recapitalise the country’s [...]
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LONDON, England (CNN) — More than 1 in 6 British Airways staff have agreed to work for free, take unpaid leave or work part-time, the airline said Thursday after the announcement of cost-cutting measures last week.
“This is a fantastic first response. I want to thank everyone who has volunteered to help us pull through [...]
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For reasons best not explained, I’ve come to know a former member of the Revolutionary Guards really well.
He’s done some pretty dreadful things in his life, from attacking women in the streets for not wearing the full Islamic gear to fighting alongside Islamic revolutionaries in countries abroad.
And yet now, in the tumult that has gripped [...]
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June 25, 2009 | Posted in
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It has to be an encouraging sign ahead of the semi-finals that England’s so-called second team competed so well against Germany on Monday.
A lot of us were surprised when we saw the team sheet in Halmstad – I thought Stuart Pearce might go half-and-half on his selection but I didn’t expect him to make 10 [...]
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