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Powers should stop threatening Iran: Ahmadinejad (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

Reuters - World powers should stop threatening Iran if they want to achieve results at talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday.

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Iran offers dates for talks with powers in Turkey (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Iran told world powers on Tuesday it was ready to hold talks in Turkey in late November or early December, but a senior official signaled reluctance to discuss…

US, nuclear powers join Hiroshima memorial (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Women join a candle vigil in front of the illuminatd Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with the choirs of schoolchildren and the solemn ringing of bells Friday as Hiroshima marked its biggest memorial…

US, nuclear powers to attend Hiroshima memorial (AP)

August 5th, 2010

Women join a candle vigil in front of the illuminatd Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima, western Japan, Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010, on the eve of the 65th anniversary of the world's first atomic bomb attack. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)AP - The site of the world’s worst atomic bomb attack echoed with choirs and Buddhist prayers Thursday as Hiroshima prepared to mark its biggest memorial yet and the first…

Russia grants more powers to KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russians may now face jail time for crimes they have not yet committed under a new security law signed Thursday by President Dmitry Medvedev.


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Medvedev widens powers of KGB successor agency (AP)

July 29th, 2010

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (pictured) has signed into a law a bill expanding the powers of the successor to the Soviet-era KGB security service, the Kremlin said in a statement. The bill, criticised by rights groups, would allow the Federal Security Service to issue official warnings to individuals whose actions are deemed to be creating the conditions for crime.(AFP/File/Alexey Panov)AP - Russia has broadened the authority of the Federal Security Service, the KGB’s main successor agency, giving it Soviet-style repressive powers in a move critics say could be used…

Pakistani lawmakers target presidential powers (AP)

March 31st, 2010

The head of Pakistan's anti-corruption agency Naveed Ahsan, center, leaves the Supreme Court in Islamabad, Pakistan, Wednesday, March 31, 2010. Pakistan has sent a letter to Swiss authorities asking that they reopen a money-laundering case against Zardari after an amnesty protecting him from graft prosecution was struck down by the Supreme Court, a government lawyer said. (AP Photo)AP - A parliamentary committee agreed on a constitutional amendment Wednesday that strips the Pakistani president of powers inherited from the country’s former military ruler, fulfilling a long-standing opposition demand…

Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery

March 22nd, 2010

  • It’s a smashing shagadelic party as Mike Myers (Wayne’s World 1 & 2, So I Married an Axe Murderer) and Elizabeth Hurley (Dangerous Ground) star in a non-stop, hilarious comedy…
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