Tehran, Aug 1, 2006 - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday Iran will not bow to the language of force and threats, a day after the UN Security Council ordered the country to halt sensitive nuclear work.
Washington, Aug 1, 2006 - A group of prominent US defense and national security experts sounded an alarm Tuesday about the strain on US combat forces of lengthy deployments to Iraq, saying the problem has reached crisis levels.
Rome, Aug 1, 2006 - Farmers in northern Italy on Tuesday said they are facing disaster as Europe's lingering heatwave burns up crops and leaves arable land parched in the breadbasket Po valley, after a winter in which unusually light Alpine snowfall failed to replenish reservoirs.
Washington, Aug 1, 2006 - The US Coast Guard has not altered its security status since Cuban President Fidel Castro announced he was ceding power temporarily, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
United Nations, Aug 1, 2006 - A meeting of contributors to a possible international force to be sent to Lebanon will be held at the United Nations on Thursday, the UN announced.
Tehran, Aug 1, 2006 - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Tuesday that Iran would not bow to the language of force and threats, a day after the UN Security Council ordered it to freeze sensitive nuclear work by the end of the month.
Jerusalem, Aug 1, 2006 - The Israeli army Tuesday called on residents of several villages north of the Litani River, up to 30 kilometers (19 miles) from Israel's border with Lebanon, to leave their homes ahead of a military offensive there, an army spokeswoman told AFP.
Juba, Sudan, Aug 1, 2006 - Joseph Kony, the leader of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and one of the world's most wanted men, on Tuesday asked for forgiveness for atrocities committed by his movement against civilians.
Madrid, Aug 1, 2006 - Cuban dissidents and exiles on Tuesday expressed hope after Cuban President Fidel Castro's announcement that he was temporarily handing power to his brother Raul following surgery, while sympathisers wished him a quick recovery.
Juba, Sudan, Aug 1, 2006 - Joseph Kony, the leader of Uganda's notorious rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and one of the world's most wanted men, on Tuesday asked for forgiveness for atrocities committed by his movement against civilians.
Washington, Aug 1, 2006 - Relations between the United States and Cuba long have been more strained than neighborly, ranging from US occupations to Cold War enmity to, at one point, the brink of nuclear war. Here are some of the key events:
Washington, Aug 1, 2006 - Relations between the United States and Cuba long have been more strained than neighborly, ranging from US occupations to Cold War enmity to, at one point, the brink of nuclear war. Here are some of the key events:
Camp Speicher, Iraq, Aug 1, 2006 - US military prosecutors launched a pre-trial hearing on Tuesday to decide whether to charge four enlisted soldiers with the pre-meditated murders of three Iraqi detainees.
Abuja, Aug 1, 2006 - The World Bank and Nigeria have signed a 200 dollar loan agreement for a project to improve the dilapidated environment in Lagos, the country's most populated city with around 15 million inhabitants, officials said on Tuesday.
New York, Aug 1, 2006 - A heat wave that claimed more than 130 lives in California reached the US east coast Tuesday, settling over the US capital and forcing New York City to declare a state of emergency for the first time.
Londres, Aug 1, 2006 - Britain said on Tuesday that US aircraft carrying weapons to Israel would be allowed to make stopovers at British airports if they observed the correct procedures.
