Iran: US rules out nothing
White House national security adviser Condoleezza Rice on Sunday said the United States could not rule out taking covert action against Iran to disrupt its nuclear weapons programme.
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Thailand And Iran To Start Barter Trade
Thailand hopes to export Thai sugar to Iran in return for copper and oil from Tehran, the industry minister told journalists here.
Once Indifferent, Saudis Allied With U.S. in Fighting Al Qaeda
fter years of giving tacit support and back-channel financing to Islamic extremists, the Saudi government has joined forces with the United States in an intensive battle against Al Qaeda in the desert kingdom.
An Earth-Centered Universe — Again?
Caryl Johnston argues that the Rare Earth Hypothesis is indispensable to the development of an ethic of stewardship in an era of energy descent.
U.S. Prods Japan To Quit Iran Oil For Libya
The United States is pressuring Japan to invest in Libya’s oil industry instead of a project to tap Iran’s giant Azadegan oilfield that has provoked the wrath of Washington, a Bush administration official said, Reuters reported on Friday.
US Military Bracing for Recruitment Headaches
The US Army, its numbers seriously depleted by deployments in Iraq, foresees recruiting problems in the coming year and is offering big cash incentives to induce young people to sign up.
$1.9 billion of Iraq funds go to U.S. contractors
Halliburton Co. and other U.S. contractors are being paid at least $1.9 billion from Iraqi funds under an arrangement set by the U.S.-led occupation authority, according to a review of documents and interviews with government agencies, companies and auditors.
California’s SUV Ban
Cities throughout California—the nation’s largest car market—prohibit the heaviest SUVs on many of their residential roads. The problem is, they don’t seem to know they’ve done it.
Scam warning: The American Email Fraud
The latest inbox scam reveals a deepening crisis in the US. (Humor)
Iraq’s Child Prisoners
A Sunday Herald investigation has discovered that coalition forces are holding more than 100 children in jails such as Abu Ghraib. Witnesses claim that the detainees – some as young as 10 – are also being subjected to rape and torture.
Chinese premier stresses transport of coal, oil, fertilizer, grain
China’s railways in operation account for only 6 percent of the world’s total, yet they shoulder 25 percent of the freight volume in the world, statistics show.
‘Can’t Blair see that this country is about to explode? Can’t Bush?
The Prime Minister has accused some journalists of almost wanting a disaster to happen in Iraq. Robert Fisk, who has spent the past five weeks reporting from the deteriorating and devastated country, says the disaster has already happened, over and over again
