Iran said on Monday it is ready for new talks on how to procure nuclear fuel for a Tehran research reactor and prepared to purchase the supplies from any world producer.
“We are ready for the next meeting regarding the supply of fuel for the Tehran research reactor,” Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran’s envoy to the [...]
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A bloody wake-up call
July 17th, 2009 |
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Hotels are bombed in Jakarta as terrorism returns to haunt Indonesia
JUST as Indonesia was congratulating itself on a largely peaceful presidential election, murderous attacks in the capital have come as a jolt. At least nine people were killed and dozens were injured in early-morning explosions on Friday July 17th at the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in the heart of Jakarta’s business district. Another bomb at the Marriott failed to explode. Elsewhere a car-bomb exploded on a toll-road in the north of the city killing two more people.
The newly re-elected president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has blamed unknown terrorist groups. None has claimed responsibility. But in a country with more Muslims than any other—some 90% of its 240m population—and a history of terrorist violence, suspicion will inevitably fall on Islamist fanatics. In particular, the focus will be on Jemaah Islamiah (JI), an extremist Islamist group affiliated to al-Qaeda, that has carried out similar outrages in the past, most notably in Bali in 2002, when 202 people from 21 countries were killed. …