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Iran tells west not to interfere in executions

Iran told Western nations today that executions in the Islamic republic are none of their business. The United States on January 31 urged Iran to halt executions, with the U.S. State Department saying it was “particularly troubled” by the hanging of a Dutch-Iranian woman after she was denied consular access.

Israeli, Saudi and American Leaders Say Arabs Are Not Ready for Democracy

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday:I’m not sure the time is right for the Arab region to go through the democratic process.And see this.Also on Friday, Saudi King Abdullah said he support Egyptian president Mubarak and called the …

Zardari sends over flowers, get well message to critically ill Holbrooke

Asif Ali ZardariPakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is reported to have telephoned Mrs. Richard Holbrooke on Sunday night and inquired about the health of her husband, who is US President Barack Obama’s Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan. According to the Daily Times, Zardari is said to have sent a flower bouquet and a get-well message through [...]

Noam Chomsky: No Evidence that Al-Qaeda Carried Out the 9/11 Attacks

Leading liberal intellectual Noam Chomsky just told Press TV:”The explicit and declared motive of the [Afghanistan] war was to compel the Taliban to turn over to the United States, the people who they accused of having been involved in World Trade C…

U.S.: Iran “meddling” in Iraq

The U.S. State Department expressed on Monday renewed concern about what it says is Iranian “meddling” in Iraqi politics. VOA reports that this came as Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki visited Tehran.

“Serbia should give up on Kosovo, Bosnia”

Vice president of the Washington-based Institute of Peace Daniel Serwer said that Hillary Clinton should ask Serbia to give up on Kosovo and Bosnia. He added that he hoped the U.S. State Secretary Hillary Clinton would take the course of solving two major remaining problems in the Balkans, which were Kosovo and Bosnia.

U.S. cites progress in curbing Iranian oil business

The U.S. State Department said four major European oil companies have promised to halt dealings with Iran, and will be spared from U.S. sanctions. A Swiss-based subsidiary of Iran’s national oil company will face sanctions.

State Department: No terrorist acts in Kosovo

In 2009, there were no direct acts of terrorism in Kosovo, the U.S. State Department’s 2009 Reports on Terrorism stated. However, the report did note that Islamic extremists were involved in domestic and international terrorism plots.

“Kosovo solving corruption problems”

Kosovo government spokesperson Memli Krasniqi said that Priština will work on solving problems related to human rights and corruption in Kosovo. He said that the Kosovo government “takes very seriously” the report of the U.S. State Department on progress in Kosovo, and that it is content with the fact that the report did state that progress has been achieved over the last year.

U.S. State Department on human rights

Human rights in Serbia are generally respected, and the government kept making progress in the cooperation with the Hague, says a U.S. State Department report. The report also said that courts in Serbia are still subject to corruption and political influence.

U.S. State Department on human rights

Human rights in Serbia are generally respected, and the government kept making progress in the cooperation with the Hague, says a U.S. State Department report. The report also said that courts in Serbia are still subject to corruption and political influence.

eWeek Newsbreak Jan 20 2010

Join eWEEK reporter Ashley Daley for a rundown of this weeks headlines. Google, Microsoft and other IT companies are donating their money and skill sets to help Haiti in the wake of a massive earthquake that devastated the countrys capital, Port-au-Prince, on Jan. 12. Google collaborated with GeoEye to make satellite imagery of the earthquakes aftermath available to users of Google Earth; Attack code targeting the Internet Explorer vulnerability used to hit Google and other companies has hit the Web. According to McAfee, researchers have seen references to the code which exploits an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer on mailing lists and have confirmed that the code was published on at least one Website. The code was used to attack Google and others in a spate of cyber-attacks believed to have originated in China. The attacks have sparked controversy and prompted Google to threaten to pull out of China altogether. Officials at the U.S. State Department have stated they plan to get answers from China as to what happened in the coming days; A small amount of cocaine was discovered in a restricted shuttle hangar, outside a bathroom at NASA. NASA has since ordered a safety review of the Shuttle Discovery, which is scheduled to depart March, 18th, to check for any mistakes made to the spaceflight hardware. All of the nearly 200 persons who have access to the facility will be receiving a drug test as well; Google recently slashed $100 off the price of the phone for existing T-Mobile subscribers. The Nexus One will now cost all existing T-Mobile subscribers $279.
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Ousted Honduran Leader Vows To Camp On Border

OCOTAL, Nicaragua — Ousted President Manuel Zelaya encamped his roving government in exile in this sleepy mountain town near the Honduran border Sunday to launch his return to power after a coup last month.

After weeks of shuttling betw…