The Australian Turmoil could thwart Iranian ambitions | THE long-term strategic consequences of the roiling revolt of the Iranian street against the mullahs is impossible to know. | But it certainly weakens the regime of President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad and... (photo: AP / Itsuo Inouye)
Asia Times US Marines to 'drink lots of tea' By Ali Gharib | WASHINGTON - After months of planning and putting pieces in order, aspects of the new United States strategy in Afghanistan are beginning to be concretely implemented - including a sur... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Wall Street Journal Total, CNPC Consider Venezuela Oil Block Bids By SIMON HALL | BEIJING -- France's Total SA and state oil giant China National Petroleum Corp. now plan to bid for two oil large blocks being auctioned in Venezuela, instead of one they'd previously ... (photo: ap / Greg Baker) ChinaPetroleumPhotosVenezuelaWorld
Voa News Biden to Urge Iraqi Leaders to Resolve Disputes | US Vice President Joe Biden (File)U.S. Vice President Joe Biden is in Baghdad where he is expected to urge Iraqi leaders to resolve disputes over oil revenues and political power-sharing. | Biden ar... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) IraqLeadersOilPhotosPresident
Philadelphia Daily News Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan | The Associated Press | MOSCOW - A Kremlin aide says Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan. | President Dmitry Medvedev's foreig... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) AfghanistanMinisterMoscowPhotosRussia
Independent online 'We have to sit down with them...' | By Andrew Heavens | Khartoum - Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional... (photo: (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou) / ) DarfurPhotosPoliticsRebelsSudan
The Independent British embassy staff 'face Iran trial' | Downing Street said today it was "concerned" about reports that British Embassy staff in Tehran will face trial. | Prime Minister Gordon Brown's spokesman said urgent c... (photo: AP / Fars News Agency,Javad Moghimi) ArrestBritishIranPhotosPolitics
Irish Times Obama invited to Syria talks President Bashar al-Assad: has invited US president Barack Obama for talks in SyriaRelated » | Assad questions likelihood of peace | 23/05/2009Syria could help Middle Eas... (photo: White House / Chuck Kennedy) ObamaPhotosPoliticsPresidentUS
