In The Days

MEDELLIN, Colombia (AFP) — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called on Egypt Thursday to control its border with the Gaza Strip, while acknowledging the “difficult” situation Cairo faces with the frontier.
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MOSCOW (AP) — Russia said Wednesday a draft U.N. resolution on Iran’s nuclear program does not call for any harsh sanctions, and the Iranian president said new measures would not deter the country’s pursuit of nuclear technology.
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Jan. 23 (UPI) — A senior Hamas official said in Syria the conflict with Israel must continue until the Israeli siege ends and “the liberation of Palestine” is realized.
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Russia delivered a sixth consignment of fuel for Iran’s first nuclear power plant in the Gulf port of Bushehr on Thursday which makes it around 80 percent of the consignment, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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A Russian Bear-H bomber
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Jan. 22 (Bloomberg) — More than half of the world’s biggest stock indexes fell into a bear market as mounting concern about a U.S. recession dragged down banking and retail shares across Asia, Europe and Latin America.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) – A top US military commander said Wednesday he fears a “disastrous” linkup between drug traffickers and radical Islamists in Latin America, where he said Iran wields growing influence.
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Illegal Arab construction in Qalandiya (WND Photo)
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Foreclosures and default notices skyrocketed to record peaks in California and the Bay Area in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to a report released Tuesday. The information was a fresh reminder that the slumping real estate market is continuing to have a serious impact on homeowners, particularly those with risky subprime mortgages.
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