Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack Israel's Labor Party leader Ehud Barak gestures, during a meeting of the party's central committee in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday that would bring the centrist Labor Party into his coalition, an important step toward moderating the emerging government. Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal, which calls on the government to pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinian...
Iran's parliament approves $347bln budget Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks to the media after delivering his budget bill to the parliament, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2007. Ahmadinejad on Sunday defended his economic policies from sharp recent domestic criticism and said U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed in December would never deter the country from pursuing its nuclear prog...
EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing dossier of evidence that biofuels harm the environment and push up food...
Israel Intends to Build Civilian Nuclear Plants | PARIS — Israel, widely believed to have nuclear weapons and possessing no oil, said on Tuesday that it intended to develop civilian nuclear plants for energy, offering to build one as a joint project with Jordan, under French supervision. | The Israeli infrastru...
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions | PARIS – Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities. | Both countries laid out their hopes at...
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister DOHA - Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has 'great means of deterrence' to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme. | 'We are highly confident about our capacities, and our great means of deterrence,' he said durin...
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast | March 9, 2010 ANGELA CHARLTON (Associated Press Writers), STEVEN GUTKIN (Associated Press Writers) | (AP) — Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? | Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rivals Israel and Syria that they want to pursue atomic power ...
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast | Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rivals Israel and Syria that they want to pursue atomic power plants could complicate the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fuel a widening web of suspicion across the Middle East. | In a region where few trust each ...
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast PARIS (AP) -- Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? | Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rivals Israel and Syria that they want to pursue atomic power plants could complicate the diplomatic storm over Iran's nuclear program and fuel a widening web of susp...
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast | Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to media during an inter... | Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to media during an inter... | PARIS (AP) - Is the Middle East about to go officially nuclear? | Dual announcements Tuesday by bitter rival...
Jordan denies involvement in nuclear cooperation with Israel | Amman - The chairman of the Jordan Atomic Energy Commission on Tuesday ruled out any nuclear cooperation with Israel before an agreement is reached on the Arab-Israeli conflict. | 'It is premature to speak about any form of regional cooperation with Israel before the ...
China stresses diplomatic effort in Iran nuclear issue China Daily| BEIJING - China reaffirmed on Tuesday that dialogue and consultation were the best method of resolving the Iran nuclear issue and should not be abandoned lightly. | "There is still room for diplomatic moves," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gan...
Syria and Israel eye nuclear plants Al Jazeera| Israel and Syria have announced ambitions to develop nuclear power plants to meet their energy needs. | Both countries laid out their plans at an international conference on civilian nuclear energy organised in French capital Pa...
Iran MPs block Ahmadinejad's energy subsidy cuts Yahoo Daily News| TEHRAN (AFP) – Iranian lawmakers on Tuesday scuppered President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's plans to cut energy subsidies by approving only half the savings wanted by his government, news agencies reported. | Lawmakers had on Monday passed a br...
Israel, Syria Keen to Produce Nuclear Energy Khaleej TimesPARIS ' Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new international attention to its secretive nuclear activities. | Both countries laid ou...
Defiant Iran gets key backing over nuclear sanctions Yahoo Daily News| DOHA (AFP) – Iran said on Tuesday it can deter attacks over its nuclear drive, as China and Turkey raised doubts about sanctions and the United States reassured Israel of its will to stop Tehran getting atomic arms. | Iranian Interior Ministe...
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions USA TodayPosted | Comment | Recommend | | | By CHRISTOPHE ENA, AP Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau speaks to the news media during an international conference on civilian nuclear energy, in Paris, on Tuesday. Nuclear pla...
Official: Saudis have plenty of oil capacity as demand returns Houston ChronicleArabia's 4 million barrels a day of spare capacity can easily be absorbed into the market when global energy demand recovers after the recession, the head of the kingdom's state-owned oil company said today. | "Oil supply will decline if there is no ...
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister Yahoo Daily News| DOHA (AFP) – Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has "great means of deterrence" to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme. | "We are highly confident about our capacities, ...
Syria wants civilian nuclear energy The Siasat Daily| Paris, March 09: Syria would like to develop civilian atomic energy, its government said Tuesday. | Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad told an international conference on civilian nuclear power in Paris that Damascus needs "to consider alternati...
Israel and Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions BBC News| Israel and Syria have both told a conference in Paris they want to use nuclear power to generate electricity. | Israeli Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told delegates his country wanted to build new nuclear plants to reduce its dependence on coa...
Israel and Syria both express interest in new nuclear reactors m&c| Paris - Israel and Syria want to build nuclear reactors to develop civil nuclear energy, representatives from both countries said Tuesday at a nuclear conference in Paris. | 'We share (French) President Nicolas Sarkozy's opinion that atomic energy ...
Israel, Syria eye nuclear power plants Yahoo Daily News| PARIS (AFP) – Israel and Syria are separately eyeing plans to develop nuclear power to meet the energy needs of the volatile Middle East, ministers told a conference hosted by France on Tuesday to promote reactors. | Israel unveiled hopeful p...
Iran can deter attacks on nuclear sites: minister The Himalayan| DOHA: Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar warned Tuesday that Tehran has "great means of deterrence" to face any possible attack over its nuclear programme. | "We are highly confident about our capacities, and our great means of deter...
Rivals Israel, Syria Want to Build Nuclear Power Plants Fox News| PARIS — Mideast rivals Israel and Syria on Tuesday each announced ambitions to develop nuclear energy, with Israel facing the prospect that its plan could bring new attention to its secretive nuclear activities. | The countries laid...
