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- Saca mantiene mandos en ejército salvadoreño
El ministro y viceministro de la Defensa se mantendrn en el puesto a pesar de que ambos cumplieron con los requisitos para su retiro en enero, anunci el jueves el presidente Tony Saca. El ministro, general Jorge Molina y el viceministro, vicealmirante
- BBC to broadcast Persian-language TV
The BBC said Thursday it will start a Persian-language TV channel next week that can be seen in Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan and elsewhere, despite Iranian claims that it will be used to recruit spies.
- Trip to Iran reveals quirky differences
Traveling through Iran to film a public television show, I quickly filled up my notebook with quirky observations. One moment, I saw propaganda murals encouraging young men to walk into the blazing sunset of martyrdom. The next, a woman in a bookstore served me cookies while I browsed through the books, admiring one in particular. Then, when I was about to leave without buying anything, she gave me the book for free.
- Taliban execute two more in NW
MIRANSHAH (AFP) - Taliban militants hanged one man and shot dead another in North Waziristan, after accusing them of spying for the United States, an official said Tuesday. The body of local tribesman Shahjir Khan, 25, was found early Tuesday dumped in
- Uganda: Kabatsi, Kawooya in Tight Race in Sembabule
Kampala THE Sembabule byelections for the Woman MP kicked off to a peaceful start yesterday morning. Preliminary results trickling in by press time, indicated that the two main rivals, Joy Kafureka Kabatsi (independent) and Anifa Kawooya Bangirana of the
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Known as Persia until 1935, Iran became an Islamic republic in 1979 after the ruling shah was forced into exile. Conservative clerical forces subsequently crushed westernizing liberal elements. Militant Iranian students seized the US Embassy in Tehran on 4 November 1979 and held it until 20 January 1981. During 1980-88, Iran fought a bloody, indecisive war with Iraq over disputed territory. The key current issue is how rapidly the country should open up to the modernizing influences of the outside world.
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AP - Crude futures retreated for a second consecutive day as the government released more disheartening economic data and another report suggesting further erosion in energy demand.
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