The Independent British embassy staff to stand trial over protests | A leading Iranian cleric sharply and unexpectedly raised the temperature in the crisis over the detention of British embassy staff yesterday by announcing that the two employees still being held wou... (photo: WN / jamal)
Daily Star Lebanon Europe lashes out at Iran plan to try UK Embassy staff | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Saturday, July 04, 2009 | - Powered by | Hiedeh Farmani | Agence France Presse | TEHRAN: A powerful Iranian cleric said Friday British Embassy local staff arrested fo... (photo: AP / Janerik Henriksson)
Asia Times Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by North Korea of a long-range Taep... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon) DefenceN KoreaPhotosPolicyUS
Asia Times A UN crapshoot in Pakistan | By Sreeram Chaulia | More than 18 months after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the United Nations has begun a formal international inquiry into the "facts and ci... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed) AssassinationBhuttoPakistanPhotosUN
The Examiner VP Biden urges Iraqis to make political progress Comments BAGHDAD (Map, News) - Vice President Joe Biden pressed Iraqi leaders Friday to do more to foster national reconciliation and offered U.S. assistance in achieving... (photo: Creative Commons / BotMultichillT) BidenIraqPhotosPoliticsUS
The Guardian The Karl Rove school of politics | It is impressive how closely the Tories are sticking to the script. The last few weeks have witnessed a classic Karl Rove-style assault on the Labour party as David Cam... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) BritishLeaderPhotosPoliticRove
San Fransisco Chronicle Saddam Hussein's jailhouse revelations | (07-03) 04:00 PDT Baghdad -- | After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw that "the city was about to fall." Months later, he was ca... (photo: WN / Jamal Penjweny) BaghdadIraqJailhousePhotosPolitics
Irish Times Saddam sought familiar refuge | Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until he saw "the city was about to fall" following the 2003 invasio, according to FBI interviews conducted during his interrogation. |... (photo: AP / IRAQI TV via APTN) CrimeHumanityIraqPhotosSaddam
The Independent Letters: Blood diamonds | The return of blood diamonds must not be allowed to happen (report, 25 June). The underlying cause of diamond smuggling, and the atrocities it leaves in its wake, is po... (photo: Creative Commons / The Obento Musubi) DiamondPhotosPoliticsPovertyWorld
The Australian Saddam Hussein faked WMDs to fool Iran | EIGHTEEN months before he was hanged, Saddam Hussein told the FBI he allowed the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he was worried about appear... (photo: USMC / LCpl Kevin Quihuis Jr) IntelligenceIranIraqPhotosUSWar
