Posts Tagged “report”

Report: Iranian students protest UN nuclear team (AP)

By | January 31, 2012

TEHRAN, Iran ? An Iranian news agency is reporting hard-line students have staged a silent gathering to a visit by U.N. nuclear inspectors. The Tuesday report by the semiofficial Isna says the students gathered at the gate of the country’s atomic agency. The students say they’re worried the visit would lead to assassination of other [...]

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Why Are We Giving Away Billions in Foreign Aid? (ContributorNetwork)

By | January 16, 2012

COMMENTARY | According to a Reuters report, the U.S. has announced it wants to give close to $1 billion to Bangladesh over the next five years to alleviate poverty and malnutrition, help with family planning and infectious diseases, research farm productivity and address climate change. We’ve already given that country $5.7 billion as of 2011, [...]

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Iran invites IAEA to visit: diplomat (Reuters)

By | January 7, 2012

VIENNA (Reuters) ? Iran has invited the U.N. nuclear watchdog to visit for talks, a senior Western diplomat said on Tuesday, but it was not clear whether the IAEA would accept without a commitment from Tehran to address suspicions it is seeking atomic weapons. Reflecting widespread Western skepticism, the envoy said the invitation included no [...]

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