Archive for September, 2009

Lockheed Martin Corp hopes to sell US$7 billion worth of missile defense systems to the UAE as the US firm expands its business in the oil producing nation, reported the Associated Press news agency. Charles Willy Moore, the US Navy’s former 5th Fleet commander, who heads Lockheed’s business in the UAE, said he sees “lots... »

Iran has introduced a new Islamic dress code which forbids shopkeepers from displaying female mannequins without a hijab in shop windows, or showing bodily curves. “Using unusual mannequins exposing body curves and with heads without a hijab are now prohibited to be used in the shops,” police said in a statement on Tuesday. The... »

Mexico’s drug cartels are many things: murderous, dangerous and remarkably effective at smuggling huge quantities of illegal drugs into the United States. But are they really cartels? Cartels are organizations that control prices and production. They often divide territories, rig bids and engage in other collusive acts. On the international relations front, the Organization... »

(CNN) — An online report has identified a Somali-American from Seattle, Washington, as one of the suicide bombers who killed 21 peacekeepers in Mogadishu, Somalia, last week. The Somali-language Web site Dayniile.com said the bomber lived in Washington until 2007. The report could not independently be confirmed. An FBI spokesman in Seattle, Fred Gutt, said investigators... »

BBC Mundo -A city of empty streets, mainly silent except for the sound of police helicopters flying overhead now and again. That is the situation in the Honduran capital, Tegucigalpa, described to BBC Mundo by some of its residents more than a day after the dramatic return of the deposed president, Manuel Zelaya. Mr Zelaya took... »

On Tuesday, IRNA has reported that the Bushehr Nuclear Plant is at 96% complete and will be undergoing testing in the near future. Ali Akbar Salehi, the Iranian Vice-President, told the paper “The most important testing will soon begin at the plant, when the pressure will be raised to 250 atmospheres to detect any... »