Iran’s leader says US officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran on nuclear ambitionsTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s supreme leader said Sunday that U.S. officials know they are wrongly accusing Iran of seeking to develop nuclear weapons. Medvedev says Israel promises it is not planning Iran strike; confirms Netanyahu visitMOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says Israeli officials have assured him that they are not planning a military strike on Iran. Monsoon Marathon staged in Thane sans any rainTHANE - Thousands of enthusiasts from different walks of life and age groups participated in the annual ‘Varsha Marathon’ or, the Monsoon Marathon held at Thane in Maharashtra on Sunday. Obama says US should teach lessons of slavery, compares it to Holocaust during trip to AfricaWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says slavery is a terrible part of the United States’ history and should be taught in a way that connects that past cruelty to current events, such as the genocide in Darfur. GOP lawmakers say probe into Bush-era interrogations would hurt nation’s ‘war of intelligence’WASHINGTON — Two leading Republican senators say a criminal investigation into the Bush administration’s harsh intelligence practices would make the CIA a boogeyman. Dubai owner of QE2 considering opening cruise liner as floating hotel in Mideast or AfricaDUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The cash-strapped Dubai owner of the QE2 is weighing plans to open the British ocean liner as a floating hotel elsewhere in the Middle East or Africa rather than in the struggling Persian Gulf sheikdom. 5 Iranian officials suspected by US of militant activity in Iraq return to TehranTEHRAN, Iran — Five Iranian officials held in Iraq for more than two years by U.S. forces returned home Sunday after the U.S. released them under pressure from the Iraqi government. US needs to do everything to stabilize Pakistan, says expertWASHINGTON - An expert on South Asian affairs has said that the United States needs to do everything it can to help stabilize Pakistan, while recognizing that Washington’s best efforts alone will not be sufficient for the task. |