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OPEC President Chakib Khelil is saying oil prices could rise to between US$150 and $170 a barrel this summer. Khelil has told France 24 television that he thinks prices “might decline a bit near the end of the year.” He also says he doesn’t think prices will reach $200 a barrel.
Light, sweet crude for August […]
WASHINGTON, JUNE 26 (AP) - The U.S. administration on Thursday will lift some trade sanctions against North Korea and move to take it off the U.S. terrorism blacklist - a remarkable turnaround in policy toward the communist regime, which President George W. Bush once branded as part of an “axis of evil.”
North Korea handed over […]
BAGHDAD, June 26 (AFP):
A roadside bomb blast killed a US soldier in eastern Baghdad Wednesday at around 9 a.m., the US military announced Thursday. It said the bomb used in the attack was an explosively formed projectile (EFP).
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More than 300 US dignitaries seek executive order explicitly to ban torture by Americans
WASHINGTON, June 26 (AP):
More than 300 former U.S. government officials, including secretaries of state and defence, generals and admirals and other prominent Americans are asking for an executive order that would incorporate as U.S. policy most of the stipulations of the Geneva […]
Wie der Internationale Automobil-Verband FIA am Mittwoch in Paris bekannt gab, umfasst der Rennkalender 19 Rennen für die Saison 2009. Neu im Programm ist das Rennen in Abu Dhabi, wo am 15. November das Saisonfinale stattfindet.
2009 FIA Formula One World Championship*
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29 March Australia
5 April Malaysia
19 April Bahrain
10 May Spain
24 May Monaco
7 June Canada
21 June Great […]
Battle.net and Blizzard.com have recently been displaying some fancy new splash screens alluding to something new and exciting - very possibly Diablo III. The splash screens, upon close inspection, show what appear to be runes. The world-wide invitational is scheduled for June 28th - the eight year anniversary of Diablo II. There is also a press conference […]
Schauspieler Pinkas Braun gestorben
Der Schweizer Schauspieler Pinkas Braun ist im Alter von 85 Jahren in München gestorben. Das teilte sein Verlag Nagel & Kimche in Zürich mit.
Der 1923 in Zürich geborene Braun war ein gefragter und vielseitiger Theater-, Film- und Fernsehschauspieler, Regisseur und Übersetzer. Mit seiner populären Stimme war er auch als Sprecher für Hörbücher […]
Israel closes Gaza crossings after rocket attack
JERUSALEM, June 25 (Reuters):
Israel will not open its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a defence official said, calling the move a response to a Palestinian rocket salvo which breached an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.
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NATO soldier killed in southern Afghanistan
KABUL, June 25 (AFP) - A NATO soldier was killed while on patrol in Nahri Sarraj district of Helmand province on Tuesday when a blast struck their convoy. In a separate incident on Tuesday, another ISAF soldier was killed during a firefight with Taliban insurgents in the neighbouring district of […]
Bomb kills three US soldiers, interpreter in Iraq
BAGHDAD, June 25 (AFP) -
A bomb attack killed three US soldiers and an interpreter in Iraq’s northern Nineveh province on Tuesday, the American military said Wednesday but it did not specify where the attack occurred and gave no further details.
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Three Gaza rockets slam into southern Israel
JERUSALEM, June 25 (AFP) -
Three rockets fired from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip hit southern Israel on Tuesday, slightly wounding two people and straining an Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and the Islamist movement. Two of the rockets struck inside the hard-hit town of Sderot, causing some damage, and another struck […]
An Army officer and his wife have pleaded guilty in a money laundering scheme involving contracts in Iraq, the U.S. Justice Department said Tuesday. Maj. John Cockerham, 43, pleaded guilty to one count each of bribery, conspiracy to commit bribery and money laundering, the Justice Department said. His wife, Melissa, 41, pleaded guilty to a count […]
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Los Angeles judge questioned Britney Spears and a parenting coach on Tuesday during a hearing into the pop star’s child custody case before ordering a change to her visitation status with her two sons.
But because the hearing was closed to the public it wasn’t immediately clear whether Spears, 26, had […]
Roberto Donadoni ist nach übereinstimmenden Medienberichten künftig nicht mehr Trainer der italienischen Nationalmannschaft. Am Mittwoch will der Verband demnach Donadonis Vorgänger Marcello Lippi auch als dessen Nachfolger benennen.
Lippi wird damit zwei Jahre nach seinem Triumph im WM-Finale in Berlin wieder die Verantwortung für die Nationalmannschaft übernehmen. Offenbar fordert der Erfolgscoach zwei Millionen Euro pro Jahr […]
Israel is likely to attack Iran in the time between the November presidential election in the US and the inauguration of the new president, former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton told the Daily Telegraph in an interview published Tuesday.
However, Bolton said he did not believe the US would take part in such a […]
