TEHRAN - Iran's president gave instructions on Sunday for
the production of higher-grade nuclear reactor fuel despite an
offer by world powers to provide it to the Islamic Republic to
allay fears Tehran is making an atomic bomb.
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KIEV - Ukrainians voted on Sunday for a new president in a
run-off between Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko and opposition
leader Viktor Yanukovich which could bring a fresh bout of
instability to the country.
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MUNICH, Germany - The United States is not in direct talks
with the Afghan Taliban, and any eventual discussions would have
to go hand in hand with military success, U.S. Special
Representative Richard Holbrooke said on Sunday.
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ATHENS - Greece will stick to its deficit-cutting plan and
the first three months of the year will be crucial for regaining
investors and EU confidence, the country's finance minister said
in an interview on Sunday.
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AWKA, Nigeria - The incumbent governor of Nigeria's
southeastern Anambra state was on Sunday declared the winner of
an election which voters and candidates said had been marred by
widespread irregularities.
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BERLIN - German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere warned
on Sunday that a high public sector wage settlement as demanded
by the unions would lead to higher taxes, more state debt and a
reduction in services.
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BAGHDAD - Iraq's Shi'ite parties held emotional
demonstrations on Sunday and vowed to purge loyalists of Saddam
Hussein's outlawed Baath party as tensions over a list of
candidates banned from a March election soared.
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MUNICH, Germany - NATO should develop closer ties with
China, India, Pakistan and Russia and become the forum for
consultation on global security, the alliance's head said on
Sunday, but a senior Russian politician reacted with scepticism.
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TOKYO - More Japanese voters are unhappy with Prime Minister
Yukio Hatoyama's administration than support it, media surveys
show, a sign that a funding scandal is damaging the government's
chances in a key mid-year upper house election.
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CANBERRA - Australia will end its bank deposit and bank
funding guarantees from the end of March, because they were no
longer needed with the world recovering from the global
downturn, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Sunday,
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