Five policemen killed in Baghdad bomb attackAugust 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Five policemen were killed and three injured Wednesday when a bomb targeted their patrol in southern Baghdad, a police source said. The bomb was planted on a road in al-Athouriyeen neighbourhood in al-Doura, Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported.
Swiss ministry says diplomats have asked Iran about missing AmericansAugust 2nd, 2009 Swiss diplomats ask Iran about missing AmericansBERN, Switzerland — Swiss diplomats are trying to find out what happened to three Americans reportedly captured in Iran, the Foreign Ministry said Sunday. The Swiss Embassy in Tehran is working to learn more about the Americans' fate through its contacts with the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said spokeswoman Nadine Olivieri.
2 killed as State Department security helicopter crashes outside BaghdadJuly 17th, 2009 State Dept. security chopper crashes in IraqWASHINGTON — The State Department says a helicopter used to protect U.S. diplomats in Baghdad has crashed outside the Iraqi capital and a U.S.
Iran says US forces in Iraq released 5 Iranians after more than 2 years in detentionJuly 9th, 2009 US releases 5 Iranian officials in IraqBAGHDAD — U.S. forces on Thursday released five Iranian officials detained in January 2007 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding local Shiite militants, Iranian and Iraqi officials said.
US releases 5 Iranian officials held since January 2007July 9th, 2009 US forces released 5 Iranians in Baghdad held since January 2007
BAGHDAD — U.S. forces on Thursday released five Iranian officials who were detained in January 2007 in northern Iraq on suspicion of aiding Shiite Iraqi militants, Iranian and Iraqi officials said.
State Department says no Iranian diplomats have accepted overseas 4th of July invitationsJune 24th, 2009 No Iranian envoys to attend July 4 partiesWASHINGTON — The State Department says no Iranian diplomat has accepted an invitation from U.S. diplomatic posts abroad to attend embassy Fourth of July parties.
Britain expels 2 Iranian diplomats in retaliation for expulsion of 2 British diplomatsJune 23rd, 2009 Britain expels 2 Iranian diplomats in retaliationLONDON — Britain expelled two Iranian diplomats Tuesday in retaliation for Iran's decision to order out two staff members from the British Embassy in Tehran. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told lawmakers that Tehran's decision was unjustified.
Britain expels Iranian diplomats in tit-for-tat moveJune 23rd, 2009 LONDON - Britain would expel two Iranian diplomats after the Iranian government ordered two British diplomats to leave the country, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Tuesday. Brown told parliament that the allegations made against the two British diplomats were "absolutely without foundation".
Britain expels 2 Iranian diplomats after Tehran does sameJune 23rd, 2009 Britain expels 2 Iranian diplomatsLONDON — Britain's government says it has expelled two Iranian diplomats in retaliation for Tehran's decision to order out two staff members from the British Embassy in Tehran. The Foreign Office said Tuesday that Tehran's decision was baseless and unjustifiable.
Iraq condemns Iranian shelling in its territoryMay 5th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraq has strongly condemned the shelling of villages in the northern Kurdistan region by Iran, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. The ministry has summoned the Iranian ambassador here to register its protests against the Iranian action, a statement said.
Earnings schedule for week of 05/04/09April 30th, 2009 Earnings schedule for week of 05/04/09Major companies tentatively scheduled to report quarterly earnings next week:
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CINCINNATI — The E.W. Scripps Co. releases first-quarter financial results.
Obama leaves Iraq after brief visitApril 8th, 2009 BAGHDAD - US President Barack Obama left Baghdad after a brief, previously unannounced visit to Baghdad late Tuesday evening. Obama had spent some four hours in Baghdad, meeting with US forces while also holding talks with Iraqi leaders, including President Jalal Talabani and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
US should free our diplomats detained in Iraq: IranFebruary 12th, 2009 ARBIL - The new US administration has been urged by Iran to release the Iranian diplomats held in Iraq as the first step to realise 'change' promised by President Barack Obama, Mehr News reported. 'American officials (should) release Iranian diplomats as the first move toward realising the ‘change slogan’ by the new US administration,' Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said while reopening the Iranian consulate in Arbil Thursday.
Iran's diplomats abducted in 1982 were killed: Lebanese leaderFebruary 5th, 2009 TEHRAN - Christian Lebanese Forces (LF) leader Samir Geagea has admitted that the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in Lebanon in 1982 were kidnapped at Alberiareh checkpoint and later killed, Mehr News reported Friday. However, Geagea late Wednesday refused to say how the diplomats were abducted.
Lebanese PM slams Hezbollah over missing diplomats issueJanuary 29th, 2009 BEIRUT - Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Seniora has hit back at Hezbollah chief Hasan Nasrallah for holding his government responsible for the four Iranian diplomats who went missing in 1982, a media report said Friday. In a statement Thursday, Seniora said his government had sent a letter to UN chief Ban Ki-moon in September last year, urging him to help resolve the issue of Iranian diplomats who were kidnapped during the Israeli invasion in 1982, the NBN TV reported.
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