Archive for March 9th, 2008

Obama rules out possibility to be Clinton’s vice president

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Democratic presidential forerunner Barack Obama dismissed the speculation that he could run as the vice presidential candidate for his rival, Hillary Rodham Clinton, according to a TV report released on Saturday. "You won't see me a ...

Ecuador says it needs time to restore ties with Colombia

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said Saturday it would take "a little time" to restore diplomatic ties with Colombia which were cut off because of a Colombian cross-border raid to pound the rebels. "We'll make a timetable. It's go ...

Backgrounder: Spain’s parliamentary election

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Spaniards will cast their ballots Sunday to elect a new Congress and Senate after four years of being governed by socialist Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero. Spain's parliament comprises a lower house, the Congress, and an upper house, ...

Backgrounder: Key facts about Spain

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Spain will hold its parliamentary elections, once every four years, Sunday, with some 35.1 million voters electing the 350 members of the Congress of Deputies and 208 of the Senate's 264 members. The following are some key facts abo ...

Commissioner: EU sanctions against Cuba hinders normalization of ties???

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

EU Commissioner Louis Michel said here on Saturday that EU sanctions against Cuba remain a hurdle to the normalization of bilateral ties. Michel, the commissioner for EU's development and humanitarian aid affairs, made the remarks d ...

Iranian FM visits Syria for talks on regional affairs

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived here on Saturday for talks with Syrian leader on regional affairs. Iran's Charge d'Affaires in Syria Masoud Hosseinian told reporters that Mottaki, who returned from visits to seve ...

Interview: Israeli intelligence bracing up for renewed escalation of planned attacks

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

The Israeli intelligence has been bracing up for renewed escalation of terror attacks, following the shooting attack in a religious school in Jerusalem Thursday night without intelligence ahead of the attack. "The big question in re ...

Syrian, Iranian FMs hold talks on regional affairs

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem and his Iranian counterpart Manouchehr Mottaki held talks here on Saturday afternoon on regional affairs, especially the Palestine and Lebanon issues. The two held the meeting at Damascus air ...