Iran set to release embassy worker The Guardian | Iran has said it will release the eighth of nine British embassy employees detained in Tehran, Foreign Secretary David Miliband revealed. | But he vowed to continue to fight for the freedom of the remaining detainee who is facing a possible trial on charges Mr Miliband insisted had "absolutel...
UK seeks Iran trial clarification BBC News | British diplomats are trying to establish whether Iran intends to act on its threats to prosecute staff from the UK's embassy in Tehran. | On Friday, a top cleric said some staff members would be tried for inciting protests over Iran's disputed election. | Iran says the UK is trying to undermine t...
Iran to release eighth British embassy worker, says Miliband The Guardian | Foreign secretary vows to continue fighting for freedom of last remaining detainee, who faces possible trial | David Miliband on the Andrew Marr Show. Photograph: Jeff Overs/BBC/PA | has said it will release the eighth of nine British embassy emplo...
Iran set to release embassy worker The Guardian | Iran has said it will release the eighth of nine British embassy employees detained in Tehran, Foreign Secretary David Miliband revealed. | But he vowed to continue to fight for the freedom of the remaining detainee who is facing a possible trial o...
Britain awaits news of Iran staff London Evening Standard 05.07.09 | Britain is still seeking clarification from Iran over the fate of detained British Embassy staff after one was said by his lawyer to be facing trial for "acting against national security". | Chief political analyst Hossein Rassam, an Irani...
Britain awaits news of Iran staff The Guardian | Britain is still seeking clarification from Iran over the fate of detained British Embassy staff after one was said by his lawyer to be facing trial for "acting against national security". | Chief political analyst Hossein Rassam, an Iran...
Boonen handed late Tour reprieve BBC News | Belgian rider Tom Boonen has been allowed to enter this year's Tour de France by a French arbitration court. | Organisers had banned Boonen after he tested positive for cocaine f...
For Zimbabwe, I Say 'Yes' To 'Sanctions' Modern Ghana | Feature Article : "The Author's/Authors' views do not necessarily reflect those of ModernGhana. | Many Africans and some Zimbabweans, including Deputy Prime Minister Arthur Mutam...
La Bohème, Opera Holland Park, London The Independent | Simply and effectively staged by Elaine Kidd, Opera Holland Park's La Bohème puts right what went wrong in Jonathan Miller's lavish English National Opera staging. | Both are set in the Great Depression: a tawdry era of taupe and grey, tired overco...
Iran's British stooges are staring right at you The Times | Zahra, an Iranian woman studying at an English university, is in a state of terror. Her husband, an activist in the cause of the defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, was arrested a fortnight ago, and has not been seen since....
British embassy analyst faces prison sentence The Times | A respected Iranian political analyst employed by the British embassy in Tehran is facing a lengthy prison sentence after he was charged yesterday with "acting against national security". | The charge was a sharp escalation of the hardline Iranian ...
Vodafone entitled to damages from ex-financial services chief Irish Times Banks hoarding much of ECB's injection of fundsBSkyB agrees to continue carrying SetantaExport levels prove stronger than expectedImprovement in housing affordability for first-time buyersHouse prices continue to fall in North as UK recoversFirst-quarter economic decline in Britain biggest in more than 50 yearsMARY CAROLAN | VODAFONE IS entitled to...
A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow Asia Times | By M K Bhadrakumar | In the annals of Russian-American summitry, Moscow has never before choreographed a welcoming ceremony for the visiting United States president in this fashion. The dramatic run-up to the arrival of US President Barack Obama in Moscow on Monday underscores the complexities of the context in which the two countries are going t...
