Category: International
International:
Canada set to boycott Iran's UN speech
Canada will boycott Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s speech at the United Nations on Wednesday, saying his outbursts about the Holocaust and Israel are “shameful.”
Source: http://www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada+boycott+Iran+speech...
International:
Why everyone is saying no to Obama
Everybody is saying no to the American president these days. And it's not just that they're saying no, it's also the way they're saying no.
Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1253198168048&pag...
International:
Britain draws up plan to send 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan
Britain is making plans to send up to 1,000 extra troops to Afghanistan to meet the call for reinforcements made by the US commander in Kabul.
Source: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/arti...
International:
Clinton and Chavez weigh in on Zelaya's stealth return to Honduras
Meanwhile interim leader Roberto Micheletti downplayed the rising drama, saying the ousted president’s sneaking in and taking refuge at the Brazilian embassy “changed nothing.”
Source: http://features.csmonitor.com/globalnews/2009/09/22/clinton-...
International:
McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure'
Top U.S. Commander For Afghan War Calls Next 12 Months Decisive
Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09...
International:
Iran building backup nuke plant in Americas?
Venezuelan site could give Hezbollah door to atomic mischief
Source: http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=110230
International:
Minister: Russia won't deploy missiles near Poland
Russia will scrap a plan to deploy missiles near Poland because the U.S. no longer wants to place a missile-defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian deputy defense minister said Saturday.
Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090919/D9AQCQ2G0.html
International:
Poles, Czechs: US missile defense shift a betrayal
Poles and Czechs voiced deep concern Friday at President Barack Obama's decision to scrap a Bush-era missile defense shield planned for their countries.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090918/ap_on_re_eu/eu_eastern_e...
International:
AP NewsBreak: Nuke agency says Iran can make bomb
Iran experts at the U.N.'s nuclear monitoring agency believe that Tehran has the ability to make a nuclear bomb and worked on developing a missile system that can carry an atomic warhead, according to a confidential report seen by The Associated Press.
Source: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20090918/D9APGJE00.html
International:
Russia's Putin says U.S. shield decision positive
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday a decision by the United States to scrap plans for a missile defense shield in Europe was positive.
Source: http://in.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58H1O320090918