Mon Dec 18 2006
AFP WASHINGTON (AFP) - The UN Security Council will adopt sanctions against Iran within days in response to Tehran's refusal to suspend its uranium enrichment program, a senior US official said.
After months of intense negotiations, the five permanent members of the Security Council plus Germany were nearing agreement on the text of a resolution, said Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns. "There will be sanctions passed against Iran in the next several days at the United Nations," Burns said on CNN after President George W. Bush signed a controversial civilian nuclear deal with India, which is already a nuclear weapons power. |
BBC News
18/12/2006 Iran is to shift its foreign currency reserves from dollars to euros and use the euro for oil deals in response to US-led pressure on its economy.
In a widely expected move, Tehran said it would use the euro for all future commercial transactions overseas. The US, which accuses Tehran of supporting terrorism and trying to obtain nuclear weapons, has sought to limit the flow of dollars into Iran. It wants the United Nations Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran. |
China Daily
2006-10-30China's foreign exchange reserves look set to hit the US$1 trillion mark at the end of this month or beginning of November. But as the figure rises, so does the debate over how to best manage it.
The reserves, already the world's biggest, surged to US$987.9 billion at the end of September, largely driven by a burgeoning foreign trade surplus and massive inflow of foreign direct investment (FDI).
Ahvaz, Khuzestan prov, Dec 19, IRNA
Oil Minister Kazem Vaziri Hamaneh said on Tuesday that given proper grounds are prepared for production of drilling rigs in the country, it may be claimed that Iran's drilling industry is becoming indigenous.
The minister made the remark while speaking to reporters while touring the fourth drilling exhibition (December 19-22) in Ahvaz on the anniversary of establishment of National Iranian Drilling Company. |
By David Walsh
19 December 2006 Wall Street is awarding itself tens of billions in bonuses this winter. The fantastic amounts of money being handed out to investment bankers, securities traders and the like is symptomatic of the vast social divide that blights every aspect of American life.
Comment: These bonuses are symptomatic of something else: the imminent demise of the dollar.
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PARIS, Dec 18, 2006 (AFP)
French tax-payers received an unusual piece of good news Monday to enliven the Christmas season: under plans being finalised at the finance ministry, 2008 is to be tax-free!
For those reluctant to believe it, the rare act of government largesse was spelled out by the finance minister Thierry Breton who told Les Echos newspaper: "I am suggesting that 2008 be fiscally blank." Comment: Johhny supports Sarko. Would that most of Sarko's supporters moved to Switzerland....
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PARIS , Dec 17, 2006 (AFP)
Leading presidential hopeful Ségolène Royal described France's controversial 35-hour work week - one of the shortest in Europe - as a major step forward Sunday, adding that any revisions to the law must be negotiated with unions.
"The 35 hours amounts to wonderful social progress, nobody can dispute that," the Socialist party lawmaker said on France 5 television, suggesting she would not fundamentally reform the legislation if elected. |
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