The Australian Japanese Yukiya Amano to head up International Atomic Energy Agency | TOKYO: Japan, the only nation to suffer an atomic bombing, has welcomed the appointment of one of its own to lead the world's top nuclear watchdog. | The Mayor of Hiroshima, the southwestern city th... (photo: AP / Hans Punz)
Asia Times Pyongyang plans fourth of July fireworks | By Donald Kirk | WASHINGTON - American officialdom from the White House to the Pentagon is primed for July 4 fireworks this weekend in the form of the test-firing by North Korea of a long-range Taep... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Asia Times A UN crapshoot in Pakistan | By Sreeram Chaulia | More than 18 months after the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, the United Nations has begun a formal international inquiry into the "facts and ci... (photo: AP / Anjum Naveed) AssassinationBhuttoPakistanPhotosUN
Asia Times A moment of truth for Obama in Moscow | 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... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) DefensePhotosPoliticsRussiaUS
Sydney Morning Herald Dogs of war | QUENTIN TARANTINO doesn't do anything by halves. When it came his turn on the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, he danced for the cameras with all the gusto of an... (photo: Creative Commons / Kevin Tostado) ArtsAwardsEntertainmentNewsPhotos
Philadelphia Daily News Russia to allow US weapon shipments to Afghanistan | The Associated Press | MOSCOW - A Kremlin aide says Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan. | President Dmitry Medvedev's foreig... (photo: AP / RIA Novosti, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service) AfghanistanMinisterMoscowPhotosRussia
Independent online 'We have to sit down with them...' | By Andrew Heavens | Khartoum - Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional... (photo: (AP Photo/Alfred de Montesquiou) / ) DarfurPhotosPoliticsRebelsSudan
Sky Sports Prior confident in keeping | Matt Prior is ready for his wicketkeeping to go under the microscope once again during the Ashes, but insists he is confident in his glove work heading into a crucial s... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) CricketEnglandPhotosSportStar
Irish Times Euro zone retail sales decline | Euro zone retail sales fell further than expected in May, data showed today, dampening hopes that an improvement in consumer spending might ease the recession. | Retail... (photo: AP / Joerg Sarbach) EuroFinanceMoneyPhotosRetail
