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Belgian in US court admits Iran arms dealing

Jacques Monsieur (L) sits besides his lawyer Marc Preumont while appearing before Brussels' Correctionnal court in 2002. Monsieur , an alleged Belgian arms dealer, on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said.
AFP - Tuesday, November 24

WASHINGTON (AFP) - - A alleged Belgian arms dealer on Monday pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to export fighter jet engines and parts to Iran, US justice officials said. More »

  • Romanian incumbent president Traian Basescu addresses to the supporters after the closing of vote at Democrat-Liberal Party headquarters in Bucharest on November 22. Basescu and left-wing leader Mircea Geoana battled to form vote-winning alliances Monday after being forced into a second round of a presidential election.

    Alliance battle starts as Romania heads for presidential run-off

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BUCHAREST (AFP) - - Centre-right incumbent Traian Basescu and left-wing leader Mircea Geoana battled to form vote-winning alliances Monday after being forced into a second round of a presidential election.

  • A French soldier speaks with children in Birao, Central African Republic, in 2008. Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of armed men in the northeast Central African Republic, close to the border with Sudan, a Bangui diplomat in Sudan said Monday.

    French aid workers kidnapped in Centr.Africa: diplomat

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LIBREVILLE (AFP) - - Two French aid workers were kidnapped overnight by a gang of armed men in the northeast Central African Republic, close to the border with Sudan, a Bangui diplomat in Sudan said Monday.

  • Member of Parliament Usama al-Nejaifi speaks to the press following an agreed proposal on the electoral law in Baghdad. Iraq's upcoming general election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday is likely to be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president.

    Iraq vote in fresh doubt as new bill faces veto

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - Iraq's upcoming general election will be delayed, a top MP warned, because an amended electoral law agreed on Monday is likely to be vetoed for a second time by the country's Sunni vice president.

  • Demonstrators protest in Brasilia against the visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Iranian president has begun a controversial visit to Brazil -- the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of

    Iran's Ahmadinejad on controversial trip to Brazil

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BRASILIA (AFP) - - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday began a controversial visit to Brazil, the key leg of a tour to sympathetic Latin American and African countries he sees backing Tehran's vision of "a new world order."

  • A C-130 transport plane scatters flares during a military display in October 2009. At least four people were killed Monday when a military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed during a training flight near Pisa in northwest Italy,according to the ANSA news agency.

    Five dead in Italian transport plane crash: military

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    ROME (AFP) - - A military C-130 Hercules transport plane crashed on take-off during a training flight near Pisa in northwest Italy Monday, killing all five people on board, the Italian air force told AFP.

  • Map of Russia locating Ulyanovsk. a Russian Defence Ministry spokesman said eight soldiers died in a munitions blast at an arms depot in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk.

    Eight soldiers dead in Russia munitions blast: ministry

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    MOSCOW (AFP) - - Eight soldiers died in a munitions blast Monday in central Russia, a defence ministry spokesman said, at the same arms depot where two died in a huge accidental blast 10 days earlier.

  • A handout photo of Jean Charles De Menezes. British police have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber.

    British police to compensate De Menezes family

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - British police have agreed a compensation deal with the family of an innocent Brazilian who was shot dead in London four years ago after being mistaken for a suicide bomber, both sides announced on Monday.

  • Residents walk past pass a hole in the road created by floods in Cockermouth, northwest England. Residents in flood-hit northwest England have begun returning to their homes but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record.

    Britain surveys cost of devastating floods

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - Residents in flood-hit northwest England began returning to their homes Monday but police warned it could take years to recover from the devastation left by the heaviest rainfall on record.

  • Smoke rises from an incineration plant in Amsterdam. The UN's top climate negotiator has voiced optimism that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must first get on board.

    UN climate chief expects 'specific' deal

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - The UN's top climate negotiator voiced optimism Monday that a deal can be salvaged next month at world talks on global warming, but said US President Barack Obama must first get on board.

  • A couple walks past a poster of captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in Jerusalem. The family of an Israeli soldier held captive by Gaza militants since 2006 met senior government officials amid reports of progress in talks to free him in a Palestinian prisoner exchange.

    No deal yet on Shalit prisoner swap: Israeli PM

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - - Israel has not yet reached a prisoner-swap deal with Hamas, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday as efforts for the release of soldier Gilad Shalit appeared to gather pace.

  • An Armenian soldier guards a position not far from the Nagorny Karabakh town of Hadrut in 2005. Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh, according to Azerbaijani media.

    Armenian forces kill Azerbaijani civilian: reports

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BAKU (AFP) - - Armenian forces killed an Azerbaijani civilian near the breakaway region of Nagorny Karabakh, Azerbaijani media reported on Monday.

  • A forensics team examines a car outside police headquarters in Belfast on November 22. Northern Ireland was on edge after a huge car bomb only just failed to cause devastation at the weekend, in a new threat to the long-troubled province's fragile peace process.

    N.Ireland on edge after huge car bomb planted

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    BELFAST (AFP) - - Northern Ireland was on edge Monday after a huge car bomb only just failed to cause devastation at the weekend, in a new threat to the long-troubled province's fragile peace process.

  • Saudi soldiers are deployed near the border with Yemen in the southern Saudi province of Jizan on November 8. Shiite rebels in northern Yemen have accused Saudi forces of launching a major cross-border ground and air attack, a day after an alleged failed incursion.

    Yemen rebels accuse Saudi of launching major attack

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    SANAA (AFP) - - Shiite rebels in northern Yemen accused Saudi forces of launching a major cross-border ground and air attack on Monday, a day after an alleged failed incursion.

  • Iranian security forces stand guard in central Tehran during a religious event. The country's moral authorities have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including the swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday.

    Iran police arrest 12 couples for partner swapping

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran's moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday.

  • Survivors are evacuated after the 147-tonne Dumai Express went down in heavy rain and huge swells off Karimun island. Twenty six people were killed and some 250 were rescued after a ferry sank in stormy seas off Indonesia's Sumatra island.

    Hundreds rescued, 29 die as Indonesia ferry sinks

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    JAKARTA (AFP) - - Rescuers on Sunday desperately hunted for survivors in the waters off Indonesia's Sumatra island after a ferry sank in stormy seas, killing at least 29 people, officials said.

  • Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for

    Thousands back Mexico's shadow president

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Thousands of Mexicans rallied to show support for "shadow president" Manuel Lopez Obrador -- who believes his country's top job was stolen from him in 2006 -- at the mid-point of his would-be presidential term.

  • The Senate's health care reform bill sits on the podium following a news conference by Republican Senators on Capitol Hill on November 21, in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking US health care, cleared a major Senate hurdle but strong opposition Sunday to key parts of the proposals augured a tough battle ahead.

    Key senators seek changes on US health care bill

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Key Democratic allies in the US health care battle warned that a Senate bill required major changes if it was to earn their support and give President Barack Obama a crucial victory on his top domestic priority.

  • Smoke billows following a blast close to the Justice Ministry in central Baghdad on October 25, 2009. Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion.

    Iraq says October 25 bombers came from Syria: spokesman

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    BAGHDAD (AFP) - - Iraq on Sunday for the first time said that the bombers who killed more than 150 people in Baghdad on October 25 came from neighbouring Syria, but steered well clear of accusing Damascus of collusion.

  • Iranian technicians remove a container of radioactive uranium at the Isfahan Uranium Conversion Facilities in 2005. Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.

    Iran wants nuclear fuel guarantees, warns against air attack

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran's envoy to the UN atomic watchdog said on Sunday that Tehran wants a guaranteed supply of fuel for a research reactor as a military chief warned that any attack on its nuclear sites would be crushed.

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