North Korea test-fired four short-range missiles on Thursday, further stoking already high regional tension due to its nuclear test and threats to boost its nuclear arsenal in response to UN sanctions.

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It was thrilling to watch in 2003 as tens of thousands of demonstrators slipped red roses to soldiers in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. And the government toppled without a shot fired.

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Note, the music is fun, but the video presents the horribly destructive capabilities of nuclear weapons. One of the blasts is from the nuke strike on Japan, information is provided in the video itself.

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Russia to neighbor and friend Iran: Study the incentives the world's key powers are offering -- including improved relations with the United States -- and suspend uranium enrichment as the U.N. Security Council is demanding.

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Moscow: Russia has warned Iran that it may support new potential UN sanctions unless it stops enriching uranium within the next few days.

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The United States said on Thursday Russia and China had been blocking tough U.N. sanctions against Iran for months and pledged a drive to impose them if Iran did not halt nuclear activity within two weeks.

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The United Nations envoy on Myanmar concluded talks with China on Thursday, with no indication Beijing had agreed to exert tougher pressure on the junta that runs the troubled Southeast Asian nation.

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Iran, the second largest crude producer among the Opec members, will introduce petrol rationing for motorists from Wednesday. Despite its huge energy reserves, Iran lacks refining capacity and has to import about 40 per cent of its petrol needs...

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The Iraqi daily Al-Sabah reports that Iraq has decided to cancel 19,000 contracts signed by the Saddam regime under the Oil-for-Food Program.

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Three months after the United States successfully pressed the United Nations to impose strict sanctions on North Korea because of the country's nuclear test, Bush administration officials allowed Ethiopia to complete a secret arms purchase from the North, in what appears to be  …

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Then the Iranian President turns to the real stuff: - the arrest by US forces of a number of Iranian operatives, charged with terror activities inside Iraq. Over the past months, Coalition forces have arrested a number of Iranian facilitators operating within Iraq.

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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday mocked the United States and its allies for trying to stop Iran's nuclear program which he said had become a source of inspiration for other nations.

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During the UN oil for food program the Australian Wheat Board (AWB) sold millions of tons of wheat to Iraq. But in order to get and keep the business the AWB agreed to pay a total of A$390 million (US$305 million) under the table, disguised as trucking fees.

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With ongoing tension over Iran's continued nuclear drive, China pledges to veto any US or European imposed sanctions against Iran.

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