MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) — Republican candidates for US president agreed on Tuesday that Iran must not develop nuclear weapons, even if a tactical nuclear strike is needed to stop Tehran, and accused Democrats of being soft on the issue.

OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (Reuters) — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought to calm speculation in Israel that war with Syria could erupt soon, saying on Wednesday he wanted peace with Damascus and to avoid any miscalculations that could lead to hostilities.

NAHR BARED (AFP) — Lebanon laid terror charges against Al Qaeda inspired gunmen Wednesday as sporadic gunbattles flared between the Islamists and the army on the 18th day of a deadly standoff.

TEHRAN (AFP) — Cyclone Gonu, the worst tropical storm to hit the Gulf in decades, made landfall in Iran on Wednesday afternoon, packing winds of 200 kilometres an hour and   forcing the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, officials said.

WASHINGTON (AFP) — The United States and Israel said after high-level talks here Wednesday that the time might not be ripe for the Jewish state to resume peace talks with arch-rival Syria.

AMMAN — The government on Wednesday said it has asked the Greek Orthodox patriarch of Jerusalem to clarify his position on “documented evidence” that the patriarchate was involved in at least 12 transactions to sell or lease church property.

Senatul a aprobat azi prelungirea termenului până la care Comisia de anchetă privind legalitatea privatizării SNP Petrom trebuie să depună raportul final.

Tranzacţie specială cu 4% din Interconinental pe piaţa Rasdaq.  Pe piaţa specială s-a transferat un pachet de 33,5 milioane de titluri în valoare de 9,1 milioane de lei. Tranzacţia s-a făcut la preţul de 27,2 bani, cu 4,5% sub cel de referinţă.

Verdict în cazul Steven Merkes. Fostul angajat al Departamentului Apărării din SUA a fost condamnat la un an de închisoare pentru luare de mită de la omul de afaceri american din România, Phillip Bloom. ÃŽn schimbul banilor, Merkes a facilitat obÅ£inerea unor contracte guvernamentale în România ÅŸi Irak pentru compania …

Relatives of victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre took legal action against the UN and the Netherlands on Monday (June 4th) for allowing thousands of Bosnian Muslims to be killed by Bosnian Serb forces.