The clinical condition of a poisoned FSB defector seriously worsened in a London hospital late Saturday, November 18, 2006, according to a report from a Moscow radio station citing Mr Litvinenko’s close associate and compatriot Goldfard from the US.

RAI reports that soil samples from the bomb crater contained twenty times as much radioactivity as samples from the surrounding area.

A high-explosive Iraqi Mujahideen bomb went off Friday evening by a US Humvee near head of the Barwanah Bridge in the Bani Dahir area of southern al-Hadithah, about 236km northwest of Baghdad. The bomb had been planted at the base of the bridge and exploded just as a US Humvee …

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad here Saturday evening stressed that progress of the world is in dire need of establishment of peace, dialogue and tranquility.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Zimbabwean Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengegwi said that Tehran and Harare enjoy consolidated political and economic relations at different levels.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said that Iran and Zimbabwe share many joint stances on international and regional issues.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Despite frequent threats posed to the country, Tehran still cooperates with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Prosecutor General Ghorban Ali Dorri Najaf-Abadi stressed that Iran is decisive to gain full access to the civilian nuclear technology.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stressed that the world progress requires establishment of peace, fraternity and tranquility as well as materialization of justice.

TEHRAN (Fars News Agency)- UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan asked Syria and Iran to help promote the stability of Lebanon after the resignation of six of its government ministers.