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TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament Speaker, Ali Larijani, said Monday it is still possible to use diplomacy to resolve Iran’s nuclear issue. “There is still a diplomatic opportunity and it is beneficial for them to use this opportunity so that Iran proceeds within the framework of IAEA regulations and international surveillance and they see clearly that Iran is moving towards peaceful activities,” Larijani told reporters at a press conference on the occasion of Parliament Day on Monday. “Off course they are free to choose another path and Iran will behave according to that,” he added. Referring to Iran-P5+1 talks for supply of Tehran’s nuclear reactor fuel, he said, “perhaps they thought they can take our country’s enriched materials by deceit.” Asked about the possibility of economic sanctions or military attack against Iran over its nuclear dossier, he said Iran has never neglected the possibilities but added the enemy does not dare to invade Iran. “Israelis threatened Iran and it made Iran ...

Monday, November 30, 2009 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Monday endorsed criticism by Swiss bishops that a vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of mosque minarets was a blow to religious freedom. Antonio Maria Sveglio, president of the pontifical council on migration, told a local news agency that "we are on the same page" as the Conference of Swiss Bishops. In a statement after Sunday's vote, the conference said it "heightens the problems of cohabitation between religions" while secretary-general Felix Gmur told Vatican Radio it was "heavy blow to religious freedom and integration".

Monday, November 30, 2009 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Monday endorsed criticism by Swiss bishops that a vote in Switzerland to ban the construction of mosque minarets was a blow to religious freedom. Antonio Maria Sveglio, president of the pontifical council on migration, told a local news agency that "we are on the same page" as the Conference of Swiss Bishops. In a statement after Sunday's vote, the conference said it "heightens the problems of cohabitation between religions" while secretary-general Felix Gmur told Vatican Radio it was "heavy blow to religious freedom and integration".

Monday, November 30, 2009 BERLIN: German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Monday that Iran would face new international sanctions if it builds more uranium enrichment plants. "What is clear is that if Iran rejects the hand that has reached out, it must expect heavier sanctions," Westerwelle said in a statement.

Monday, November 30, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA: Conservative opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo easily won Honduras' presidential election on Sunday in a vote that has put the United States at odds with leftist governments in Latin America.Lobo, a rich landowner, had over 55 percent support with more than half the votes counted and his closest rival, Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal Party, then conceded defeat.The election could calm a five-month crisis which was sparked when the Honduran army overthrew leftist President Manuel Zelaya in June and flew him into exile.But while Washington commended Sunday's vote, leftist rulers of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and other Latin American countries say the election is invalid because it was backed by the coup leaders and could end any hope of Zelaya returning to power and completing his term, which is due to end in January.The division puts in danger U.S. President Barack Obama's attempts to turn a new page with Latin America where memor...

Monday, November 30, 2009 PARIS: Iran should be given a "last chance" in talks over its atomic programme, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said after the Islamic Republic announced plans for ten more uranium enrichment plans.Asked in an interview with Le Figaro newspaper published on Monday whether tougher U.N. sanctions on Iran would be a true deterrent, Kouchner said, "Let's give dialogue a last chance and give the necessary space to the European Union which, from January 1 2010, will finally be in working order."The EU this month strengthened its regulatory and law-making powers and named new European Commission members, a president and foreign policy chief.Iran unveiled the plans to build the new plants two days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, rebuked it for secretly building a second uranium enrichment plant in a mountain bunker."Why did Iran announce 10 new uranium enrichment sites (on Sunday) when it ...

Monday, November 30, 2009 GENEVA: Scientists say the world's largest atom smasher has broken the record for proton acceleration, sending beams of the particles at 1.18 trillion electron volts. A statement by the European Organization for Nuclear Research says the Large Hadron Collider eclipses the previous high, which was just short of 1 Tev at Fermilab outside Chicago. The latest success Monday at the LHC is part of the preparation to go much higher for significant experiments to start next year on the makeup of matter and the universe. It comes on top of a rapid series of operating advances of the machine, which underwent extensive repairs and improvements after it collapsed during the opening phase last year.

Monday, November 30, 2009 TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran opposition candidate Porfirio Lobo took a clear early lead in a presidential election on Sunday.Mr. Lobo with more than 55 per cent of Sunday’s vote, well ahead of main rival Elvin Santos of the ruling Liberal party.U.S. hoped that the election could calm a five-month crisis, which the Central America country has suffered since the army overthrew leftist Manuel Zelaya in June and flew him into exile.Mr. Lobo is seen as more able than Mr. Santos to lead Honduras out of political gridlock and diplomatic isolation.Soldiers grabbed Mr. Zelaya from his home on June 28 and threw him out of the country, sparking Central America’s biggest political crisis since the end of the cold war.Mr Lobo vowed on Sunday to end Honduras’s isolation from countries such as Brazil and international organisations such as the Organization of American States (OAS), which have frozen Honduras out in retaliation for the coup.

Sunday, November 29, 2009 LONDON: Russia's Nikolay Davydenko won the ATP World Tour Finals title with a straight sets victory over Argentina's Juan Martin del Potro at London's O2 Arena. Last year's beaten finalist Davydenko won 6-3, 6-4 in an hour and 24 minutes to claim the season-ending title, disputed among the world's top eight players. The win meant Davydenko jumped up the rankings to finish the season as the world number six, while Del Potro remains at number five. The Russian scooped 1,510,000 dollars in prize money, while the Argentinian collected 740,000 dollars. Davydenko became the first Russian to win the season-ending tournament. "Coming here as number seven and winning the tournament, I surprised myself," said Davydenko, who downed the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open champions en route to claiming the title. Del Potro told him: "Congratulations, you had a great, great week, you beat everybody, you are a great, great ...