9/26/06

Researcher: Temple treasure is in West Bank British expert on archeology of holy land says that despite claims that treasures of Temple are in Vatican, they are actually located in Palestinian Authority.

PM: Bush won't allow nuclear Iran US President George W. Bush will stop the Iranians from getting a nuclear bomb.

Russia to send nuclear fuel to Iran Russia has agreed to ship nuclear fuel to Iran for its atomic power plant in the city of Bushehr.

EU approves Bulgaria and Romania The European Commission has announced that Romania and Bulgaria will be admitted to the EU in January 2007.

UN urges Jews, Muslims to use religious holidays for peace moves The United Nations issued appeals to coincide with the Jewish New Year and Ramadan, the month-long Muslim season of fasting.

Analysis: Nuclear power may spread in Mideast At a time of slowing oil production in some Middle Eastern countries, and the growing influence of a nuclear Iran, those states may turn to nuclear power to supplement oil and gas supplies.

Bin Laden's friends say he is alive: Taleban Afghanistan's Taleban movement said Tuesday that friends of Osama bin Laden had told it he was still alive.

China rolls out next generation Internet: report China has built its own version of an ultra-fast, next-generation Internet network that promises to reduce the nation's dependency on foreign firms.

Crises Make Mideast Peacekeeping Possible A series of crises, not a burst of goodwill, has made long moribund Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking possible again.

In Pharaohs' footsteps, Egypt eyes gold-mining era After a 2,000-year lapse, Egypt is looking to acquire a gold-mining industry again by revisiting ancient deposits of the precious mineral that symbolized the glory of the Pharaohs.