TEHRAN: Iran said Friday that its top nuclear negotiator, Saeed
Jalili, and European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Javier Salona
will hold talks on ending the atomic standoff on July 19 in Geneva,
the official IRNA news agency reported.
“They are to continue their negotiations
about the package on Saturday, July 19,” IRNA quoted Ahmad Khadem
al-Melleh, spokesman for the secretariat of Iran’s supreme
national security council, as saying.
JAKARTA: Indonesia said Friday it has a “moral obligation” to
accept the findings of a truth inquiry into atrocities during East
Timor’s independence vote in 1999 which will be released next
week.
TAIPEI: Nearly 100 mainland tourists departed from Taiwan’s Taipei
Taoyuan airport for Beijing on Friday afternoon after their historic
eight-day visit to the island.
WASHINGTON: Record numbers of American voters are keenly following
the campaign for the White House, auguring for a much higher than
usual turnout in November, the Pew Research think-tank said
Thursday.
HONG KONG: The US consul general here said here Friday that Hong
Kong today is not only thriving but is full of promise despite
challenges toward its competitiveness.
SYDNEY: The official program for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day began Friday but was partly overshadowed by the launch of an investigation into sexual abuse allegations against a disgraced priest.
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