Tuesday, May 22, 2012

World News Briefs -- May 22, 2012

Yukiya Amano was to meet with Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili on Monday [Reuters]

U.N. Nuclear Chief Says Iran Agrees To Probe Of Suspected Weapons Work -- L.A. Times

The official gives no details on when the agreement will be signed, and he says some details remain to be ironed out.

VIENNA -- The chief of the U.N. nuclear agency said Tuesday that he has reached a deal with Iran on probing its suspected work on nuclear weapons and that the agreement will "be signed quite soon."

Yukiya Amano, the International Atomic Energy Agency director general, said some details still needed to be worked out. But he told reporters that Iranian officials said those points will not stand in the way of signing the deal.

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MIDDLE EAST

UN nuclear chief : Deal with Iran reached on probe. IAEA chief says nears deal with Iran ahead of 6-power talks.

Syria kills deserters as NATO nixes intervention.

Syrian rebels cling to bullets and hope. Iran propping up Syria's dwindling cash reserves.
Opposition source: brother-in-law of Syrian President has been killed.

Beirut tense after violent clashes linked to Syrian unrest.

Yemen cancels military parade after 100 soldiers killed in suicide bombing.Yemen bombing: ‘The ones that were in the middle and in the front were killed’.

Insight: Jerusalem expansion reaches point of no return.

Dubai prisoners on hunger strike over debt sentences.

ASIA

North Korea denies it had plans to conduct nuclear weapons test.

NATO summit: Obama's Pakistan gamble falls flat.

US Afghanistan envoy Ryan Crocker to step down.

World's tallest tower, the Tokyo Skytree, opens.

AFRICA

Pressure grows to list Nigerian militants as terrorists.

Mali's interim president beaten unconscious by mob.

Gaddafi ex-spy charged in Mauritania: source.

Muslim Brotherhood’s grip on Egypt in doubt on eve of presidential vote.

Egyptian detainees start hunger strike against military trials.

Tunisia vows to punish attacks on alcohol vendors.

EUROPE

Greece's caretaker gov't meets ahead of EU summit.

Merkel's market battle call echoed by Tsipras of Greece's Syriza.

Putin ignores public opposition, hires ousted ministers. Who's Who in Russia's new government.

Spanish school and university protest at education cuts.

AMERICAS

Ruling party candidate claims win in Dominican vote.

Farc rebels kill 12 Colombian soldiers in border ambush.

Colombia Secret Service prostitution scandal spreads to the DEA.

Canada student protesters plan mass rally in Montreal.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

The Taliban on US estimates of al Qaeda strength in Afghanistan.

Massacre spurs Yemen, US vow to crush al-Qaida.

Lockerbie: Did someone else bomb Pan Am 103?

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

Apple's Cook top-paid US CEO in 2011: report.

Euro crisis 'threat' to global economy. Eurozone biggest threat to global outlook, OECD says.

Historic launch of private rocket heralds new era.

Facebook trader: Nasdaq 'blew it'.

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