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Police stand guard in front of an egg-stained sign during a demonstration outside the French embassy in Tehran February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Fars News/Hossein Salehi

Obama says world moving quickly on Iran sanctions

Reuters - Tue Feb 9, 4:54 PM

WASHINGTON/TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Tuesday the international community was moving "fairly quickly" toward imposing broader sanctions on Iran, as the Islamic Republic defiantly expanded its nuclear program.

  • Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim (right) arrives at the High court in Kuala Lumpur. The judge hearing the sodomy case against Anwar has been accused of lying, in a blistering attack as the defence sought to disqualify him from the case. Photo:/AFP
    Anwar defence accuses Malaysia trial judge of lies AFP - 1 hour, 21 minutes ago

    KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The judge hearing Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial was accused of lying Wednesday, in a blistering attack as the defence sought to disqualify him from the case.

  • French search and rescue team members carry a special detection device as they search for survivors in the rubble of a collapsed supermarket on February 09, 2010 in Port-au-Prince, damaged by the January 12th earthquake. Photo:Roberto Schmidt/AFP
    Damaged Haiti supermarket collapses with people inside AFP - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago

    PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) - A damaged Haitian supermarket collapsed with several people inside and rescue teams rushed to save them as the devastating quake continued to wreak more havoc nearly a month after it struck.

  • Controversial Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, has spoken out in support of US Internet giant Google in its standoff with Beijing, and said his Gmail accounts had been breached by hackers. Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP
    China artist-activist says Google email hacked AFP - 1 hour, 28 minutes ago

    BEIJING (AFP) - One of China's most controversial artists on Wednesday spoke out in support of US Internet giant Google in its standoff with Beijing, and said his Gmail accounts had been breached by hackers.

  • File photo shows medics evacuating an unidentified British soldier at the Salerno Air field hospital in the Khost Afghan province. Hospitals treating British troops wounded by Afghan insurgents are under growing pressure, a watchdog warned Wednesday, ahead of a major offensive expected to trigger a fresh surge in casualties. Photo:Nicolas Asfouri/AFP
    British hospitals under pressure by Afghan injuries: watchdog AFP - 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Hospitals treating troops wounded by Afghan insurgents are under growing pressure, a watchdog warned Wednesday, ahead of a major offensive expected to trigger a fresh surge in casualties.

  • A Sri Lankan man reads a newspaper story about the arrest of Sri Lankan former army chief and defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka in Colombo. Fonseka faces a martial Fonseka for allegedly conspiring against the government. Photo:Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP
    Sri Lanka set for snap election AFP - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

    COLOMBO (AFP) - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse has dismissed parliament to pave the way for a snap election in April as political tensions mounted over the arrest of his main rival Sarath Fonseka.


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