http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276191,extra-iran-releases-greek-british-correspondent.html Tehran - Iran on Sunday released a detained Greek-British correspondent of the Washington Times, Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Ghashghavi said. The spokesman said on the website of state television network IRIB that despite professional violatio... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:23:33 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276191,extra-iran-releases-greek-british-correspondent.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276190,netanyahu-mentions-two-state-solution-for-first-time--summary.html Jerusalem- For the first time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday referred to a two-state solution in reference to efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. We have achieved a national agreement on the formula of two states for t... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:11:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276190,netanyahu-mentions-two-state-solution-for-first-time--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276189,isu-official-rejects-claims-of-pechstein-blood-doping-deal.html Berlin - A speed skating ruling body official rejected Sunday claims of a deal with Germany's five-time Olympic champion Claudia Pechstein who has been banned for two years for blood doping. Pechstein accused the ruling body ISU of using her case to ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:11:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276189,isu-official-rejects-claims-of-pechstein-blood-doping-deal.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276188,future-head-of-british-mi6-in-scandal-over-facebook-appearance.html London - An inquiry was being urged in Britain over whether the new head of the country's secret service MI6 should take over over the post after his wife apparently published personal details and photographs on the networking website Facebook, local... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:05:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276188,future-head-of-british-mi6-in-scandal-over-facebook-appearance.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276187,eus-solana-to-step-down-in-autumn.html Madrid - Top EU diplomat Javier Solana on Sunday announced plans to retire this autumn, in an interview with Spanish newspaper ABC. I think my time has come, said Solana, 66, who has held the position for ten years. He said a decade was more than ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:41:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276187,eus-solana-to-step-down-in-autumn.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276186,netanyahu-mentions-two-state-solution-for-first-time.html Jerusalem - For the first time, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday referred to a two-state solution in reference to efforts to bring peace to the Middle East. We have achieved a national agreement on the formula of two states for ... Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:29:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276186,netanyahu-mentions-two-state-solution-for-first-time.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276185,van-gaal-wants-swift-end-to-doubts-over-ribery.html Munich - Bayern Munich coach Louis van Gaal has called for a swift end to uncertainties surrounding the future of France midfielder Franck Ribery. Van Gaal told Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper on Sunday that whether Ribery stayed at the Bundeslig... Sports Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:05:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276185,van-gaal-wants-swift-end-to-doubts-over-ribery.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276184,kimberley-process-zimbabwe-army-must-get-out-of-diamond-field-now.html Harare - The Kimberley Process (KP), the international watchdog body fighting trade in conflict diamonds, has urged the government of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe immediately to withdraw troops from a controversial diamond field where soldier... Business Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:59:37 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276184,kimberley-process-zimbabwe-army-must-get-out-of-diamond-field-now.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276183,pakistani-air-raids-kill-five-near-afghan-border--summary.html Islamabad - Pakistani warplanes attacked suspected Taliban positions in the restive north-western region near Afghanistan on Sunday, killing at least five people, an intelligence official said. The strikes came in two villages of the North Waziristan... Asia,World Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276183,pakistani-air-raids-kill-five-near-afghan-border--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276182,jordans-forex-reserves-up-growth-retreats-due-to-recession.html Amman - Jordan's reserves of foreign currencies shot up by 16.1 per cent in the first five months of the year, to 8.99 billion dollars, the highest ever, the Central Bank of Jordan said in a report released on Sunday. However, the CBJ said that the c... Business Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:47:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276182,jordans-forex-reserves-up-growth-retreats-due-to-recession.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276181,south-african-rhino-sale-comes-under-criticism.html Johannesburg - A planned sale of up to 350 rhinoceroses from South Africa's Kruger National Park has run into sharp criticism from animal rights activists. Some of the animals would likely be sold to ranches where they could be shot by trophy hunters... Nature,Environment Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:35:36 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276181,south-african-rhino-sale-comes-under-criticism.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276180,report-iraqi-prime-minister-to-visit-us.html Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will visit the US in two weeks, Baghdad's official al-Iraqia television station reported Sunday. The prime minister will meet with US President Barack Obama and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in a visit... Middle East,World Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:17:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276180,report-iraqi-prime-minister-to-visit-us.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276179,wimbledon-champion-serena-irked-over-number-two-wta-status--feature.html London - After lifting a third Wimbledon singles title and joining her sister Venus for the doubles crown, Serena Williams could care less that her WTA ranking will stay at number two behind Russian Dinara Safina Monday. I don't know what to do to b... Sports Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:05:59 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276179,wimbledon-champion-serena-irked-over-number-two-wta-status--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276178,iraq-hit-by-worst-sandstorms-in-decades--feature.html Baghdad - The weather in Baghdad has been biblical of late. Great walls of sand, driven by scorching hot winds, have crashed against the walls and windows of the city, delaying historic business deals, waylaying diplomatic visits, even interfering wi... Nature,Environment Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:05:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276178,iraq-hit-by-worst-sandstorms-in-decades--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276177,second-stage-of-tour-de-france-gets-underway.html Monaco - The second stage of the 2009 Tour de France got underway Sunday in the principality of Monaco, with Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara wearing the leader's yellow jersey and race favourite Alberto Contador in second place. The stage covers 187 ki... Sports Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53:44 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276177,second-stage-of-tour-de-france-gets-underway.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276176,black-box-signals-picked-up-from-downed-yemenia-plane.html Paris - Acoustic signals from the data recorders of the Yemenia airliner that crashed near the Comoros islands on Tuesday have been detected, according to a French investigative agency. Signals were picked up Sunday morning, reported the agency that ... Travel,General Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276176,black-box-signals-picked-up-from-downed-yemenia-plane.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276175,bulgarians-vote-in-first-elections-since-joining-the-eu--update.html Sofia - Bulgarians flocked to polling stations Sunday morning to cast their ballots in the early hours of the first parliamentary election since their country joined the European Union. Local reports testified to long lines of people waiting to vote.... Europe,World Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:47:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276175,bulgarians-vote-in-first-elections-since-joining-the-eu--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276174,notebook-nestor-zimonjic-steal-back-top-doubles-ranking.html London - Canadian Daniel Nestor and Serbia's Nenad Zimonjic will regain the top doubles ranking from Bob and Mike Bryan after beating their hot rivals in four sets to claim a second straight Wimbledon title. It's amazing, we started playing together... Sports Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:29:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276174,notebook-nestor-zimonjic-steal-back-top-doubles-ranking.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276173,miliband-iran-to-free-british-embassy-worker.html London - Iran is to release the eighth of nine Iranian detained employees of the British embassy in Tehran, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday. The man is expected to be released later on Sunday, according to Miliband, who said that all eff... UK,World Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:11:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276173,miliband-iran-to-free-british-embassy-worker.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276172,outgoing-croatian-premier-blames-eu-slovenia-for-lunatic-theatre.html Zagreb - Outgoing Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader blamed the European Union for allowing Slovenia to create a lunatic theatre to block his country's path to European Union membership, local media said. Sanader, who stunningly resigned his post ... Europe,World Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:11:32 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/276172,outgoing-croatian-premier-blames-eu-slovenia-for-lunatic-theatre.html