Iran crisis pushes oil prices to nine-month peak
World oil prices hit a new nine-month high on
Friday as traders fretted about the impact of heightened
geopolitical tensions in crude producer Iran on stretched global
supplies. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for April,
rallied as high as $108.99, touching the highest level since May
2011. It later stood at $108.23, up 40 cents from Thursday's closing
level.
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Killing of US advisors in Kabul ‘unacceptable’- Pentagon
The Pentagon on Saturday decried as
“unacceptable” the killing of two US military advisers in Kabul and
called on Afghan authorities to better protect coalition forces and
curtail raging violence. “This act is unacceptable, and the United
States condemns it in the strongest possible terms,” said Defense
Secretary Leon Panetta's spokesman George Little
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A strike on Iran would pose tough test for Israelis
An Israeli pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear
sites would amount to a roll of the dice against elusive targets,
drawing in the United States if the gamble fell short, analysts and
former US military officers say. Iran's air defenses and aging
fighters would be no match for Israel's high-tech aircraft and cyber
warfare, but the outcome of a raid would largely hinge on
intelligence and whether Tehran is able to hide key elements of its
uranium enrichment network.
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Comfort food, 3D dessert for Oscar winners
Hollywood's elite will feast on five-star
comfort food, the inevitable slices of smoked salmon and a new 3D
dessert dreamed up by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck at the
post-Oscars Governors Ball. Behind Swarovski crystal curtains and
lavish floral arrangements, guests at Sunday's party hosted by the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will find family fare on
their plates: pizza, macaroni and cheese and sliders. "We have
comfort food for everybody," Puck, who is the man behind the menu
for the 18th straight year, told AFP.
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‘We want Syrian authorities to give up being in
denial’:
UN rights council to put pressure on Syria
The UN Human Rights Council's annual session
opens Monday determined to put more pressure on Syria's hardline
regime after publication of a list of officials suspected of crimes
against humanity. “We want Syrian authorities to give up being in
denial,” said one diplomat. The Human Rights Council must “continue
to put pressure on Syrian authorities”. The annual meetings which
will be opened by UN rights chief Navi Pillay and Nassir Abdulaziz
Al Nasser of Qatar, president of the UN General Assembly for
2011-12, will also look into latest developments in Iran, Libya, Sri
Lanka, Myanmar and North Korea.
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