Archive for June 19th, 2009

Reuters – Frank Lloyd Wright’s famed, long-endangered Ennis House, which served as a location for films such as “Blade Runner,” is putting out a “for sale” sign with a $15 million asking price, Christie’s said on Friday.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

US keeps eye on NKorean ship: officials (AFP)

Written by on Friday, June 19th, 2009 in 258647.

A US Navy destroyer is tracking a North Korean ship possibly carrying banned cargo as part of international efforts to enforce UN sanctions against Pyongyang, according to a US defense official. The USS John S. McCain (pictured) was reportedly shadowing the vessel, the Kang Nam, the first ship to be monitored under a UN resolution imposed a week ago that bans arms shipments to and form NKorea.(AFP/HO/File/Stephen W. Rowe)AFP – A US Navy destroyer is tracking a North Korean ship possibly carrying banned cargo as part of international efforts to enforce UN sanctions against Pyongyang, according to a US defense official.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Iranian opposition to keep up protests (AFP)

Written by on Friday, June 19th, 2009 in 294078.

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the faithful at the weekly Muslim Friday prayers at Tehran University. Iran's opposition planned to defy a ban on a new rally to be addressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's main rival after the nation's supreme leader demanded an end to street protests.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AFP – Iran’s opposition plotted to defy a ban on a new rally to be addressed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s main rival after the nation’s supreme leader demanded an end to street protests.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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