Saturday, February 11, 2012
- Lahore: Shopping centre caught fire in Gulberg
- Australia beat Sri Lanka by 5 runs, remain unbeaten in tri-series
- Blasts, firing near PTIs rally leave 7 injured in Swabi
- Imran says will shoot down drones if comes to power
- 25 killed, 175 injured in Syria blasts
- Aqib Javed resigns as bowling coach
- NATO supplies from Pakistani airspace never stopped: Pentagon
- 11 militants killed, 19 injured in Orakzai operation
- Mansoor Ijaz to record statement via videolink on Feb 22
- LHC adjourns hearing of petition against TCP
Australia blocks Tehran shipments
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Australia said it used an anti-weapons of mass destruction law to block three shipments to Iran but calls for new sanctions against the Islamic state opened up a new int'l divide Thursday.
Australian PM Kevin Rudd said his country had blocked three shipments of unidentified cargo to Iran invoking a rarely used Weapons of Mass Destruction Act. The Australian newspaper reported that one of the orders made in recent months blocked a shipment of pumps. If you look at the threat to regional and global peace which Iran poses in its current N-weapons programme, there is no alternative other than robust international action including in areas such as this, Rudd said.
Australian PM Kevin Rudd said his country had blocked three shipments of unidentified cargo to Iran invoking a rarely used Weapons of Mass Destruction Act. The Australian newspaper reported that one of the orders made in recent months blocked a shipment of pumps. If you look at the threat to regional and global peace which Iran poses in its current N-weapons programme, there is no alternative other than robust international action including in areas such as this, Rudd said.
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