Reports of attack on Iran prove unfounded
Published: 06 April, 2007, 07:17
Russian media reports of an imminent American attack on Iran have proved unfounded. Russian intelligence sources were cited as saying U.S. forces would launch a pre-emptive strike on Iran's nuclear programme at 4 am on April 6.
The report of the Russian news agency, RIA Novosti, claims the U.S. military has a list of some 20 sites to destroy in an operation code named “Bite”.Russia's Defence Ministry has dismissed the story as a myth.But the current diplomatic situation between the United States and the regime in Tehran remains fraught. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he intends to keep all military options open.
06.04.2007, 07:00
Bus crash claims 27 in ColombiaIn Colombia, 27 people including six children have been killed in a bus crash. The accident happened as passengers were travelling to the Caribbean port of Santa Marta on the first day of the Easter holidays. |
06.04.2007, 08:41
Space crew approvedThe State commission has named the crew that will head for the International Space Station on Saturday. Space tourist Charles Simoni will join Russian cosmonauts Fyodor Yurchikhin and Oleg Kotov in the trip to the ISS. |
