The Daily Tension for Fri. 28 Apr.
TENSION NEWSMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
ENTERTAINMENT
Tension-filled re-creation tells chilling tale in sensitive manner
(www.abqtrib.com) -- "United 93" brings it all back: The disbelief, the horror and the sickening feeling that descended on us on Sept. 11, 2001. More importantly, the film draws out such reactions without sensation, sentimentality or jingoism, painting as honest a portrait of the hijacking of Flight 93 as we're ever likely to see.
'United 93': A Great Film That's Hard to Recommend
April 28, 2006 (ABC) -- Full disclosure: I did not want to see "United 93," the controversial Sept. 11 film that opens today, after premiering at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival, which, ironically, was started after 9-11.
IRAN
Nuclear Agency Says Iran Defying U.N.
PARIS, April 28 (www.washingtonpost.com) -- The United Nations' atomic monitoring agency reported Friday that Iran continues to expand its uranium enrichment technology and to hold back information that would allow inspectors to determine whether a covert military nuclear program exists.
NATO to also Join Iranian Tension
(www.turks.us) -- The foreign ministers of the North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO) launched a two-day an unofficial meeting in the Bulgarian capital Sophia yesterday.
Tension Mounts In Iran Atomic Fuel Row
(Sky) -- Britain will ask the Security Council to "increase the pressure on Iran" after it ignored UN calls to stop its nuclear activities. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report said Tehran had accelerated its atomic fuel enrichment programme. It also claimed the country Tehran had done little to answer questions about whether the programme was solely for civilian purposes.
Iran tension must not hurt Afghan relations, says UN
KABUL (www.gulf-times.com) -- Tension between the West and Iran over its nuclear programme must not damage relations between Iran and the Western-backed government of Afghanistan, the UN said yesterday.
IMMIGRATION
Bush Says Anthem Should Be Sung in English
(www.washingtonpost.com) -- President Bush said today that the national anthem should be sung in English -- not Spanish -- and that he opposes an economic boycott planned Monday by immigrant groups supporting legislation to legalize millions of people living in the United States unlawfully.
AFRICA
Conflict Stirs Up Confusion On Border of Chad, Sudan
KOUKOU ANGARANA, Chad (www.washingtonpost.com) -- In this desolate, sand-blown desert region of Chad near the Sudanese border, civilians are caught in a conflict so confusing that they -- and even the combatants -- have trouble telling who is fighting whom.
OIL CRISIS
Gold Prices Hit Quarter-Century Records
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gold prices rose Friday to levels not seen in a quarter century, after a further fall by the dollar against the euro and ongoing political tension in the Middle East attracted investors to the metal.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar falls; oil, gold rise on Iran tension
NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) -- The dollar slid across the board on Friday on expectations the cycle of U.S. interest-rate increases is near an end, while gold and oil prices got a boost from mounting tensions over Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. Reaches Out to Some Oil-Rich Nations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Searching for energy supplies and allies against Iran, the Bush administration is reaching out to leaders who rule countries that are rich in oil and gas but accused of authoritarian rule and human rights violations.
ASIA
Sri Lanka air strikes stop, but island on edge
SAMPUR, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka's military held off air strikes on Tamil Tiger targets for a second day on Friday, but in a capital still jittery after a suicide blast, troops seized a suspected rebel in a raid on a shopping mall.
Sri Lanka's aid donors demand end to killings
COLOMBO (AFP) -- International aid donors demanded an end to Sri Lanka's escalating violence and vowed "concerted action" to push the warring parties back to peace negotiations.
AFRICA
Nigeria: Tension in Onitsha As Police Kill 22-Yr-Old Girl
(allafrica.com) -- TENSION, yesterday gripped Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, following the killing of a 22-year-old girl allegedly by a policeman and death of four others in a violent clash between members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Onitsha Main Market Vigilance Group.
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ENTERTAINMENT
Tension-filled re-creation tells chilling tale in sensitive manner
(www.abqtrib.com) -- "United 93" brings it all back: The disbelief, the horror and the sickening feeling that descended on us on Sept. 11, 2001. More importantly, the film draws out such reactions without sensation, sentimentality or jingoism, painting as honest a portrait of the hijacking of Flight 93 as we're ever likely to see.
'United 93': A Great Film That's Hard to Recommend
April 28, 2006 (ABC) -- Full disclosure: I did not want to see "United 93," the controversial Sept. 11 film that opens today, after premiering at New York City's Tribeca Film Festival, which, ironically, was started after 9-11.
IRAN
Nuclear Agency Says Iran Defying U.N.
PARIS, April 28 (www.washingtonpost.com) -- The United Nations' atomic monitoring agency reported Friday that Iran continues to expand its uranium enrichment technology and to hold back information that would allow inspectors to determine whether a covert military nuclear program exists.
NATO to also Join Iranian Tension
(www.turks.us) -- The foreign ministers of the North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO) launched a two-day an unofficial meeting in the Bulgarian capital Sophia yesterday.
Tension Mounts In Iran Atomic Fuel Row
(Sky) -- Britain will ask the Security Council to "increase the pressure on Iran" after it ignored UN calls to stop its nuclear activities. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report said Tehran had accelerated its atomic fuel enrichment programme. It also claimed the country Tehran had done little to answer questions about whether the programme was solely for civilian purposes.
Iran tension must not hurt Afghan relations, says UN
KABUL (www.gulf-times.com) -- Tension between the West and Iran over its nuclear programme must not damage relations between Iran and the Western-backed government of Afghanistan, the UN said yesterday.
IMMIGRATION
Bush Says Anthem Should Be Sung in English
(www.washingtonpost.com) -- President Bush said today that the national anthem should be sung in English -- not Spanish -- and that he opposes an economic boycott planned Monday by immigrant groups supporting legislation to legalize millions of people living in the United States unlawfully.
AFRICA
Conflict Stirs Up Confusion On Border of Chad, Sudan
KOUKOU ANGARANA, Chad (www.washingtonpost.com) -- In this desolate, sand-blown desert region of Chad near the Sudanese border, civilians are caught in a conflict so confusing that they -- and even the combatants -- have trouble telling who is fighting whom.
OIL CRISIS
Gold Prices Hit Quarter-Century Records
NEW YORK (AP) -- Gold prices rose Friday to levels not seen in a quarter century, after a further fall by the dollar against the euro and ongoing political tension in the Middle East attracted investors to the metal.
GLOBAL MARKETS-Dollar falls; oil, gold rise on Iran tension
NEW YORK, April 28 (Reuters) -- The dollar slid across the board on Friday on expectations the cycle of U.S. interest-rate increases is near an end, while gold and oil prices got a boost from mounting tensions over Iran's nuclear program.
U.S. Reaches Out to Some Oil-Rich Nations
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Searching for energy supplies and allies against Iran, the Bush administration is reaching out to leaders who rule countries that are rich in oil and gas but accused of authoritarian rule and human rights violations.
ASIA
Sri Lanka air strikes stop, but island on edge
SAMPUR, Sri Lanka (Reuters) -- Sri Lanka's military held off air strikes on Tamil Tiger targets for a second day on Friday, but in a capital still jittery after a suicide blast, troops seized a suspected rebel in a raid on a shopping mall.
Sri Lanka's aid donors demand end to killings
COLOMBO (AFP) -- International aid donors demanded an end to Sri Lanka's escalating violence and vowed "concerted action" to push the warring parties back to peace negotiations.
AFRICA
Nigeria: Tension in Onitsha As Police Kill 22-Yr-Old Girl
(allafrica.com) -- TENSION, yesterday gripped Onitsha, the commercial city of Anambra State, following the killing of a 22-year-old girl allegedly by a policeman and death of four others in a violent clash between members of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB) and Onitsha Main Market Vigilance Group.
Tags: terrorism, Middle East, Iran, war, IAEA, nuclear, Arab, Islam, Muhammad, prophet, Mohammad, Muslim, terrorism, Bush, UN, U.N., United Nations, United States, oil, OPEC, economics, gas prices, Asia, Sri Lanka, Enron, Kenneth Lay, Syria, Lebanon, Nigeria, Rumsfeld, OReilly
Global Tags: Washington DC, News and Politics, News, Politics, Current Events, Current Affairs, Life, Culture, Tension, flight 93
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