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British official warns Iran on embassy staffer arrest

"There will be consequences" if Iran mistreats a British Embassy employee who was arrested in Tehran, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Sunday, as cracks began to appear in the Iranian leadership. “The whole of the European Union and actually the international community more broadly has been absolutely united in saying that there’s no place for this sort of intimidation or harassment and that there will be consequences if it continues,” Miliband said on a BBC Sunday morning talk show. Miliband said he is angry about the treatment of the embassy staff members but wants to keep diplomatic channels open.

Ban Ki Moon Leaves Burma Disappointed

Before it began, United Nations officials had described UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon’s visit to Burma as a diplomatically risky mission that could end in failure.

Palin is Alaska’s ‘greatest gift’ to U.S., her successor says

Alaskan Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell, who will succeed Gov.

Biden presides as troops in Iraq become U.S. citizens

Vice President Joe Biden celebrated American patriotism and mocked the ghost of Saddam Hussein during a Fourth of July visit to Iraq on Saturday.

Honduras Braces for a Protracted Fight

Prospects for an early resolution to the showdown over the ouster of Honduran President Manuel Zelaya appear grim as a deadline for his reinstatement approaches this weekend. The Organization of Americans States had given the coup leaders until Saturday to restore Zelaya to office, but they appear unlikely to comply

Fans face long odds for Jackson memorial tickets

Fans continued to register by the thousands early Saturday, hoping to be among the 8,750 people who will be randomly picked to attend the memorial service for singer Michael Jackson next week.

Honduras’ new leaders reject appeal for Zelaya’s return

The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras’ interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power. “They have, for the moment, no intention of reversing the situation,” Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza told reporters. He said he had reached that conclusion after speaking Friday with members of the Supreme Court, among others

Director Sydney Pollack Dies

The last time I saw Sydney Pollack he was doing me a gallant favor. He had become, in recent years, my narrator of choice for the documentaries I produce and write. He had done the voice-over for one of them in the summer of 2007.

Fake Tamiflu ‘out-spams Viagra on Web’

The number of Internet scammers offering fake anti-swine flu drug Tamiflu has surpassed those selling counterfeit Viagra, a UK body said Friday. Since the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu, was declared a global pandemic last month, there has been an increase in the number of Web sites and junk emails offering Tamiflu for sale. More than 70,000 people have now been infected with the virus, according to the World Health Organization

While Canada Spends Big to Save GM, Mexico Gets Free Ride

At time when the U.S.