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Pentagon may take legal action against SEAL author
Tsonga upset by Klizan in US Open's 2nd round
Bolt, Blake set Weltklasse meeting records
Chelsea to face Juventus in Champions League group
Oil prices mixed ahead of Bernanke speech
Dollar in tight ranges ahead of Bernanke speech
India's Kartik sparks row with backing-up run out
Iran summit stumbles on nuclear, Syria criticism
UK: No solution in sight to Assange standoff
Turkey calls on UN to create refugee camps in Syria
Jupiter-bound spacecraft set for key maneuver
98-year-old message in bottle sets world record
Police: 100-year-old driver hits 11 near US school
Harvard probes mass exam cheating
Nuclear arms use is a 'big sin', says Iran's Khamenei

Pentagon may take legal action against SEAL author

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The Pentagons top lawyer has informed the former Navy SEAL who authored a forthcoming book describing details of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden that he violated agreements to not divulge military secrets and that as a result the Pentagon is considering taking legal action against him.The general counsel of the Defense Department, Jeh Johnson, wrote in a letter transmitted to the author on Thursday that he had signed two nondisclosure agreements with the Navy in 2007 that obliged him to never divulge classified information.Johnson said that after reviewing a copy of the book, No Easy Day, the Pentagon concluded that the author is in material breach and violation of the agreements.Johnson said the department is considering pursuing against him all remedies legally available to us.

Tsonga upset by Klizan in US Open's 2nd round

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After three days of the top players winning decisively, fifth-seeded Jo-Wilfried Tsonga was upset by Martin Klizan of Slovakia in the second round on Thursday in the first shock of this years U.S. Open.The 52nd-ranked Klizan won 6-4, 1-6, 6-1, 6-3.Before Tsongas loss, top-five seeds on the mens and womens sides had played 14 matches at the tournament and won all 14 in straight sets.Tsonga was the runner-up at the 2008 Australian Open and a semifinalist at Wimbledon this year. He had reached at least the third round in 18 straight Grand Slam trips.The 23-year-old Klizan, meanwhile, had failed to make it past the second round in three previous Grand Slam appearances. He had never defeated an opponent ranked better than No. 49.Earlier Thursday, two players who have struggled to live up to high rankings in the past easily won their matches.A week before the start of the Open, Ana Ivanovic couldnt walk without pain in her right foot.Thats when I started to panic a little bit, she said.Two matches into the tournament, the 2008 French Open champion is feeling healthy and relaxed. The 12th-seeded Ivanovic and another Serbian former top-ranked player, Jelena Jankovic, have quietly reached the third round at Flushing Meadows. Each has dropped just nine games through a pair straight-set wins.Ivanovic beat 51st-ranked Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden 6-2, 6-2 on Thursday.Asked if the torn tendon is fully healed, Ivanovic laughed and said, I still have a handful of pills every morning.But the foot hasnt been hurting since the tournament started, and Ivanovics draw is looking fairly painless with Caroline Wozniacki and Francesca Schiavone eliminated in her quarter.But Ivanovic knows that being the favorite guarantees nothing. In 2008, coming off that title at Roland Garros and at No. 1 in the world, she was stunned by 188th-ranked Julie Coin in the second round here, bothered by a thumb injury. The top-seeded woman had never lost that early in the tournament since the Open era began in 1968.Ivanovic has been trying to regain her health and her confidence ever since. She has yet to make it back to even a quarterfinal of a Grand Slam event.Im really motivated. I want to get back to the top and back in contention to win Grand Slams again, Ivanovic said. Its been a long process of getting my mind there and my body and game and everything together. Still, its going to be a lot of hard work and long process, but Im starting to enjoy it as well.I know if it doesnt happen this week, its coming.Its a similar story for Jankovic, who defeated 115th-ranked Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino of Spain 6-4, 6-2 on Thursday. Both women reached No. 1 in the world in 2008, a breakthrough year for Serbian tennis when Ivanovic won the French, countryman Novak Djokovic took the Australian Open, and Jankovic reached the final at Flushing Meadows.While Djokovic has since won four more Grand Slam titles, Jankovic lost in the first round at Wimbledon this year.Shes seeded 30th this week though, as she noted with a laugh, her ranking is now up to No. 27.Jankovic could face second-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska, one of the top players on the court later Thursday. No. 1 Roger Federer opens the night session at Arthur Ashe Stadium against 83rd-ranked Bjorn Phau. Then sixth-seeded Angelique Kerber takes on seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams, the juicy second-round match made possible because the American is unseeded after missing time because of illness.In other womens second-round action Thursday, 13th-seeded Dominika Cibulkova and No. 14 Maria Kirilenko advanced in straight sets.Kei Nishikori, seeded 17th on the mens side, eliminated American Tim Smyczek. No. 11-seeded Nicolas Almagro needed five sets and 3 hours, 19 minutes to defeat Philipp Petzschner.

Bolt, Blake set Weltklasse meeting records

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Usain Bolt and Yohan Blake have both set Weltklasse meeting records despite rain and cold winds at the Diamond League event on Thursday.Bolt playfully shivered for the television cameras at the start of the 200 meters then timed 19.66 seconds in the fastest half-lap race ever seen in Zurich.Earlier in the 100, Bolts Jamaican teammate Blake blazed to a dominating victory in 9.76. Tyson Gay of the United States was disqualified for a false start.There was a major surprise in the 800 as Olympic champion David Rudisha was beaten by Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia.Rudisha was targeting the world record he set in London but said he was unsettled by the poor weather.

Chelsea to face Juventus in Champions League group

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Champions League winner Chelsea will begin the defense of its title at home to Italian giant Juventus, while Real Madrid will face Manchester City in the tournaments toughest group.Thursdays draw for the group stage pitched the holders against a Juventus side that stormed to the Serie A title and was unbeaten in all competitions last season apart from the Italian Cup final. Group E also includes Shakhtar Donetsk and Champions League debutant Nordsjaelland of Denmark.Madrid has been handed the toughest draw with three league champions in Manchester City, Borussia Dortmund and Ajax in Group D. The Spanish champion beat Ajax 3-0 both home and away in last seasons competition.It begins its bid for a record 10th title at home to Premier League champion City.With all four teams winning their respective leagues last year, it is no surprise Group D has been pinpointed as the toughest group.Juventus should qualify for the knockout stage, along with Chelsea, which knocked the Serie A side out of the competition in 2009.Meanwhile, Nordsjaelland is expected to do little more than make up the numbers in Group E, but the team is keen to enjoy its time in the competition.It is a great group, midfielder Mikkel Beckhmann said. It has got to be the second hardest group, but also the second greatest, so I am pleased. Juventus are my favorite team, and I am really looking forward to the away match there and the one against Chelsea. Bayern Munich, last seasons runner-up, is in Group F with Valencia which it beat on penalties in the 2011 final as well as Lille and BATE Borisov.We were in the final last season, we have to advance from the group stage, Bayern captain Philipp Lahm said. I see Valencia as our toughest rival but our duty is to advance and to be first in the group.Four-time winner Barcelona faces Benfica, Spartak Moscow and Celtic.It looks like a footballing group, with historic teams and teams with different styles, Barcelona sport director Andoni Zubizarreta said. It might not have the big names like the other groups but its still interesting.Manchester United, which failed to clear the group stage last season, also has a relatively weak group with Braga, Galatasaray and Cluj.We have the experience of playing against Galatasaray in the past and we will always remember the Welcome to Hell banners, United manager Alex Ferguson said. So its always a difficult type of match.Obviously, weve never played Cluj before but, after the experience of last year, we dont want to make any stupid errors this time. We will play our strongest team to make sure we get through.Seven-time winner AC Milan was drawn with Zenit St. Petersburg, Anderlecht and Malaga another Champions League debutant.Milan has had a difficult offseason with the departure of several star players, but should still progress to the knockout stages.They are three difficult teams, we have to be careful not to undervalue these opponents, Milan director Umberto Gandini said. Milan is a squad which needs self-esteem and these kind of opponents can help it and make it grow.They should be faced with the right attitude. We are a different AC Milan, but we are always AC Milan.French champion Montpellier makes its debut in the competition against Arsenal, Schalke and Olympiakos. Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud scored 21 goals for Montpellier last season, finishing as the joint top scorer in the French league.Montpellier winger Anthony Mounier said: The group features teams with a lot of experience and it wont be easy. Arsenal are obviously frightening but we were expecting to come up against big teams.Arsenal beat Olympiakos 2-1 at the same stage last season before losing the final group game 3-1. It also met the Greek team in 2009-2010.Big-spending Paris Saint-Germain returns to the Champions League after an eight-year absence and will play Porto, Dynamo Kiev and Dinamo Zagreb.

Oil prices mixed ahead of Bernanke speech

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Crude oil prices closed mixed Thursday after Hurricane Isaac appeared to have left Gulf of Mexico refiners fairly unscathed and ahead of a keenly anticipated speech by Federal Reserve chief Ben Bernanke.New Yorks main contract, West Texas Intermediate (WTI) light sweet crude for October, fell 94 cents to $94.62 a barrel.In London, Brent North Sea crude for delivery in October edged up 11 cents to $112.65 a barrel.Fears about disruption to supply in the US Gulf from Hurricane Isaac, since downgraded to a tropical storm, had affected prices but in the end proved unfounded, said Sanjeev Gupta, who heads the Asia-Pacific oil and gas practice at Ernst & Young.Most of the production facilities were shut down in advance of the storm, but early reports indicated fairly limited supply disruptions, thus taking some of the pressure off prices, he told AFP.WTIs relative weakness thus far... reflects an easing in storm damage concerns to offshore Gulf platforms following Hurricane Isaacs landfall yesterday, said Sucden analyst Jack Pollard.The weather conditions should keep north Gulf production limited for the remainder of the week, though the chance of permanent damage appears to have reduced.Chevron said its huge Pascagoula Refinery, located in Mississippi, continues to operate, but was running at a reduced rate Thursday as a precautionary measure until marine transportation returns to normal.Traders attention was focused on Fridays speech by Bernanke in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, scheduled for 1400 GMT.Markets have been on edge for weeks over whether the Fed chairman will act on the sluggish economy. But with data pointing sideways, few are agreed on whether he will signal fresh stimulus.

Dollar in tight ranges ahead of Bernanke speech

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The dollar is moving in tight ranges against other major currencies as traders look ahead to Fridays speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.Bernanke is giving his annual speech on monetary policy from Jackson Hole in Wyoming. Traders will be watching to see whether he hints that the central bank will take additional steps to help the U.S. economy.Last week, minutes from the Federal Reserves last policy meeting appeared to show it was leaning toward more help for the U.S. economy.The euro fell to $1.2502 in afternoon trading from $1.2528 late Wednesday. The British pound fell to $1.5790 from $1.5836.The dollar fell to 78.56 Japanese yen from 78.70 yen and to 0.9603 Swiss franc from 0.9587 Swiss franc.

India's Kartik sparks row with backing-up run out

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Former India spinner Murali Kartik caused controversy in the English County Championship on Thursday when he ran out a batsman who had backed up too far down the pitch.Kartik, playing for Surrey against Somerset -- the county he left at the end of last season -- ran out 20-year-old Alex Barrow when the non-striker was out of his ground.Surrey captain Gareth Batty was offered the chance to call the batsman back by umpire Peter Hartley but refused, leaving the official with no choice but to uphold the appeal and send the batsman on his way on the third day of this four-day First Division clash at Taunton, Somersets headquarters.Although a legitimate form of dismissal, running out a batsman backing up is widely considered to be against the spirit of cricket and is rarely seen in first-class matches.Kartik, though, warned Barrow earlier in the over that he was backing up too far -- something he no longer needed to do, following a rewrite of the relevant section of crickets rules last year.Both the bowler and Batty were jeered by spectators and angry fans of both clubs made their feelings known to the Surrey duo during the tea interval.Kartik, however, told his Twitter followers after stumps: Everyone get a life please... if a batsman is out on a stroll, in spite of being warned, does that count as being in the spirit of the game?Somerset made 294 in reply to Surreys 317 and by stumps the visitors were 58 without loss in their second innings, heading into what is sure to be a fiery final day.People obviously think the spirit of the game has been brought into disrepute -- that was not my intention and I thoroughly apologise for that, Batty said.Somerset captain Marcus Trescothick, the former England opening batsman, said he had been saddened by the manner of Barrows dismissal.Im very disappointed. Its not something you want to see in cricket, he said.I have never witnessed anything like it before at any level. Theoretically, Alex was out, as we all know, but it was against the spirit of the game.In February this year, India captain Virender Sehwag withdrew an appeal after the spinner Ravi Ashwin ran out Sri Lankas Lahiru Thirimanne during a one-day international.Such dismissals have been regarded as unsporting ever since Indias Vinoo Mankad ran out Australias Bill Brown at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 1947 after Brown backed up too far at the bowlers end.But even in Australia, attitudes towards Mankadding are now changing, with former international Simon ODonnell saying after the Thirimanne incident: Where does this spirit of cricket issue come from when what we are talking about is a batsman breaking the rules?If a bowler puts his foot just over the line he is called for a no-ball, so how is this any different?

Iran summit stumbles on nuclear, Syria criticism

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A showpiece summit hosted by Iran stumbled as soon as it opened on Thursday when the head of the UN pressed Tehran on its nuclear stand, and Egypts new leader publicly sided with Syrias opposition.The double challenge, before the leaders and delegates of the 120-member Non-Aligned Movement, upset Irans plans to portray the two-day gathering as a diplomatic triumph over Western efforts to isolate it.Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei opened the summit with a speech blasting the United States as a hegemonic meddler and Israel as a regime of Zionist wolves.He also said Iran is never seeking nuclear weapons and accused the UN Security Council, under US influence, of exerting an overt dictatorship over the world.UN chief Ban Ki-moon, who looked irritated at Khameneis remarks, shot back that Iran should boost global confidence in its nuclear activities by fully complying with the relevant Security Council resolutions and thoroughly cooperating with the IAEA, the UNs nuclear watchdog.Ban warned about bellicose rhetoric from Israel and Iran, saying a war of words can quickly spiral into a war of violence.President Mohamed Morsi -- making the first visit to Iran by an Egyptian head of state since the 1979 Islamic revolution -- in turn embarrassed his hosts by voicing support for the Syrian opposition, which is fighting the Damascus regime unwaveringly backed by Iran.The revolution in Egypt is the cornerstone for the Arab Spring, which started days after Tunisia and then it was followed by Libya and Yemen and now the revolution in Syria against its oppressive regime, Morsi said.That contradicted the line put out by Damascus and Tehran, which assert that the Syrian uprising is a terrorist plot masterminded by the United States and regional countries.Morsis address sparked a walkout by the Damascus delegation and drew a sharp response from Syrias Foreign Minister Walid Muallem, who accused him of inciting further bloodshed in Syria.Irans state media failed to mention the contentious parts of the speeches by Ban and Morsi in their coverage, but did later report Khamenei as rejecting all foreign intervention in Syria.Khamenei was reported at saying at a meeting with Lebanons President Michel Sleiman that the only way to solve the Syrian question is to stop sending weapons to irresponsible groups in the country.Tehran accuses certain Western states plus Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey of supplying the Syrian rebels with arms.Morsi reportedly had a short one-on-one with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad before leaving Tehran, at which they discussed Syria and the possibility of reviving ties.

UK: No solution in sight to Assange standoff

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Britains Foreign Secretary William Hague acknowledged Thursday there was no swift end in sight to the diplomatic standoff with Ecuador over the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.Assange, who is trying to avoid extradition to Sweden for questioning over sex crimes allegations, has been sheltering inside Ecuadors Embassy in London beyond the reach of British law enforcement since June 19. Though he has been offered asylum by the Latin American nation, Assange will be arrested if he sets foot outside the mission.Hague said that in talks Wednesday in London with Ecuadors Vice President Lenin Moreno, he sought to defuse concern in Quito that the U.K. could revoke the embassys diplomatic status, allowing police to enter the premises and detain Assange.Ecuadorean officials were angered after Britain sent their government a clumsy message in which it said it could potentially use a little-known law to strip the embassy of protections usually offered to foreign diplomatic premises.Hague insisted Britain had not been issuing a threat, but said he had told Moreno that the U.K. was legally bound to send Assange to Sweden and had no other option.This may go on for a long time, so we are not making a threat against the embassy of Ecuador. We agreed yesterday our officials would continue to talk about finding a solution, Hague told BBC radio Thursday.Britain and Ecuador also are at odds over Quitos decision to offer Assange diplomatic asylum, a type of refuge that is common in Latin and South America but is not recognized in the U.K.Given Ecuadors position on what they call diplomatic asylum and our very clear legal position, such a solution is not in sight at the moment, Hague said, speaking from New York.Assange, a 41-year-old Australian citizen, shot to international prominence in 2010 when his WikiLeaks website began publishing its huge cache of American secrets, including 250,000 U.S. Embassy cables that highlighted sometimes embarrassing backroom dealings.Two women accused Assange of sex offenses during a visit to Sweden soon after WikiLeaks made the disclosures.Assange insists the sex with the women was consensual and denies wrongdoing, but he has fought off efforts to return him to Sweden for questioning for two years.Assange and his supporters claim the Swedish case is the first move of a Washington-constructed plot to have him stand trial in the U.S., a claim that Sweden disputes.In a public statement earlier this month from the embassys balcony, Assange urged the U.S. to renounce its witch hunt against WikiLeaks.

Turkey calls on UN to create refugee camps in Syria

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Turkey on Thursday called on the UN Security Council to immediately create refugee camps inside Syria, warning that it could not cope with the flow of people fleeing the conflict.Turkeys Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said the United Nations had to act without delay to set up the camps. He told a Security Council meeting that more than 80,000 Syrians are now in camps in Turkey, with 4,000 crossing the border each day and 10,000 waiting at the frontier.

Jupiter-bound spacecraft set for key maneuver

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A Jupiter-bound spacecraft prepared to fire its engine Thursday for an important maneuver intended to bring it back toward Earth.The engine burn was the first of two planned to set up NASAs Juno spacecraft to use Earths gravity to accelerate it toward the outer solar system. The second engine firing will occur next week.Launched last year, Juno is zooming toward an encounter with the giant gas planet in 2016.More than half a dozen spacecraft have visited the solar systems largest planet since the 1970s, but Juno promises to venture closer for a deeper study into Jupiters evolution.By peering through Jupiters dense clouds and mapping its magnetic and gravity fields, scientists hope to better understand how the solar system formed.The $1.1 billion mission is managed by NASAs Jet Propulsion Laboratory.Juno is about 300 million miles (482 million kilometers) from Earth. Soon after launch, it glanced back and snapped a rare picture of Earth and the moon.Since the rocket that carried Juno was not powerful enough to boost it directly to its destination, it has to cruise out to space and swing back next year to use the Earth as a slingshot to push it toward Jupiter.The back-to-back burns were needed to put Juno on course to fly by Earth at an altitude of some 300 miles (482 million kilometers).To prepare for Thursdays engine burn, the spacecrafts fuel tanks were pressurized and its batteries were fully charged.Once in orbit around Jupiter, Juno will circle the poles 33 times and use instruments to track the abundance of water and oxygen in the atmosphere, and determine whether the planets core is solid or gaseous.Juno is the first solar-powered spacecraft to venture so far from the sun. It is equipped with three solar panels, each the size of a tractor-trailer.Juno is designed to study Jupiter for a year and then deliberately crash into the planet so that it wont pose any threat of biological contamination to moons such as Europa, which scientists believe may have a liquid ocean beneath its surface.

98-year-old message in bottle sets world record

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It was scooped up from the sea after 98 years, and now officials say a message in a bottle discovered in Scotland has set a world record.Fisherman Andrew Leaper found the bottle released in 1914 in his nets in April while sailing east of the Shetland Islands, which lie off Scotlands northern coast.Guinness World Records confirmed Thursday the find is the oldest message in a bottle ever recovered, beating a previous record by five years.It was released in a batch of 1,890 bottles in a government experiment to map the undercurrents of the seas around Scotland.Inside each bottle, a postcard asks the finder to record details of the discovery and promises a reward of a sixpence. Unfortunately for Leaper, the coin no longer exists.

Police: 100-year-old driver hits 11 near US school

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The screams of women and children didnt cause a 100-year-old driver to stop as he backed his large powder blue Cadillac onto a sidewalk across from an elementary school and hit 11 people, including nine children.So people began pounding on his windows screaming for him to stop, a witness said.Detective John Meneses told the Los Angeles Times that two victims remained hospitalized in stable condition Thursday.Childrens backpacks, shoes, candy and loose change were strewn about the scene behind a discount grocery store across from Main Street Elementary.Police said the driver, Preston Carter, was being very cooperative and drugs or alcohol were not a factor in the crash.Carter talked to television reporters after the crash southwest of downtown Los Angeles. He said he has a drivers license and will be 101 years old Sept. 5.My brakes failed. It was out of control, Carter told KCAL-TV.Asked about hitting the children, Preston said: You know Im sorry about that. I wouldnt do that for nothing on earth. My sympathies for them.Carter was pulling out of the grocery store parking lot, but instead of backing into the street, he backed onto the sidewalk, police Capt. George Rodriguez said.I think it was a miscalculation on his part. The gentleman is elderly, Rodriguez said. Obviously he is going to have some impairment on his decision making.Alma Solache said she was buying her children an afterschool snack Wednesday just before the accident outside a South Los Angeles school.He was not paying attention, said Solache, 24, adding that it was at least two or three seconds before the vehicle halted and people began pulling children out from beneath the car.In 2003, an 86-year-old man plowed into an open-air street market in Santa Monica, California. Ten people were killed and 63 injured.The National Transportation Safety Board found the probable cause of that accident was unintended acceleration when George Weller stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake, and then panicked and continued on through the crowd.A criminal court jury, however, convicted Weller of 10 counts of felony vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, not buying the defense argument that he was simply a befuddled old man.According to Californias Department of Motor Vehicles, people over age 70 must renew their drivers license in person, rather than via the Internet or by mail. Older drivers can also be required to take a supplemental driving test if they fail a vision exam, or if a police officer, a physician, or a family member raises questions about their ability to drive.Rodriguez said the collision was being investigated as an accident, and Carter was not under arrest. He has a valid drivers license, Rodriguez said.

Harvard probes mass exam cheating

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As many as 125 students at Harvard University are being probed for allegedly cheating in a final exam at the elite institution, administrators said Thursday.The official university site news.harbard.edu/gazette reported that a large number of undergraduates may have inappropriately collaborated on answers, or plagiarized classmates responses, on the final exam for the course.An initial investigation by the Harvard College Administration Board of more than 250 final exams resulted in cases involving nearly half the students in the class, the site said.Neither the course, nor the students were identified in the scandal, which would be one of the biggest at the Ivy League college.Michael Smith, dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, vowed to act.We take academic integrity very seriously because it goes to the heart of our educational mission, he said in a statement. Academic dishonesty cannot and will not be tolerated at Harvard.These allegations, if proven, represent totally unacceptable behavior that betrays the trust upon which intellectual inquiry at Harvard depends, Harvard University President Drew Faust said. We must deal with this fairly and through a deliberative process.Harvard, a college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, near Boston, is one of the most exclusive universities in the world, with students paying about $63,000 (50,000 euros) per year to attend.

Nuclear arms use is a 'big sin', says Iran's Khamenei

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Irans supreme leader said Thursday that the pursuit of nuclear weapons is a big and unforgiveable sin but he insisted Tehran will not abandon its peaceful atomic program.Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke at a summit of the 120-member Nonaligned Movement. Iran says the gathering of mainly developing nations in Tehran shows that Western sanctions imposed over the nuclear issue have not succeeded in diplomatically isolating Iran.The United States and its allies suspect Iran is trying to develop nuclear weapons, a charge Tehran denies.Iran considers the use of nuclear weapons to be a big and unforgiveable sin, said Khamenei, who has the final say on all state matters in Iran.I declare that the Islamic Republic of Iran has never been after nuclear weapons and it will never abandon its right for peaceful use of nuclear energy, he added.Iran insists its nuclear program is meant only for making reactor fuel, medical isotopes and peaceful research. But it refuses to give up uranium enrichment, which can produce both reactor fuel and the core of nuclear warheads, despite offers of fuel from abroad.Khamenei accused the world powers of hypocrisy, saying they are stockpiling nuclear arms for deterrence and to boost their international dominance.Nuclear arms have neither provided security nor boosted political power, Khamenei said in a speech broadcast live on Iranian state TV.He singled out the United States, calling the U.S. opposition to Tehrans nuclear program a bitter satire because of the size of the American nuclear arsenal and the use of atomic bombs in Japan during World War II.

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