"A vote for any of these candidates is a vote for the Islamic Republic and a vote of confidence in the system," the leader said.

There's already a pilot program in New Zealand with 50 testers — Google launched 30 balloons just this week.

The compromise will allow European leaders and U.S. President to officially launch the talks at next week's G8 summit.

The Fund's forecast for growth of 1.9% this year would mark a slowdown from the 2.2% growth the U.S. recorded in 2012.

Hubble's keen vision detected a mysterious gap in a vast protoplanetary disk of gas and dust swirling around TW Hydrae.

Nasrallah said Hezbollah was aware of the cost of military engagement in Syria's civil war and would not be deflected from its goal.

“The U.S. accusations of chemical weapons use by Damascus are not supported by reliable facts,” the ministry said.

Turner Prize-winning artist Grayson Perry, who creates elaborately decorated and sometimes explicit ceramics, was named a CBE.