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  • March 2008

    • Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Mar 5, 08 7:00 PM CST

      Qatar Navigates Persian Gulf Minefield

      The challenges of being Qatar, a peninsular nation bordering Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf, could be a hint of the diplomatic discourse to come, Bloomberg reports. The emirate cannily attends to the demands of its Saudi and Iranian neighbors, and it hosts US military forces; it also has learned to use its natural-gas wealth to avoid favoring one side exclusively. More »

    • Iran Is Biggest Threat to Iraq: General

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 4, 08 10:58 PM CST

      Iran Is Biggest Threat to Iraq: General

      Iran is likely the single greatest threat to Iraq's longterm stability, according to a top US commander. The US has "pretty clear" evidence that Iran is training and supplying Shiite militias, said Lt. General Raymond Odierno, who just completed 15 months as second-in-command in Iraq.  Odierno pointed to the relatively uneventful visit of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Baghdad as evidence of Tehran's influence over terrorists in Iraq, reports Reuters. More »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Baghdad  • US Army  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Shiite  • Sunnis  • Lt. Gen. Raymond T. Odierno

    • UN Cranks Up Iran Sanctions

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 3, 08 6:19 PM CST

      UN Cranks Up Iran Sanctions

      The UN hit Iran with a third round of sanctions today for refusing to halt its nuclear enrichment program, Reuters reports. The 14-0 security council vote approved more travel and financial limits and boosted trade restrictions, but was curbed by a US report that Tehran had scuttled its nuclear weapon plans in 2003, diplomats said. More »

    • Ahmadinejad Calls on US to Quit Iraq

      newser  |  CNN  |  Mar 3, 08 5:10 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad Calls on US to Quit Iraq

      As he headed home after his historic visit to Iraq, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad criticized the American occupation, CNN reports. “No one likes them," the provocative Iranian president said of the US-led coalition. "We believe that the forces which crossed oceans and thousands of kilometers to come to this region should leave this region and hand over the affairs to the peoples and government of this region." More »

    • Iranian Owes Wife 124K Roses

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 3, 08 4:25 PM CST

      Iranian Owes Wife 124K Roses

      There is something worse than forgetting Valentine's Day—being a tightfisted husband. An Iranian court has ordered a man to immediately send his wife 124,000 roses or risk imprisonment, the BBC reports. The roses were promised to his wife as part of her dowry, which she can legally claim at any time. She's demanding the roses to punish her "stingy" spouse. More »

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      Iran  • dowry  • roses

    • Iranian Prez Arrives in Iraq

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Mar 2, 08 8:23 AM CST

      Iranian Prez Arrives in Iraq

      In an historic visit, Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Iraq today predicting “a new chapter” for relations between the two countries, despite a tense history and a feud with Baghdad’s American allies. Ahmadinejad, who won’t be protected by US forces during his two-day trip, met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and will sit down with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • United States  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Shiite  • Saddam Hussein  • Sunnis  • Jalal Talabani  • Iran war

    • Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

      newser  |  BBC  |  Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

      Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will fly to Baghdad Sunday to meet with Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, the first state visit ever by an Iranian president, the BBC reports. Sunni Iraqi leaders expressed outrage over the visit, which also comes a day after the US claimed further evidence of Iranian meddling in the country—a sniper "trained in Iran," US military said.  More »

  • February 2008

    • Iran Nukes Raise 'Serious Concern' for UN

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 22, 08 3:35 PM CST

      Iran Nukes Raise 'Serious Concern' for UN

      The UN’s nuclear overseers warned today that Iran hadn’t explained various intelligence reports suggesting it was making atomic weapons and called the matter a “serious concern.” Tehran dismissed the intelligence data as "fabricated" and provided unacceptable answers, the UN report says. The developments could lead to further UN sanctions against the country as early as next week, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iran  • United Nations  • nuclear program  • Saeed Jalili

    • EU Experts Say Iran Closer to Nuke Weapon

      newser  |  Der Spiegel  |  Feb 22, 08 9:25 AM CST

      EU Experts Say Iran Closer to Nuke Weapon

      A new report from a European Union agency concludes that Iran could have enough uranium to build an atomic bomb within one year. The EU results—which precede a major UN report coming out today—look nothing like the findings of the US intelligence community, writes Der Spiegel : the recent National Intelligence Estimate said that Iran would be able to obtain enough highly enriched uranium between 2010 and 2015. More »

    • US Should Have Hugged Castro to Death

      newser  |  Newsweek  |  Feb 19, 08 12:23 PM CST

      US Should Have Hugged Castro to Death

      Fidel Castro has left power, but his legacy endures because the US never did what it took to eliminate his regime: embrace it. Fidel survived for decades because his people were afraid of the angry superpower to the north, writes Newsweek’s Christopher Dickey. Had America embraced him, the Cuban people might have dared to hope for more than his regime could provide. More »

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      Iran  • Syria  • Cuba  • Fidel Castro  • Soviet Union  • Cuban embargo  • isolation

    • Iran Asks Dutch Gov't to Ban Anti-Islam Film

      newser  |  BBC  |  Feb 17, 08 2:35 PM CST

      Iran Asks Dutch Gov't to Ban Anti-Islam Film

      Upset by a right-wing Dutch politician's movie, which portrays the Koran as an inspiration for murder, Iran’s justice minister is asking the Dutch government to ban the film, the BBC reports. The minister called the film, by parliament member Geert Wilders, an unnecessary attack on Islam’s holiest object. The Dutch government has so far supported Wilder’s right to show the film, which is set to air in a few months. More »

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      Iran  • Islam  • Netherlands  • Koran  • Geert Wilders  • religious conflict  • Theo Van Gogh

    • US, Iran Met on Terror Financing

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Feb 16, 08 7:27 AM CST

      US, Iran Met on Terror Financing

      Senior Treasury Department official Daniel Glaser met last month with representatives from Iran to discuss "the significant threat Iran poses to the integrity of the international financial system," Reuters reports. The rare talks, which required special permission from the US government, took place during a meeting of the Financial Action Task Force, a coalition of 34 world nations. More »

    • OPEC Holds Oil Production Steady

      newser  |  Bloomberg  |  Feb 1, 08 1:00 PM CST

      OPEC Holds Oil Production Steady

      OPEC dashed American hopes for a boost in oil production today, Bloomberg reports. The US and other Western nations wanted more oil on the market to lower prices, but OPEC decided to hold production steady. The consortium, which supplies 40% of the world's oil, is worried that the flagging world economy will reduce demand. More »

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      Iran  • oil price  • recession  • oil  • Saudi Arabia  • OPEC  • oil production

  • January 2008

    • Deadly Violence Erupts in Beirut

      newser  |  AFP  |  Jan 28, 08 5:02 AM CST

      Deadly Violence Erupts in Beirut

      Street protests over power cuts erupted yesterday into deadly violence in Hezbollah strongholds in Beirut with several people killed or wounded—some by sniper fire—as youths torched cars. The Lebanese army mobilized to stop the violence from spreading to Sunni and Christian neighborhoods, reports AFP.  Fears of more civil unrest continued as Lebanon struggled to break a constitutional impasse over electing a new president. More »

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      Iran  • Syria  • Lebanon  • Hezbollah  • Beirut

    • Saddam Faked Nukes to Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

      newser  |  CBS  |  Jan 25, 08 5:18 AM CST

      Saddam Faked Nukes to Scare Iran, Not US: Agent

      Saddam Hussein revealed in FBI interrogations that he had no nuclear or biological weapons of mass destruction, but hid that fact to avoid invasion by Iran—and was stunned when the US invaded. "For him, it was critical that he was seen as the strong, defiant Saddam to prevent the Iranians from reinvading Iraq," an FBI agent tells "60 Minutes" in an interview to be broadcast Sunday. More »

    • Ahmadinejad Plans First Iraq Trip

      newser  |  Reuters  |  Jan 23, 08 12:52 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad Plans First Iraq Trip

      Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Baghdad, the Iraqi foreign ministry announced today, a historic trip that highlights the new relationship between the neighbors, who fought a bloody war in the 1980s. No Iranian president has ever visited Iraq, but with a Shiite government in power after the ouster of Saddam Hussein, some say Iranian influence eclipses the US’, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iraq  • Iraq war  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Jalal Talabani

    • 'Mild' New Iran Sanctions Forged

      newser  |  Los Angeles Times  |  Jan 23, 08 8:17 AM CST

      'Mild' New Iran Sanctions Forged

      Six leading world powers have agreed on a draft United Nations resolution for a third round of sanctions against Iran that stop short of the punishing economic measures the US had advocated, the Los Angeles Times reports. The sanctions include some extension of travel and business bans—but in "weakened" language that calls only for voluntary "monitoring" of financial and military institutions, according to the Washington Post. More »

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      Iran  • Security Council  • uranium  • UN sanctions

    • Political Rift Weakens Ahmadinejad

      newser  |  Guardian (UK)  |  Jan 22, 08 5:57 AM CST

      Political Rift Weakens Ahmadinejad

      Iran's firebrand president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad suffered a serious political humiliation  yesterday when the nation's supreme leader sided with his opponents to force him to supply a billion dollars worth of natural gas to remote villages suffering power cuts. Iran's poorest communities are enduring one of the harshest winters in years, reports the Guardian. More »

    • US Makes Canadian Torture List

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 18, 08 6:40 AM CST

      US Makes Canadian Torture List

      The US, along with China, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, and Israel, is listed in an official Canadian foreign ministry document of countries where prisoners are at risk of torture, the BBC reports. The "torture awareness" training manual classifies as torture some US interrogation techniques, including forced nudity, isolation, and sleep deprivation. More »

    • Iran Prez Lashes Out at Bush, Israel

      newser  |  BBC  |  Jan 17, 08 9:20 PM CST

      Iran Prez Lashes Out at Bush, Israel

      Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took aim against two familiar foes with strong rhetoric today, BBC reports. He accused President Bush of "sowing seeds of division" during his Mideast trip and warned Israel not to threaten Tehran. "The Zionist regime would not dare attack," he said after Israel tested a ballistic missile. "The Iranian response would make them regret it, and they know this." More »

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      George W. Bush  • Iran  • Israel  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

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