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  • March 2008

    • The World's Least Sexy Lads

      Boston Phoenix  |  Mar 31, 08 1:40 PM CDT

      The World's Least Sexy Lads

      (Newser) - It takes more than comb-overs and beer bellies to make the world's 100 unsexiest men list. The Boston Phoenix factors behavior into its list of oh-so-fugly gents. A peek at who snagged the top (dis)honors: Roger Clemens: baseball (and steroid?) star. Spencer Pratt: Heidi's smarmy boyfriend on The Hills. Larry Craig: backpeddaling, bathroom-busted congressman. Tom Cruise: movie star turned Scientologist wingnut. More »

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      list  • Eliot Spitzer  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Roger Clemens  • Tom Cruise  • Larry Craig  • awards  • Dr Phil  • Ryan Seacrest  • Perez Hilton  • Lou Dobbs  • attraction

    • Election Victory Emboldens Ahmadinejad

      Bloomberg  |  Mar 17, 08 9:26 AM CDT

      Election Victory Emboldens Ahmadinejad

      (Newser) - More complete results from Friday's Iranian parliamentary elections show Islamist conservatives who support Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s nuclear policy sweeping about 70% of the vote, Bloomberg reports. Pro-democracy candidates, meanwhile, did poorly after clerics blocked many from running. A triumphant Ahmadinejad said the results "stamped a mark of shame and despair on the forehead of Iran's enemies." More »

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      Iran  • election  • Islam  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • nuclear program  • uranium enrichment  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

    • Conservatives Lead 'Cooked' Iran Vote

      Reuters  |  Mar 15, 08 3:04 PM CDT

      Conservatives Lead 'Cooked' Iran Vote

      (Newser) - Early results in Iran's elections today are no surprise—conservatives will keep power—but they are expected to be more critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Reuters reports. Some are teaming with reformists to fight the president's economic policies, which have let inflation rise to 19%. Reformists also picked up seats despite having many candidates disqualified. More »

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      Iran  • election  • Islam  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  • Iranian politics

    • Anti-Semitism on the Rise: Report

      Reuters  |  Mar 14, 08 3:15 AM CDT

      Anti-Semitism on the Rise: Report

      (Newser) - Over 60 years after the Holocaust, anti-Semitism is on the rise worldwide, warns a State Department report. US embassies across the globe have noted that attacks on Jewish people, their property and institutions have risen in the last ten years. In 2006 more than 100 synagogues were vandalized, hundreds of Jewish people were attacked, and a young French Jew was kidnapped, tortured and murdered, Reuters reports. More »

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      Iran  • Israel  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • State Department  • Jews  • Holocaust  • anti-Semitism  • synagogue

    • Ruling Conservatives Should Fare Well in Iran Vote

      Al Jazeera  |  Mar 13, 08 6:12 PM CDT

      Ruling Conservatives Should Fare Well in Iran Vote

      (Newser) - Iranian conservatives are likely to gain seats in tomorrow's parliamentary elections despite Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's growing unpopularity, Al Jazeera reports. Iranians may disapprove of the president's economic policies, but the ruling Guardians Council barred 1,700 candidates—mainly reformists—from seeking election to the 290-seat parliament. Government officials and state-run media are urging high turnout after campaigning limited to one week. More »

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      Iran  • election  • inflation  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

    • Iran Is Biggest Threat to Iraq: General

      Reuters  |  Mar 4, 08 10:58 PM CST

      Iran Is Biggest Threat to Iraq: General

      (Newser) - 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

    • Ahmadinejad Calls on US to Quit Iraq

      CNN  |  Mar 3, 08 5:10 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad Calls on US to Quit Iraq

      (Newser) - 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 »

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      Iraq war  • Iran  • Nouri al-Maliki  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • State Department  • Iraq government  • Iraq Civil War  • Iran war

    • Iranian Prez Arrives in Iraq

      Reuters  |  Mar 2, 08 8:23 AM CST

      Iranian Prez Arrives in Iraq

      (Newser) - 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

      BBC  |  Mar 1, 08 7:48 PM CST

      Ahmadinejad to Visit Iraq

      (Newser) - 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 »

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      Iraq  • Iran  • Taliban  • US military  • Baghdad  • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad  • al-Qaeda in Iraq  • Tehran  • Green Zone  • Jalal Talabani  • Shiite insurgents  • Sunni leaders  • explosively formed penetrators

  • February 2008