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Arab League calls for 'immediate' Lebanon election

... with Lebanon's political crisis."The ministers welcome favourably the consensus around Michel Sleiman as a candidate for the presidency and call for his immediate election in accordance with the constitution," Mussa said, reading from a statement.He said Syria, represented at the meeting by foreign ...
Iran supreme leader issues warning ahead of polls

Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday urged Iranians to be alert against enemy plots ahead of legislative elections ... harsh criticism of Ahmadinejad's foreign policies, including his refusal to make concessions in Iran's nuclear standoff with the West.Khamenei also urged unity among ...
Pressure mounts on Lebanon to elect president

... Condoleezza Rice on Monday.MP Suwaid charged that Damascus through its allies in Lebanon's opposition camp was blocking the election "until it gets something in return from the US".On Thursday, Sarkozy said he would be willing to visit Damascus if a consensus candidate was elected president and the ...
US Iran attack unlikely, says Blix

... latest US intelligence findings on Iran make a military attack on Tehran unlikely in the near future, former chief UN arms inspector Hans Blix ... responsible for another "anticipatory" attack.With the United States entering an election year where public discontent over the war in Iraq is taking centre ...
Iran defends fuel rationing

Iran's top leaders defended a new fuel rationing plan Saturday that sparked violence earlier this week, saying it will free ... to this important reality that if fuel consumption is contained and reduced, Iran will become invincible," Ahmadinejad was quoted by the broadcast as saying. But a hike in gas ...
Ahmadinejad under fire for Mashaie vice president role

... elite.Defeated moderate candidates say the vote was rigged in favour of Ahmadinejad, who has called the vote "the world's freest election".But there are still many hardliners who back him such as Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi who said in remarks published on Saturday that the Iranian government drew its ...
Ahmadinejad appoints new atomic chief, vice president

... 's announcement that Ahmadinejad had won the June 12 election by a landslide triggered massive protests across Iran and former prime minister Mousavi ... extensive progress in this area," Mohsen Delaviz, spokesman for Iran's atomic body, said."The name Gholam Reza Aghazadeh will forever be written in ...
Fuelling concerns

... . More acutely, it showed that the political upheaval had spread into Iran’s energy industry.The post-election violence has come at a bad time ... of that negotiation a lot of the European companies are under pressure to withdraw from Iran,” says Mohammed Shakeel, of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU ...
IN PICS: Iranians protest in New York

Hundreds arrested during Tehran protests

Iranian authorities arrested at least 457 people after violent post-election clashes that left 10 people dead, state radio ... to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by a landslide according to official results from the June 12 election, told his supporters to continue their protests."The revolution is your legacy. To ...
Khatami to run for Iranian presidency

... when in office from 1997 to 2005, said on Sunday he would run in Iran's June presidential election.The announcement sets up a choice for voters ... abroad because U.S. President Barack Obama has offered a new U.S. approach to engage Iran, the world's fourth largest oil producer, saying he would extend ...
Khatami may run for Irani presidency - ally

... 's chances, Abtahi said: "The international isolation of Iran under Ahmadinejad and Iran's economic situation ... may help Khatami to attract the votes of those who backed Ahmadinejad in the previous election".Analysts have said the fate of the race could depend on whether Ahmadinejad retains the ...
Iraq expects US troops to stay in Obama era

... of US troops.Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari welcomed the election of Democrat Obama and said he did not expect an "overnight" change in US policy ... some good things like plans to hold dialogue with neighbouring countries such as Iran and Syria. This will lead to positive steps that will serve Iraq' ...
Berlusconi to face Bush pressure

... to further isolate Tehran and boost troop levels in Afghanistan.Europeans are increasingly looking past him to his successor who will be chosen in the November US presidential election.Berlusconi's admiration for Bush runs counter to public sentiment in Europe where he is widely reviled for the ...
Ahmadinejad rival gets MPs' backing

... President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's potential rivals in next year's presidential election secured the influential post of parliamentary speaker on Sunday, ... visit Tehran soon to present an updated package of trade and other incentives to Iran if it halts nuclear work the US suspects is aimed at making ...
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