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File - A worker walks through a part of the electricity generating plant of the Bushehr nuclear power plant, just outside the southern city of Bushehr, Iran, Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2010.
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran		  Star Tribune 
Report: Former Israeli intelligence chief says Iran can build bomb now if it wants
Thu 19 Jan 2012
JERUSALEM - A former Israeli military intelligence chief says Iran has all the components to build a nuclear bomb, an Israeli newspaper reported Thursday. It was not clear whether Amos Yadlin, who... (photo: AP / Mehr News Agency, Majid Asgaripour)
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian pro-government protesters carry national flags along with pictures of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in support of the reform program in the border town of Quneitra, about 65 kilometers (40 miles) south of Damascus, Syria, Monday, July 18, 2011.
Beirut   Photos   Politics   Syria   Wikipedia: 2011–2012 Syrian uprising		  The Guardian 
Activists: Syrians pull back from besieged town
Thu 19 Jan 2012
BEIRUT (AP) — Activists and eyewitnesses say Syrian troops have pulled back from a mountain resort town near the capital Damascus that had fallen under the control of the opposition. The besieged town... (photo: AP / SANA)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, left, meets with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak in Tel Aviv, Israel, March 24, 2011.  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Thu 19 Jan 2012
Israel says no decision made yet to attack Iran
JERUSALEM -- Israel moved to calm the increasingly tense discourse over Iran's nuclear program Wednesday, with the Israeli defense minister asserting that any decision on a possible pre-emptive... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at a news conference in Moscow, Friday, March 26, 2010  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  Thu 19 Jan 2012
Russian Says Western Support for Arab Revolts Could Cause a 'Big War'
MOSCOW -- Russia's foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, warned Wednesday that outside encouragement of antigovernment uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa could lead to "a very big war that... (photo: AP / Ivan Sekretarev)
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Central Intelligence Agency Director nominee Leon Panetta testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2009. The Australian Thu 19 Jan 2012
US 'fully prepared' for Iran showdown: Leon Panetta
THE US is "fully prepared" for any confrontation with Iran over the strategic Strait of Hormuz, but hopes a dispute would be resolved peacefully, Defence... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh)
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Japanese Foreign Minister Seiji Maehara, left, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, are seen during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011. Japan's foreign minister said on Thursday Feb. 10, that Russia has no legal right to occupy several disputed islands that have kept the two countries at odds for decades. The Independent Thu 19 Jan 2012
Russia warns that Iran strike could trigger 'chain reaction'
The country's Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, also said during his annual televised press conference that Russia would use its veto at the UN Security Council to block... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel)
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Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta speaks to Navy Rear Adm. Craig S. Faller, commander of Strike Group 3. Lexington Herald-Leader Thu 19 Jan 2012
Panetta: US 'fully prepared' for an Iran challenge
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military is now "fully prepared" to deal with any Iranian effort to close the Strait of Hormuz, a vital Persian Gulf avenue for... (photo: DOD / Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Iran   Military   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Leon Panetta
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak attends a press conference in the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem, Monday, Jan. 17 2011. Gulf News Wed 18 Jan 2012
Decision on attack is far away — Israel
Occupied Jerusalem: Any decision by Israel on whether to attack Iran in a bid to halt its nuclear programme remains "very far away," Defence Minister Ehud Barak... (photo: AP / Bernat Armangue)
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President Barack Obama delivers remarks on government reform, Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Springfield News-Sun Wed 18 Jan 2012
Iranian lawmaker says Obama proposed talks
TEHRAN, Iran — A conservative Iranian lawmaker says President Barack Obama has called for direct talks with Tehran in a secret letter sent to the Islamic... (photo: AP / Haraz N. Ghanbari)
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This image taken from amateur video made available Tuesday Aug. 17, 2011 purports to show armored vehicles and troops as they take up positions in Latakia, Syria on Monday. Syrian tanks pull back from rebel town - opposition The Star
Afghan men looks at the blood stained clothing after a explosion in Spin Boldak district of Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Feb, 24, 2011. A suicide bomber blew himself up Thursday in southern Afghanistan, killing one Afghan intelligence service officer and wounding more than two dozen other people. Afghanistan: Deadly Bomb Hits Bazaar The New York Times
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivers the keynote address during the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Busan, South Korea Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. US dismay as Saleh delays Yemeni election The Independent
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In this image made from amateur video released by the so-called Shams News Network, a loosely organized anti-Assad group and accessed via The Associated Press Television News on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, military armored vehicles are seen in the central city of Hama, Syria. Can the Assad Regime Survive? Middle East Online
Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is wheeled out of a court house in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012. Egypt: Hosni Mubarak's lawyers begin defence after prosecution calls for death penalty The Daily Telegraph
An Iraqi Army soldier stands next to wreckage from a car bomb in the Shiite neighborhood of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010. Suicide bomber kills 53 in Iraq The Siasat Daily
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Greek Defense Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos, right, and his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak review a special forces military honor guard at the Defense Ministry in Athens, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012. Israel says decision on attack on Iran is not close CNN
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban announces his government's new economic rescue package programme during the plenary session of the lawmakers in the parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Tuesday, June 8, 2010. EU takes legal action against Hungary Al Jazeera
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