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President Barack Obama delivers remarks at a conservation event at the U.S. Dept. of Interior in Washington, Friday, March, 2, 2012. Military attack final option against Iran, warns Obama Sat 3 Mar 2012
SHARE AND DISCUSSTweetObama has said that he would order the US military to destroy Iran's nuclear programme as a final option, if economic sanctions fail to compel... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) The Times of India
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Japanese police officers stand by bodies of victims while searching for missing people at a devastated area in Namie of Fukushima Prefecture, northeastern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2011. In the background is part of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex. Fukushima: Far More ‘Chronic and Lasting’ Cesium Contamination Than Previously Believed Sat 3 Mar 2012
Share A “mind-boggling” amount of radioactive cesium, or twice the amount previously thought, may have spewed from the crippled Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power... (photo: AP / Hiro Komae) Pakalert Press
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ahmadinejad rivals leading in parliament vote Sat 3 Mar 2012
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Conservative rivals of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad are leading in the race for parliament seats according to early election results. The... (photo: Creative Commons / Ícaro Messias) The Guardian
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An Iranian cleric casts his ballot during the parliamentary elections at Masoumeh shrine in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 2, 2012. Iran’s Government Declares Huge Turnout in First National Vote Since ’09 Protests Sat 3 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON — Iran’s government declared an enormous turnout for the parliamentary elections held Friday, calling it another “epic” sign of support... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) The New York Times
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President Barack Obama arrives to speak at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) convention in Washington, Sunday, May 22, 2011, after a contentious couple of days this week when he clashed publicly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over ideas for a permanent Palestinian state. Obama tries to reassure Israel about US stand on Iran Fri 2 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON -- Iran's nuclear ambitions will take center stage Monday when President Barack Obama meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid rising global... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) The Miami Herald
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President Barack Obama delivers the 2010 State of the Union address Barack Obama says he's not bluffing on Iran Fri 2 Mar 2012
In his most expansive remarks on the issue thus far, Obama told The Atlantic magazine that Iran and Israel both understand that "a military component" is among... (photo: Public Domain / Tktru) The Independent
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Sri Lankan Muslims shout slogans during a protest against Saudi Arabia in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 8, 2011. Protesters demanded a pardon for Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek, awaiting beheading in a Saudi Arabia prison, who is convicted for the death of an infant under her charge. Nafeek was first sentenced to death in 2007, sparking protests by international human rights groups that say Nafeek was a minor when the incident took place and that the infant died because of suffocation when the maid tried to bottle-feed him. Saudi Arabia’s Free Pass Fri 2 Mar 2012
Saudi Arabia’s record is no better than Iran’s when it comes to respect for human rights. Yet the international community always manages to overlook the Wahhabi monarchy.... (photo: AP / Eranga Jayawardena) CounterPunch
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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in New York City, Thursday, March 1, 2012. Obama will be speaking at 4 fundraisers while in New york City. Obama Says Military Option on Iran Not a ‘Bluff’ Fri 2 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON — President Obama, speaking days before a crucial meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, rejected suggestions that the West could... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) The New York Times
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President Barack Obama signs the Iran Sanctions Bill imposing tough new sanctions against Iran as further punishment for the country's continuing ambitions to become a nuclear power, Thursday, July 1, 2010, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Looking on, from left are: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Howard Berman, D-Calif., House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer of Md., House Minority Whip Rep. Eric Cantor of Va., U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. In interview, Obama says he's not bluffing on Iran Fri 2 Mar 2012
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says he means it when he insists it's unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon. "I don't bluff," Obama said in an... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) The Wichita Eagle
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Mojtaba Zolnouri, a former top official with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, left, talks on his mobile phone as the other clerics queue to cast their ballots during the parliamentary elections at Masoumeh shrine in the city of Qom, 78 miles (125 kilometers) south of the Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 2, 2012. The balloting for the 290-member parliament is the first major voting since the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and the mass protests and crackdowns that followed.. What Iran’s election means Fri 2 Mar 2012
Editor's Note: Meir Javedanfar is an Iranian – Israeli Middle East analyst and the co-author of The Nuclear Sphinx of Tehran: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and The State of... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) CNN
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In a Sept. 19, 2008 file photo Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks during Friday prayer ceremony in Tehran, Iran. Iran leader Ayatollah Khamenei seeks high vote turnout Fri 2 Mar 2012
The ballot for the 290-member parliament is the first major voting since the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in June 2009 and the mass protests and... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) The Independent
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Red Crescent plans to enter Bab Amr Red Crescent plans to enter Bab Amr Fri 2 Mar 2012
The Syrian Arab Red Crescent is set to enter a besieged district of Homs following a retreat by rebels in the face of government shelling and a threatened ground... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré) Al Jazeera
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A riot policeman runs after Bahraini anti-government protesters Thursday, Feb. 23, 2012, in the western village of Malkiya, Bahrain, as police dispersed a rally showing support for the jailed hunger-striking activist Abdulhadi al-Khawaja. Bahrain delays UN investigator visit Fri 2 Mar 2012
The Bahraini government has imposed restrictions on groups attempting to monitor reforms and has asked a United Nations investigator to delay a visit to investigate... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) Al Jazeera
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Aid agencies poised to enter Syria's Homs Aid agencies poised to enter Syria's Homs Fri 2 Mar 2012
DAMASCUS ' Aid agencies scrambled to get relief convoys into the Syrian city of Homs on Friday after regime forces overran its Baba Amr neighbourhood ending a nearly... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferré) Khaleej Times
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An Iranian woman casts her ballot for parliamentary elections at a polling station in Tehran, Iran, Friday, March 2, 2012. Iran votes in test for Ahmadinejad Fri 2 Mar 2012
Iran on Friday was electing a new parliament in the first nationwide poll since a bitterly contested 2009 vote that returned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to power,... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) Jakarta Globe
Election   Iran   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Iranian legislative election, 2012
Serbian President Boris Tadic speaks during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2012. EU grants Serbia candidate status Fri 2 Mar 2012
European Union leaders have endorsed Serbia as a candidate for membership in the 27-nation bloc. Thursday's confirmation of candidate status is seen as a historic step... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo) Al Jazeera
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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. Oil highest since 2008 on Saudi pipeline report Thu 1 Mar 2012
Tweet NEW YORK: Oil surged nearly 5 percent on Thursday to its highest level since crude's record run in 2008 after a late report out of Iran of a pipeline fire in top... (photo: AP / Richard Drew) The Times of India
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Iranians pass by an electoral posters covered by posters of different candidates two days ahead of Iran's parliamentary elections, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012, in north of Tehran, Iran. The Politics of Iran's Parliamentary Elections Thu 1 Mar 2012
Co-authored by Angie Ahmadi For several weeks now, Iran's parliamentary elections have been dismissed by many as an unimportant, farcical show by the regime. To be sure,... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Huffington Post
Election   Iran   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Iranian legislative election, 2012
Syrian army soldiers stand guard at Sheikh Daher Square after the violence between security forces and armed groups in Latakia, northwest of Damascus, Syria, on Sunday, March 27, 2011. Syrian rebels quit besieged Homs Thu 1 Mar 2012
BEIRUT - Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Khaleej Times
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Barack Obama California visit Obama's Gas Line Thu 1 Mar 2012
By Ralph R. Reiland on 3.1.12 @ 6:05AM Alas for him, the hikes in gasoline prices are eclipsing his vaunted payroll tax cut. The Washington politicians were in full... (photo: Creative Commons / Flickr upload bot) American Spectator
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