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• Iran president aide resists pressure to quit over Israel

  - 2008-08-20

  TEHRAN AFP — A close aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed on Wednesday to remain at his post despite pressure to quit over his remark that Iranians are "friends with Israelis", a report said. "A servant of the people never resigns," the Fars news agency quoted Vice President Esfandiar...

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• Iranian president arrives in Turkey for nuclear talks

  - 2008-08-14

  ISTANBUL AFP — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flew into Turkey on Thursday for two days of talks on bilateral ties and Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. Ahmadinejad is scheduled to hold talks with President Abdullah Gul later Thursday and with Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday on his first ever...

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• Sadat family angered by Iranian film's 'traitor' portrayal

  - 2008-07-06

  CAIRO AFP — The family of former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat has threatened to sue the Iranian producers of a documentary film portraying his 1981 assassination as the killing of a traitor by a martyr. The documentary, entitled "Assassination of a Pharaoh," has already been shown on Iranian television,...

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• Iran daily banned for criticising president

  - 2008-06-21

  TEHRAN AFP — A conservative daily in Iran has been banned for publishing articles and images deemed critical of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the official IRNA news agency reported on Saturday. Tehran Emrouz, launched a year and a half ago, is close to conservatives critical of Ahmadinejad. The agency...

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• Bush begins last Europe tour hoping to keep pressure on Iran

  - 2008-06-10

  BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia AFP — US President George W. Bush heads into an EU summit Tuesday seeking to tighten the squeeze on Iran's nuclear programme, a central message of his farewell European tour. Ahead of the summit the US leader, already dismissed by some officials in Brussels as...

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• Nuclear-armed Iran would be 'incredibly dangerous': Bush

  - 2008-06-10

  BRDO PRI KRANJU, Slovenia AFP — US President George W. Bush warned Tuesday that Iran, if armed with a nuclear weapon, would be "incredibly dangerous for world peace." "Iran with a nuclear weapon would be incredibly dangerous for world peace," the US president said as he attended his final...

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• Bush pushes Europe to toughen on Iran

  - 2008-06-09

  LJUBLJANA AFP — US President George W. Bush on Tuesday looked to persuade European leaders to tighten the squeeze on Iran's finances, a central message of what was likely his farewell tour of the continent. Bush, whose term ends in January, will hold talks with Slovenia's president and prime...

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• Iran expects 'different approach' from next US leader: Ahmadenijad

  - 2008-06-04

  ROME AFP — Iran expects a "different approach" from the next US president, whoever wins the November elections, President Mahmoud Ahmadenijad said in an interview published in Italy Wednesday. "Whoever wins the elections, I'm sure that the United States will change, it will have a different approach," the Iranian...

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• Exit rumored for Clinton as Democratic race climaxes

  - 2008-06-02

  WASHINGTON AFP — Hillary Clinton's last-gasp campaign to derail her rival Barack Obama's accelerating drive towards the Democratic White House nomination looked to be coming to an end Monday. Ahead of the final two primaries Tuesday in Montana and South Dakota, even the former first lady's husband hinted at...

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• Ahmadinejad wants unity with Iran's parliament

  - 2008-05-27

  TEHRAN AFP — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday urged Iran's new parliament to show unity with his government, amid expectations the chamber could be critical of his increasingly controversial economic policies. "The government and parliament should become an example of unity and harmony for the world," Ahmadinejad said in...

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