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Cuban missile crisis myth constrains today's diplomatic standoffs
World NowGlobal Focus: Fifty years after the superpowers were poised to annihilate each other over nuclear missiles sent to Cuba, the myth prevails that President Kennedy forced Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to back down by threatening to unleash nuclear war.... -
Iran earthquakes death toll rises to 300; relief efforts criticized
World NowIranian quakes: The death toll from Saturday's twin earthquakes rose to 300, officials said, as rescue efforts in northwest Iran continued and more bodies were expected to be found.... -
Iran calls Netanyahu's warnings on nuclear program 'baseless'
World NowIran shot back against the dire warnings of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu before the United Nations, calling them “baseless and absurd allegations against (its) exclusively peaceful nuclear program.” In a written statement, the... -
Iranian President Ahmadinejad barred from prison
World NowIran’s judiciary has denied President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's request to visit Tehran’s notorious Evin Prison, where the president reportedly wanted to meet with his former press adviser, Ali Akbar Javanfekr.... -
Iran president: Israel short-lived in region, will be eliminated
World NowIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday that Israel is only a short lived presence among the ancient civilizations of the Middle East, and would eventually be “eliminated.”... -
Iranian president says 'uncivilized Zionists' threaten his country
World NowIranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told the United Nations General Assembly that "uncivilized Zionists" are threatening to attack his country.... -
Aide to Iran's Ahmadinejad arrested as boss gives U.N. speech
World NowIranian authorities arrested and jailed a top press aide to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday, the culmination of a legal saga that began last year when he was convicted of publishing an "offensive" magazine article on how Iranian women should... -
U.S.-led sanctions having impact in Iran, Israeli report says
World NowWhile Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pushed for the United States to take a harder line to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, an Israeli government report says existing measures have already had an impact inside Iran.... -
Iranian police patrol tense Tehran bazaar in wake of protests
World NowIn the wake of street protests over surging prices and the plunging rial, police patrolled its central bazaar as many Tehran shops remained shuttered in silent protest Thursday. The massive marketplace had effectively been shut down Wednesday as shops... -
Sanctions, currency chaos igniting unrest in outcast Iran
World NowGlobal Focus: Tehran's cavernous Grand Bazaar has been the scene of violence this week as money traders and vendors clashed with riot police over the plummeting value of the Iranian currency being gutted by international sanctions and mismanagement by the... -
Quake relief -- and criticism -- continues in Iran
World NowAs the relief effort continued Monday in the wake of twin earthquakes which devastated a northwest region of Iran, speaker of parliament Ali Larijani, a longtime opponent of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, criticized state media as having given too... -
Kofi Annan flies to Iran to seek help on Syrian peace plan
World NowKofi Annan arrived in Tehran on Monday after having what he termed “a very candid and constructive discussion” with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus during the U.N. special envoy's latest bid to salvage his faltering six-point peace...
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