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Eleven nations joined Syria in voting against the resolution, most notably Russia and China, which vetoed a similar measure in the U.N. Security Council earlier this month. The VOA correspondent in New York says other nations whose ambassadors spoke...
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Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (C) listens to a question along with. Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during a joint news conference in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Ahmadinejad, accused by the West... View Photo »
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that embodies the commitments of its member countries to maintain the ecological character of their Wetlands of International Importance and to plan for the 'wise use', or sustainable use, of all of the wetlands in their territories.
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Police from Los Angeles to New York City said they were anxious about the risks, even as a senior U.S. intelligence official reassured Congress that it was unlikely Iran would attack. Law enforcement officials are keeping an eye out for potential...
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and his counterpart from Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, chat during a joint news conference with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (unseen) in the President House in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Ahmadinejad said... View Photo »
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The goal of the U.S. and other sanctions against Iran is regime collapse, a senior U.S. intelligence official said, offering the clearest indication yet that the Obama administration is at least as intent on unseating Iran’s government as it is on engaging with it.
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India, in 2008-09, purchased 21.8 million tonnes of oil from Iran, which dropped to 21 million in 2009-10, and 18.5 million tonnes in 2010-11. Even percentage wise too, there has been considerable drop in India's reliance on Iranian oil from 16.5 per...
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Israel has blamed Iran for all three attacks, and there has been speculation Hezbollah acted on behalf of its Iranian patron. Iran and Hezbollah have denied involvement in all three attacks. The Israeli official spoke on condition of anonymity because...
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Iran, (Persian: ايران , Īrān), officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (Persian: جمهوری اسلامی ايران , transliteration: Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Īrān), and formerly known as Persia in the West, is a large Western Asian country located in the Middle East and Central Asia. Its area equals the size of the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Germany... Full Article
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Illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq leave a police office in Bantul district in Indonesia's central Java province February 17, 2012. Indonesian police arrested about 34 illegal immigrants attempting to flee to Australia via Indonesian waters, local television reported.
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L), Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad join hands after a news conference in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Ahmadinejad, accused by the West of pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, said in Pakistan on...
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Presidents from Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai (L), Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari (C) and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad join hands as they pose for pictures after a news conference in the President House in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Ahmadinejad said on Friday foreign interference was the...
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Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai (L) and his counterpart from Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari, chat during a joint news conference with Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (unseen) in the President House in Islamabad February 17, 2012. Ahmadinejad said on Friday foreign interference...
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (centre L) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (centre R) talk during their meeting with their delegations at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends a meeting with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) listens to Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani (R) during a meeting at the Prime Minister House in Islamabad on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key...
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Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (R) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad shake hands for photographers before their meeting at the prime minister's residence in Islamabad February 16, 2012. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sought Pakistan's support on Thursday for advancing...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) meets with Pakistani children after receiving flowers upon his arrival at Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is surrounding by guards as he leaves the Chaklala military airbase after disembarking from his aircraft in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban and amid rising tensions between...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad walks down from his aircraft at the Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi on February 16, 2012. Pakistan on February 16 welcomed the leaders of Afghanistan and Iran for a regional summit at a key juncture in peace efforts with the Taliban and amid...
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Iranian Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, Iran's Ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Executive Director of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, UNODC, Yury Fedotov and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, from left, share a word at...
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Iranian ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA, Ali Asghar Soltanieh and Iran's Interior Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar, from left, stand together at the third Ministerial Conference of the Paris Pact Partners in Vienna, Austria, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, shakes hands with Pakistan's Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani at the prime minister's house in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected...
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Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi adjusts glasses during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said plans to cut off supplies of Iranian crude to Europe would only benefit the Islamic republic, which in the past has been heavily dependent on...
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Thai police officers escort Iranian suspect Mohammad Khazaei (C), 42, at the Immigration Bureau in Bangkok February 16, 2012. Iran has denied any role in bomb blasts in Thailand attributed to a man with an Iranian passport and accused Israel of being behind the explosions, state TV...
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Iran's Ambassador to Russia Seyed Mahmoud-Reza Sajjadi speaks during a news conference in Moscow February 16, 2012. Sajjadi said on Thursday that Tehran would accept "no preliminary conditions" for the potential start of new talks with six global powers over the country's nuclear...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrives at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on Thursday, Feb 16, 2012. The Presidents of Afghanistan and Iran convened in Pakistan for a three-way summit that is expected to focus on specific steps Islamabad can take to facilitate peace...
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad attends an unveiling ceremony of new nuclear projects in Tehran February 15, 2012.
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A September 8, 2011 file photo shows US documentary maker Sean Stone sitting next to an Iranian flag as he holds a press conference in Tehran. US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on February 14, 2012 in Iran, where he is making a...
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A September 8, 2011 file photo shows US documentary maker Sean Stone following a press conference in Tehran. US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on February 14, 2012 in Iran, where he is making a documentary, he told.
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Illegal immigrants from Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq leave a police office in Bantul district in Indonesia's central Java province February 17, 2012. Indonesian police arrested about 34 illegal immigrants attempting to flee to Australia via Indonesian waters, local television reported.
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