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5 hrs ago | Trend

Iranian Presidential hopeful Qalibaf vows to return calm, stability in 2 years

Azerbaijan, Baku, May.18/ Trend R.Zamanov Tehran's Mayor Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, who is also a presidential candidate, said that he can return calm and stability to the people's minds, Entekhab reported.

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10 hrs ago | Globe and Mail

The Iranian threat isn't nuclear - it's political

Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders. RANDY QUAN FOR THE GlOBE AND MAIL Globe and Mail columnist Doug Saunders.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Prison, 2012 Presidential Election, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama

Fri May 17, 2013

Hudson Institute

Turkey and the Dream of Ottoman Revival

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu recently visited Diyarbakir, the most important Kurdish city in Turkey's troubled Southeast.

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Related Topix: Turkey, World News, Middle East, History in the News, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Religion, Islam

Jerusalem Post

France: West should place 'decisive sanctions' against Iran

Iranian stalling tactics at IAEA talks, unresolved agreement for UN investigation into nuclear program justify increased pressure by US, Europe, according to French defense minister.

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WLNE-TV Providence

Iran may ban candidates who seek ties with US

An Uzbekistan national living in Idaho has been arrested on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist attack.

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Related Topix: Immigration Reform, World News, Middle East

Globe and Mail

Iran's election has suddenly become interesting - and uncertain

Former Iranian president Hashemi Rafsanjani waves to reporters as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013.

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Weekday Magazine

Iranian Candidate Appears To Offer Starkly Contrasting Accounts Of Crackdown

Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has entered the race for the country's presidency.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News, US Military, US Air Force

KMIZ

Live large, pay small in Panama City

When the Economist Intelligence Unit released its most recent Worldwide Cost of Living Survey, the spotlight, as ever, fell on the world's most expensive cities.

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The Age

Conservatives split on Iran's next leader

Conservatives aligned with Iran's supreme leader may enjoy his support, but their inability to rally behind one candidate could hurt their chances of replacing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president.

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Related Topix: Middle East, World News

Earthweek

Iran Quake

Iran was struck with the third deadly earthquake within a month when a 6.0 magnitude temblor killed a child and injured 20 others.

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Related Topix: Earthquake, Natural Disasters, World News,

Thu May 16, 2013

Energy Tribune

US Seeking Total Ban on Iran's Oil

After failing to halt Iran's peaceful nuclear program with harsh economic sanctions, a group of U.S. lawmakers are proposing a measure to cut off Iran entirely from world oil markets.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Robert Menendez, US Senate, Democrat, US House of Representatives, Senator Mark Kirk, Republican

CBS 47

Women can't be president in Iran, cleric says

A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog said Thursday that women cannot be presidential candidates, effectively killing the longshot bids by about 30 women seeking to run in the June 14 election.

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Real Clear Politics

A Strong Iran Is Good for U.S.

Don't defeat Iran. Shi'ism is not America's enemy. It is not in the long-term interest of the United States to side with the Sunni Arab states against Iran or vice versa.

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Related Topix: Hosni Mubarak, Iraq, World News,

Jerusalem Post

KFC chicken smuggled through Gaza tunnels

A local Egyptian delivery company has been smuggling KFC meals through the underground tunnels across the Egypt-Gaza border, the , the company gets tens of orders a week for KFC meals.

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Related Topix: World News, Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories,

Jerusalem Post

The war over preemption

Why would Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah organization, need more missiles to menace Israeli cities if, as Israel claims, he had already amassed more than 50,000 rockets and missiles capable of reaching its population centers? The answer is that he does not.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Lebanon, Syria, Israel, Opinion

Wed May 15, 2013

ClayCord.com

Walnut Creek Businessman & Martinez Resident Seeks to be Candidate in Iranian Presidential Election

In a seemingly quixotic quest, an East Bay businessman who is a dual Iranian and U.S. citizen has thrown his hat into the ring to be Iran's next president.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Martinez, CA, Walnut Creek, CA, Stanford University, San Jose State University

The Weekly Standard

Think Tank Aligned With Obama Gets Ready for a Nuclear Iran

On Monday, the Center for New American Security published an 84-page report, called " If All Else Fails: The Challenges of Containing a Nuclear-Armed Iran ." The subject matter is particularly noteworthy given the report's provenance.

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WTHR-TV Indianapolis

Iran hard-liners urge election ban on top rivals

Scientists have recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

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Related Topix: World News, Middle East, Prison, Tax, US Politics, US News, John Boehner, Republican, US House of Representatives, Agriculture, Science

Trend

Pro-reform political fronts back Rafsanjani in Iran presidential election

Azerbaijan, Baku, May.15/ Trend F.Karimov/ Pro-reform Islamic Iran Participation and the Islamic Revolution Mojahedin Organization fronts have declared they will support Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani in the upcomg presidential election in Iran, the Noruz website reported.

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Examiner.com

Iran says they have cure for multiple sclerosis with homeopathic medication

Yesterday saw news from Baku, Azerbaijan stating that a new treatment for multiple sclerosis is going to hit Iranian markets in October of this year and that it is going to be able to cure this disabling disease.

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