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• Iran says it forced down Western plane
TEHRAN, Iran - Iranian news reports claimed Tuesday that Iran forced down a Western aircraft that accidentally entered its airspace, then allowed the plane to continue to Afghanistan after questioning its passengers. The state-owned Al-Alam, Iran's ...
• Iran interfering in U.S.-Iraq pact, general says
Iranian officials have denied undue interference in Iraqi affairs. They accuse the United States of using Tehran as a scapegoat for what Iranian officials describe as failed American policy in Iraq. Many Iraqi lawmakers and government officials ...
• Iraq pressured on future of U.S. troops
Neighboring Iran stepped up pressure against the proposed agreement, with President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad telling a visiting Iraqi official that Iraq had "a duty" to resist the Americans and another Iranian leader warning of unspecified consequences ...
• Author: Peace Prizes miss Nobel's intent
Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi in 2003; Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai in 2004; and economist Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank in 2006. Matter of interpretation Peace prize awards committee secretary Geir Lundestad disagreed ...
• U.S.-Iraq security pact faces hurdles
For the Iraqi leadership, however, political crosscurrents have grown more complicated because of upcoming provincial elections and strong Iranian opposition to any security agreement. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Iraqi Foreign ...