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The War and the West
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
The war that began with the terrorist attacks of 9/11 has
been defined in different ways for political purposes.
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Europe isn't being helpful, Evil in Baghdad and Tehran
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International Herald Tribune
PARIS Listening to the chorus of European criticism of President George W. Bush's "axis of evil" speech, I found myself recalling an evening spent nearly 20 years ago in the apartment of a Soviet dissident in Moscow.
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Bush Issues New Threat to Iran, Iraq, N.Korea
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Reuters
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) issued a new warning to Iraq, Iran and North Korea (news - web sites) on Monday, saying the United States had a mission to stop nations developing weapons of mass destruction from teaming up with terrorists.
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Daschle: Bush's 'Axis' Phrase Wrong
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Associated Press
WASHINGTON Senate Majority leader Tom Daschle said President Bush was wrong to label Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an "axis of evil," giving a hint of Democratic dissent in the war on terrorism.
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US Concerned by Iran Nuke Capability
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The Associated Press
WASHINGTON - Iran may be just a few years away from developing nuclear weapons capability, contributing to a sense of urgency on the need for a more assertive policy toward that strategically placed country, U.S. officials say.
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Bush takes tough line on Iran, Iraq, N Korea
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AFP
President George W. Bush "has not ruled anything out" in dealing with North Korea, Iran, and Iraq, which he has branded the "axis of evil," the White House said.
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Washington Ready to Engage Iran If It Ends Terror-Support
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VOA News
U.S. officials say the Bush administration remains ready to hold talks with Iran, if Tehran stops sponsoring terrorism and ends its efforts to acquire weapons of mass destruction.
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BP still seeking Iran deal despite U.S. rhetoric
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Reuters
LONDON, (Reuters) - Oil major BP (quote from Yahoo! UK & Ireland: BP.L) said on Tuesday it was continuing to talk with Iran on oil investments despite the U.S., in which BP has large interests, describing the Islamic republic as part of ``an axis of evil''.
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In Iran, 'Death to America' is back
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The Christian Science Monitor
TEHRAN, IRAN - The first home-made American flag put to the torch took awhile to light yesterday, as tens of thousands Iranians celebrated the 23rd anniversary of their Islamic revolution with renewed gusto.
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Iran Plane Crash Kills All 117 on Board
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Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian airliner carrying 117 people crashed into a mountain while trying to land in western Iran Tuesday, killing all aboard, a government official and local residents said.
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Lawmakers call for minister's resignation following plane crash
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IRNA
Tehran, IRNA -- Several MPs have called for the resignation
or impeachment of Iran's Transport Minister, Ahmad Khorram, following
a plane crash with 117 aboard in a mountainous region near the western
city of Khorramabad early Tuesday morning.
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Iran MPs Angered by Threat to Gulf Oilfields
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Reuters
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Leading reformers in Iran's parliament have criticized a hard-line military commander for threatening strikes at U.S. oil interests in the Gulf, Iran's IRNA news agency reported Tuesday.
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Tehran, defiant, marks revolution
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The Washington Times
TEHRAN — Hundreds of thousands of Iranians turned out to mark the 23rd anniversary of the Islamic revolution yesterday in a rebuke of U.S. charges that Iran is part of an "axis of evil."
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Kuwait enjoys excellent relations with Iran, says Kuwaiti foreign minister
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BBC Monitoring Service
Kuwait, Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaykh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah described Kuwait's relations with Iran as "excellent" here Monday night [11 February].
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Iran: New director for the Oil Ministry appointed
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BBC Monitoring Service
Oil Minister Bizhan Namdar-Zanganeh here on Saturday [9 February] appointed Akbar Ne'matollahi as the new director general of Oil Ministry's Public Relations Office.
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Quake hits Damavand, Tehran province
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IRNA
Damavand, IRNA -- An earthquake measuring 3.5 degrees on
the open-ended Richter scale hit the city of Damavand and its
vicinity in Tehran province at 08:57 hours local time (05:27 hours
GMT) on Tuesday.
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Where are our thieves and criminals
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Iran va Jahan
A foreign reporter visiting Teheran for the anniversary of the so-called
"Revolution," sees a lot of people lined up for food in front of a mosque.
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Hizbullah admits to missiles on border
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The Daily Star
Hizbullah acknowledged on Wednesday that it has "missiles" along the border to deter Israeli aggression, as Prime Minister Rafik Hariri again told Washington that the government was growing impatient with "lies and malicious accusations" linking the country to terrorism.
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Iranians, Afghans Attempt Diplomacy, Tension Not Evident At Embassy Reception
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Washington Post Foreign Service
KABUL, Afghanistan, Feb. 11 -- The chatter was cordial, the platters of sweets and fruit plentiful and the occasion a remarkable exercise in diplomacy between a fragile host government and a neighbor that has been widely accused of trying to undermine it.
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Iran seeks Iraqi airspace permission for weapons shipments - Israel radio
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BBC Monitoring Service
Senior Israeli security sources say that Iran has launched contacts with Iraq to enable its planes to fly over Iraqi airspace to Syria in order to transfer weapons shipments to Lebanon. This is reported by our political correspondent Yoni Ben-Menahem.
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Iran's reformists on the defensive
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BBC
Iran's two main political factions are united in wanting to be seen publicly celebrating the anniversary of the revolution - and publicly condemning US President George W Bush for his "axis of evil" speech.
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Analysis: Iran and the 'axis of evil'
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BBC
Iran's inclusion in Washington's "axis of evil" has caused anger in Iran and consternation among several European governments. In the eyes of United States' officials, American-Iranian relations since the 1979 Iranian revolution and Iran's political and material backing for radical groups in the Middle East are plenty to justify its membership of the axis.
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Looking back at Iran's revolution
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BBC
The Iranian revolution unfolded amid high idealism and expectation.
Triggered by a number of social, political and economic factors the revolution began as a pro-democracy movement, but
evolved into something that was no more egalitarian than the regime of Shah Reza Pahlavi it replaced.
Revolution leader, Ayatollah Ruhallah Khomeini, spoke of democracy and freedom upon his return from exile in Paris, and
initially his government was dominated by liberal figures.
But few Iranians would have predicted that barely two years later Iran would be a theocratic state governed by strict
Islamic law, with Ayatollah Khomeini established as supreme leader.
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