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U.S. Works Up Plan for Using Nuclear Arms
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The Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration has directed the military to prepare contingency plans to use nuclear weapons against at least seven countries and to build smaller nuclear weapons for use in certain battlefield situations, according to a classified Pentagon report obtained by the Los Angeles Times.
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Pentagon broadens nuclear strategy
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Los Angeles Times
The secret report, which was provided to Congress Jan. 8, says the Pentagon needs to be prepared to use nuclear weapons against China, Russia, Iraq, North Korea, Syria, Iran and Libya.
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12 Iranians Turned Over to Americans
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The New York Times
GANDAHAR, Afghanistan, March 8 — Twelve Iranians apparently seeking to secure the allegiance of commanders in western Afghanistan have been seized by Afghans and handed over to American military officials here, an Afghan familiar with the details of their capture said.
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Inside the Ring
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The Washington Times
U.S. intelligence agencies recently gathered military intelligence indicating Russia's defense industry is helping Iran build an advanced electronic warfare system design to thwart U.S. sensors.
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US Embassy bomb victims file suit against Iran
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Daily Star
WASHINGTON: Victims of the 1983 bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut have filed a \$5 billion lawsuit against Iran, accusing Tehran of sponsoring the attack.
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MOVIE REVIEW, When Politics Upend Family Life
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Los Angeles Times
At the outset of the absorbing and pertinent "Maryam," the Armins of suburban New Jersey seem a typical affluent American family, to themselves and to their neighbors.
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Tehran has little to say on Saudi peace plan
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Daily Star
Iran said Monday that it was largely in the dark about a peace proposal put forward by Saudi Arabia even as the 57-member Organization of the Islamic Conference, of which Iran is a member, threw its weight behind Crown Prince Abdullah's plan.
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Iran: Daily urges political parties to stress solidarity
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IRNA
Tehran, Mar 9, IRNA -- `Iran Daily' on Saturday called on political
parties to stress solidarity and the larger interests of the nation
in their goals and objectives as a means of confronting the latest US
threats and intimidation agianst Iran.
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Nasrallah: Hizbullah tried to get Katyushas to Palestinians
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Daily Star
Hizbullah's secretary-general admitted Friday that the two Lebanese suspects arrested and later released by Jordanian authorities were trying to smuggle Katyusha rockets to Palestinian militants in the Occupied Territories.
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Afghan king says war on terror is 'useless'
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AP
ROME - (AP) - As his scheduled return to Kabul approaches, Afghanistan's last king has been quoted as describing the U.S.-led war on terror as ''stupid and useless'' and calling for its immediate end.
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U.S. Evicts Pastor From Iran Ambassador Residence
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Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. marshals on Friday evicted a Christian fundamentalist pastor from the residence of the former Iranian ambassador in Washington for failing to pay the rent of \$15,000 a month for four years, a spokesman said.
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State Department evicts woman from former Iranian embassy for $750,000 in back rent
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Associated Press
It looked like a yard sale at Iran's former embassy Friday after U.S. marshals evicted a woman who had been living there and piled her mattresses, dresser drawers and office furniture onto the sidewalk.
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Bush vows to pursue war on terrorists
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Los Angeles Times
T. PETERSBURG, Fla. - A tearful President Bush, speaking to a crowd that included the families of two soldiers killed in Afghanistan this week, vowed yesterday that the United States would remain ''relentless and determined'' in fighting terrorists.
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Allied dossier links Saddam to al-Qa'eda
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Telegraph
BRITAIN and America have compiled an intelligence-based dossier alleging that Saddam Hussein has developed increasingly close links with the al-Qa'eda terrorist group, it was disclosed yesterday.
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Iran: Power Struggle Paralyzes Reformist-Led Student Movement
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RFE/RL
Iran's largest student organization is in turmoil as conservative students have recently challenged the long-standing dominance of the movement by reformist activists. As RFE/RL correspondent Charles Recknagel reports, the crisis may be in equal parts about politics and personal ambitions.
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Iran's Qaem-Maqami checkmates Indian at world challenge
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IRNA
New Delhi, March 9, IRNA -- Ehsan Qaem-Maqami of Iran defeated his
Indian rival Friday in the fourth round of World Chess Grand Masters
Championships underway in Raipur, India.
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Iran-U.S. Barbie War started
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Gulf News
Sara and Dara, a twin dolls dressed in traditional Islamic Iranian clothing, have been born here after six years of delay, marking the actual beginning of the Barbie War between the U.S. and Iran.
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The first 'Jewish doll '
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BBC
Step aside Barbie and Ken. They already have competition from the Muslim world in the form of the new, modestly-dressed Iranian doll called Sara. Sara never goes out without a headscarf or her brother Dara.
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Patriarch: Most Muslims want peace
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The Boston Globe
ROOKLINE - The highest-ranking Christian leader in the Muslim world says ''some circles'' of Islam are at war with the West, but Islam itself is not inherently violent. In a wide-ranging interview during a three-day visit to Hellenic College and the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology that ended yesterday, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew said he sees signs of increased openness toward religious tolerance in the Muslim world.
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Burqa still a symbol of fear
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SMH
On November 19, the New York Times ran an article entitled "Behind the Burka", focusing on a 56-year-old woman from Afghanistan who had no schooling, eight children and a dead husband. The piece talked about her "liberation" from the Taliban, and concluded: "Now, at least, she is free to beg." This is the "liberation" that has reached the women of Afghanistan since the collapse of the Taliban government.
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Powell's misfire
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The Jerusalem Post
(March 8) - It is extremely unfortunate that US Secretary of State Colin Powell would choose this time, of all times, to ratchet up his criticism of Israel. At a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Powell said, "If you declare war on the Palestinians and think you can solve the problem by seeing how many Palestinians can be killed, I don't know if that leads us anywhere."
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Envoy's role linked to Arab backing on Iraq
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The Guardian
The decision to dispatch the US special envoy General Anthony Zinni to the Middle East was the price Washington was forced to pay for the tacit compliance of its Arab allies with an eventual offensive on Iraq, diplomats and analysts said yesterday. Thursday.
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Weather Holds Up U.S. Assault on Al Qaeda in Caves
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Reuters
GARDEZ/BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The U.S. military said blizzards in east Afghanistan held back on Saturday a battle to rout al Qaeda fighters "hunkered down" in caves, frustrating Washington hopes of a swift end to fighting.
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