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Shock success for French far right
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BBC
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Le Pen said it was a "big defeat" for main candidates
Early results released after the close of voting in the French presidential election suggest that far-right leader Jean Marie
Le Pen is through to the second round.
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Brahimi in Iran for talks on future of Afghanistan
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Iran Mania
Tehran -- UN special representative to Afghanistan Lakhdar Brahimi held talks with Iranian Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi Saturday on the future of Afghanistan, the official IRNA agency reported.
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China and Iran move closer
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BBC
The leaders of China and Iran have pledged greater co-operation during an historic meeting in Tehran.
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Iranian ambassador protests against map that includes part of Iran in Azerbaijan
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The Associated Press
Baku, Azerbaijan - The Iranian ambassador protested Sunday against maps published by Azerbaijani President Geidar Aliev's political party that include parts of northern Iran in Azerbaijani territory.
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Iran and the Israeli crimes
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The Arabic News
The spokesman for the Iranian foreign ministry Hameed Rida Asifi stressed Israel's responsibility for the "brutal massacres committed in the occupied Palestinian territories,"
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Iranian radio comments on cooperation with China, India and Russia
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BBC Monitoring Service
The visit to Iran by Jiang Zemin and his 180-member entourage of political and economic delegates, and the signing of six documents for cooperation between Tehran
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Iran daily: Misplaced fears of a return of the monarchy
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IRNA
Tehran -- "Ever since the fall of the Taliban and
establishment of the interim government in Afghanistan most, if not
all, anticipated an early return of former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah,
to his country," the English-newspaper `Iran Daily' wrote on Sunday.
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Iran takes hostile tone toward United States
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The Washington Times
Nicosia, Cyprus — Iran's Islamic rulers have stepped up anti-American propaganda in what diplomats consider to be an about-face after last fall's overtures to the United States.
The change, according to diplomats, was triggered by what is perceived by Iran to be U.S. backing for Israeli repression in the Palestinian territories.
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Family Wins $21 Million in Mideast Hijacking
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The Washington Post
Since 1985, when hijackers dumped his body on a tarmac in Beirut, the family of Navy diver Robert D. Stethem has watched as their son and brother has been posthumously awarded the Bronze Star for heroism and had a guided-missile destroyer named for him.
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Minister says Iran lags behind its neighbours in aluminium industry
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BBC Monitoring Service
Eshaq Jahangiri said here Saturday [20 April] that Iran, despite its 30 years experience, lags behind its neighbours in the aluminium industry.
Speaking at the inauguration ceremonies for the Arak Aluminium Plant expansion, he added that a plan envisioned in the ministry stipulates for the aluminium production capacity to increase to one million tons during the fourth five-year development plan.
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Ailing figure's rally cry challenges hard-line clerics
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The Boston Globe
Tehran - The top opponent of Iran's ruling clerics returned yesterday from the United States in a surprising gesture that could give momentum to reformists facing a relentless crackdown.
Ailing but defiant, Ebrahim Yazdi promised to continue his efforts to bring more openness to Iranian society and weaken the powerful grip of the conservative theocracy.
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Queen to visit British mosque for first time
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The Telegraph
The Queen will go to a British mosque for the first time this summer as part of an effort to celebrate religious and cultural diversity during her Golden Jubilee.
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Iran seeks to export weapons to Gulf
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MENL
Nicosia -- Iran wants to market its defense systems to Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf.
Iranian officials said Gulf Cooperation Council states represent a major market for Teheran's state-owned defense industry. Iran has been promoting such platforms as tanks, mini-submarines, unmanned air vehicles, rockets, reconnaissance systems and protection against the fallout from nonconventional weapons.
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Monitor Breakfast: Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
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The Christian Science Monitor
Selected quotations from a Monitor Breakfast with Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr., chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Sen. Joe Biden was first elected to the Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, the second youngest person ever elected to the body. The voters of Delaware have re-elected him 4 times and he is running again this year. From 1987 to 1995 Senator Biden chaired the Judiciary Committee. His last appearance at a Monitor ... more
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Karzai reaches out to Islamic leaders; calls on them to help Afghanistan
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The Associated Press
Kabul -- Interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai told religious leaders from across Afghanistan on Sunday that they wouldn't be punished for supporting the Taliban, and asked for their help in rebuilding the country.
"We should not arrest people on the pretext of being Taliban," Karzai told a seminar of mullahs from every province of Afghanistan. "A powerful hand was behind the Taliban. I don't think there are any Taliban here any more."
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