TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's presidential candidates ended a hard-fought and bitter campaign on Thursday, the eve of an election which reformists hope will prevent hardline Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning a second term. The campaign has seen unprecedented political mudslinging and large rallies ...Read More
Reporting from Washington - With the Senate's 60-39 vote to proceed to debate, after Thanksgiving, on a healthcare bill that the president is seeking by year's end, the debate of the 2010 midterm elections has been joined. Democrats, in control of ...Read More
(CNN) -- Romanians were voting Sunday in presidential elections dominated by the collapse last month of the country's ruling coalition and the severe impact of the economic crisis on the European Union member state.
Polls suggest center right incumbent Traian Basescu, ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - A former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. IRNA quoted the Tehran prosecutor, Abbas Jafari ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's official news agency reports a former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's postelection unrest. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as vice president during former ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran -An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday. Mohammad ...Read More
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's armed forces launched large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to show off the country's deterrence capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear program.
The display of military muscle comes at a ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran's state TV says the country has begun large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack.
The Sunday report says the five-day drill will cover an area one third of the size ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran - A top reformer has been sentenced to six years in jail after he stood trial on charges of fomenting unrest to topple the Iranian regime. Lawyer Saleh Nikbakht said Sunday that former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi has ...Read More
Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran plans to launch a large aerial military exercise Sunday to prepare for any possible attack, state media said.
The five-day exercise was to cover a vast area in the country's northwest, west, south and southwest, Press ...Read More
Iran's President is scheduled to begin his tour to five countries in Africa and South America on Sunday days after the Israeli president ended a tour aimed at rallying support against Tehran.
â??Iranian President (Mahmoud Ahmadinejad) will visit Brazil, Bolivia, Venezuela, ...Read More
I swear, I find no no joy in being Debbie Downer. I really wish I could celebrate the Senate's 60-39 vote to begin the debate on health care legislation, narrowly holding off the blocking tactic of the Republicans. I am ...Read More
TEHRAN (AP) — Iran is set to begin air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, Gen. Ahmad Mighani of the Iranian Air Force said Saturday. The drills reflect the country's concern that Israel could ...Read More
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington - The Senate prepared for a rare Saturday night vote as the second of the trio of centrist Democrats announced today that she will stand with her party on the procedural issue of bringing ...Read More
WASHINGTON-Debate resumed Saturday in the Senate over health-care legislation, as the chamber moved toward an evening vote on whether to bring the bill to the floor. The vote will be the first test in the full Senate for Senate Majority Leader ...Read More
WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats made a forceful case on Saturday for legislation to revamp the nation's health care system, condemning the practices of insurers and decrying the plight of the uninsured in a parade of floor speeches aimed at cementing ...Read More
ST.PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday harshly criticized officials in the ruling Kremlin-backed party for abusing their positions in order to win elections, saying the party must learn to win fairly. The statement was Medvedev's strongest criticism yet ...Read More
WASHINGTON — Democratic senators pressed ahead Saturday toward a crucial first vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, a test of party unity in the face of solid Republican opposition.
"There's much we need to do to make sure we ...Read More
TEHRAN, IRAN — Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday. The five-day drill will involve Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard and the regular army and ...Read More
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said.
Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani also suggested Iran could itself produce an advanced missile defense system ...Read More
TEHRAN, Iran—Iranian state TV is reporting that the country will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting nuclear facilities against any possible attack. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, who heads an air force unit dealing with threats to Iran's air ...Read More
