If her plan of action at the UN seemed to be in place as she attacked Ahmadinejad’s ‘flawed election’ to a second term, her hair wasn’t
Iran releases one American hiker, two still held - BBC
Sarah Shroud heads for Tehran after being held for over a year
Ahmadinejad offers friendship and taunts U.S. in same breath - AP
Iran’s president offered friendship to the United States but also taunted Washington by saying he does not fear an attack by the U.S. because it could not even defeat a small army in Iraq
Iran plans third enrichment plant - CNN
Iran plans to begin construction of 10 uranium enrichment centers across the country by next year, state-run media is quoting Iran’s nuclear chief as saying
Iran denies report of attempted assassination of president - NYT
Earlier accounts indicated Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the target of a grenade attack
Bombers, missiles could end Iran nukes - Washington Times
A Pentagon strike against Iran would rely heavily on the B-2 bomber and cruise missiles to try to destroy the regime’s ability to make nuclear weapons, analysts say
Did the surge work?
Indeed, while we have been focused on the threat from al Qaeda in Iraq, neighboring Arab countries appear to be increasingly concerned with the growing Iranian influence
Obama's NASA: Fly me to the crescent moon
I have a simple way for Muslim-majority nations to excel in science and technology: Have everyone read a list of Jewish scientists who have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry, or Medicine in the past century
Iran bars two UN nuclear inspectors over report - BBC NEWS
US President Barack Obama said the punishment, for continuing to defy resolutions ordering it to suspend all enrichment of uranium, was an unmistakable message on stopping the spread of nuclear arms
EU leaders approve fresh sanctions against Iran - BBC News
The fresh EU sanctions include a ban on investments, technical assistance and technology transfers to Iran’s key oil and gas industry
Ahmadinejad says Iran nuclear fuel deal 'still alive' - BBC News
Iranian nuclear deal with Turkey and Brazil remains on the table
Putin says Russia will freeze missile sales to Iran - Reuters
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has told France that Moscow will freeze a delivery of S-300 missiles to Iran
A nation of immigrants
We will be the best only as long as our workers and entrepreneurs are the best trained, best equipped, and best incentivized to continually perfect processes and innovate. America is exceptional among nations in that it is almost totally a nation of immigrants
Will our peace prize-winner lead us into a new war
When the Obama administration spends its first year “extending an open hand,” the wolves of jihad gather
As U.S. military sees finish line in Iraq, Allawi has doubts
Every day there’s a new development in the Iraqi election dispute and more frequent, fresh attacks. “I really don’t know how it will end,” said former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi. He may not see the finish line but the U.S. military does. “We are on track with our responsible drawdown plan,” said Maj. Gen. Stephen Lanza, a U.S. military spokesman
Mothers of jailed US hikers in Iran return home empty-handed - AFP
‘The pain of having to leave Tehran without our children is almost more than we can bear,’ Nora Shourd said after landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport
UK's Cameron, Clegg finalize coalition deal - AP
Promise support for the Afghan war and a ‘close and frank’ relationship with the United States
Wayward policy toward Turkey a benefit to Iran
It would be a grave mistake for the UN Security Council to further separate countries like Turkey and Brazil from the heavyweights of the Western world, and give them the message that they have no say in global peace and security. Iranians will surely celebrate such side benefits
Iraq signs oil field deal with Chinese, Turkish firms - AFP
Energy giant CNOOC and Turkey’s TPAO will develop a major southern oilfield complex, its 11th deal with foreign energy firms as Baghdad aims to boost crude output
Ron Paul challenges GOP’s foreign policy agenda
Paul garnered applause from more youthful members of the audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference. But boos were heard as well. Many establishment GOP activists appear to have become wedded to a big-government foreign policy