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  Protege of Iran's Ahmadinejad vows comeback

  World | July 02, 2013 15:46 IST

  Tehran, Jul 2: A protege of Iran's outgoing president says Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his allies will make a comeback as a future force in Iranian politics.A report on Tuesday by the pro-reform Shargh daily quotes

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  Ahmadinejad, Lukashenko head for Chavez's funeral

  World | March 08, 2013 7:57 IST

  Minsk, March 8: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko are travelling to Caracas to attend the funeral of late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, state television reported.President Lukashenko decided to personally pay tribute

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  Iran Ready For Nuclear Talks : Ahmadinejad

  World | January 26, 2012 19:24 IST

  Tehran, Jan 26: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today that Iran is ready to sit down with world powers for talks on its nuclear programme as he brushed off the harmful effect of newly imposed sanctions.“They

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  Iran Not To Budge Even An Iota, Says Ahmadinejad

  World | November 09, 2011 21:55 IST

  Dubai, Nov 9: A defiant Iran today vowed not to budge even “one iota” from its nuclear programme as international pressure mounted on Tehran to backtrack from any move to develop atomic weapons.“Iranians will not

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  US Walks Out As Iran Delivers Anti-US Speech

  World | September 23, 2011 11:27 IST

  United Nations, Sept 23: American diplomats led a walkout at the U.N. General Assembly Thursday as Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad fiercely attacked the United States and major West European nations as “arrogant powers” ruled by

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  Fire at refinery around time of Ahmadinejad visit

  World | May 25, 2011 13:06 IST

  Tehran, May 25 : An explosion rocked Iran's largest refinery on Tuesday around the time of a visit to the plant by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, with some Iranian media reports saying at least two people

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  Bahrain Locks Down Kingdom As Uprising Surges

  World | March 17, 2011 12:48 IST

  Manama, Bahrain, Mar 17: Soldiers and riot police in Bahrain overran a protesters' camp, imposed a 12-hour curfew and choked off movement in this tiny island kingdom that has been rocked by a month of

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  Ahmadinejad Says Iran May End Enrichment

  World | September 25, 2010 14:36 IST

  New York: Iran would consider ending uranium enrichment, the most crucial part of its controversial nuclear activities, if world powers send Tehran nuclear fuel for a medical research reactor, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said.  Addressing a

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  US, West Envoys Walk Out Of UN Assembly As Ahmadinejad Blasts US

  World | September 24, 2010 13:54 IST

  New York, Sept 24:  The US delegation, followed by envoys from Sweden, UK and other western countries,  walked out of the UN speech of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in New York on Thursday after he