Columbia Still Roiled by Iranian's Visit
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NEW YORK -- When the head of Columbia University suggested that free speech was banned in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only disagreed, he also invited Lee C. Bollinger to come and see for himself.
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President's tour moves to the Gulf amid concerns about escalating tensions between US and Tehran
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 26 -- After several days of controversy, heckling and vitriolic headlines in the local tabloid newspapers, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to New York was capped Wednesday by a 76 to 22 U.S. Senate vote calling on the Bush administration to designate the Irania...
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In his outward persona at least, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to this country to lessen hostility toward himself and to defend Iran, not to rabble-rouse and provoke hatred. Whether he succeeded remains an open question.
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The wife of California businessman Ali Shakeri yesterday appealed to the Iranian government for information on her husband, who has been detained since May 8, as the State Department charged that Tehran is engaged in a "disturbing pattern" of harassment against dual U.S.-Iranian citizens.
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Analysis: A hardening of positions in both Washington and Tehran have created something of a diplomatic perfect storm
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In a hostile environment at Columbia University, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran meandered from science and religion to politics.
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Parnaz Azima, one of several Americans  detained in Iran, said yesterday that her lawyers and Iranian officials have warned that her case could take years to resolve and appealed to the State Department to keep pressure on Tehran over the fate of the imprisoned or detained Americans.
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The U.S. ambassador in Baghdad suspects that, despite the posturing,  his talks with Iranians may have brought some changes for the better
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Lebanon&#39;s ambassador to Washington, Farid Abboud, who traveled to New York to observe part of the Republican National Convention, was on double duty this week in the back halls of the United Nations.
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One of Iran's top reform politicians said Wednesday that demonizing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad &#151; such as in this week's Columbia University forum &#151; only strengthens hard-liners' hand as Iranians rally around their otherwise unpopular leader.
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TEHRAN - Iranians expressed dismay yesterday at the tough reception given to their president in New York, saying his host was rude and only fueled the image of the United States as a bully.
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Face to face with Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the man whose swagger is stirring fears of war with the U.S.
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Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad defended Holocaust deniers and raised questions about who carried out the Sept. 11 attacks in a tense showdown Monday at Columbia University where the school's head introduced the visitor by calling him a "petty and cruel dictator."
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By Aaron Gould Sheinin, The State, Columbia, S.C.  Mar.
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U.S. officials tag elements from Tehran but can't seem to finger their Iraqi cohorts.
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Democrat Barack Obama says he probably wouldn't have invited Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to speak at Columbia University but would be willing as president to meet with the Iranian leader as a way to protect U.S. interests.