Candidates widely split on Iran
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The top presidential contenders are offering markedly different ideas on how they would keep Iran from getting nuclear weapons, suddenly a central issue in the 2008 campaign.
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After railing against U.S. global  dominance at the United Nations this week, hard-line Iranian  President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad appeared with some of his  most-prominent American critics to debate issues including  Iran's nuclear program and his denial of the Holocaust.
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BAGHDAD -- Top Shi'ite politicians failed to reach a consensus yesterday on their nominee for prime minister, shifting the two-man race to a secret ballot and exposing divisions in the winning alliance.
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The debate is delaying a decision about whether to use a strategy of diplomacy or isolation in dealing with Iran.
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Americans attending Democratic presidential contender John Kerry's campaign events are an eclectic mix of undecided voters, Kerry backers and sometimes angry folks who are still struggling over their choice in the November 2 election.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire  - Republican candidates for U.S. president agreed on Tuesday that Iran must not develop atomic weapons even if a tactical nuclear strike is needed to stop it and accused Democrats of being soft on the issue.
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The campaign spotlight has focused on terrorism and the war in Iraq, but the two major presidential candidates have also put forth radically different health care proposals that reflect their core ideologies.
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Europe and the US agreed to moves to curb Iranâs nuclear ambitions tonight, but divisions emerged with so-called non-aligned nations objecting to parts of the text.
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Close to 400 people registered as candidates Saturday for Iranian parliamentary elections seen as a referendum on hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
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TEHRAN -- A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television yesterday. Hashemi Rafsanjani, considered an opponent of the current hard-line president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, had more than 1.5 million votes for ...
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The United States and Europe are   divided over negotiations with Iran, with the Bush   administration resisting a new European offer that includes a   proposal for a Middle East security "framework" for Iran if it   gives up its nuclear activities, The New York Times reported on   Saturday.
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A former Iranian president wanted in Argentina for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish cultural center was leading the race for a seat on a powerful clerical body, according to partial results of elections reported by state-run television Sunday.
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Presidential hopefuls show their antiwar stripes, but differ on how to extricate the US from Iraq.
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Iran presents a difficult balancing act for those in power in the U.S. &#151; and those seeking it. For President Bush, condemnation of Tehran's nuclear efforts must now be mixed with diplomacy. U.S. and Iranian ambassadors plan to sit down Monday in Baghdad in a rare direct meeting to discuss stabilizing Iraq.
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Suspected of seeking nuclear weapons and sponsoring terrorism, Iran could prove to be the biggest foreign policy challenge for the winner of the presidential election.
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Analysis: It's doubtful the Iranian President  really wanted to visit. What he really wanted was just what he got: a ferocious reaction
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Disappointed European leaders seem to be torn between pursuing efforts to engage Iran and calls for a harder line over Tehran&#39;s nuclear aims, to bring them closer to the US stance.