White House Report, November 29: Iran, Northern Ireland, Bahrain, Senegal, Pakistan
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International vigilance and Iran's compliance with nuclear verification processes are critical to halting that country's nuclear weapons program, says White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
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Iraqi President Jalal Talabani is scheduled to fly to Tehran to meet with his Iranian counterpart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Pressure is growing on Iraq's government and the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to look beyond the country's borders to bring an end to the ongoing violence.
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A history of official contact &#151; and near misses &#151; between U.S. and Iranian officials.
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U.S. News & World Report - The Bush administration's $75 million effort to promote democracy in Iran over the long run is likely to backfire, stiffening the resolve of the Islamic regime to hold on to power and landing democratic-minded activists in jail, a senior European diplomat tells U.S. News.
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The US has announced sweeping sanctions against Iran.
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Here are excerpts from portions of the Iraq Study Group report, which was being released Wednesday:
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Prime Minister, Tony Blair is flying to Washington this week for talks with President George W Bush. The Middle East peace process is likely to be high on the agenda following Mr Bush&#39;s victory in the US presidential election.
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France, Britain and Germany are drafting a resolution on Iran for a key meeting of the U.N. nuclear watchdog next week and Washington is pushing the trio to include some tough language, diplomats said on Thursday.
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Iranian TV and radio were monitored on 20 September for their coverage of President Ahmadinezhad's speech at the UN General Assembly the evening before.  The speech was not monitored to be fully broadcast by any Iranian TV or radio stations.
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President Bush has scheduled separate White House meetings later this month with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan, neighboring countries whose relations have sometimes been strained by terrorist hideouts along their border.
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The White House report released today shows progress on eight benchmarks, unsatisfactory progress on another eight and mixed results on the other two.
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STATE DEPARTMENT The State Department is including Saudi Arabia for the first time on its list of countries that could be subject to sanctions for violations of religious freedom.
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It has been confirmed that US Vice President Dick Cheney made a stopover at Shannon airport last night en route from Afghanistan. The White House No.2 was accompanied into the terminal building by an entourage
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While US President George W. Bush repeated his concerns over the nuclear programs of North Korea and Iran, the US Department of State backed Secretary of State Colin Powell&#39;s remarks that &quot;Iran has been developing rocket systems capable of carrying
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VIENNA : Britain, France and Germany are ready to set a November deadline for Iran to ally suspicions it is secretly making nuclear weapons, in a UN draft resolution that brings the three countries closer to the US hard line, diplomats said.
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Major powers have made progress on a   package of incentives and disincentives aimed at resolving the   Iran nuclear crisis but have not reached final agreement and   more meetings are likely, State Department spokesman Sean   McCormack said on Wednesday.
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Colin Powell&#39;s accusation this week that Iran is trying to develop a nuclear ballistic missile was based on information that is from a single, unvetted source, the Washington Post claimed today.