Oil price weakness pressures Iran, Venezuela -CIA

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ImageReuters: Weak global oil prices threaten to destabilize major oil producers Iran and Venezuela, but Russia is better able to manage because of its sovereign investments, CIA Director Michael Hayden said on Thursday.

Iran’s Ahmadinejad joins Gaza crisis summit in Qatar

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ImageAFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad left for Qatar on Friday to take part in a regional summit on the Gaza crisis that was also to be attended by a string of other Israeli foes including Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, the official IRNA news agency reported.

US takes poke at Iran in signing UAE civil nuclear deal

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ImageAFP: The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Friday signed a deal to cooperate in civilian nuclear energy, which Washington says contrasts with Iran's defiant nuclear ambitions.

Pakistan to go ahead with Iran gas pipeline project

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ImageBloomberg: Pakistan plans to proceed with a project to import natural gas from Iran through a $7.6 billion pipeline that’s been delayed for more than a decade because of political and security concerns.

Hayden: al-Qaida boxed in, Iran near nuke decision

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ImageAP: The CIA has hampered al-Qaida's free rein in the tribal region of western Pakistan, and Iran appears to be nearing a decision on whether to build a nuclear warhead, departing CIA chief Michael Hayden said Thursday.

Iran president: ‘Not feasible’ for Israel to live

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ImageAP: A top Israeli envoy delivered his country's stance on a cease-fire agreement in Gaza to Egyptian mediators trying to seal a truce on Thursday. The Iranian president said the fighting showed Israel's continued existence in the region is "not feasible."

Iran interested in Boeing jets

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ImageAP: A top Iranian aviation official says his country is prepared to order passenger planes from Boeing if the United States lifts sanctions against Iran

Israeli charged with passing information to Iran

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ImageAP: Israel's Shin Bet security service says an Israeli citizen has been charged with passing information to Iranian intelligence agents.

Ahmadinejad accuses Arab states of complicity in ‘genocide’

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ImageAFP: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday accused some Arab and Islamic states of complicity in "genocide" being carried out against Palestinians in Gaza.

Iran charges 2 doctors with Boston ties

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ImageBoston Globe: Two celebrated Iranian AIDS doctors with ties to Boston have been charged by Iran with seeking to overthrow the government, according to the Cambridge-based group Physicians for Human Rights.