UPI: The U.S. military plans to create a buffer zone in the southern part of Sadr City to prevent militants launching rockets into the Green Zone in Baghdad.
U.S. plans to protect Green Zone
Ahmadinejad says Iran world’s ‘most powerful nation’
AFP: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Thursday proclaimed Iran was the "most powerful nation" in the world as the country's air force boasted of its prowess at a time of mounting tension with the West.
Clinton, Obama tackle Iran issue in debate
Reuters: The United States should offer to protect countries in the Middle East from Iran if those countries forgo nuclear weapons of their own, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.
Rice discusses Tibet, Iran with Chinese FM
AFP: US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Wednesday called her Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi to discuss the situation in Tibet and Iran's nuclear program, US officials said.
Europe urges more oversight of Iranian nuclear program
AP: The European Union has called on Iran to open its nuclear program to greater international scrutiny by joining a treaty that would let other nations review safety at its nearly finished nuclear plant.
Major powers fail to reach agreement on Iran talks: official
AFP: The five veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, plus Germany and the EU, failed Wednesday to agree on an agenda for negotiations with Iran over its nuclear programme, an official said.
Iran tells UAE firm: Agree price or lose gas
Reuters: Iran is serious in its threat to use gas it planned to sell to Crescent Petroleum domestically if a long-running dispute with the UAE firm over price is not resolved, Iran's oil minister said on Wednesday.
Iran says Shiraz blast was not bomb attack
AFP: Iran on Wednesday denied that a bomb attack had caused a blast that killed 12 people at a mosque in the southern city of Shiraz, a major tourist centre, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Iran nuclear talks in China fall short of agreement
Reuters: Six-nation talks looking to revive nuclear negotiations with Iran fell short on Wednesday of agreeing on a new package to present Tehran, while Iran's president said he was open to talks within limits.
Ahmadinejad casts doubt on ‘suspect’ Sept 11
AFP: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday reaffirmed his doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, describing the strikes as a "suspect event".
