New York Times: The American militarys push to organize Sunni Arabs into local neighborhood watch groups has been one of the United States most important initiatives in Iraq so much so that President Bush flew to Anbar Province in September to highlight growing alliances with Sunni tribal leaders.
Iraq hampers U.S. bid to widen Sunni police role
Iranians study nuclear physics in Britain
Sunday Times: The Foreign Office has cleared dozens of Iranians to enter British universities to study advanced nuclear physics and other subjects with the potential to be applied to weapons of mass destruction.
In Brief: Iran appoints new deputy governor of central bank
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 27 – Hossein Qazavi has been appointed as the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), state media announced on Saturday.
In Brief: Iran appoints new deputy governor of central bank
Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Oct. 27 – Hossein Qazavi has been appointed as the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI), state media announced on Saturday.
Revolutionary Guard runs Iran’s Baghdad embassy, opposition group claims
AP: Iran’s Revolutionary Guard is using Iran’s Embassy in Baghdad to coordinate covert operations in Iraq, an Iranian opposition group has claimed.
Iran says enough supply in oil market- newspaper
Reuters: Iran’s oil minister said the market had enough supplies of crude and OPEC was not to blame for the surge in oil prices, a newspaper reported on Saturday, a day after prices set a new record above $92 a barrel.
Australia ‘may put sanctions on Iran’
AAP: Australia, Japan and the European Union are likely to join the United States in slapping sanctions on Iran if it fails to suspend its nuclear enrichment program soon, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer says.
Ban “worried” on Iran’s nuclear progress
Reuters: U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is worried about Iran’s nuclear programme but hopes a stand-off with the international community can be resolved through dialogue, he said in comments published in Italy on Friday.
Rice defends additional U.S. sanctions on Iran
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Friday defended expanded U.S. sanctions on Iran and downplayed any rift with Russia over the policy.
Europeans mull sanctions against Iran
AP: Britain and France are leading a push for new EU sanctions to punish Iran over its nuclear program. But while European nations increasingly fear a war in their backyard, the continent is divided over how to deal with the crisis.
