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[JPost Front Page Top Stories] Pravda carried a story on its Web site Tuesday saying that Russia - at least for now - was not approving the sale since that might hurt Moscow's dialogue with the new Obama administration. Lavrov is scheduled to meet US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton next month, and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is to meet US President Barack Obama in April to discuss nuclear disarmament issues and the deployment of US missiles in Eastern Europe.

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[Latest Activity on 12.160Mhz ... Resisting the New World Order] Iran , Russia and Israel --- The big will they won't they - 12.160 ...: I want to stress that Russia's military and technical cooperation with Iran will continue, Borodavkin told RIA .KRAKOW (AFP) ”” The United States urged Poland Thursday to be patient over a missile defence deal it inked with Washington while President Barack Obama's team reviews the controversial multi-billion dollar shield.

[Politico Top Stories] Former diplomat to direct Iran dealings - David S. Cloud ...: The administration also has signaled that it hopes to enlist Russia in putting additional pressure on Tehran. Former senior George W.

[Middle East Post] Israel’s new Iran policy: Sway Obama on Tehran talks: attitude to the report, which states that Iran has managed to accumulate a ton of enriched uranium and is heading quickly toward a nuclear bomb, is a different story. The report confirms the assumption, shared for some time by the intelligence services of Israel, the United States and Europe, that Iran is closer to the bomb, with mid-2010 as the likely date it will reach its goal.

[Alarabiya.net English | Latest News] Middle East News | Iran conducts tests on Bushehr nuclear plant: nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, in its latest report on Iran released last week, said it has been informed by Tehran that the loading of the fuel into the reactor is scheduled to take place only during the second quarter of 2009.

[JPost Op-Ed Contributors] Where's Obama's foreign policy spine? | Op-Ed Contributors ...: President bush's response to the Kaliningrad deployment - the threat was issued the day after Obama's election - was firm. He refused to back down because giving in to Russian threats would leave Poles and Czechs exposed and show the world that, contrary to post-Cold War assumptions, the US could not be trusted to protect Eastern Europe from Russian bullying.

[Related news - MashGet] Iran Tests Its First Nuclear Power Plant - MashGet: 22 -- Iran's first nuclear power plant will undergo a critical series of tests starting Wednesday before full-scale operation begins later this year, Iranian state radio reported Sunday.The plant is a highly symbolic facet of Iran's controversial nuclear program. Iranian leaders .

[1913 Intel] Iran-Israel Nuclear End Game Now Much Closer | 1913 Intel: Information: As Iran defies the world by restarting its nuclear programme, Paul Kenyon travels to the Islamic Republic with UN nuclear inspectors, and gains exclusive behind-the-scene access to the International Atomic Energy Agency.Iranian negotiators talk candidly about why they deceived the world over their nuclear programme for 18 years. The diplomatic to-ing and fro-ing covered in the programme was filmed in the first six months of 2005.

[Signs of the Times] Signs of the Times News for Mon, 23 Feb 2009: But the political and security echelons' attitude to the report, which states that Iran has managed to accumulate a ton of enriched uranium and is heading quickly toward a nuclear bomb, is a different story. The report confirms the assumption, shared for some time by the intelligence services of Israel, the United States and Europe, that Iran is closer to the bomb, with mid-2010 as the likely date it will reach its goal.

[In These New Times] Obama picks anti-Iran man for Iran post « In These New Times: The appointment comes as US President Barack Obama has chosen to oversee US policy on Iran and has pledged to untangle 30 years of enmity toward Tehran by engaging the country diplomatically over its long-disputed nuclear case.

[Just Foreign Policy News] Just Foreign Policy News » Blog Archive » Just Foreign Policy News ...: If President Barack Obama really wants to improve relations with Tehran, working with Ahmadinejad may be his best bet. In a speech earlier this month commemorating the Islamic revolution’s anniversary, an event normally reserved for anti-American rhetoric, Ahmadinejad declared Iran’s readiness to talk to the United States.

[Expose Obama] Expose Obama » Blog Archive » Obama’s Overtures Toward Iran Worry ...: Gulf Arabs, who warned against the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, now fear the early withdrawal promised by Obama will leave that country in the hands of Iranian-allied Shiite politicians who have dominated the post-Saddam Hussein government. They fear a U.S. administration that rules out military action will fail to curb Tehran’s nuclear programme, and eventually leave Sunni Arabs squeezed between two non-Arab nuclear power centres””Iran and Israel.

[MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory] MND: Your Daily Dose of Counter-Theory » Blog Archive » Hugs and ...: From Obama’s State Department to the foreign ministries of France and Britain, the peace-seeking world quickly lamented this major step toward a “military nuclear capacity”””specifically, the ultimate ability to deliver a nuclear warhead via an advanced long-range missile. The latest development was “of great concern to us,” said U.S. State Department spokesman Robert Wood.

[Russia Blog] Russia Blog: Working Together in the Land of the Unruly U.S. ...: Gvosdev is also, when it comes to Russia, probably not the most popular guy in Washington, particularly when he reminds his fellow Washingtonians about the limits of American power worldwide and the checks on the extent of U.S. influence in the former Soviet Union. Gvosdev has long been skeptical of efforts to create democracy overnight in former Soviet republics like Ukraine and Georgia through so-called "Color Revolutions" that took place earlier this decade with strong American government and NGO support.

[Make New Friends | Share Photo Albums | Send Free SMS | Yuvaz.com] Iran to test its first nuclear power plant today: Kiriyenko is expected to attend a joint press conference with Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation (AEO) chief Reza Aqazadeh after visiting the site. The exact date of the commissioning of the plant will be announced Wednesday.

[Newshoggers.com] Newshoggers.com: Neocon Hand-Holder Gets Iran Brief: Calling the report a “roadmap to war,” Jim Lobe of the Inter Press Service wrote, “In other words, if Tehran is not eventually prepared to permanently abandon its enrichment of uranium on its own soil””a position that is certain to be rejected by Iran

[World Politics Review: Blog] World Politics Review Blog |Dennis Ross as Iran Advisor: It also made me wonder if, while Mitchell and Holbrooke were busy conducting shuttle diplomacy, .Also interesting to note that the NY Times highlights Ross' hardline stance on sanctions on Iran, whereas the WaPo emphasizes his CNAS paper calling for a "direct, secret back channel" to reach out to Tehran.

[Therearenosunglasses's Weblog] Israeli Government Makes Preparations to Disrupt American ...: Earlier on February 16, an annual defense work plan presented to Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak and IDF Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Gabi Ashkenazi for the year 2009 described Iran as “the No.1 threat the IDF is now preparing for.”

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