Headlines for 01-18-08

01-18-08 - Iran receives nuke fuel Iran received a third shipment of nuclear fuel from Russia on Friday for a power plant being constructed in the southern port of Bushehr, state radio reported.


01-18-08 - Iran slams US sanctions drive, China backs dialogue


01-18-08 - Livni fails to change Lavrov's stance on Iran Differences of opinion between Israel and Russia over how to deal with Iran surfaced Thursday when Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni called on Russia to support stronger sanctions against Iran, and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying that Russia's current actions were sufficient


01-18-08 - Iran president says Bush confrontational


01-18-08 - U.S. economy teeters on the brink


01-18-08 - The Hormuz Hoax **


01-18-08 - Reality in Mideast bears no relation to Bush's vision Twixt silken sheets in the very palace of King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, President Bush awakes to confront a Middle East that bears no relation to the policies of his administration nor the warning that he has been relaying constantly to the kings and emirs and oligarchs of the Gulf: that Iran rather than Israel is their enemy.


01-18-08 - 5 Questions On Israel For The Next Debate


01-18-08 - Bush's Influence in Middle East Fades Bush rang the alarm bell about Iran's clear and present nuclear danger, but his diplomatic message had already been overshadowed by last month's National Intelligence Estimate. While his Israeli interlocutors echoed the president's Iranian concerns, Arab heads of state took comfort in the assessment of Washington's intelligence community that said Iran suspended its nuclear weapons program when the United States invaded Iraq.


01-18-08 - Livni continues Bush's course in Moscow This is no surprise since positions of Israel and the United States (that is, Bush personally) coincide on many issues, in particular on the prospects of Arab-Israeli settlement and Iran's nuclear ambitions.




01-18-08 - German coalition split over foreign minister's contact with Syria Steinmeier met Foreign Minister Walid al-Moallem in Berlin Thursday to demand that Syria play a "constructive role" in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process and in the political crisis in Lebanon.