Headlines for 06-01-08

Iran says it will not discuss suspending uranium enrichment


IAEA meets to discuss Iran's alleged nuclear weapons work


Muslim seminary issues fatwa against terrorism A Muslim Indian seminary which is said to have inspired the Taliban has issued a fatwa against terrorism, insisting that Islam is a religion of peace.


Iran not seeking to build nuclear weapons: Putin Putin stressed that Russia was opposed to Iran achieving a nuclear-power status. "That is our principled position," he said. "Using nuclear weapons in a region as small as the Middle East would be synonymous with suicide. Whose interests would it serve? The Palestinians? Hardly, the Palestinians would cease to exist...."



Olmert stresses importance of U.S. visit The Israeli prime minister departs Monday to attend the annual AIPAC policy conference in Washington, which provides an opportunity to confer with President Bush and the three candidates to succeed him.


IRAN: Former German official says war imminent He wrote a piece that appeared in today's Daily Star, an English-language Lebanese newspaper, arguing that President Bush's recent visit to the Middle East was a precursor to a war on Iran's nuclear program


Standing Up Against the War Party While it's quite popular, today ? even fashionable ? to be against the war, and to treat the administration's pre-war twisting of "intelligence" with disdain, you'll remember that ? at the time ? very few stood up against the war drum-beaters.


Return of soldiers' remains greets release of Hizbullah spy


Israel urges EU: Show 'caution' in contacts with Damascus Foreign Ministry officials are growing increasingly concerned at what they see as signs that relations between Syria and European countries are thawing following many months during which the Syrian regime was internationally isolated.


Israel to launch PR campaign against Ahmadinejad visit to UN summit The Foreign Ministry has earmarked a special budget for the campaign, to be organized by the Israeli embassy in Rome and local Italian Jewish organizations.