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| Can Iran be reined in with sanctions? Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, greets his supporters during his visit to Semnan, Iran, Wednesday May, 20, 2009.... | | | 
| Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official... | | | 
| Partial Iraq Vote Results Expected by Thursday An Iraqi woman eyes U.S. soldiers as they stand guard outside a polling center during the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdrawals. Voting ended later with no reports of major violence, though voters at some polling stations complained that their names did not appear on lists. Balloting was extended for one hour to accommodate v... | | | 
| Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008.... | | | 
| Will Israel Join the March of Folly? An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.... | | | 
| Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators.... | | | 
| Marjah fears return of warlords Locals listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010.... | | | 
| Iran and Israel play cat and mouse Israeli soldiers look at an Israeli air force unmanned plane in the Tel Nof base, central Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010.... | | | 
| Why Punish Iran for What Israel Has Already Done? File - This April 21, 2004 file photo shows Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu following his release outside Shikma Prison in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel.... | | | 
| Palestinians complain to Biden Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., listens to testimony during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 19, 2006 file photo.... | | | 
| Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008.... | | | 
| Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers about army's last Iraq incursion at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, four days after the Turkish military ended a week-long ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Ira... | | | 
| Formula One statistics for Bahrain Grand Prix Jenson Button testing for McLaren at Jerez, 10/02/2010.... | | | 
| Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol Wine - Alcohol - Liquor... | | | 
| Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not seen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007.... | | | |  |