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Imam behind NYC mosque faces divisions over center (AP)

AP - Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has long worked to bridge divisions, be they fissures between interfaith husbands and wives or political chasms separating the United States and the Muslim world. The 61-year-old clergyman is now in the midst of a polarizing political, religious and cultural debate over plans for a multistory Islamic center that will feature a mosque, health club and theater about two blocks north of ground zero.

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Brewer condemns report to UN mentioning Ariz. law (AP)

AP - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer demanded Friday that a reference to the state’s controversial immigration law be removed from a State Department report to the United Nations’ human rights commissioner.

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Chamber emerges as formidable political force (AP)

AP - At times subtle, at times loud, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spending record amounts on lobbying and in election battlegrounds, elbowing into the nation’s politics in unprecedented ways for the business community.

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Iran: US can’t turn threats into action

Iran says the United States is not strong enough to put its threats into practice as Iranian armed forces are fully ready to counter any military actions against the country.

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Iran’s Khamenei aide denies comments on US talks

An advisor to Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei denied on Tuesday expressing Tehran’s readiness for nuclear talks with the United States, the official news agency IRNA reported.

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Iran guards warn US against attack over nuclear work

Iran will make the strategic Gulf region unsafe for all if it comes under attack by the United States over it nuclear programme, the deputy head of the elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday.

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Iran ready for nuclear fuel talks

Iran says Friday it is ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel.

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Iran ready for immediate talks

Iran says it is ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel.

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Iran wants nuclear talks held in Turkey

Berlin - Iran’s atomic energy chief said Friday that his country preferred nuclear talks with world powers to be held in Turkey. “Iran prefers the venue of the talks with the 5+1 group being Turkey and after the (Muslim fasting) month of Ramadan,” Ali-Akbar Salehi told ISNA news agency.

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Iran ready for immediate nuclear fuel talks

Iran said on Friday it was ready for immediate talks with the United States, Russia and France over an exchange of nuclear fuel and added that it was also against stockpiling higher enriched uranium.

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