Ahmadinejad: Iran Can Withstand Embargo for 2-3 Years

The government Iran has enough revenue to withstand a total embargo on its oil exports for two to three years, according to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in a speech just days before a resumption of negotiations with world powers on Tehran's nuclear program. "We must...

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Israeli PM Calls German Poet ‘Shameful’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denounced German poet and Nobel Prize laureate Guenter Grass on Thursday for writing that Israel is a threat to world peace and for calling for international oversight of both Israeli and Iranian nuclear facilities. The...

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