To Bash Them Is to Help Them In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag... IranPhotosPoliticsSanctionsUS
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h... ArabBusinessCensorshipEmiratesPhotos
Family denies receiving ransom demand Demetris Christofias, 61, head of the reformed communist AKEL party, addresses his supporters outside of his campaign headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. President Tassos Papadopoulos was eliminated Sunday in the first round of Cyprus' presidential election, a surprise result signaling the start of a renewed drive to end the island's decades-old division. The cliffhanger election saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the very last minute, the first time in Cyprus that a poll has been so closely contested by three candidates. ... CyprusEUNicosiaPhotosPolitical
Israeli President calls for "total" isolation of Ahmadinejad Israel's President Shimon Peres is seen during a meeting with the leader of the Yisrael Beiteinu party Avigdor Lieberman, not seen, at Peres' residency in Jerusalem, Thursday Feb. 19, 2009. Far-right Israeli politician Lieberman endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu for prime minister on Thursday, all but guaranteeing that Netanyahu will be the country's next le... IranIsraelJerusalemPhotospolitics
US military: 2 soldiers die in Iraq in accident The US Army (USA) Medic from A Troop, 2nd Squadron (SQD), 14th Cavalry Regiment (CAV REGT), 25th Infantry Division (ID) Stryker Brigade Combat Team (SBCT), pulls security, armed with a 5.56 mm M16A2 rifle, on a patrol in Mosul, Iraq, during Operation IRAQ... DeathIraqMilitaryPhotosTroops
