Iraq: Iranians’ release sought
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari called Sunday for the release of five Iranians detained by U.S. forces, but he stressed that foreign intervention to help insurgents would not be tolerated. The U.S. military said the five Iranians detained last week in the Kurdish-controlled northern city of Irbil were connected to an Iranian Revolutionary Guard faction that funds and arms insurgents in Iraq. It was the second U.S. raid targeting Iranians in Iraq in less than a month.
West Bank: No temporary borders
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday adamantly rejected “any temporary or transitional solutions, including a state with temporary borders,” throwing cold water on an idea advanced by Israel’s foreign minister to establish a provisional Palestinian state. Abbas spoke at a joint news conference with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is touring the region this week on what she bills as an effort to listen to ideas to rekindle the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Nicaragua: Embassy in Iran
Iran and Nicaragua said Sunday they will open embassies in each other’s capitals, as Iran’s hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad courted leftist allies in Latin America. Today, Ahmadinejad will attend the inauguration of Ecuador’s new president, Rafael Correa, and meet with Bolivian President Evo Morales
Afghanistan: Clinton visits soldiers
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton ate breakfast with soldiers from New York and Indiana at the main U.S. base in Afghanistan on Sunday before meeting with the top American general in Afghanistan and Afghan President Hamid Karzai, officials said. Clinton, a Democrat from New York who is considering running for president, later went to Lahore, Pakistan, where she met briefly with Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf.
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