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...percent majority on a mandate of reform and democratization is unlikely to have any trouble winning the electorate's endorsement, and the sense of panic in the hard-line camp is evident: Tehran sources reveal that some in the hard-line camp are pressing the unelected spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, to quash Khatami's plan by declaring a state of emergency...
...diseases through the faces of those who are stricken. Famous faces garner the most attention, obviously. When we think of Alzheimer's, my father's face comes to mind. Or Iris Murdoch's. And now Heston's. When Parkinson's is mentioned, we picture Michael J. Fox or Muhammad Ali...
...Kong magnate loses controversial bid for a stake in TV station, says he only wanted to spare viewers more David Letterman reruns MICHAEL KOPPER Enron exec pleads guilty to money laundering and agrees to give back $12 million in illicit gains as soon as the spin cycle is finished ALI RAFII Iranian director banned from theater because a character in one of his plays sips wine onstage. Next: breathalyzer tests for Iranian poets
...public, at least, Iranian officials oppose a possible U.S. campaign. "We don't agree on striking Iraq, let alone providing services to those who seek such a strike," Iran's Vice President for Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Mohammed Ali Abtahi said earlier this month. Tehran is also hesitant to condone U.S. military action, since President Bush includes Iran in the "axis of evil." Why help prosecute the "war on terrorism" when you might be the next target? But in Washington, a Pentagon official says the question for the U.S. is not whether Iran would help a U.S. campaign against Iraq...
...friends like Rashid Ali Malik, a retired brigadier who trained at the military academy with the President, insist Musharraf is unfazed by the growing conflict. "I met him recently," says Malik, "and I said there must be a great deal of pressure on you. He said it has peaked. He's a tough guy, no question about...