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...release of the Royal Marines and sailors--which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, above left, called a "gift" to Britain--doesn't spell the end of the broader disputes between Iran and the West. Some analysts say Iran's move shows that U.S.-backed sanctions against Iran for its refusal to suspend uranium enrichment are moderating the regime's behavior. The end of the crisis was a boost to Larijani, who is also the country's lead nuclear negotiator. But hard-liners like Ahmadinejad have shown little willingness to bargain away the country's nuclear program. It will be tougher...
...British Royal Marines and sailors freed...
Like Belfast, the PSNI has managed to shed its sectarian colors only in stages. For decades the Royal Ulster Constabulary, as the PSNI was known until 2001, was seen as pro-unionist. A police report in January revealed that officers colluded with Protestant paramilitaries throughout the 1990s, ignoring murders carried out by police informers. But today the PSNI reflects the region's broad move toward reconciliation, which took another step forward on March 26, when leaders of the long-feuding Democratic Unionist Party and the nationalist Sinn Fein Party agreed to form a power-sharing government...
...historic chance in the Royal Marine hostage crisis in Iran to court the skeptical country par excellence, and prove to the world that European power matters. As a rule, seduction is best when one’s target is disillusioned with the status...
...increasingly radical Iranian government began less than two weeks ago and seems to have been resolved yesterday, it has become a media event that is monopolizing media coverage in Britain and in the rest of Europe at large. Understandably so. On March 23, Iranian Revolutionary Guards captured 15 Royal Marine sailors. Though at first, the Iranian government claimed they were held at gunpoint in the Iraqi waters that the Brits were supposed to be patrolling, it swiftly changed its mind...