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...think President Clinton is going to that game,? said Harkes upon hearing that the Iranians would get their first crack at the country they call ?Great Satan? since the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Teheran in 1979. U.S. Soccer Federation President Alan Rothenberg was more philosophical ? "Maybe we can have soccer diplomacy like we had ping-pong diplomacy with China," he said ? if not optimistic. "The only thing that can make it better is if FIFA designates an Iraqi referee," he added...
...lecture, titled "The Best Stories About the Police Department Always Come From the Fire Department and Other Tales From a Journalist's Life," is an event sponsored by the Neiman Foundation to honor Joe Alex Morris, Jr. '49, a Los Angeles Times correspondent who was killed in Teheran, Iran in 1979 while covering that country's revolution...
...possible Israeli-Syrian peace agreement, said that while he believed it would probably take Iran up to 15 years to produce its own nuclear device, it might be able to buy a warhead on the black market now. Concerns over Iran's intentions were heightened on Sunday when Teheran's state-run television announced an $800 million deal with Russia to complete a half-built nuclear facility. Israeli officials have been pressing their concerns about Iran's nuclear ambitions in talks with the U.S. for a year and a half now, with little public success until today,TIME Jerusalem bureau...
...Western defense analysts fear that Iran's first Russian-built Kilo-class submarine may be only the most recent sign of an arms buildup, the likes of which has not been seen since Saddam Hussein stocked his arsenal in the days before the Gulf War. In recent months Teheran has been negotiating contracts with Russia, Ukraine and China for everything from tanks to missiles and high- performance jet fighters. Iranian dissidents and Western analysts are also concerned about help the Iranians may be getting from Chinese technicians in efforts to develop nuclear weapons. And like prewar Iraq, Iran is funding...
...truth, Perot is both a folksy speaker and a spinner of international conspiracy theories. He is both a computer entrepreneur and a Bubba-like rebel. He is both a Texarkana boy delivering newspapers on a bicycle and a dashing rescuer of two employees from the depths of revolutionary Teheran. Most visibly, he is both a billionaire and a populist...