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BEIRUT, Lebanon (AP) — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday that the Lebanese government had declared war on his Shiite militant group by declaring its private telecommunications network an illegal threat to state security. Nasrallah vowed to fight any attempts to disarm Hezbollah in a speech that hiked tensions already running high after a long-simmering political crisis between the Hezbollah-led opposition and the government erupted into sectarian violence. "Those who try to arrest us, we will arrest them," he said. "Those who shoot at us, we will shoot at them. The hand raised against us, we will cut it off."...

IRAN: TEXT MESSAGE TELLS PRESIDENT HE SHOULD WASH MORE Tehran, 14 April (AKI) - Iran's hardline president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has apparently been incensed by an anonymous text message suggesting he does not wash enough. Ahmadinejad has taken legal action over the offending text, has fired the president of a phone company and has had four people arrested and accused of colluding with the Israeli foreign intelligence service, Mossad, the anti-government website Rooz Online reports. Poking fun at the president, the regime's senior figures and its policies, has reportedly become a national pastime in Iran. The Iranian authorities are paying particular...

Diplomats: Iran Doing Last-Minute Nuke Processing Friday, November 19, 2004 PHOTOS Click image to enlarge STORIES BACKGROUND • Bush to Push Nuke Issue at APEC Forum • State, Powell Defend Comments About Iran's Nuke Program • Iranian Leader Urges Protests • U.S. Rules Out Nuke Talks With Iran • Exiles: Iran Has Bomb Blueprints • Iran: Europe Must Support Us • Iraq's Neighbors to Hold Meeting • Euro-Iran Nuke Deal in Jeopardy • Extremists Going From Iran to Iraq • Iran Closer to Finalizing Nuclear Deal • Iran: Deal Reached With Europeans on Nukes • Iran: Nuke Talks in 'Final...