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Iran says it will not suspend uranium enrichment, ruling out the main demand in a nuclear package backed by six world powers. The package aims to allay western fears Iran is seeking to build atomic bombs. Iran says it will formally respond by Tuesday to proposals made by the US, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany.

LONDON -- Britain's close alliance with the United States is damaging its standing in the Muslim world, Iran's president said in an interview published Saturday. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Britons to evict Prime Minister Tony Blair's government from office, saying Blair's support for Washington's foreign policy could force Britain into future Mideast conflicts, the Guardian newspaper reported. "The British people should stop supporting governments that are waging war in the Middle East, such as their own government, the United States government and Israel," Ahmadinejad said. Ahmadinejad said the era in which the United States and a handful of other countries dominated...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak warned against any military strike on Iran in an interview published on Saturday. The United Nations Security Council has demanded Iran suspend uranium enrichment by the end of the month after Tehran failed to persuade the international community its atomic scientists were working on power stations, not bombs. Washington has declined to rule out military strikes as a solution to the nuclear dispute. "The conflict between the United States and Iran must be resolved through diplomatic channels and direct dialogue, because any strike on Iran means the end of stability in the region...

ALTHOUGH it is not clear who won the battle of southern Lebanon, the conflict is unlikely to have advanced America's standing in the propaganda battle. Television pictures this week showed a banner over the rubble of a Lebanese building saying "Made in the USA". An article in The New Yorker by the award-winning investigative journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that the US was aware of, and approved, Israel's plans before the start of the war on July 12. The article has gained wide currency in the Middle East - not surprising, given the closeness of the US and its chief ally...

When does the "Night of Miraj" actually begin?? Sundown on Monday or Tuesday??