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TEHRAN, Iran – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Sunday inaugurated the country's first domestically built unmanned bomber aircraft, calling it an "ambassador of death" to Iran's enemies. The 4-meter-long drone aircraft can carry up to four cruise missiles and will have a range of 620 miles (1,000 kilometers), according to a state TV report — not far enough to reach archenemy Israel. "The jet, as well as being an ambassador of death for the enemies of humanity, has a main message of peace and friendship," said Ahmadinejad at the inauguration ceremony, which fell on the country's national day for its...

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz was joined by world leaders and nearly 3,000 guests as he delivered the keynote address to inaugurate the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Other speakers during the ceremony included the KAUST Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, His Excellency Ali Al-Naimi, Minister of Higher Education, His Excellency Dr. Khaled Al-Anqari, and the President of KAUST, Professor Choon Fong Shih.

<p>JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - President Thabo Mbeki inaugurated South Africa's new Constitutional Court building Sunday on the grounds of a 100-year-old former prison fortress where Nelson Mandela and Mahatma Gandhi were detained.</p> <p>"It is right that the Constitutional Court occupies this building, which represents the conversion of the negative, the hateful energy ... into a positive hopeful energy for the present and future," Mbeki told whistling and cheering dignitaries, as the court's large wooden doors were thrown open.</p>