JERUSALEM : Israel urged Iran's ouster from the United Nations and said it posed a "clear and present danger", after the Islamic republic's hardline president called Wednesday for the Jewish state to wiped off the map. "This call contravenes the United Nations charter and is tantamount to a crime against humanity," said Deputy Prime Minister Shimon Peres. "We must submit a clearcut request to the UN secretary general (Kofi Annan) and the Security Council to obtain Iran's expulsion from the United Nations," he wrote in an open letter to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon. "It is inconceivable for a man calling...