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Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran is so powerful today that no country would dare attack it, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday during an annual army parade. "Iran's army is so mighty today that no enemy can have a foul thought of invading Iran's territory," the Iranian leader said, according to state media. "Of course, Iran is a friend and brother of regional and independent nations and it wants peace, progress and security for all countries," Ahmadinejad said.

A Bill has been introduced in the United States Congress to permanently ban oil drilling in a vast wildlife refuge in Alaska. The measure has been rejected in the past, but environmentalists hope the power shift on Capitol Hill will change that. The legislation would protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on the Alaskan coast, which covers nearly 500,000 hectares. The Bush administration has fought for the energy sector's right to exploit the coastal strip. However it seems the newly Democratic-controlled Congress is trying to place the reserve beyond the grasp of the oil industry grasp for good.

Impactor ejects mighty water mass By Jonathan Amos BBC News science reporter, in Leicester Comets hold materials unchanged since the Solar System's formation The Nasa projectile that slammed into Comet Tempel 1 last year kicked out at least 250,000 tonnes of water. The figure comes from UK/US scientists on the Swift telescope, one of many observatories called on to study the US space agency's Deep Impact event. Swift's X-ray data shows more water was released and over a longer time scale than had previously been thought. Researchers hope the new information will help them understand better the nature and construction...

This Holiday Season when your Bush-loving household is finally ready to give thanks for a year's worth of blessings, don't forget the Mighty Texas Strike Force. The Mighty Texas who, you ask? Well, with some swing states like Ohio and Florida, going red, and other battlegrounds like Pennsylvania inching ever so close, 1500 selfless Texans deserve recognition for fighting unseen battles to round up every last W vote. Whether you saw some extra Bush signs along your Michigan highway, got another W knock at your door in Iowa, or saw an unusually large number of passionate Bush supporters waving signs...

Genghis Khan's pen as mighty as his sword? August 23 2004 at 11:45AM Beijing - A Chinese historian says he has evidence that ruthless conqueror and master of the Mongol horde Genghis Khan was as masterful with the pen as he was with the sword. Historians have long assumed the ancient Mongolian ruler was illiterate, primarily because the Mongolian written language was created in the early 13th century, when Genghis Khan would have been in his 40s and not have had time to learn, the official Xinhua news agency said. However, Tengus Bayaryn, a professor at China's Inner Mongolia University,...