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The Islamic Republic of Iran considers "significant" the role of the Islamic Resistance Movement and the Lebanese political party Hezbollah, to safeguard stability in the Middle East, according to the chairman of the National Security and Foreign Policy of the Iranian Parliament (Mayles) Alaedin Boruyerdi, in remarks published last Sunday by HispanTV. "Hezbollah is one of the most important factors in maintaining lasting peace and security in the region," said Boruyerdi. The President of the Commission also referred "in view of the strategic geographical position of Lebanon's enemies seeking to change the security in this country, and that is why...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he has struggled to turn himself from a joke-cracking bodybuilder and actor into a politician able to muster support for what he calls the big issues. --snip-- In the interview Schwarzenegger described himself as a "big-issue guy." --snip-- But knowing California cannot solve these problems alone, he has joined forces with four nearby states to fight global warming and discussed with Bush using the state as a catalyst for resolving America's health care problems, he said. Last year Schwarzenegger, accusing Washington of lacking leadership on the environment, paired with British Prime Minister Tony...

War may lead to free PalestineBy Timothy Garton Ash Thursday, Apr 10, 2003,Page 9 "Free Palestine" said the placards held up by some marchers on the anti-war demonstrations. Well, here's a surprise for them: this bloody mess of a war may result in a free Palestine. Let me explain, through this extract from the 2020 edition of the Oxford History of the Contemporary World: "Curiously, the Iraq war can now be seen as the turning-point in progress towards an independent Palestinian state. Of course American forces, with their overwhelming technological superiority, succeeded militarily in defeating Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, but,...

Prejudice in fast-food ad ruins appetiteBob Ray Sanders commentary Maybe it is because the country has been immersed in the saga of U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, R-Miss., that a currently running fast food TV commercial hit me the wrong way when I first saw it Sunday afternoon.But I think not.No, the more I think of the ad -- designed to get the viewer to try two new sandwiches offered by the restaurant chain -- the more I'm convinced that it is a not-so-subtle play on the overt racial discrimination that once was the norm in this country.I'm so offended, in...