http://www.reuters.com…
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has documents to prove the United States and Britain, the Islamic Republic’s two Western arch foes, back a group that killed 16 abducted Iranian police officers, state radio reported on Saturday.

RCMP study: Canada’s largest airports overrun with gangs and smugglers…A new RCMP study finds Canada’s airports are being overrun by organized crime, with Vancouver International among the hardest hit. Hundreds of workers have been accused of smuggling drugs and people over …
Powell lashes out at Palin: I’m from the South Bronx, [...]

http://www.jpost.com…
Dec. 4, 2008
Yaakov Katz , THE JERUSALEM POST
The IDF is drawing up options for a strike on Iranian nuclear facilities that do not include coordination with the United States, The Jerusalem Post has learned.

Guardian.co.uk
Sat, 15 Nov 2008 22:22 UTC
Tehran - Iran has converted financial reserves into gold to avoid future problems, an adviser to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in comments published on Saturday, after the price of oil fell more than 60 percent from a peak in July.

http://www.haaretz.com…
By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Pictures of an American anti-missile radar installed in southern Israel were released earlier this week, depicting a recently completed military base, which will house the first permanent U.S. force to be deployed on Israeli soil.
Construction of the base was completed in the last few days at Mount Keren near the [...]

http://www.afp.com…
13/11/2008 10h45
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Gunmen kidnapped an Iranian diplomat and killed his local guard in northwestern Pakistan Thursday, police said, in the latest of a series of attacks in the region.
Hashmatullah Atharzadeh was on his way to the consulate in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, when unknown assailants attacked [...]

The outgoing Bush admin fears that a lot of dirt is going to come out when Obama is in the White House. I think they’re looking to get a jump on some of it now. Releasing what they can so it doesn’t look so damning when it gets aired:
Surprise Surprise: “Laptop of Death” a Possible [...]

http://www.zawya.com…
Chines Premier Wen Jiabao said on Thursday that there is no obstacle for admission of Iran as the main member of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
The Chinese prime minister made the remarks in a meeting with the Iranian First Vice President Parviz Davoudi on the sidelines of the SCO meeting.
China backs Iran’s admission as the [...]

http://oxdown.firedoglake.com…
Firedoglake by egregious
Bush intends to take the first steps towards diplomatic relations with Iran, as reported by Warren Strobel at McClatchy.
Meanwhile, folks in Iceland can’t conduct normal business because of having the entire country on the UK terror list.
So Iceland = Terrorists and Iran = Not Terrorists.
Now I’m confused.

http://www.miamiherald.com…
An ultra-Orthodox party said it will not join a new coalition government being formed by prime minister-designate Tzipi Livni, opening the door for more hawkish parties to take control.
BY DION NISSENBAUM
McClatchy Newspapers
JERUSALEM — Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni’s hopes of becoming the second woman to lead her nation suffered a serious setback on Friday when [...]