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For Kurds, Kirkuk would be a prize

Iranian analysts warn that any U.S. plan to foment grassroots rebellion in Iran will run up against the same challenge that has stalled the country's struggling reform movement: The careworn Iranian public is steadily disengaging from politics.

Attacks test Muslim unity in Iraq

International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have discovered that Iran produced and experimented with polonium, an element useful in initiating the chain reaction that produces a nuclear explosion, according to two individuals familiar with a report the inspectors will submit to the UN this week.

Iran's foreign minister held out the possibility on Thursday of a new dialogue with the United States in guarded remarks that analysts said kept alive the prospect of a warmer relationship between the longtime enemies.