Ahmadinejad Wants to Attend U.N. Meeting

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad would like to attend a U.N. Security Council meeting to defend his country's disputed nuclear program, state-run television reported Sunday.

``The president of Islamic Republic of Iran intends to attend a U.N Security Council meeting to be held on Iran's nuclear case in order to defend the rights of the Iranian nation in exploiting peaceful nuclear energy,'' state TV quoted Iranian government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham as saying.

The report did not elaborate about when Ahmadinejad planned to attend a meeting and if he had been invited by the Security Council.

The state TV report comes days after the U.N. nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, suspended nearly two dozen nuclear aid programs to Iran in a move that could affect Tehran's cooperation with the agency.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iran_nuclear_2

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1. I'm thinking he'll wind up throwing out the first pitch at Yankee Stadium

on Opening Day.

Ahmadinejad's a Yankees fan from way back.

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2. Yankee fans are very unforgiving

I would predict the Boo birds would drive him off the field.

But then the chances of the Yankee organization asking him to throw out the 1st pitch are slim to none.

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3. Steinbrenner might just hire him as manager. There was a lot of

tension last summer between Torre and the old man.