Reuters: Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate

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Ahmadinejad defiant, challenges Bush to TV debate

By Edmund Blair
Reuters
Tuesday, August 29, 2006; 8:27 AM

TEHRAN (Reuters) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced defiance on Tuesday
as a deadline neared for Iran to halt work the West fears is a step toward
building nuclear bombs, and challenged President Bush to televised debate.

In a news conference, Ahmadinejad condemned the U.S. and British role in the
world since World War Two but made no direct mention of the international
nuclear confrontation.

"I suggest holding a live TV debate with Mr. George W. Bush to talk about world
affairs and the ways to solve those issues," he said.

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Iran has shown no sign it will halt enrichment. The world's fourth largest oil
exporter has shrugged off the threat of sanctions and said such a move would simply
push oil prices up to intolerable levels for industrialized economies.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/29/AR2006082900403.html

Related Associated Press article:

Iran President Proposes Debate With Bush


Tuesday August 29, 2006 1:31 PM

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By ALI AKBAR DAREINI

Associated Press Writer

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday called for a televised
debate with President Bush on world issues.

Ahmadinejad also questioned the veto right of the U.N. Security Council's permanent
members, two days before the council's deadline demanding Tehran stop uranium enrichment.

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Full article: http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6045157,00.html