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...from the crowd - a sign that the controversy could even lead to violence. The Okhta Center's official website has also been inundated with virulent postings by residents. The moderator of its comments section was forced to put up an advisory last month, reading: "In making your remarks, please refrain from using overly expressive or offensive language." Since then, the postings have been strangely neutral or positive on the whole. (See the top 10 architectural postponements...
...first response was incomprehensible: "So, is all the information that Mr. Obama receives of the same nature?" TIME's managing editor, Rick Stengel, asked the question again, and this time the response was thin defiance - "If I were Mr. Obama's adviser, I would definitely ask him to refrain from making this statement, because it is definitely a mistake" - followed by the standard claim that Iran was in full compliance with the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that it had signed - "We have no secrecy, and we work within the framework of the IAEA [International Atomic Energy Agency]." (Watch...
Iran's President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has warned U.S. President Barack Obama against pressing Tehran about new revelations that Iran has been constructing a secret uranium-enrichment plant. "If I were Obama's adviser, I would definitely advise him to refrain making this statement because it is definitely a mistake," Ahmadinejad told TIME in New York City on Friday. "It would definitively be a mistake." His comment came as Obama, speaking at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh, Pa., made a dramatic announcement that Iran has been constructing a second uranium-enrichment facility whose existence had been kept secret in violation...
...That's my understanding. According to the press reports this morning, its President Obama, Mr. Sarkozy, and Mr. Brown who are collectively making this announcement. If I were Mr. Obama's adviser, I would definitely ask him to refrain from making this statement because its is definitively of mistake. We have no secrecy and we work within the framework of the IAEA and based on specific regulations and predetermined timeframes, we disclose information about our operations and facilities to the IAEA. We do that on our own initiative, not that anyone forces us to. Now of course...
...bring fundamental change. Mr. Bush was interested in intervening in the affairs of all countries and he created a lot of crisis around the world, which indignified the US government all together. Now Mr. Obama is seeking to restructure the American image all across the world. Well, he must refrain from making the same mistakes. This is simply a friendly advice that will be in Mr. Obama's favor. Otherwise, if you leave it to nations themselves, they understand what is going on. They can analyze the situation and compare things with one another and finally make up their...