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...ites will back U.S. moves against Iranian influence in Iraq. Not only are the main Shi'ite parties traditionally far closer to Iran than they are to Washington, but the Kurds add a pragmatic rationale for seeking good relations with the Islamic republic. As Foreign Minister Zebari explained to CNN on Sunday, Iraq's leaders know they will have to "live with" Iran next door - whereas Washington's presence in Iraq is temporary. President Talabani appeared to signal his independence from U.S. foreign policy on Sunday when he became the first Iraqi head of state in 30 years to meet...
...engenders sneers. "Let's face it," says one prominent French government critic, "you're either a journalist or a functionary of the foreign minister, not both." But the ambition of running parallel editorial operations in English and French on a $112 million budget annual budget - about a fifth of CNN's - earns points at the very least for sheer panache. Can France really make waves in a market dominated by CNN, the BBC and the newly launched Al Jazeera International...
...station treated Saddam Hussein's hanging "with sobriety, and the jubulation afterwards with moderation; after all, we don't put an end to barbarity by showing more barbarity." But the station still seems to define itself more by what it is not than by what it is. "I think CNN has sent a pro-Bush message from Iraq," says Saint-Paul, who insists that "our editorial independence is our most important asset...
...case you need to know some of Saddam's history, here's an interactive kaleidoscope of all things Saddam, as told by CNN...
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