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US extends Iran sanctions relief to China

By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MARJORIE OLSTERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Obama administration will extend six-month sanctions exemptions to China, India and seven other countries for significantly reducing oil imports from Iran, officials said Tuesday, as the U.S. imposed new measures against

Nuke missile crews cite morale-sapping pressures

By ROBERT BURNSAP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Officers with a finger on the trigger of the Air Force's most powerful nuclear missiles are complaining of a wide array of morale-sapping pressures, according to internal emails obtained by The Associated Press. The complaints shed

Iran leader tells candidates not to appease West

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urged presidential candidates on Tuesday not to make concessions to appease the West, an implied rebuke to several of the candidates running in June 14 elections who said that they would focus on improving the Islamic Republic

Obama orders new economic sanctions on Iran

By JOSH LEDERMANAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Turning the screw on Iran and its nuclear program, the Obama administration imposed new sanctions Monday on Iran's currency and auto industry, seeking to render Iranian money useless outside the country and to cut off the regime from critical