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Handshake picture deals election blow to Iranian reformist · Khatami says photo is fake but drops presidential bid · Fundamentalists outraged at breach of convention Robert Tait Tehran Friday August 3, 2007 The Guardian (UK) Iran's reformist former president, Mohammad Khatami, has suffered a blow to his political standing by being pictured apparently shaking hands with women in breach of Islamic convention. The image, taken during a visit to the Italian city of Udine in May, triggered outrage among fundamentalists after being posted on conservative websites and YouTube. It showed Mr Khatami being greeted by a small group of women,...

by Mark Finkelstein September 28, 2006 - 15:37 With one of his inimitable montages, Rush Limbaugh documented today the way in which the MSM got hung up on a handshake - one that apparently didn't come off between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Pakistani counterpart Pervez Musharraf during their recent White House visit. The media tea-leaf readers apparently imbue The Handshake That Didn't Happen with dire implications for the achievement of US goals in the region. Ironically, on the very same day, the MSM has yet to report on a major, positive development in the region that should bring...

By Seema Sirohi in Washington Mr Singh (left) and President Bush India and the United States have made a historic breakthrough in their relations, striking a deal on civilian nuclear co-operation. The deal recognises India as a responsible nuclear power entitled to benefits and gains denied for three decades. The announcement amounts to a huge policy change by the Bush administration which is likely to signal to other nuclear powers that India's situation and position is unique. It is both a moral and a substantive victory for India which has argued for years against the discriminatory nature of the...

Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has "strongly denied" Israeli media reports that he shook hands with Israeli President Moshe Katzav at Pope John Paul II's funeral, the official Iranian news agency IRNA reports. "These allegations are false like all the other allegations (by the Israeli media) and I have not had any meeting with a personality from the Zionist regime," Mr Khatami is quoted as saying. Israeli media has reported that during the requiem mass in St Peter's Square, Iranian-born Mr Katzav shook the hand of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad and exchanged a few words in Persian with Mr Khatami. The...

<p>I feel ashamed that the republican were able to cheat once again? Is this democracy? I think not! I know, without a shadow of a doubt that the election was rigged, because there aren't enough idiot in this country to vote the god danged BUSH into office, ONCE, not to mention TWICE. We should pull together, and fight the oppression. FIGHT THE POWER, and the evil republicans, before it's too late, and we are relieved of all our precious rights. Soon we will all be imprisoned, and figuratively speaking, forced to finish our pees before we are aloud to leave the dinner table. For SHAME... SHAME ON THE US of A, a potentially fantastic country.</p>

WHAT YOU LEARN IN THE ARMY. I received this picture by E-mail today and thought others might enjoy the humor. The picture shows that this soldier has been thru Survival School and learned his lessons well. He's giving the sign of "coercion" with his left hand. These hand signs are taught in survival school to be used by POW's as a method of posing messages back to our intelligence services who may view the photo or video. This guy was obviously being coerced into shaking hands with Hillary Clinton. It's ironic how little she knew that he would so inform...

Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and former President Bill Clinton shake hands backstage at the Samsung Four Seasons of Hope charity luncheon in New York, Wednesday, June 18, 2003. That wouldn't be news ordinarily, but a New York Post columnist reported Wednesday that the organizers of Samsung's Four Seasons of Hope luncheon had labored to keep the two politicians far apart because they "can't stand each other." (AP Photo/Harold Hechler Associates) AP - Jun 18 4:08 PM

A stiff handshake, a tense smile but no invitation to the Texas ranch for Chirac Bush gets a helping hand from Old Europe Michael White Monday June 2, 2003 The Guardian (UK) George Bush and Jacques Chirac, current holders of the two most powerful executive presidencies in the world, finally managed to shake hands yesterday after their war of words over the conflict in Iraq. They hadn't quite managed it at the junket which the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, organised to mark the 300th anniversary of the founding of St Petersburg. Mr Chirac had to leave early to host his...