Can the World Survive a US Downturn?
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday encouraged Iran's government and its new parliament to work together after an election brought in an assembly expected to be more critical of the president. Conservatives who pride themselves on loyalty to the Islamic Republic's values and its top authority, Khamenei, retained control of parliament in the vote on Friday. But divisions within the broad conservative camp mean hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will probably face an assembly more ready to challenge him, particularly as rivals question his economic policies...
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