TEHRAN (Reuters) — Iran’s judiciary confirmed on Tuesday the detention of an Iranian-American social scientist on charges of spying, one of a number that US officials and think tanks had reported held.

WASHINGTON — Confronted with strong opposition to his Iraq policies, President George W. Bush decides to interpret public opinion his own way. Actually, he says, people agree with him.

TEHRAN (AFP) — President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad warned on Tuesday that it was too late to stop Iran’s nuclear programme despite new efforts by Western powers to impose more UN sanctions against the Islamic republic.