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U.S. virtual embassy blocked in Iran

By WTOP Staff

J.J. Green, wtop.com

WASHINGTON – Iran’s nervous neighbors now shopping for “#nuke off the shelf” for protection: http://bit.ly/rJacqE

TEHRAN – 24 hours after the new U.S. virtual embassy was launched. It was blocked from view inside Iran.

ISLAMABAD – Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is stable and resting in a Dubai hospital and will undergo further tests, according to his doctor, the presidential spokesman said on Thursday, hoping to quell speculation the unpopular leader might resign.

MOSCOW – Trouble looming in Russia. More than 12,000 Russian Facebook users have signed up to an event called ‘Rally for Fair Elections’ on 10 December in central Moscow.

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