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Mar 31 2007, Ravinder Makhaik

United States of America is not willing to swap the 5 Iranians their forces captured in Iraq in January for the 15 British marines that the Iranian navy seized in the disputed Shat-al-Arab waterway, over a week ago.

Iran by refusing to release...

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Bunyodkor’s Anvar Gafurov, left, and Al Ettifaq’s Tagoe Prince fight for the ball during an AFC Champions League 2009 soccer match between Bunyodkor, Tashkent, and Al Ettifaq, Saudi Arabia, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Wednesday, March 11, 2009....