World Daily News Catch-Up

Iraqi Government Withholding Number of Dead: The Iraqi government is not releasingcivilian death figures, the UN believes their reason is to cover up the worsening crisisin Baghdad, and the Iraqis are calling the UN report "unbalancedand lacking credibility". The UN is said the situation is worseningand that 36,000people have died in 2006. What a finger pointing mess.

 

Bush Invites Iranian Wrestlers to Train in U.S.: I 'm not too sure what to make of this, but we're (the US) is inviting Iranian Olympic Wrestlers to train here in the US. The Bush administration wants to show the people of Iran that we don't have a problem with them, only their government. And what better way to worsen a situation then to give candy to the neighbors kid and tell them they have a bad mommy?

Despite these tensions, the Bush administration has triedto encourage contacts with the Iranian people via sports andcultural exchanges, making clear it has problems with Iran'sgovernment and not the population

Iran's chief nuclear negotiator, Ali Larijani went to Turkey to hold talks on the Iranian nuclear program with the EU (European Union) foreign policy chief. The two are looking into re-opening negotiations to end thefive-year standoff that has been the issue between the Islamicrepublic and the West.