DOHA, Qatar | U.S. officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran's nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.
President Barack Obama's senior military adviser called for more time for diplomatic pressure to work and said from Israel, which has hinted that it might attack if negotiations to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions failed, that such action could have "unintended consequences" throughout the Middle East. Israel views Iran's nuclear program as a threat to its very existence.
While diplomatic patience has its limits, "we're not there yet," U.S. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in Tel Aviv.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, on a quick visit to Persian Gulf allies Qatar and Saudi Chanel Replica Handbags Arabia, told a forum on U.S.- Muslim relations that Iran has not lived up to its nuclear obligations and has rebuffed U.S. and international efforts to engage in serious talks.
Lebanon
Troops fire on Israeli warplanes
Prada Replica HandbagsBEIRUT | Lebanese troops opened fire Sunday on four Israeli warplanes that flew into Lebanese airspace, the army said.
Israeli warplanes frequently fly over Lebanese territory in what Israel says are reconnaissance missions. The overflights have been a constant source of friction between the two countries.
Ukraine
Election results are certified
Ukraine's Central Election Commission certified Viktor Yanukovich as the winner of the Feb. 7 presidential election on Sunday, even as his opponent, Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, vowed to challenge the decision in court.
The commission announced that Yanukovich, the opposition leader, had prevailed by 3.48 percentage points, or 887,909 votes.
On Saturday night, Tymoshenko said she would not concede and asserted that Yanukovich's campaign had used extensive fraud to steal the election.
Israel
Fendi Replica Handbagsman with harem is charged with rape
JERUSALEM | A 60-year-old Israeli man who kept a harem of at least 21 women who bore him 49 children has been charged with enslavement, rape, incest and other sexual offenses.
Goel Ratzon was arrested last month but wasn't charged formally until Sunday.
Ratzon, who remains behind bars, denies wrongdoing.
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