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NEW YORK – Eccentric multi-millionaire Abe Hirschfeld (search), an immigrant who lived the American dream until his increasingly bizarre behavior led him into politics, publishing and prison, died Tuesday. He was 85. A family spokesman said Hirschfeld, who made his fortune, building parking lots and health clubs after immigrating to …

ISFAHAN, Iran – Iran (search) threatened to reopen its nuclear processing plant here Monday but later agreed to a two-day delay after receiving a request from the head of the U.N. atomic watchdog agency. Ali Agha Mohammadi, spokesman for Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (search), told The Associated Press that …

LONDON – Britain on Friday barred radical Muslim cleric Omar Bakri (search) from returning to the country that was his home for the past 20 years, saying his presence was no longer “conducive to the public good.” The decision came as the country’s top legal official defended plans to deport …