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Sudden cancellation of Ahmadinejad Latin American tour without explanation DEBKAfile Exclusive Report May 4, 2009, 10:14 PM (GMT+02:00) Ahmadinejad's Latin American tour postponed "indefinitely" Sunday night, May 3, Iran's foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki announced the Iranian president would pay official visits to Brazil, Venezuela and Ecuador from May 7 to 8. Twenty four hours later, the tour was postponed "indefinitely" without explanation. Instead, Ahmadinejad will visit Damascus Tuesday.DEBKAfile reported earlier that the visit's highlight was to be the signing of a contract for the sale of Brazilian uranium to Iran, a deal set up by Hugo Chavez and Russian nuclear czar Sergei Kiriyenko (as first revealed by DEBKA-Net-Weekly 392 on April 17: Iran Eyes Nuclear Breakthrough with Brazil). To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weekly click HERE .  More...

Netanyahu ready for peace talks with Palestinians right now May 5, 2009, 8:48 AM (GMT+02:00) President Peres to hold first formal talks with Barack Obama Addressing the AIPAC Israeli lobby conference by satellite early Tuesday. May 5, Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu offered peace talks "the sooner the better." Israel's president Shimon Peres holds talks in the White House Tuesday, May 5, with US president Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Speaker Nancy Pelosi. He told the AIPAC conference: Iran is developing a nuclear option "even though it is threatened by no-one." Tehran is arming Hizballah and Hamas "to impose its alien and violent agenda on the Middle East."  More... Gates steps in where Ross fails to reassure US Arab allies DEBKA-Net-Weekly Exclusive Report May 4, 2009, 1:45 PM (GMT+02:00) Gates faces a surly welcome The comingDEBKA-Net-Weeklycontinues to track the broad impact of Barack Obama's bid for rapprochement with Tehran. After US envoy Dennis Ross failed to persuade American Arab allies there was no sell-out, defense secretary Robert Gates was dispatched Monday on a hasty fence-mending mission. Don't miss DEBKA-Net-Weekly's exclusive coverage of this fast-breaking epic. To subscribe to DEBKA-Net-Weeklyclick HERE .