Friday, September 04, 2009

Iran gets first woman minister as MP.

Iran's parliament on Thursday backed a cabinet proposed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that includes the Islamic republic's first woman minister and a man wanted in connection with the bombing of a Jewish community centre in Argentina.

The conservative-dominated assembly approved 18 of 21 nominees, propelling Ahmadinejad into his second four-year term as Iran battles its worst crisis since the hardliner's re-election in June.

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