Ahmadinejad Addresses General Assembly

Oct. 25: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, helped by his bodyguard to climb onto the back of a truck during a religious ceremony marking the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran. The world's 120 million Shiites venerate the sixth imam, or spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad, of the Shi'ite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shi'ite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith (traditional sayings of the Prophet), if contrary to the Qur'an, should be rejected

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Oct. 25: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, during a religious ceremony marking the death of the Shiite Saint Jaafar Sadeq in Tehran. The world's 120 million Shiites venerate the sixth imam, or spiritual successor to the Prophet Muhammad, of the Shi'ite branch of Islam and the last to be recognized as imam by all the Shi'ite sects. Theologically, he advocated a limited predestination and proclaimed that Hadith (traditional sayings of the Prophet), if contrary to the Qur'an, should be rejected.

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Sept. 23: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, makes a 'thumbs-down' gesture during President Bush's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York. The man on the left is unidentified.

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Sept. 23: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad waves to reporters during President Bush's remarks to the United Nations General Assembly in New York.

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Sept. 23: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, right, arrives with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, center, for a meeting at United Nations headquarters.

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Sept. 22: A block long crowd of protesters attend a rally across the street from the United Nations in New York. The demonstration, attended by various community leaders including Nobel Prize laureate Elie Wiesel, is aimed at protesting the Iranian threat and the appearance of president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Sept. 23: Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, accompanied by his U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazee, arrives for a meeting with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at United Nations headquarters.

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Sept. 23: Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, left, and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad meet at the United Nations headquarters.

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Sept. 23: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, right, watches President Bush address the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Seated with him is his U.N. Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee, left, and Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki.

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