<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f0fe0344-c5dc-4dda-88ef-9caca0916148/B2AC824A-FCEB-462D-AC84-293A6D6BD90B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama" href="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama" style="font-size: 11px;">fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama"><H1>Iran leader offers Obama landmark congratulations</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama"><P>TEHRAN, Iran – <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_0" class="yshortcuts">Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad</SPAN> on Thursday congratulated <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_1" class="yshortcuts">Barack Obama</SPAN> on his election win — the first time an Iranian leader has offered such wishes to a U.S. president-elect since the <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_2" class="yshortcuts">1979 Islamic Revolution</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama">An analyst said the statement was a gesture from the hard-line president that he's open to some sort of reconciliation with the U.S.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama">Ahmadinejad also said he hopes Obama will "use the opportunity to serve the (American) people and leave a good name for history"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama"><P>In Jerusalem, <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_7" class="yshortcuts">Israeli Foreign Minister</SPAN> <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_8" class="yshortcuts">Tzipi Livni</SPAN>, a contender for <SPAN id="lw_1225998486_9" class="yshortcuts">prime minister</SPAN> in her country's elections, warned against any dialogue with Iran — a first sign of Israeli disagreement with the incoming U.S. administration.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://fe30.story.media.ac4.yahoo.com/news/us/story/ap/20081106/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_obama">"Dialogue at this time is liable to broadcast weakness," cautioned Livni</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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