Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, walk past Iranian Achaemenid Emperor's soldier statues as they attend a ceremony for Putin in Tehran, Iran. Russian President Vladimir Putin refused to set a date for the start-up of Iran's first nuclear power plant.

First published in the October 16, 2007, 6:16 p.m. edition

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