TEHRAN, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin, brushing off the threat of a reported plot to assassinate him, arrived in Iran on Tuesday for talks focusing on Tehran's nuclear row with the West. A Reuters witness said the Russian leader's plane had landed in Tehran. Iranian state media also reported Putin had arrived at Mehrabad airport in the Iranian capital.
People dressed up as Guantanamo prisoners protest against extending the mission in Uruzgan, Afghanistan, outside the building where a NATO defence ministers meeting is taking place in Noordwijk October 25, 2007. NATO defence ministers agreed on Thursday to scale down the alliance's ambition to keep a 25,000-strong rapid reaction force on standby, ready to intervene in crises around the world. The project was a victim of the pressure on NATO members to maintain a 40,000-strong force in Afghanistan, a mission some argue is proof that NATO is in any case revamping its armies to meet far-flung military challenges. The signs read: "More transparency about Iraq now, no war against Iran, troops out of Afghanistan" and "Wanted, George W. Bush terrorist". REUTERS/Michael Kooren (NETHERLANDS)