From Newser.com:

As if the United Nations hasn’t been enough of a circus this week, with a parade of world leaders granted the microphone to fulminate, babble, and explode, the big-time media has been offering a sideshow of its own. In a series of sit-downs with some of the wackier heads of state, they’ve been giving these guys a chance to do the opposite—show their soft side.
First the Washington Post and Newsweek got up close and personal with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who appeared “relaxed and confident” and “bantered” with journalists hours before his virulent attack on Israel, capitalism, and the US before the General Assembly. He assured reporters that Iran had no interest whatsoever in acquiring nuclear weapons, called it a “hilarious” misunderstanding, and, to show his sincerity, offered to let the country’s nuclear experts meet with counterparts from the West.

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