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BEIRUT, Lebanon - Iran's president heads to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for discussions with King Abdullah, an indication that weeks of talks between their envoys on simmering conflicts in Iraq and Lebanon have made some headway.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's visit to Riyadh comes as the U.S. is pushing for harsher U.N. sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, and it may reflect that he is looking for a way out of a tight corner.

Ahmadinejad is expected to travel to Saudi Arabia on Saturday for a one-day visit, a Saudi Foreign Ministry official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media.

Iran's ambassador to Riyadh, Mohammad ...

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