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Will Obama accept Iran's Ahmadinejad challenge to debate at UN in September?
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Background:
May 25 08:34 AM US/Eastern
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is calling for a face-to-face debate with his American counterpart Barack Obama at the United Nations.
The offer by Ahmadinejad came at news conference Monday as he steps up his campaign for his re-election in the June 12 presidential vote.
If returned to office, Ahmadinejad says he wants to meet Obama during the U.N. General Assembly in September to debate "world issues and the way toward peace."
Ahmadinejad is in a four-way race against a fellow hard-liner and two pro-reform candidates.
The campaign has grown more bitter in recent days with reformists accusing authorities of trying to undercut their strength by blocking the social networking site Facebook.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D98D9SI80&show_article=1
Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source.
I could not find a specific date for UN General Assembly to meet in September. If Ahmadinejad loses next election, then this question would need to be voided. I would like for this question to be settled as an event (or lack of one) rather than settled by time frame, because the calendar or schedule for the UN General Assembly may be changed based on world events.
Category Editor Clarirication: By creator request, this market will be suspended upon any announcement by the White House that a debate absolutely will or absolutely will not take place. Settlement, however, won't take place until the General Assembly has actually finished meeting.
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Comments: 7
Suspend date: Fri 25th Sep 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 6th Oct 2:29am PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Fri 25th Sep 11:59pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
Initial likelihoods: Yes: 25%
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: this is a real oldie. could this not be settled? referred to the previous UN meeting in May, I don't believe such a debate took place.
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drzinternet: NO 
Suspend date: Fri 25th Sep 11:59pm PST
Settlement date: Tue 6th Oct 2:29am PST
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what if the press ask obama and he says no he won't debate. does the question settle then or do we wait till after the U.N. meeting takes place? i'm guessing it won't suspend if obama says no he won't debate him at the U.N. the question might be suspended for months. could you please clarify how that will be handled?
but then actually wait till the General Assembly meets before final settlement, in case the outcome changes.
This would prevent people who are wagering on this question
from pulling their money in droves and skewing the outcome of the wager.
I hope this is an acceptable procedure. It does require an extra step (suspension)
and I believe that the Hubdub editors are already overworked with settlement details.
My thanks in advance for the efforts and hidden details that make this site work.
Category Editor Clarirication: By creator request, this market will be suspended upon any announcement by the White House that a debate absolutely will or absolutely will not take place. Settlement, however, won't take place until the General Assembly has actually finished meeting.
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