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Rafsanjani rolls the dice one last time to fix Iran's future
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - Iran's best known political grandee, former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, looms large in the history of the Islamic Republic - now registered to run in Iran's presidential election next month he may also get the chance to carve out...Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Tehran (Iran), Religion and Belief, Ban Ki-moon, Freedom of the Press
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Hoping for change in Syria
Victor Davis HansonRemember when President Obama used to warn Syria's Bashar al-Assad to stop his mass killing and step down? Muammar Gadhafi's dictatorship had then just collapsed under Western bombing. The murders of Americans in Benghazi and the subsequent postwar...Tags: Rebellions, Defense Equipment, Iraq, Religion and Belief, The Washington Post
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Review: 'Strange Rebels' by Christian Caryl
The rebels of Christian Caryl's "Strange Rebels" are a motley lot. They include Margaret Thatcher, the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and his followers, Pope John Paul II, Deng Xiaoping, and the Afghan insurgents who fought back against the Soviet invasion...
Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Labour Party (UK), Jihad, Values, Iran
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How Deepa Mehta Overcame Protests to Film Salman Rushdie's 'Midnight's Children'
ReutersMay 03 (TheWrap.com) - Salman Rushdie's novel "Midnight's Children" is a sprawling book that its author has described as a "love letter to India" -- a chronicle of the country's birth and occasionally troubled history as experienced by a boy born at the...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Literature, Authors, Civil Rights, Tehran (Iran)
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'The Walking' continues the journey of Iranian immigrants
In "The Walking," a simple and pure young man circles half the world, on foot, by ship and plane, to a place he's longed to see. As a boy growing up in Iranian Kurdistan, Saladin lost himself in the dreamy vision of California he's seen in the movies....Tags: Immigration, Iran, Arts and Culture, Religion and Belief, Human Rights
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Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains
BAGHDAD — Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the geopolitical winner of the war appears to be their common enemy: Iran. American military forces are long gone, and Iraqi officials say Washington's...Tags: U.S. Cabinet, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Nouri Maliki, Iraq, Tehran (Iran)
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Other venues: 'Forrest Gump,' 'The Terminator' and 'The Man Who Wasn't There'
BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org *"The Waiting Room" (U.S.; Peter Nicks, 2012) Shot over five months in an Oakland public hospital, "The Waiting Room" explores the state of medical care for the nation's...Tags: Arnold Schwarzenegger, The Waiting Room (movie), Stanley Baker, Tehran (Iran), Argo (movie)
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Middle East mess was born in the U.S.A.
Titillation over David Petraeus and political posturing over Susan Rice aside, here is the most important unasked question: Why did we foster regime change in Libya and Egypt that gave the Muslim Brotherhood control in the latter and produced a gaggle...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Al-Qaeda, Hamas, Iraq, Religion and Belief
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Ben Affleck's mission accomplished in 'Argo' ★★★ 1/2
The propulsive hostage thriller "Argo," the third feature directed by Ben Affleck, just plain works. It's heartening to encounter a film, based on fact but happy to include all sorts of exciting fictions to amp up the suspense, whose entertainment...
Tags: Alan Arkin, Tehran (Iran), Argo (movie), Victor Garber, Ben Affleck
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Reward for killing Salman Rushdie upped by Iranian foundation
World NowThe reward for killing Salman Rushdie has been upped to $3.3 million by a semiofficial Iranian religious foundation, Iranian media reported this weekend. The increased bounty appeared to be linked to the infuriated protests coursing through the Muslim... -
Lloyd Waters: Guests of the Ayatollah, minus six
How is your memory working this morning? A little rusty, you say. I want to take you back 33 years to 1979 and ask you to remember a few things. If you’re not old enough to recall back that far, some review of that era just might be worthwhile....Tags: Donna Summer, Crisis, Unrest, Conflicts and War, The Herald-Mail, Central Intelligence Agency
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Tunisian Man Arrested in Deadly Attack on Benghazi Consulate
The Tunisian government on Wednesday confirmed it has arrested a 28-year-old Tunisian reportedly linked to the U.S. Consulate attack in Libya, according to the AP.
Tunisian Interior Ministry spokesman Tarrouch Khaled said Ali Harzi was in custody in...Tags: Rebellions, Activism, Malaysia, Tehran (Iran), Computer Crime
May 11, 2013
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May 9, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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May 3, 2013
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Apr 18, 2013
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Mar 28, 2013
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Feb 28, 2013
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Nov 29, 2012
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Oct 11, 2012
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Sep 17, 2012
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Nov 9, 2012
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Oct 24, 2012
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