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Iran's Soccer Captain bids a brave farewell

Handwritten letter from the banned-for-life former captain of Iran's soccer team to the soccer authorities. Four team members were forced to retire and banned for life, for wearing green armbands at their last...

Hey, Do 'Commoners' Have Any Say In Political Party Candidates?

     LOOK, the news is abuzz about Sarah Palin, again!  (Screeams! -- joy, -- rage...it depends on who is screaming.)  Yep, Sarah, you've set the headlines and political world...

Sri Lanka's Democratic Dictatorship

The democratically elected 'dictatorial' government of Sri Lanka fears media the most - The Island Online. I provide the full text of the article below: "What do democratically elected ‘dictatorial’ governments of Sri Lanka fear most- THE MEDIA! If that is not so, why...

News and rumors from Iran- June 26-27-28

Large amounts of money from leading Iranian banks are reported to being transferred out of the country. Rafsanjani is reported to have enough votes from the Council of Experts in Qom to displace Khameini, delayed...

Rumors or Truemors on Election Fraud in Iran?

Rumor or Truemor? "Al-Arabiya: According To Iranian Interior Ministry Leak, Mousavi WonThe Al-Arabiya website reported yesterday from Tehran, based on a leak by employees in the vote-counting apparatus in Iran's Interior Ministry, that the real winner in Iran's presidential...

Obama and Iran

Diplomats and scholars encourage Obama to invest in change instead of regime change

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"Wednesday, November 12, 2008 Ahmed Quraishi There is little question that an American-occupied Afghanistan has emerged as the biggest security threat to Pakistan. But you...

No we can’t? - Obama’s victory and Sri Lanka

"Articles and op-eds by those close to the Rajapakse regime in Sri Lanka have already appropriated Obama’s language, ideas, message and campaign for parochial ends. This is to be expected by a regime keen to...

Arab papers see Israel behind deadly Syria bomb

Some Arab newspapers have accused Israel of being involved in the deadly car bombing in Damascus in which 17 persons were killed on Saturday. Although investigation into the incident would fix the responsibility for the attack, some columnists of Arab newspapers were quick in...

Palin on Ahmadinejad: 'He Must Be Stopped'

"By SARAH PALIN | September 22, 2008Governor Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, was scheduled to speak today at a rally in Dag Hammarskjold Plaza to protest the appearance here of President Ahmadinejad of Iran. Her appearance was canceled by rally organizers...

Transgender woman speaks out on sex abuses, Khmer Rouge trials

Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia have been accused of many atrocities, but today a 68 year-old transgender woman added a new dimension to the saga when she revealed shocking details of her oppression under...

AHMADINEJAD'S NEW ENEMY: WOMEN

"Posted: 4:36 am, September 6, 2008, by Amir Taheri, NY POST IN one of his last sermons before his death, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini warned of "three threats" to his vision of Islam: the US, the Jews and women....

Tbilisi Closes Embassy, Toughens Visa Regime

Opinion Barry Artiste Tbilisi closing their Embassy, sends a strong message to those Russian citizens who wish to travel. Russia on the other hand has kept it's Embassy open for Russian Citizens, but may close...

No Nobel Prize for President Gayoom! Say People of Maldives

"When Dictator Maumoon Abdul Gayoom asked the Royal Commonwealth Society in London “Is there a Right to a Safe Environment?” and argued that climate change was a human issue linked to human rights, those who...

Firm with licence to print Mugabe's money

" The Mugabe regime's final lifeline is a small Vienna-based software company that helps it to keep printing the money it relies on for its survival, The Independent can reveal. Jura JSP, an Austro-Hungarian...

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