Source: The Nation
This is the second part in a series on Iran’s June 14 presidential election. Part 1, with brief profiles of the leading candidates who’d filed to run, appeared last Friday . As the news of the latest turns in Iran’s pres ...
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Source: Los Angeles Times
These besotted double-X chromosome-bearers feel sorry for "Jahar," the nickname he used as a Twitter handle and that is now part of dozens of hashtags (#FreeJahar is a favorite), Facebook pages and Tumblr blogs. The fangirls th ...
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Source: The Huffington Post
Ali Akbar Velayati Top adviser to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on international affairs. Velayati, 67, served as foreign minister during the 1980-88 war with Iraq and into the 1990s. He is a physician and ...
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Source: National Catholic Register
CLEVELAND — The horrific case of Ariel Castro, the Cleveland man accused of kidnapping three women and keeping them hostage in his basement for more than a decade, is inadvertently casting a new spotlight on federal and state laws ...
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Source: The Nation
This is the first in a series of posts about Iran's crucial presidential election on June 14. If Iran is a dictatorship, its politics is remarkably rough and tumble. Not only does the coming presidential election ...
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Source: Humanitarian News
RFE/RL In The Media # "The Washington Post" cites RFE/RL reporting on the spy scandal in Russia # "Reason" links to RFE/RL reporting on Afghanistan # "UPI" cites RFE/RL reporting on taxing development pro ...
Full article at: Humanitarian News
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Source: Enduring America
Nuclear Talks: No Progress But Jalili In The Spotlight Iran's reporting on Wednesday's nuclear talks is decidedly different from that of Western outlets, though neither side gave much indication of the content of the t ...
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Source: Washington Examiner
Prince George's County Executive Rushern Baker is asking for an exemption to a law passed seven months ago mandating that appointees to county boards and commissions live within the county. In a proposal submitted to the council Tuesday, Bake ...
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Source: Reproductive Health: Reality Check
Ariel Castro was arraigned on four counts of kidnapping and three counts of rape after three women and a six-year-old girl were rescued from his dilapidated west Cleveland home. The woman told police that Castro had kidnapped them and held them c ...
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Source: iStockAnalyst
CONTACT: Contact NEI's media relations staff at media@nei.org, 202.739.8000 during business hours or 703.644.8805 after hours and weekends. WASHINGTON, May 13, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Nuclear Energy Institu ...
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