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Iran's Critical Election, Part II

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 ...
Full article at: The Nation  More like this  2 days ago, 9:45am CDT

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and his fangirls

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 ...
Full article at: Los Angeles Times  More like this  3 days ago, 8:05pm CDT

Iran Presidential Election 2013: Official Candidates List

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 ...
Full article at: The Huffington Post  More like this  3 days ago, 5:05pm CDT

Cleveland Kidnapping Horrors Focus Attention on Laws Protecting Unborn Children

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 ...
Full article at: National Catholic Register  More like this  4 days ago, 12:18pm CDT

Iran's Critical Election, Part I

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 ...
Full article at: The Nation  More like this  May 17 2013, 10:48am CDT

The Rundown -- May 16

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  More like this  May 16 2013, 12:40am CDT

Iran Today: How To Use Nuclear Talks In An Election Campaign

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 ...
Full article at: Enduring America  More like this  May 16 2013, 12:34am CDT

Prince George's County exec wants waiver for county's residency requirement

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 ...
Full article at: Washington Examiner  More like this  May 14 2013, 5:15pm CDT

Ariel Castro Could Face Murder Charges for Terminating Victim’s Pregnancies

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 ...
Full article at: Reproductive Health: Reality Check  More like this  May 13 2013, 8:40pm CDT

NEI Re-Elects Energy Future Holdings' Young, Exelon's Crane to Board Leadership

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 ...
Full article at: iStockAnalyst  More like this  May 13 2013, 4:36pm CDT



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