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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad chose to commemorate Quds Day on Friday, September 18, by expressing his usual doubts as to whether the Holocaust really happened. He stated that the Holocaust was used as a false pretext for occupying...
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While the majority of Zimbabweans the world over watching events play out in a criminal court in Harare, where MDC politician Roy Bennett is answering to charges that...
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Nicolas Sarkozy was last night accused of living in ‘total fantasy’ after claiming he was among the first people to tear down the Berlin Wall.
In an...
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Two of Russia’s most prominent human rights organizations say their work has been thrown into jeopardy by municipal efforts to evict them from their offices.
For...
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The growing number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio de Janeiro’s war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to “brave” police...
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Drugs tests are to be offered to all Italian MPs and senators from tomorrow in a bid to prove their parliament is not an ‘opium smoking den’.
The testing...
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Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico - In the story making the rounds here in Mexico’s drug capital, the setting is a beauty parlor. A woman with wealth obtained...
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It is not only spies, spooks and Bohemians who look back on life before the fall of the Wall with nostalgia. For 40 years Berlin was the front line between East and...
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The border between Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo is being redrawn — by a river!
Technocrats from the two countries are quietly working to head off a...
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The gay sex scene alone would be enough to ban “This Area Is Under Quarantine” in many countries.
Filmed in a Bangkok hotel room, the scene offers lots of...
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Iran accused three detained Americans of spying Monday, signaling Tehran intends to put them on trial. It drew a sharp U.S. response that the charges are baseless...
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Yesterday, the first female mayor of Baltimore, Sheila Dixon, went on trial accused of stealing gift cards meant for the poor and using them to fund lavish shopping...
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Yemen’s President, Ali Abdullah Saleh, flew into the Gulf of Aden on Nov. 7 to celebrate the first exports of liquefied natural gas from a sprawling $4.5 billion...
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Looking around East Africa, indeed Africa, you can see the diplomatic space has become quite black.
A few weeks ago, Nairobi was turned upside down with the MTV Africa...
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China has executed nine men, including eight from the Muslim Uighur minority, for crimes committed during July riots that killed 200 people in far western Xinjiang...
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The two Koreas briefly exchanged naval fire Tuesday along their disputed western sea border, with a North Korean ship suffering heavy damage before retreating, South...
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The city of romance got a lesson in love’s hard knocks Sunday, as thousands flocked to the French capital’s first divorce fair.
In France, nearly one out...
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In a SPIEGEL interview, the national security adviser to the White House, General James Jones, has expressed strong skepticism regarding the request of General Stanley...
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A landslide triggered by torrential seasonal rains swept through a hilly region in southern India, killing at least 39 people, an official said Tuesday.
The landslide...
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Some dude outside my supermarket just asked me to sign a petition to legalize marijuana. Apparently he was so high that he forgot he’s in California, where pot is...
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Injecting itself aggressively into the health-care debate, the Roman Catholic Church in America has emerged as a major political force with the potential to upend a key...
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Barack Obama’s hopes of persuading Iran to renounce its nuclear ambitions appeared to have been dashed yesterday after the UN watchdog admitted that it had reached a...
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I have little or no respect for the United Nations - primarily because they insist on hosting some of the worst leaders on the face of the earth today whenever they...
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called for the prosecution of Iran’s top opposition leaders Friday, backing hard-liners pushing for escalation of the postelection...
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Reporting from Beirut — Political hard-liners warned President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday that he could be deposed like past Iranian leaders if he continued...
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It seems to be Iran’s wish to stay isolated in the world and even invite an air attack against its nuclear facilities.
Since coming to office, President Obama...
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The official result of the Iranian election has left Iranians as well as Iran-watchers in the West baffled, disgusted and bewildered. Perhaps from the start, however,...
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Supporters had been due to turn out en masse in Tehran on Monday afternoon, despite government warnings to stay off the streets.
But this morning, a statement on Mr...
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Iran’s Interior Ministry declared Saturday that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a decisive victory in Friday’s presidential election, but the...
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Iran faced turmoil last night as the hardline President and his centrist challenger both claimed victory in a bitterly contested election.
The offical news agency...
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Well.......... He’s got to be. What else could explain his last little tirade!
“Those who speak of change must apologise to the Iranian people to repair...
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Former two-time Iranian president and reformer Mohammad Khatami (last serving in office in 2005) has spoken about running for the presidency once more against current...
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An Israeli cabinet minister has suggested Israel could kidnap Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over threats he has made against the state.
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Iran’s top nuclear negotiator, Saeed Jalili, says Tehran welcomes any new “constructive ideas” in its nuclear talks with the major powers.
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says Washington is exploiting the United Nations Security Council to advance its own agenda.
“Can the UNSC adopt a...
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told NBC News that Iran isn’t developing nuclear weapons and the country would respond positively to a new approach from the...
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According to Iranian media, the US Military and today’s report on CNN, Iran has test fired nine missiles in what can be assumed to be a response to recent Israeli...
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It is a popular thing to wish for America’s demise as a superpower and to see the weakening of Western civilization and capitalism. The grass is always greener...
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The Italian and U.N. hosts of a U.N. crisis summit on rising food prices on Monday left the presidents of Zimbabwe and Iran off the guest list of a ceremonial dinner...
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