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Aug 4 2009, Umar

The blistered black walls of the Hameed family’s bedroom tell of an unspeakable crime. Seven family members died here on Saturday, six of them burned to death by a mob that had broken into their house and shot the grandfather dead, just because they...

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Iranian Christian Nora Khachatourian holds her relative, Parlin, as they light candles during a Christmas Eve mass at the St. Grigor Armenian Catholic church in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 24, 2008. Iran’s population of 70 million includes about...