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News Source: Myanmar News
| 5 months ago
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after failing to win any concessions Friday during a rare meeting with the country's top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail...Nobel...
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News Source: Los Angeles Times
| 5 months ago
The enemy made an effort to poison the people," Jannati, who is politically close to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, told worshipers gathered in Tehran. "They had planned a velvet revolution before the...
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News Source: Christian Science Monitor
| 5 months ago
A daily summary of global reports on security issues. With protests against the results of the recent presidential election in Iran appearing to have ebbed, the world's governments are facing the prospect of dealing with an Iranian government still...
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News Source: The Union
| 5 months ago
Last month, hundreds of thousands of Iranians took to the streets to protest a rigged presidential election. Our president was extremely cautious in his initial criticism of the Iranian government's fierce crackdown against the protestors. At first,...
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News Source: The Boston Globe
| 5 months ago
Myanmar— The U.N. secretary-general said ahead of his trip Friday to Myanmar that he plans to lobby the military-ruled country's top leader directly for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was...
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News Source: The Economist
| 5 months ago
Iran’s disputed presidential election A hollow victory Jul 2nd 2009 From The Economist print edition Mahmoud Ahmadinejad keeps power but loses legitimacy, particularly among the middle class THE case is closed. The landslide claimed by Mahmoud...
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News Source: EU Observer
| 5 months ago
The EU has played a significant part in international efforts to make Tehran comply with the world's rules on nuclear power. Germany, France, and the UK - have been leading the negotiations along with the US, Russia and China. But Iran's military...
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News Source: The independent
| 5 months ago
David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, ought to be pleased with Iran. There is no one else left in the world who would categorise Britain as uniquely evil or threatening, let alone important enough to go for full-scale diplomatic confrontation. If...
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News Source: Fox News
| 5 months ago
Reuters A woman identified on Flickr as Neda Agha Soltani is seen in an undated headshot uploaded to the site on June 22, 2009. The murder of 26-year-old protester Neda Soltan was staged, Iran's chief of police said Wednesday — a statement that...
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News Source: Inquirer.net
| 5 months ago
Honduras-In the face of growing international pressure, the interim leader of Honduras has warned that only a foreign invasion would return President Manuel Zelaya to office, setting up a showdown with his ousted predecessor who is preparing to come...