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Mia Farrow ends fast over health concerns
Khartoum :: Sudan | 7 months ago
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Mia Farrow ended her liquid-only fast aimed at calling attention to the crisis in Darfur after 12 days as her health took "a downturn," according to her publicist. Farrow began her fast last month to call attention to the demand that "world leaders take...
Tags: Mia Farrow, Celebrity Darfur Fasting Network, Richard Branson, hunger strike, health concerns
Lee advises Taiwan ex-president Chen to offer apology
Taipei :: Taiwan | 7 months ago
Credibility Chen advised to apologize Former President of the Academia Sinica Lee Yuan-tseh said yesterday that he would suggest former President Chen Shui-bian offer an apology for alleged corruption and ask his wife and son to wire the overseas funds back to Taiwan.
Tags: Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan, president chen, hunger strike
Chen fires lawyer in trial protest
Taipei :: Taiwan | 7 months ago
Credibility In a statement on Thursday, Mr Chen maintained his innocence but said he would not call any further witnesses and asked the judge to impose a sentence of life imprisonment upon him.
Tags: Taiwan Strait, Chen Shui-bian, president chen, ECG, Lai Cheng-yi, heart problem, Mr Chen, hunger strike, court hearing, China
Three striking workers "in critical condition"
Belgrade :: Serbia | 7 months ago
Credibility Twelve Partizan factory workers who have been on a hunger strike for 15 days spent a quiet night, but the health of some of them is seriously deteriorating. Striking Council President Svetozar Bojanić said that three of the workers are in critical condition...
Tags: hunger strike
Journalist jailed in Iran ends hunger strike
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility ET The Associated Press An American journalist jailed in Iran on charges of spying for the U.S. has ended her two-week hunger strike for health reasons, her father said Wednesday. American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, seen here in 2004 in Bam, 1,250...
Tags: Iranian Foreign Ministry, Iran Human Rights, Roxana Saberi, Reza Saberi, hunger strike, Ms Saberi, Tehran, evin prison, ended hunger, U.S
Michelle Obama excites crowd in UN visit
Khartoum :: Sudan | 7 months ago
Credibility Later Tuesday, Obama was to attend a black-tie affair at the Time Warner Center in Manhattan with celebrities and other high-profile people who Time magazine has dubbed the world's 100 most influential people. Earlier, at the mission, demonstrators who...
Tags: Darfur, Mia Farrow, hunger strike, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama
Nuclear talks not election issue in Iran
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility The June 12 presidential elections in Iran play no role in ongoing talks on its controversial nuclear program, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hassan Qashqavi denied allegations that Tehran was balking on nuclear...
Tags: Iran Accuses Israel, Iranian-American, Iranian Judiciary Spokesman, United States, Roxana Saberi, Tehran, Review U.S, Barack Obama, hunger strike, appeal court
Eagle woman joins protest for imprisoned journalist
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility A Colorado blogger and an X-ray technician who lives in Eagle, Colorado are among dozens of volunteers across the country taking part in a hunger strike in support of an American journalist imprisoned in Iran. Roxana Saberi, who grew up in North Dakota,...
Tags: Iranian-American, Irans Foreign Ministry, Roxana Saberi, hunger strike, U.S. State Department, imprisoned journalists, journalists roxana, Tehran, reporters hospitalized, ministry spokesman
Vigil planned for Fargo journalist jailed in Iran
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility A vigil is planned in the Fargo-Moorhead area for Fargo native Roxana Saberi, who has been convicted of espionage in Iran. The vigil for the imprisoned journalist is Saturday afternoon on the Veterans Memorial Bridge between Fargo and neighboring Moorhead,...
Tags: Roxana Saberi, Iranian-American, Reza Saberi, hunger strike, Fargo-Moorhead, journalist roxana
IRGC to boost security in southeastern Iran
Tehrān :: Iran | 7 months ago
Credibility Islamic Republic, including "the soft" ones, a term used by Iran to refer to attempts aimed at subversion. Jafari added that the readiness of Iran's armed forces has so far foiled the enemies' plots. He, however, stressed that Iran should not ignore threats...
Tags: Iranian-American, hunger strike, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Roxanna Saberi, Roxana Saberi, IRGC Ground Force, Ms Saberi, Roxana Saberi, Clinton Pushes, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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