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Blanks fired at queen A jobless teenaged loner fired six blanks at Queen Elizabeth II from a distance of about 10 feet as she rode horseback in a royal pageant in London. The queen was not injured but several policemen and a British Army guardsman
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Around ten people were arrested on Wednesday in Tehran when anti-government protests broke out at the funeral of Iran's legendary 1970s goalkeeper Naser Hejazi, according to opposition website 'Iranpressnews'. Police used force to drive people away
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It is still too early to tell whether the waves of change sweeping over the shores of North Africa and the Middle East will erode the foundations of autocracy or, conversely, whether they will merely substitute secular authoritarianism with Islamist
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With her legs barely reaching the floor from atop a sofa, Shirin Ebadi doesn't look much like a thorn in the side of the Iranian regime. But when the 63-year-old human rights defender begins to speak, her sharp mind and no-
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I should be doing, Mehrdad Oskouei says, shuffling through thick stacks of sepia-tinged postcards of long-bearded Qajar noblemen, mustachioed revolutionaries, veiled women and wandering dervishes. Mr. Oskouei, perhaps Iran 's most prominent
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Iranian security forces on Thursday arrested at least seven people at the funeral of the father of reformist opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, his website reported...The website said Mir Esmaeil's body was taken by officials in plainclothes to
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Having grown up in both Syria and Iran, I have the on-the-ground experience that helps me understand the reasons behind these peoples' socio-economic and political demands. Living in these two distinct cultures and societies illuminates the Syrian
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supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi listen to his speech at a demonstration in Tehran on Thursday June, 18, 2009. As Tunisians and Egyptians work through their respective political transitions, the Iranian government increasingly
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London welcomes steps by the European Union to sanction Iranian leaders responsible for human rights violations, the British foreign secretary said. The European Union announced Monday it would "swiftly" introduce new measures targeting Iranian
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In Tehran, Iranian police disperse opposition protesters love to stronger gas used. The BBC's Tehran correspondent, according to a riding motorcycles in the city militia and police personnel to many place together The protesters have mnstr.
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