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Reformists question legitimacy of Iran's government
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-07-01 22:17:46] by: report
Three leading Iranian reformists who have rejected the results of last month's election questioned the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government
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Newsweek magazine on Wednesday repeated a call on Iran to immediately release its correspondent and rejected charges made against him.
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Iran at 'front and center' of Obama trip
[NEWS] [2009-07-01 21:13:30] by: Report
Responding to Iran's political crackdown and nuclear program will be "at front and center" of President Barack Obama's visit to Russia
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Petition Calling for the Formation of UN Fact-Finding Committee for Iran
[NEWS] [2009-06-29 15:02:41] by: Report
I wanted to draw your attention to this important petition that I recently signed:
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Iran recount seen as bid to placate opposition
[NEWS] [2009-06-29 10:57:29] by: Report
Iran began recounting some of the votes cast in its disputed presidential election Monday in an apparent attempt to placate opposition protesters,
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World Politics
Political View
The Battle for Hope
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-30 16:09:06] by: Dominique Moisi
Since the arrival of President Barack Obama in the White House, there has been an undeniable rapprochement between Europe
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The regime digs in
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-30 14:54:12] by: report
IRAN’S president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has delivered some familiar bluster in the past few days, hurling accusations that foreign countries
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The Middle East in Motion
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-28 14:37:03] by: Joschka Fischer
Great speeches are all too often underestimated as being mere words. In fact, they can have powerful consequences.
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Iran’s Children of Tomorrow
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-22 17:49:18] by: ROGER COHEN
They are known mockingly as the “Joojeh Basiji” — the “chicken Basiji.” These are the militia scarcely old enough to manage more than a feeble beard.
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Thousands rally again in streets of Iran's capital
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-16 19:54:29] by: By ALI AKBAR DAREINI and NASSER KARIMI
Thousands of pro-reform protesters marched Tuesday in a second straight day of large street demonstrations in the Iranian capital,
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Iran’s Day of Anguish
[WORLD POLITICS] [2009-06-15 05:38:55] by: ROGER COHEN
She was in tears like many women on the streets of Iran’s battered capital. “Throw away your pen and paper and come to our aid,”
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Global Economy
Economic Theory
Is the Bank Crisis Over?
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-07-01 20:51:29] by: Hans-Werner Sinn
As America’s various rescue plans take hold, stock markets are recovering somewhat. The S&P 500 price/earnings ratio is gradually climbing back
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Can Asia Free Itself from the IMF?
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-06-30 16:12:19] by: by Barry Eichengreen
There has never been a question about the ultimate purpose of the Chiang Mai Initiative (CMI), the system of Asian financial supports created in 2000
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America’s Socialism for the Rich
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-06-16 20:20:51] by: Joseph E. Stiglitz
With all the talk of “green shoots” of economic recovery, America’s banks are pushing back on efforts to regulate them.
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Obama to call for U.S. financial product watchdog
[GLOBAL ECONOMY] [2009-06-16 19:47:25] by: By Kevin Drawbaugh
President Barack Obama pledged on Tuesday to pursue major changes in U.S. financial regulation, but warned it will be a "heavy lift" politically
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Science and Technology
Futurism
Internet engaged people in '08 election, survey shows
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-04-16 09:29:38] by: Mimi Hall,
More than half of all adults — 55% — got their political fix online during the 2008 election, using the Interne
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Rationality versus Intelligence
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-04-15 10:52:58] by: by Keith E Stanovich
In 2002, the cognitive scientist Daniel Kahneman of Princeton University won the Nobel Prize in Economics for work done with his longtime collaborator Amos Tversky (who died in 1996).
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The Internet’s Immune System
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-03-27 22:04:09] by: Esther Dyson
Viruses, phishing, spyware, spam, denial-of-service attacks, botnets… You have probably heard these words, and perhaps even suffered from what they signify, with or without knowing it.
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When Science Is a Siren Song
[SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY] [2009-03-14 18:47:29] by: David A. Shaywitz
When a group of British academic researchers reported last spring that women fond of eating breakfast cereal were more likely to give birth to boys, the story was lapped up by journalists the world over.
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