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  • Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president Obama welcomes Iran's election of moderate president

    WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has urged Iran's newly elected president to prove to the world that the Islamic republic was not pursuing a nuclear weapon programme as the White House welcomed election of a moderate leader as a hopeful sign. "I think it says that the Iranian people want to move in a different direction," Obama said of the election results in Iran that saw a surprising ...

  • NRI lawyer wins Iran bank case in British Supreme Court

    Mumbai-born Parsi lawyer Sarosh Zaiwala Wednesday notched a remarkable success in a bank case in the British Supreme Court, with major ramifications on the international banking system, an official said. By the court verdict, the British government's sanctions on Iran's largest private bank, Bank Mellat, were lifted after the its security service's "Secret Court" failed to produce significant ...

  • PM congratulates President-elect Rowhani of Iran

    The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, has congratulated President-elect Hasssan Rowhani of Iran on his election. Dr. Singh in his congratulatory message said India and Iran enjoy deep historical and civilizational links, which have provided a strong foundation for our broad-based and mutually beneficial relationship. "We look forward to strengthening this relationship further and ...

  • Israel wants Iran to halt uranium enrichment

    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that his country would not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment. "We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," reported Xinhua citing Netanyahu during ...

  • Irans Presidential Election Sparks Mixed Reactions

    . Voting was extended by five hours, a decision some argue simply met the demand, while others suggest it was a political move to showcase participation. On one side there was nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, and on the opposite side a former nuclear envoy, Hasan Rowhani. Officials say there's no clear front-runner in the fight to succeed controversial President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, but ...

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By Brakhage: An Anthology [DVD]

By Brakhage: An Anthology [DVD]

Over more than half a century, filmmaker Stan Brakhage made some 320 films, which ranged in length from 9 seconds to more than 4 hours. A unique and personal innovator and visionary, he ranks alongside such experimental masters as Jonas Mekas, Shirley Clark, Maya Deren, and Michael Snow as one of the truly pivotal figures in avant-garde cinema, someone who saw possibilities in the medium that othe ... ...

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  • Iran says appeals for jihad in Syria fuel radicalism

    KUWAIT (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on ...

  • Who Is Irans New First Lady

    Iranians elected a new president last week but have yet to learn anything about his wife. President-elect Hassan Rohani has never mentioned her name in public, and Iranian media have failed to uncover her identity. Who is Iran's new first lady? The answer is, we don't know. She made no reported campaign appearances alongside her husband and doesn't appear to have been known in ...

  • Hamas Syria conflict impacting Iranian financial aid

    Hamas's deteriorating relations with Iran and Syria have impacted financial aid to the Islamist movement, Ghazi Hamad, a senior Hamas official in the Gaza Strip, was quoted Wednesday as saying.Noting that Syria had supported Hamas financially and politically, Hamad said that his movement's support for the Syrian "revolution" has resulted in the loss of financial aid from both ...

  • Why Iran Cant Reform - By Christian Caryl

    Obama to outline big nuke cuts today; DOD civilian owes $500k - to DOD; Petraeus to Team Rubicon; Hastings, dead; Say goodbye, Rambo; Tara Sonenshine on "bottom line diplomacy;" and a bit more. - by Gordon ...

  • Iran’s Carlos Queiroz offers South Korea coach ‘obscene gesture’ after qualifying for World Cup

    Tuesday evening's AFC World Cup qualifier between South Korea and Iran ended with visiting Iran manager Carlos Queiroz pumping his fists, aggressively shouting and offering ...

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