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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran

    Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...

  • Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran

    Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...

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Cop Land

I've heard too many people describing James Mangold's "Cop Land" as a movie about one good sheriff taking on a precinct of corrupt cops. Yes, that is part of the story, but it's not what the film is about. The good cop/bad cop is just the framework the movie uses to tell a tale of disillusionment, loss, and one man's harsh realization that what he looked up to all his life was wrong. The he ... ...

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  • Physicians for Human Rights Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIVAIDS Doctors

    www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to ...

  • Iranians vote in election to replace Ahmadinejad

    By Jon Hemming, Reuters Millions of Iranians voted to choose a new president early Friday, choosing between six candidates to replace incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.The first presidential poll since 2009 is unlikely to change Iran’s strategic ties with the West, but it may bring a change in leadership style.Two-thirds of the country’s 75 million people are eligible to vote in the ...

  • Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran

    Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

  • Iranian nuclear scientist killed

    An Iranian nuclear scientist was " assassinated by terrorists" in eastern Tehran on Saturday, the official IRNA news agency reported.Dariush Rezaei, PhD of nuclear Physics and a university professor, was killed by motorcyclists in front of his home on Saturday evening, the semi-official ISNA news agency reported.According to local media, the assassinated scientist was an expert linked ...

  • Iran to launch 3 more satellites

    Head of Iranian Space Agency (ISA) said that Iran will launch three more satellites in space by the end of Iranian calendar year, ending on March 20, the state IRIB TV website said on Thursday.Iran, on Wednesday, announced that it "successfully" put the Rasad (surveillance) satellite in the orbit to render images to the stations in the country.Three satellites will be put in the space ...

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