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While Greece’s fiscal problems are being headlined all over the world, attention should be drawn to the fact that she is not alone in having lived beyond its means and by spending more than its tax collectors have been able to bring in. It is not the only country in Europe or for that matter the only one in the Euro-zone which has passed the convergence criteria for either budget deficit or debt to GDP ratio.
By A. S. Fatemi*
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Posted 11/3/2010 @ 10:26:0 GMT
Iran sentences professor to 6 years
TEHRAN, Iran — An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, local media reported Thursday.
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Posted 9/3/2010 @ 17:16:18 GMT
After Iran Gets the Bomb
The Islamic Republic of Iran is determined to become the world's tenth nuclear power. It is defying its international obligations and resisting concerted diplomatic pressure to stop it from enriching uranium.
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By Foreign Affairs
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Posted 9/3/2010 @ 16:37:40 GMT
Iranian authorities imprison human rights lawyer
Mohammad Oliayifard, Iranian human rights lawyer and top court attorney was arrested on the morning of March 8 after being summoned by the Revolutionary court. Oliayifard, former organizer of Human Rights Activists Collective, was arrested by security forces in Tehran.
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Posted 9/3/2010 @ 8:39:5 GMT
US lifts web sanctions on Cuba, Iran and Sudan
The US yesterday said it will allow export of instant messaging, web browsing and other communications technology to Cuba, Iran and Sudan, in an effort to facilitate the flow of information and promote freedom of speech.
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By Guardian.co.uk
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Posted 8/3/2010 @ 21:32:55 GMT
US lawmakers push for tougher Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers pushed Monday to punish firms that do business with Iran in defiance of US sanctions, angry over a report that Washington awarded such companies roughly 107 billion dollars.
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Posted 6/3/2010 @ 20:11:34 GMT
Iran's Ahmadinejad: Sept. 11 attacks a 'big lie'
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday called the official version of the Sept. 11 attacks a "big lie" used by the U.S. as an excuse for the war on terror, state media reported.
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By AP
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Posted 5/3/2010 @ 16:32:7 GMT
Iran Summons Italian Ambassador Over Arrests in Weapons Case
March 5 (Bloomberg) -- Italy’s ambassador to Iran was called to the Foreign Ministry in Tehran after Italian police arrested two Iranians who are accused of being part of a gang that sold weapons to the Persian Gulf country.
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By Bloomberg
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Posted 3/3/2010 @ 9:13:49 GMT
U.N. council ready to tackle Iran nuclear issue
Gabon's U.N. Ambassador Emanuel Issoze-Ngondet, president of the Security Council for March, said the Iranian nuclear issue was not on the agenda of the 15-nation panel this month, but council members might still hold a meeting on it.
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By Reuters
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Posted 3/3/2010 @ 9:10:33 GMT
Bluster at UN Human Rights Council, as US and Iran trade barbs
The Obama administration has sought to focus world attention on the Iranian government’s repression of domestic opposition, and now it’s taking that bid to the UN Human Rights Council, the United Nations’ preeminent rights organization that the US joined only last year.
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By The Christian Science Monitor
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Posted 1/3/2010 @ 21:10:55 GMT
Russia ready to consider new Iran sanctions
PARIS — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says his country is ready to consider new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.The Russian leader told reporters Monday at the start of a state visit to France that it would be "desirable" to avoid sanctions — and insisted that any should not harm the Iranian population.
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Posted 27/2/2010 @ 19:33:34 GMT
Iran Leader of Opposition Assails Cult of Rulers
One of Iran’s opposition leaders, Mir Hussein Moussavi, said Saturday that a dictatorial “cult” was ruling Iran — one of his most critical statements against the country’s rulers since disputed elections last summer.
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Posted 24/2/2010 @ 10:15:6 GMT
U.S. Warns Iran That Time And Patience 'Running Out'
The United States has warned Iran that "time and patience is running out" over its controversial nuclear program.White House spokesman Robert Gibbs reiterated U.S. warnings of "consequences" if Iran continues to develop uranium enrichment capabilities.
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Posted 24/2/2010 @ 10:12:29 GMT
Wanted Sunni militant leader arrested by Iran
Iranian authorities have arrested the fugitive leader of the country's main Sunni Muslim insurgent group, Iran's minister of interior told reporters Tuesday.Iran accused the United States of having supported the insurgent leader, while his group issued a statement claiming that the CIA was involved in his arrest.
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Posted 21/2/2010 @ 16:51:45 GMT
Iran: Don't Talk to Foreign Media
General warns citizens against cooperating with American and British broadcasters.Iran's police chief warned citizens against cooperating with foreign media over the weekend, specifically accusing the state-sponsored Voice of America (VOA) and British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) of operating as satellites for American and British intelligence services.
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Posted 20/2/2010 @ 17:35:30 GMT
New Iran measures needed if no progress: French PM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said world powers would have to take new action against Iran in the next few weeks if Tehran continues to reject Western proposals on its disputed nuclear program.
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Posted 17/2/2010 @ 9:20:3 GMT
Over 65 reporters face spying charges in Iran: rights group
UNITED NATIONS — More than 65 journalists, bloggers and writers have been detained in Iran since last June's disputed presidential polls and could be tried on charges of "spying" for the foreign media, a New York-based media rights group said Tuesday.
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Posted 17/2/2010 @ 9:16:37 GMT
General Says 2 Iraq Politicians Have Ties to Iran
WASHINGTON — Gen. Ray Odierno, the senior American commander in Iraq, said Tuesday that two influential Iraqi politicians now involved in blocking candidates in the parliamentary election next month had close links to Iran, which the general said was trying to undermine the vote.
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By The New York Times
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Posted 16/2/2010 @ 8:43:44 GMT
Iran moving toward military dictatorship, Clinton says
The secretary of State, speaking in Qatar, says sanctions against the Islamic Republic must be aimed at the Revolutionary Guard, which she warns is supplanting the government.Reporting from Beirut - Bluntly warning that Iran is sliding into military dictatorship,
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Posted 16/2/2010 @ 8:40:21 GMT
Iran Defends Human Rights Record Before U.N. Council
GENEVA — Brushing aside allegations that it has resorted to torture, executions and mass detentions to crush political opposition, Iran made a defiant appearance before the United Nations’ human rights body here on Monday, saying that it promoted and defended human rights and that Western critics were exploiting the issue for political ends.
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Posted 15/2/2010 @ 11:27:35 GMT
Britain, France: Probe Iran election violence
GENEVA — Britain and France led a call Monday for an international probe into the violence that followed last year's disputed presidential elections in Iran.
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By AP
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Posted 12/2/2010 @ 22:55:53 GMT
Iran protest picture wins World Press Photo award
THE HAGUE — A photo of women shouting from a rooftop during protests after Iran's contested presidential election won the World Press Photo Award for Italian Pietro Masturzo on Friday.AFP photographers Walter Astrada, Olivier Laban-Mattei and Mohammed Abed won the top three prizes in the spot news category.
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