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10 most important world events of 2009
February 22, 20111. Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44th, and first African American, President of the United States. Moreover, in October 2009, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy...
Iran stoning woman not executed, France says
November 03, 2010An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has not yet been executed, says French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner. A rights group had said Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani could face the death penalty as early as Wednesday. Mr Kouchner...
Save the economy, but save press freedom too
July 01, 2010by Mark Cunningham World leaders continue to search for solutions to the global recession, as we witnessed during the just-concluded G-20 summit in Toronto—a forum representing the full spectrum of regime types, and one that has effectively replaced...
Women form key core of Iran's opposition movement
June 10, 2010The face of last year's protests in Iran was above all female. Years of discrimination in their daily lives brought hundreds of thousands of women from all walks of life on to the streets, joining the opposition. Last year's protests in Iran showed that...
World survives boobquake and brainquake
April 26, 2010By Kristin Deasy If a senior Iranian cleric is to be believed, the 6.9 magnitude earthquake in Taiwan today was a boobquake, not an earthquake. Hojatoleslam Kazem Sedighi warned last week that "women who do not dress modestly...lead young men astray...
Barack Obama to unveil reforms to anti-terrorist policies
January 05, 2010U.S. officials say President Barack Obama will announce a series of reforms to the nation's counterterrorism policies Tuesday, following the attempted December 25, bombing of a U.S. jetliner Mr. Obama will outline the new measures, including changes...
More security screening for travelers to US from 14 suspect countries
January 04, 2010The U.S. government has ordered more security screening for people flying into the United States from 14 countries at high risk for terrorism. The new security measures come after the the failed Christmas Day (December 25) attack on a U.S.-bound jetliner...
Senator Joe Lieberman voices U.S. support for Iranian people
December 29, 2009Amid continuing antigovernment protests in Iran and a harsh crackdown by the authorities, U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman (Independent, Connecticut) spoke to Radio Farda correspondent Hossein Aryan about America's next foreign policy moves vis-à...
Iranian police arrested 5 prominent opposition activists
December 28, 2009Iranian opposition groups say authorities have arrested at least five prominent reformists as part of a new crackdown on anti-government protests, following demonstrations in which at least eight people were killed. Opposition Web sites say three advisers...
U.S., France, Italy condemn Iranian violence
December 28, 2009The United States, Italy, and France have all come out with statements condemning violence by Iranian security forces against civilian protesters. The White House said it "strongly condemns" what it described as the "unjust suppression...