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Payvand Iran News - Thu Dec 10, 11:54 am ET
Last Monday the anniversary of Student Day in Iran led to bloody clashes as anti-riot police fired bullets into air, used teargas and arrested numerous protestors in their efforts to disperse university students in the country. -Rooz Online
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San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 10, 8:25 am ET
Iran's top intelligence official denounced senior clerics who he said support the country's opposition, an acknowledgment of the split in the leadership amid the postelection turmoil and a sign of growing pressure by hard-liners within the government to... Iran - Middle East - Government - Politics - Science and Environment
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UPI - Wed Dec 9, 10:58 am ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 9 (UPI) -- Washington is in no position to make decisions for Europe on who would supply gas to the Nabucco gas pipeline, the Iranian foreign minister said.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 8:55 am ET
Reformist cleric Mehdi Karoubi, one of the most outspoken leaders of the Iranian opposition movement, defended student street protests Monday and warned authorities against launching a crackdown.
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KIFI Idaho Falls - 1 hour 2 minutes ago
George Stephanopoulos has been named the new anchor of "Good Morning America," ABC News President David Westin announced today.
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INO News - 4 minutes ago
(AP:BRUSSELS) Western European nations struggled to convince their poorer eastern neighbors Thursday to present a united front on climate change by helping pay developing nations to cut emissions and adapt to climate change.
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The Huffington Post - Thu Dec 10, 10:59 am ET
U.S. intelligence is poised to reap big rewards from Iran's continuing political turmoil. Already the CIA has harvested at least two important defectors from the...
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The Huffington Post - 35 minutes ago
"In the 21st century, can facts matter?" Good question from Mitch Kapor, founder of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, at a UC Berkeley forum on the...
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 4:35 am ET
An Iranian nuclear official says the purpose of a U.N. warning station set up in Turkmenistan near the border with Iran is "espionage."
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J Weekly - 1 hour 59 minutes ago
It would be impossible for Angella Nazarian to remember every person she encountered while traveling to more than 60 countries on every continent except Antarctica.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 2:08 am ET
Hundreds of police have been deployed around Tehran University to prevent planned protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as Iran marks the annual Students Day Monday, witnesses told AFP.
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New York Post - Tue Dec 8, 3:21 pm ET
Iran Tuesday saod Somali pirates had hijacked an Iranian fishing vessel and were holding its 29 crew members hostage, state-owned Press TV reported. The vessel was boarded by armed men on Sunday off the coast of the east African nation, Iran’s Deputy...
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International Herald Tribune - Tue Dec 8, 10:48 am ET
Tehran’s police chief announced that 204 people had been arrested as clashes between students and police continued.
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The Washington Times - Wed Dec 9, 6:45 am ET
TEHRAN | Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university students protesting for a second day Tuesday, as Iran threatened a tougher crackdown on the opposition after the biggest anti-government demonstrations in months. More than 200 people were arrested in Tehran on Monday during protests by tens of thousands at universities nationwide, and ...
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Pioneer Press - Wed Dec 9, 1:04 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Thursday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.