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The Chronicle of Philanthropy - Tue Dec 8, 2:11 pm ET
Opinion: Obama’s Nobel Prize should benefit 2003 Iranian laureate
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Columbia Daily Spectator - 18 minutes ago
Chomsky abuses true scholarship by stating as fact distortions of the truth that align with his ideological agenda.
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Brattleboro Reformer - 30 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Tuesday rejected an effort by abortion opponents to tighten restrictions in the health care overhaul bill on taxpayer dollars for the procedure, but it was unlikely to be the last word on the divisive issue.
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UPI - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ET
TEHRAN, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- The United States and Israel kidnapped an Iranian atomic scientist and a senior Defense Ministry official, Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki charged Tuesday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 7, 3:10 am ET
Hundreds of policemen were deployed around Tehran University on Monday as defiant Iranian students called for mass protests against President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to mark Students Day.
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NPR - Mon Dec 7, 8:03 am ET
The first major protest in more than a month turns violent as security forces and pro-government militiamen confront thousands of opposition supporters demonstrating outside Tehran University and chanting "death to the dictator."
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Denver Post - Wed Dec 9, 3:21 am ET
Iran intensified its crackdown on demonstrators Tuesday as thousands of pro-government militiamen stormed the grounds of the country's most prominent university and assaulted students who had gathered in protest.
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Red Bluff Daily News - Wed Dec 9, 9:52 pm ET
Today is Wednesday, Dec. 9, the 343rd day of 2009. There are 22 days left in the year. On Dec. 9, 1854, Alfred, Lord Tennyson's famous poem, ''The Charge of the Light Brigade,'' was published in England.
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Space War - Tue Dec 8, 11:34 pm ET
Tehran (AFP) Dec 8, 2009 - Tehran Tuesday accused the United States of abducting an Iranian nuclear scientist who went missing in Saudi Arabia during a minor Muslim pilgrimage, and said Riyadh must also be held accountable.
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CNN - Mon Dec 7, 6:07 pm ET
Iran is calling for the release of an Iranian arms dealer who U.S. authorities say tried to illegally buy U.S. weapons for the Tehran government and was secretly charged, arrested and extradited, state-run media reported Monday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Tue Dec 8, 5:04 am ET
Iran said Tuesday it has no faith in world powers, calling on them to earn Tehran's trust before the Islamic republic could agree to enter into a UN-brokered nuclear fuel deal.
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Time Magazine - Mon Dec 7, 5:48 pm ET
Street clashes in Iranian cities reflect a resilient opposition movement that sustains itself through its diverse forms
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Free Internet Press - Mon Dec 7, 6:11 pm ET
Thousands of student protesters gathered at universities in Tehran and other cities across Iran on Monday, chanting anti-government slogans and fighting with security forces in what appeared to be the most violent street protests since the summer.
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EARTHtimes.org - Tue Dec 8, 5:02 am ET
Tehran - The office of Iranian opposition leader Mir-Hossein Moussavi was surrounded Monday by supporters of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government, Moussavi's website said. About 40 government supporters on motorbikes gathered in front of Moussa...
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Deseret News - Tue Dec 8, 11:52 pm ET
TEHRAN, Iran — Hard-line militiamen firing tear gas and throwing stones stormed a crowd of thousands of university...