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WashingtonTV - Thu Dec 10, 11:07 am ET
Washington, 10 December (WashingtonTV)—Neda Aqa-Soltan, the young Iranian woman who was killed during the post-election protests in Tehran, on Tuesday was named one of the top 10 heroes of 2009 by the US magazine, Time.
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The Champaign News-Gazette - Thu Dec 10, 11:03 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) – 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 extend the crackdown. The comments, reported Thursday by the state news agency IRNA, came after this week's widespread ...
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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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Deseret News - Thu Dec 10, 10:51 am ET
Scandinavian officials said Thursday that the Nobel Peace Prize medal and diploma confiscated by Iran from laureate Shirin...
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The Christian Science Monitor - Thu Dec 10, 10:51 am ET
Both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama believe in engagement with foreign adversaries, but Secretary Clinton believes in engaging from a position of strength.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:17 am ET
Baghdad is to move exiled Iranian dissidents based at a camp close to the two states' border to south Iraq before deporting them, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said in remarks released on Thursday.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 10, 10:05 am ET
The number two US commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Charles Jacoby, charged on Thursday that neighbouring Iran was still providing weapons and funds to militia groups undermining stability.
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Daily Press - Thu Dec 10, 9:19 am ET
The president acknowledges the irony of winning while the nation is at war. he calls his own accomplishments slight in comparison to those of past winners. President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize here today, acknowledging the irony of winning it as a wartime president and calling his own accomplishments "slight" in comparison to past winners.
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WashingtonTV - Thu Dec 10, 9:07 am ET
Washington, 10 December (WashingtonTV)—Iran’s Defense Minister Ahmad Vahidi met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus on Wednesday, and underlined the need to boost bilateral defense ties.
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WashingtonTV - Thu Dec 10, 9:07 am ET
Washington, 10 December (WashingtonTV)—Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt on Thursday cautioned against rushing into further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
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Boston Globe - Thu Dec 10, 8:48 am ET
The foreign ministers of Sweden and Norway have criticized Iranian authorities for their treatment of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi.
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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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Chicago Tribune - Thu Dec 10, 8:21 am ET
Read a full text of the president's Nobel Lecture below the fold. See the president's speech here and read the full report from Oslo, updated at the conclusion at 8:20 am EST:
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 10, 8:16 am ET
Oslo - US President Barack Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday at a ceremony in the Norwegian capital, Oslo. The prize was awarded to Obama in October for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 10, 7:01 am ET
Oslo/Stockholm - Norway and Sweden expressed concern over the treatment by Iranian authorities of 2003 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Shirin Ebadi in a statement Thursday shortly before this year's prize was set to be presented. Ebadi is one of many cou...