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The HinduWhat France Can DoNew York TimesComing off low poll numbers and a regional election drubbing, Mr. Sarkozy needed a boost. And he was welcomed as an old and trusted friend in Washington. ...US-POLITICS SummaryWashington PostIs Sarkozy out of touch?Independent OnlineSarkozy's White House RendezvousFOXNews (blog)Tax-news.com (subscription) -Indian Express -WorldNewsVine (blog)all 2,477 news articles »
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The options on MyanmarTODAYonlineMight flawed elections foment internal instability, as with Iran? There are implications for Asean and for Singapore, which has sometimes been singled out ...and more »
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Report: US must avoid legitimizing Myanmar voteThe Associated PressHer party now faces dissolution under the junta's new, much-criticized election laws. Myanmar's government has not yet set a date for this year's polls. ...and more »
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Times OnlineAfghan Lawmakers Deny Karzai More Influence on Election WatchdogVoice of AmericaHe also said that US officials have evidence that Iran is increasingly becoming a negative influence in Afghanistan. Admiral Mullen said US officials have ...Kandahar campaign is 'cornerstone' of Afghan war: MullenDaily TimesObama's Afghan visit: laying down the law to a US puppetWorld Socialist Web SitePakistani army has begun push in North WaziristanMinneapolis Star TribuneTapped (blog) -Uprising -Wall Street Journalall 280 news articles »
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ReutersIran rejects interference in Iraqi electionPress TVIranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast rejects any interference by the Islamic Republic in the Iraqi elections. ...Allawi accuses Iran of election interferenceBBC NewsIran in silent fury over Iraq election resultNationalAl-Sadr asks backers for input on future Iraq PMThe Associated PressAFP -Telegraph.co.uk -GulfNewsall 825 news articles »
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Iranian election detainees Emdeddin Baghi suffer severe ill healthPayvandReformist websites report that Iranian post-election detainees Emdeddin Baghi and Mehdi Mahmoodian are suffering form severe health complications in prison. ...and more »
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Telegraph.co.ukBerlusconi triumphs over weak opposition300 NewsAfghaniNazaaha: alpidistra: u are making lots of sense but we will see, like i said, IRAN President dont seem like he... alpidistra: @AfghaniNazaaha Yes, ...How Italian media censorship worksGlobalPostall 1,050 news articles »
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PBSAs Regime Turns Up The Heat, Iran's Rafsanjani AbidesRadioFreeEurope/RadioLibertyBut amid the street protests since Iran's disputed presidential election in June, Rafsanjani has all but vanished from the television screen. ...Iran is an opportunity as well as challengeNorristown Times HeraldAn Administration Plagued by Fraud and CorruptionPBSall 3 news articles »
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CBC.caAmnesty decry Iranian executionsUPI.comIran erupted in political unrest following the controversial election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to a second term. Authorities in Iran rounded up ...Amnesty says China Executed Thousands in 2009Voice of AmericaExtrajudicial Targeted Assassinations Not Included in State-Sanctioned ...Infoshop NewsIran Steps Up Executions Amid Political Turmoil, Amnesty SaysBusinessWeekSpero News -Amnesty International -BBC Newsall 368 news articles »
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ReutersIn Iraq's election, a defeat for IranWashington Post (blog)But we can say one thing with certainty: The election was a stunning defeat for Iran and its spymaster, Qassem Soleimani, who commands the Quds Force of the ...Iraq's election and George W. BushThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)Fragile Iraqi coalition could forge ties to IranVancouver SunAnalysis: Allawi win could curb Iran's influenceThe Associated PressCouncil on Foreign Relations -The Guardian -Daily Star - Lebanonall 3,357 news articles »
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ReutersPowell Says New Sanctions on Iran Won't Stop Nuclear ProgramBusinessWeekA Republican who endorsed Democrat Barack Obama in the 2008 election, Powell said the president speaks to him “on a fairly regular basis,” usually by ...John Bolton's Wonderfully One Track MindCBS NewsCampbell: U.S. Will Not Restrain IsraelFrumForumThe Iran Threat in the Age of Real-Axis-of-Evil ExpansionMonthly ReviewThe Palestine Telegraph -The Australian -Nationalall 684 news articles »
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PayvandIran's Green Movement approaches irrelevance: why does Washington continue to ...Foreign PolicySince the Islamic Republic's June 12, 2009 presidential election, it has become widely accepted among Iran analysts in the United States and the Western ...Report: 86 people convicted in IranCNN InternationalIran's past and futureNationalNo green revolution, but a revolution in mediaThe Observersall 10 news articles »
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Christian Science MonitorIran protests: Is Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei winning?Christian Science Monitor... be used by Iran's supreme religious leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei to take stock of the damage done to the Islamic regime by post-election Iran ...and more »
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Mourners honor victims of Iranian election violenceCNN InternationalTehran, Iran (CNN) -- Mourners paid respect Thursday to victims of a government crackdown in Iran following last year's disputed presidential elections, ...and more »
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Morning Star OnlineHuman Rights Report Released in LondonNTDTVIran was also listed as a country of concern. 2009 saw a widespread crackdown on protests at the result of Iran's presidential election last June. ...UK - MFA - 2009 Human Rights Report LaunchISRIA (registration)David Miliband on Responsibility to ApplaudBelarus Digest (blog)Repression of human rights on rise, State Dept. saysBP NewsSan Francisco Bay Viewall 13 news articles »
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France24First Couple of Iran's Opposition Post Video Messages for Persian New YearNew York Times (blog)Mir Hussein Moussavi, who claims that he was robbed of victory in last year's presidential election in Iran by fraud, released his video message to the ...Iran Protest Figures Assail RegimeWall Street JournalThe struggle inside Iran The opposition marks timeEconomistNo let-up in protests against Ahmadinejad, opposition leader saysEarthtimes (press release)France24all 15 news articles »
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CitizenIran bails top reformist, film maker: reportsAFPIranian authorities have cracked down on opposition supporters since protests erupted in June last year against the disputed re-election of hardline ...Iranian Politician Says Reformist Party's Ban 'Totally Illegal'Spero NewsJailed Iranian reformist party leader released on bailEarthtimes (press release)Iran frees activists for Iranian New Year holidayThe Associated PressAngolaPressall 134 news articles »
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ReutersIraq Election: A Defeat for IranFrontPage MagazineLeading up to the election, Iran was giving the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq $9 million in aid each month and the Sadrists $8 million. ...Iran praises Iraq election as Shi'ite ally leadsReutersIraqi liberal warns of a fixed electionNew York PostIraqi Parties Bargain In Close Election TallyWall Street JournalGulfNews -Los Angeles Times -Telegraph.co.ukall 1,452 news articles »
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The GuardianIranian police arrest 50 people at traditional festivalBBC NewsLarge protests have been held during public events since June's disputed election. Opposition groups say it was rigged to ensure the re-election of ...Iranians celebrate holiday under police crackdownCNNIran Plans to Execute 6 Arrested in ProtestsNew York TimesIran to execute stone-throwing demonstratorTelegraph.co.ukThe Associated Press -Financial Times -AFPall 266 news articles »
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ReutersOpposition Leader: Iran 'Plagued by Despotism'Voice of AmericaKarroubi ran against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the June election. The opposition disputed the results of that election, which returned Mr. ...Iran is a despotic republic, opposition leader saysReutersIran militants deface home of opposition leader Mehdi KarroubiChristian Science MonitorIran's Karroubi says regime plagued with despotismAFPWall Street Journal -UPI.com -Earthtimes (press release)all 62 news articles »
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...Iraq, Iran is said to be working hard to fill a potential power vacuum, an effort that faces its first big test in Sunday's elections, in which Iran is backing hard-liners against a coalition of moderates. Shiite Iran has reliable allies in Syria, Lebanon's...
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The Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2011249305_iraqiran04.html?syndication=rss
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...up in the unrest. Human rights groups say thousands of people, including senior opposition figures, were arrested after the election. Many remain in jail. Iran has begun mass trials of leading moderates accused of fomenting protests in a bid to undermine the...
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Haaretz
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1112128.html
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...their long careers as reformists and adopting the government's line that they organized the postelection protests at the behest of Iran's foreign enemies to bring down the Islamic Republic. The opposition says the confessions were forced through abuse when...
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FOX News
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...Islamic Revolution Mujahedeen Organisation after accusing them of "lying" and spreading "rumours of fraud in the election." Iranian news agencies said those in the dock included Khatami aides such as former deputy interior minister Mostafa Tajzadeh, former...
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France 24
http://www.france24.com/en/20090825-top-khatami-aides-election-unrest-iran-revolutionary-court-president
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...supporters, including a Jewish teenager, for their alleged involvement in the turmoil following the recent presidential election. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has attempted to paint those who took to the streets after the June election to protest...
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Boston Herald
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...of people, including senior pro-reform politicians, journalists, activists and lawyers, have been detained in Iran since the election. Many of them are still in jail. Iran accuses the West, particularly the United States and Britain, of fomenting the unrest....
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France 24
http://www.france24.com/en/20090816-third-mass-trial-begins-over-post-election-unrest-iran
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...want to show to the outside world that the foreigners [had a] hand in the latest mass protest which had taken place in Iran over the election on the 12 June," he said. "But I think in the medium to long run, it will have some impact because it will complicate...
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ABC Online
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/08/10/2651780.htm
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...prominent moderates on trial in connection with the unrest that erupted after the country's disputed June presidential election, Iranian media reported.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) The Iranian employee of the French Embassy in Tehran, identified as Ms. Afshar, and...
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People's Daily Online
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...including many prominent reformist political figures, are facing trial for allegedly supporting the postelection unrest. United For Iran Organization Amnesty International's Call To Action Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*) ...
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CBS 5
http://cbs5.com/national/Iran.presidential.election.2.1112180.html
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...including many prominent reformist political figures, are facing trial for allegedly supporting the postelection unrest. United For Iran Organization Amnesty International's Call To Action Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*) ...
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WCCO
http://wcco.com/national/Iran.presidential.election.2.1112180.html
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ―
Iran's supreme leader formally endorsed Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for second term as president Monday in a ceremony that sought to portray unity among the country's leadership but was snubbed by prominent critics of the disputed
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CBS 5
http://cbs5.com/national/Iran.presidential.election.2.1112180.html
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About 100 leading Iranian reformists went on trial on Saturday,
accused of trying to topple the clerical establishment by orchestrating
mass protests after the disputed presidential election, Iranian media
reported.
The mass trial, whose timing was
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Free Internet Press
http://freeinternetpress.com/story.php?sid=22382
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...of trying to topple the clerical establishment by orchestrating mass protests after the disputed presidential election, Iranian media reported. The mass trial, whose timing was not announced in advance, opened four days before President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
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Free Internet Press
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Iran, August 1 2009, 10 Mordad 1388, Trials of Iran election, Reported by CNN
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...accused of trying to topple the clerical establishment by orchestrating mass protests after the disputed presidential election, Iranian media reported. A picture obtained from the Fars News Agency shows a general view of a courtroom during the first hearing...
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The Epoch Times
http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/20423/
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...moderates say the vote was rigged in favor of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The authorities deny the charge and Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has endorsed Ahmadinejad's re-election. Hardline semi-official Fars news agency said at...
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International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090801/iran-tries-100-moderates-over-election-unrest.htm
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Iran tries leading protesters for attempting to topple the clerical establishment after the post-presidential election riots which saw thousands take to the streets.
The trials began on Saturday of prominent moderates arrested shortly after Iran's
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Channel 4
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...streets. The trials began on Saturday of prominent moderates arrested shortly after Iran's disputed June presidential election, Iranian media reported. It is the first time since Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution that dozens of senior officials, including former...
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Channel 4
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...people's votes". HOW HAS THE GOVERNMENT RESPONDED? The government has accused its critics of inciting "riots" on behalf of Iran's Western enemies and blamed them for post-election bloodshed in which it says 20 people were killed. Reformists and rights groups...
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Reuters Alert Net
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LQ696444.htm
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...Shojuni told the official Islamic Republic News Agency. He added, "We cannot reconsider those who were unsuccessful in the elections." The reformists portrayed themselves as the defenders of Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution in their statement, which seems designed...
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Pakistan News.net
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...had won. Leading Friday prayers in Tehran for the first time since the election, the powerful cleric also declared that Iran was in crisis after the poll, which opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi says was rigged in the hardline incumbent's favor. Ayatollah...
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Rantburg
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?D=2009-07-19&ID=274595
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...news briefing with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's nuclear agency has resigned, an Iranian news agency reported Thursday July 16, 2009, a move that may have been connected to the country's postelection turmoil. Gholam...
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Hampton Roads Daily Press
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...news briefing with IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, unseen, in Tehran, Iran. The head of Iran's nuclear agency has resigned, an Iranian news agency reported Thursday July 16, 2009, a move that may have been connected to the country's postelection turmoil. Gholam...
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
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...Mousavi's website said on Tuesday. Mr. Mousavi, the leading moderate condidate in the election, and Karoubi said the post-election crackdown on pro-reform Iranians should stop. They have have repeatedly said Mr. Ahmadinejad's new government was "illegitimate". "The...
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National Post
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/ss5fikufSC4/story.html
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-/AFP/Getty ImagesAn image grab taken from Iran's satellite English-language official Press TV station shows Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivering a televised speech in Tehran on Jul. 7, 2009.
TEHRAN -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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National Post
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...large-scale street protests against Iran's presidential election results have been crushed, defiance continues. Every evening, in a haunting reminder of the rebellion that overthrew the Shah 30 years ago, dissidents in Tehran have climbed onto the city's rooftops...
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National Post
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NP_Top_Stories/~3/Sh5VPRYFbuw/story.html
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...Council, of not adequately investigating charges of election fraud during the disputed June 12 presidential election. Iran's top religious leaders continue to quarrel over the validity of the disputed June 12th presidential election, with a reformist group...
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GlobalSecurity.org
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iran/2009/iran-090705-voa01.htm
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...reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. CAIRO: Iran on Thursday announced more arrests in the post-election turmoil, detaining seven alleged provocateurs of violence it says were linked to Iranian exiles, while a hardline lawmaker...
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Lebanon Daily Star
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=103771
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