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Message to Iran Shows Strategy Shift - Wall Street Journal Tue, 24 Mar 2009 04:02:53 GMT

ABC News

Message to Iran Shows Strategy Shift Wall Street Journal By GERALD F. SEIB When President Barack Obama sent a video message to Iran marking the Persian New Year last week, it ran to just 556 words. But that brief message spoke volumes about the strategy that lies behind his oft-repeated pledge to reach out ... Video: Iran's Supreme Leader Dismisses Obama Overtures The Associated Press Insight: How do you dissuade Iran? BBC News Dyer: Obama must start dealing with Iran in a new way Salt Lake Tribune AFP - TIME all 3,259 news articles

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3 Irish men charged with exporting military equipment to Iran - CNN Wed, 25 Mar 2009 01:48:41 GMT

Export Law Blog

3 Irish men charged with exporting military equipment to Iran CNN By Terry Frieden WASHINGTON (CNN) — Three Irish men and their arms trading company have been charged with illegally exporting US-made aircraft equipment through other countries to avoid sanctions against selling aircraft parts and equipment to Iran, ... Irish firm and officers charged with sales to Iran The Associated Press Firm accused over Iran aircraft parts Scotsman US claims Irish firm broke embargo on Iran Irish Times RTE.ie - United Press International all 214 news articles

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US journalist held in Iran suicidal, father says - Reuters Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:12:22 GMT

PRESS TV

US journalist held in Iran suicidal, father says Reuters KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 24 (Reuters) - The father of a Iranian-American journalist imprisoned in Iran said on Tuesday that his daughter had become suicidal and threatened to mount a hunger strike as her confinement drags on. Reza Saberi told Reuters he ... foreign reporting Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas ND Legislature backs efforts to release journalist | kxnet.com ... KXMC Saberi threatens to go on hunger strike PRESS TV all 43 news articles

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Iran's rival football clubs plan to meet on US soil - guardian.co.uk Tue, 24 Mar 2009 16:19:22 GMT

guardian.co.uk

Iran's rival football clubs plan to meet on US soil guardian.co.uk, UK Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a keen football fan, with the country's team as they prepared for a 2006 match against Costa Rica. Photograph: Sipa Press/Rex Features For decades it has been a source of bitter rivalry among Iran's vast army of ... Video: World: Obama Reaches Out to Iran - NYTimes.com/Video NYTimes Iran has a problem as 'Great Satan' turns on the charm Telegraph.co.uk With Obama to Iran Ha'aretz Arab News - Huffington Post all 54 news articles

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Pain Iran Can Believe In - Wall Street Journal Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:22:57 GMT

Pain Iran Can Believe In Wall Street Journal But in the case of Iran, let's make an exception. We say this after five years of futile diplomatic efforts -- spearheaded by the Europeans and backed by the Bush Administration -- to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear programs and comply with ... Iran Sanctions Renewed Voice of America all 2 news articles

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Report Says Executions Doubled in 2008 - New York Times Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:48:55 GMT

Daily Star - Lebanon

Report Says Executions Doubled in 2008 New York Times, United States The group chronicled beheadings in Saudi Arabia; hangings in Japan, Iraq, Singapore and Sudan; lethal injections in China; an electrocution in the United States; firing squads in Afghanistan, Belarus and Vietnam; and stonings in Iran. ... Video: Iran mulls death penalty for offensive blogs - 24 Mar 09 Al Jazeera China Tops World Execution List at 72%, Amnesty Says Bloomberg Executions 'nearly double' globally Aljazeera.net Iran Focus - United Press International all 216 news articles

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US lawmaker: Iran 'threat' exaggerated - PRESS TV Tue, 24 Mar 2009 14:48:45 GMT

Washington Times

US lawmaker: Iran 'threat' exaggerated PRESS TV, Iran A US lawmaker says an Iranian missile 'threat' has been exaggerated as the White House moves to reconsider a defense shield in Europe. The White House, under the rule of former President George W. Bush, used the 'threat' from Iran's long-range missile ... Levin: US and Russia should unite against Iran The Associated Press Congress Continues Criticism of US Missile Defense System in Europe Voice of America US lawmaker: missile threat from Iran exaggerated Boston Herald Washington Times - Reuters all 175 news articles

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Morocco clamps down on Shiites - The Associated Press Tue, 24 Mar 2009 21:55:24 GMT

AFP

Morocco clamps down on Shiites The Associated Press A weekend statement from the Interior Ministry about defending those values came after Morocco cut diplomatic ties with Iran and accused it of trying to spread Shiite Islam in the North African country. Several independent media last week urged Morocco ... Morocco Cuts Off Diplomatic Relations with Iran, Accuses It of ... Middle East Media Research Institute Countering The Iranian Threat MoroccoBoard.com Morocco clamps down on Shiites, gays AFP Middle East Online all 70 news articles

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Obama Persists on Iran - Washington Post Wed, 25 Mar 2009 02:29:57 GMT

Obama Persists on Iran Washington Post, United States But President Obama also invoked persistence with respect to Iran. “When it comes to Iran, you know, we did a video sending a message to the Iranian people and the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran. And some people said, ‘Well, ...

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Former Iranian president Khatami criticizes troops in Afghanistan - Jerusalem Post Tue, 24 Mar 2009 12:37:56 GMT

The Age

Former Iranian president Khatami criticizes troops in Afghanistan Jerusalem Post, Israel By AP Foreign troops are fanning unrest in Afghanistan while failing to reduce poverty, Iran's former president Seyed Mohammad Khatami said Tuesday. Speaking at a Canberra university, Khatami likened US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan to a man who ... Conditions are right for dialogue: Fmr Iranian president ABC Online Israel, Iran can co-exist, says Khatami Brisbane Times Khatami a voice of hope for youth in Iran The Age The Australian - Persian Journal all 75 news articles