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Chanting slogan, a female Iranian demonstrator holds a poster of supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in a pro-government rally at the Enqelab (Revolution) Sq. in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2009.
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Hundreds of thousands at pro-government rallies in Iran
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TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of government supporters rallied across Iran on Wednesday, swearing allegiance to the clerical establishment and accusing opposition leaders of causing unrest in the Islamic state. EDITORS' NOTE: Reuters and other foreign media are subject to Iranian restrictions on their ability to film or take pictures in...
 
 
Akmal Shaikh got a raw deal from his co-religionists. Not from the West, mark you. From the...
On Sunday bloody street battles in cities across Iran exposed the regime's brutality...
Writing in this newspaper today, the Justice Secretary, Jack Straw, accuses the Conservatives...
 
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Twin suicide bombs killed at least 24 and wounded more than 100 in Iraq's Sunni Arab heartland on Wednesday and a roadside bomb killed seven pilgrims returning from a major Shi'ite Muslim religious festival. Iraq's Prime...
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More News GMAC Financial Services is expected to receive $3.5 billion more in federal aid to further stabilize the automotive lender, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The announcement is expected within days and would coincide with GMAC...
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Laos Tells UN It's Too Soon To Visit 4,500 Ethnic Hmong Repatriated From Thailand Font size Print E-mail Share (AP) BANGKOK (AP) - Laos denied the U.N. immediate access to 4,500 ethnic Hmong who were forcibly repatriated from Thailand, saying...
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TEHRAN (AFP) – The Iranian regime urged its supporters out onto the streets of major cities on Wednesday in a show of force against the opposition which it accuses of being "pawns of the enemies." The massive rallies have been called...
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NEW DELHI (AFP) – India said on Wednesday that all countries involved in next year's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi were satisfied with the security arrangements. The comments came after a report in Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper...
photo: AP / Matt Dunham, Pool

 
Many of Detainees Still Held in Terror Prison Camp from al Qaeda-Plagued Nation; Can We Send Them Home? Font size Print E-mail Share 1 Comment In this photo, reviewed by the U.S. Military, a guard stands near the shadow of a detainee at Guantanamo's...
photo: AP / Brennan Linsley, File

 
 
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