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Ban Ki-moon, right, Secretary-General of the United Nations, and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navanethem "Navi" Pillay, left, speaks during a press conference after the opening of the Durban Review Conference
Geneva   Iran   Photos   Tehran   UN		  The Star 
U.N. rights chief urges Iran to curb police excesses
Wed 30 Dec 2009
GENEVA (Reuters) - United Nations Human Rights chief Navi Pillay on Wednesday called on the Tehran government to curb excess use of force by its security services and expressed shock over violence in... (photo: AP / KEYSTONE/Laurent Gillieron)
An Iranian technician walks through the Uranium Conversion Facility just outside the city of Isfahan 255 miles (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007. Diplomats from the Nonaligned Movement, Arab League and Group of 77
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Uranium   Vienna		  WPXI 
Report: Iran Close To Huge Uranium Shipment
Wed 30 Dec 2009
VIENNA -- Iran is close to clinching a deal to clandestinely import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press. Such a... (photo: AP/Vahid Salemi)
Iranian lawmakers are seen in this photo taken on Sunday Oct. 24, 2004 during their visit to the Isfahan uranium conversion facility in central Iran which is nearing completion.  Al Jazeera  Wed 30 Dec 2009
Iran 'seeks Kazakh uranium'

Iran is attempting to reach a deal to secretly import 1,350 tons of purified uranium ore from Kazakhstan, according to an intelligence report obtained by The Associated Press news agency. The report,... (photo: AP / ISNA/Kholosi)
Iran   Kazakhstan   Photos   Sanctions   Uranium
A view of a Muslim cemetery on the outskirts of Urumqi in western China's Xinjiang province, Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2009.  The Independent  Wed 30 Dec 2009
Robert Fisk: Why did no imams plead for Akmal Shaikh's life to be spared?

Akmal Shaikh got a raw deal from his co-religionists. Not from the West, mark you. From the Foreign Office down to the humblest humanitarian agency, the heirs of the Age of Enlightenment pleaded for... (photo: AP / Ng Han Guan)
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This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran shows Iranian anti-riot police officers confronting people during an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Dec. 27, 2009. The Boston Globe Wed 30 Dec 2009
Iranian security forces intensify crackdown

TEHRAN, Iran-Iranian security forces intensified their crackdown on anti-government supporters Tuesday, arresting relatives of the country's Nobel laureate and the main... (photo: AP / AP Photo)
Iran   Mideast   Photos   Protest   Tehran
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. The Himalayan Wed 30 Dec 2009
Ahmadinejad blames US, Israel
TEHRAN: Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States and Israel on Tuesday of staging an anti-government protest in which at least eight... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)
Israel   Minister   Photos   President   Tehran
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2009 at U.N. headquarters. Samachaar Wed 30 Dec 2009
Ahmadinejad links unrest to US, 'Zionists'
Ahmadinejad links unrest to US, 'Zionists' Tehran: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Tuesday blamed the latest unrest in his country on the US and Israel, the ISNA... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
Ahmadinejad   Link   Photos   Politic   Tehran
Michael Jordan's college jersey hanging from the rafters at the w:Dean Smith Center. The New York Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
Even Retired, Jordan Is Still the One to Beat

Michael Jordan did not own the N.B.A. over the past 10 years, as he did in the 1990s. But he haunted it, from near and far, in uniform and from the golf course. Whether... (photo: Creative Commons / PS2pcGAMER)
Golf   Jordan   Photos   Star   Team
Yankee Stadium after the last game was played on September 21, 2008. Yankee Stadium hosted its final baseball game on September 21, 2008. The ceremonies for the final game at Yankee Stadium began with the opening of Monument Park, as well as allowing Yankee fans to walk on the warning track around the field. The New York Times Wed 30 Dec 2009
The Ice Rink That Changed Boston Hockey

BOSTON - Just one mile from Fenway Park, the venerable baseball stadium where the Boston Bruins and the Philadelphia Flyers will play outdoors in a New Year's Day... (photo: Creative Commons / Dvdkid)
Baseball   Boston   Hockey   Photos   Stadium


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Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal smiles attending the Millionaire Fair in Moscow, Friday, Nov. 28, 2008. Affluent Russians check out expensive toys on sale at the luxurious Millionaire Fair that opened Friday in Moscow. The global financial crisis has hit wealthy Russians particularly hard, with the World Bank estimating it has reduced their wealth by some $300 billion. Nadal 'ready' to start climb to the top Deccan Herald
U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Suntory Hall in Tokyo Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Obama said in the speech that he welcomes a robust China on the world scene, but he cautioned that all nations must respect human rights, including religious freedoms. Obama could expedite full body scans in U.S. National Post
File - An aid convoy arrives in the Gaza Strip after crossing the border between Egypt and southern Gaza, on March 9, 2009 in the border town of Rafah. We Must Learn to Stress Borderless Acts of Goodness WorldNews.com
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Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaks to a gathering of Iranian air force commanders in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Feb. 8, 2007. If the United States were to attack Iran, the country would respond by striking U.S. interests all over the worl Now Iran turns its fury on Britain The Independent
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad speaks during a news conference after talks with his Turkish counterpart Abdullah Gul, unseen, at the Ottoman-era Ciragan Palace in Istanbul, Turkey,Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008. Ahmedinejad arrived in Istanbul a two-day working vi Iran Seeking To Smuggle Raw Uranium From Kazakhstan: Report Huffington Post
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Iran's censors to ban her sensational best seller. But "Until Darkness'' is no ordinary memoir. It's a kiss-and-tell account of Parvin Ghaffari's three-year affair with the late shah, the man Iran's leaders still love to hate more than 18 years after he was overthrown in the 1979 Islamic revolution. Papers reveal Britain's anxiety over Iranian Shah BBC News
Intel Corp. Vice President and Chief Technology Officer Justin Rattner briefs the media on the work undertaken at Intel's Corporate Technology Group Labs on processor circuits and multi-core computing platform research, in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2008. U.S. Intel Lapses Helped Abdulmutallab CBS News
President Barack Obama pauses during his joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo, Japan Friday, Nov. 13, 2009. Obama: "Systemic Failure" Allowed Attack CBS News
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