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Iran: Call for urgent action to save the lives of political prisoners on hunger strike

Edit Topix 29 Jun 2016
The religious fascism ruling Iran not only does not respond to the justified demands of political prisoners, but has increased pressure on them, and with trumped up charges and various obstacles is trying to further harass and torture them. Political prisoner Jafar Azimzadeh, who is workers' rights activist, became unconscious on Monday morning, June 27, on the sixtieth day of a hunger strike ... ....

Azerbaijani president approves new oil contract

Edit Topix 29 Jun 2016
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev has approved a PSA-contract for production sharing, restoration, development and exploration at the onshore block of Muradkhanli, Jafarli and Zardab oil fields. The contract was signed between Azerbaijan's state oil company SOCAR and Zenith Aran Oil Company Ltd ... ....

Iran: workers, teachers protest in support of political prisoner Jafar Azimzadeh

Edit NCRI 29 Jun 2016
Political prisoners, labor activists and teachers on hunger strike. Hundreds of workers, teachers and youths rallied outside the office of the Iranian regime’s president Hassan Rouhani in Tehran on the morning of Wednesday, June 29, in support of political prisoner Jafar Azimzadeh who marked his 62nd day on hunger strike on this day. The protesters in this rally demanded urgent action to save Mr. Azimzadeh’s life ... ....

Documentary turns Disney-loving autistic man into a star

Edit The Oklahoman 29 Jun 2016
NEW YORK (AP) — Owen Suskind had largely retreated into silence in the years after his autism began to manifest, around age 3. Three painfully mute years later, and after countless rapt hours spent watching Disney animated movies, a word broke through. "Juicervose!" ... But he wasn't ... For the Suskinds, it was a lifeline back to their son ... Gottfried and Jonathan Freeman (voice of Jafar in "Aladdin") are among the Disney voice actors he's met....

A new documentary details Owen Suskind’s singular coming-of-age journey

Edit The Oklahoman 29 Jun 2016
LOS ANGELES — The morning after his movie screened at the LA Film Festival, Owen Suskind was pondering a question that might preoccupy any young man ... It’s clear, however, that many of its employees are moved by how their films have touched Owen — Gilbert Gottfried, who voices the parrot Iago in “Aladdin,” and Jonathan Freeman, who voices Jafar, appear in the film visiting a club Owen founded for lovers of Disney films ... ——— ... ————— ... _____....

A new documentary details Owen Suskind's singular coming-of-age journey

Edit The Miami Herald 29 Jun 2016
The morning after his movie screened at the LA Film Festival, Owen Suskind was pondering a question that might preoccupy any young man ... It's clear, however, that many of its employees are moved by how their films have touched Owen - Gilbert Gottfried, who voices the parrot Iago in "Aladdin," and Jonathan Freeman, who voices Jafar, appear in the film visiting a club Owen founded for lovers of Disney films....

Life, Animated

Edit Rollingstone 28 Jun 2016
A young autistic man connects to the world through Disney movies in this inspiring doc. Get away from that TV! Stop watching movies to escape! Go outside and live! Kids everywhere are used to hearing their parents hammer advice like that ... The medical outlook was grim. Sidebar. Alt-Summer Movie Preview 2016 ... In one touching moment, Owen gets a school visit from Aladdin voice actors Jonathan Freeman (Jafar) and Gilbert Gottfried (Iago) ... ....

Iran under pressure to abolish death penalty for drug trafficking

Edit The Guardian 28 Jun 2016
Several European countries cut off financial contributions to republic’s counter-narcotics campaign. Iran is under pressure to end its use of death penalty against drug traffickers after facing a serious shortfall in the international funding of the country’s counter-narcotics campaign ... Related ... Last week, Iran’s prosecutor general, Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, blamed “imperialist” powers for young people’s addiction to drugs ... ....

Sharjah's Crescent Petroleum sees $11bn Kurdish gas claim resolved this year

Edit The National 27 Jun 2016
The Sharjah, UAE-based company is scheduled for a hearing in September at the London Court of International Arbitration in its case against the KRG over gas sales in the Kurdish region, crescent chief executive Majid Jafar said on Sunday in an interview in Dubai ... "The door is always open" to settlements prior to the end of either arbitration, Jafar said ... "We'll start to see oil prices creeping back up," Jafar said....

Oil Seen by Crescent Petroleum Hitting $60 This Year on Demand

Edit Topix 27 Jun 2016
Crescent Petroleum Co., an oil and natural gas producer in Egypt and Iraq, expects crude prices to improve this year as supply becomes more in line with demand. The U.K.'s decision to leave the European Union won't have a lasting effect on crude prices and London will remain a center for international oil and gas companies, Chief Executive Officer Majid Jafar said in an interview in Dubai on Sunday ... ....

Nudity can be very pure too, says painter Sanatan Dinda

Edit The Times of India 27 Jun 2016
Kolkata. Painter Sanatan Dinda, who ran into trouble some months back regarding his video installation at the Academy of Fine Arts, is shocked with the Nandan screening row ... I don't know why they confuse nudity with something vulgar. Do these moral guardians know that nudity can be pure too?" ... "I have grown up on watching films by international makers like Jafar Panahi, Bernardo Bertolucci, Mohsen Makhmalbaf and Jean-Luc Godard ... RELATED....

Abahani win fed cup title (Bangladesh Football Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jun 2016
(Source. Bangladesh Football Federation) Dhaka, 27 June 2016. Abahani Limited lifted the title of Walton Federation Cup with a hard working 1-0 victory over Arambagh Krira Shangha at the Bangabandhu National Stadium on Monday ... Arambagh had a chance to equalize the score in the 50 minute but forward Jafar Iqbal shot straight to Abahani goalie Shahidul Alam Sohel who fisted the ball away ... Man of the final. Lee Tuck (Abahani) ... Highest Scorer....

Crescent Sees $11 Billion Kurdish Gas Claim Resolved This Year

Edit Bloomberg 26 Jun 2016
The Sharjah, U.A.E.-based company is scheduled for a hearing in September at the London Court of International Arbitration in its case against the KRG over gas sales in the Kurdish region, Crescent Chief Executive Officer Majid Jafar said Sunday in an interview in Dubai ... “The door is always open” to settlements prior to the end of either arbitration, Jafar said ... “We’ll start to see oil prices creeping back up,” Jafar said....
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