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Ahmadinejad busted and shunned in Rome!! » Score one for the Italians. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the thug par-excellence president of the ayatollahs’ regime in Iran, has been shunned by the Pope and the Prime Minister of Italy. In a humiliating rebuff which demonstrates Tehran’s pariah status abroad, both leaders refused to meet him in Rome, where he arrived on June 3, 2008 to attend the UN’s annual food summit.Ahmadinejad tried to grab the headlines with another bombastic attack against the United States. In a bid to sh...
Cabinet Nominees Criticized In Iran » President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's decision to nominate three women as Iran's first female cabinet members since the 1979 Islamic revolution faced stiff criticism Saturday from clerics and lawmakers, as well as from women's rights activists. Several prominent clerics said the move was counter to Islamic beliefs and urged parliament to reject the nominations. "If a woman becomes minister, then she must constantly stay in contact with men and deputies, so she could not carry out her religious duties ...
Honduras' Military Coup Tests the Obama Administration » On Sunday the Honduran military ousted President Manuel Zelaya hours before the country was to vote on his referendum to extend presidential term limits. President Obama and Secretary of State Clinton were quick to speak, but slow to draw conclusions. Clinton's carefully chosen words condemn the coup, but offer no specific support for President Zelaya, "As we move forward, all parties have a responsibility to address the underlying problems that led to yesterday's events in a way that enhances d...
Protesters Block entrance to Karmey Tsur »   A group of 15 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists have blocked the entrance to Karmei Zur Settlement today. The entrance to the Karmei Tzur settlement, which is built on the lands of the Palestinian villages Halhul and Beit Umar, was blocked by a group of about 15 Palestinian, Israeli and international activists. To block the road activists chose to symbolically use razor wire that was taken from the fence that circles the settlement, and prevents Palest...
Death of doctor to Iranian prison arouses suspicion » A doctor who examined prisoners killed and injured during Iran's post-election violence has died in mysterious circumstances, prompting speculation that he may have been murdered to prevent him speaking out.After initial reports that Ramin Pourandarjani had killed himself, the Iranian authorities announced that the 26-year-old had died of a heart attack during his sleep at a health centre in Tehran's police headquarters where he was based while on military service.Pourandarjani was facing a poss...
Honduras crisis highlights fragile balance in Latin American democracy » The crisis in Honduras highlights the need to pay more attention to fragile and weak democracies before they present more serious challenges, says the European Partnership for Democracy. The international community’s strategy “entails clear risks both for democracy in Honduras and more generally for the regional political and institutional equilibrium,” writes the EPD’s Carlos Hernandez Ferreiro in a new report.A manifestation of deeper political trends in the region, the crisis illustrates how ...
Ahmadinejad gets cabinet boost » Iranian legislators have approved most of the cabinet nominees proposed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, including Iran's first female minister and a man linked to the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.Parliament on Thursday rejected only three of Ahmadinejad's proposed new 21-member cabinet, signalling only a limited setback for the president as he enters his second term.Ahmad Vahidi, Iran's new defence minister, received overwhelming backing from the parliament, garnering 227 out...
Gambia: Jammeh Threatens to Kill Human Rights Defenders » Activists have launched a campaign to have the headquarters of a top African human rights body moved from the Gambia after the country's president reportedly threatened to kill human rights defenders.The online Gambian news service, Freedom Newspaper, reported this week that President Yahya Jammeh had said in a television broadcast that he would kill "anyone who wants to destablise this country."The newspaper said Jammeh's "exact words" in a television broadcast had been: "If you think that you ...
Rally for Nelson Mandela’s Presidency »   Reggae Dancehall legend Shabba Ranks leads a rally of supporters for Nelson Mandela’s presidential campaign in South Africa in 1993 or 1994.  
How do you apply pressure on Burma? » Britain is to propose a UN arms embargo on Burma, but is facing an uphill struggle as the world once again divides on how to deal with a dictatorial and repressive regime.Some governments will press for more pressure on Burma through increased sanctions. These are mostly the Western liberal democracies. They are highly sensitive to pressure from human rights campaigners - and there are few lobbies more effective than the Burmese one.