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Iran's Ayatollah Khamenei says opposition protests failed » Reporting from Cairo and Tehran - Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei attempted to unify Iranians on Sunday by blaming foreign media for "poisoning the atmosphere" and urged his nation to resist the "killer cancer" of an Israel backed by Western powers.Delivering a sermon at Tehran University before a crowd that included President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and opposition cleric Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Khamenei said the West had failed in its attempts to undermine the government with ...
Dictator Hugo Chavez and life in Venezuela today » Video about life in Venezuela and dictator Hugo Chavez. Ispired by the documentary "Revolucion" by Charles Gervais and sountracked by revolutionary LA band Rage Against The Machine.
Victory declared in controversial poll that was already a win-win for Honduras's wealthy elite » Within hours of the polls closing the celebrations began. Cavalcades of honking cars raced up and down Boulevard Morazan. The Hotel Maya filled with cheering people in blue T-shirts. The media fell into paroxysms of delight.A wealthy rancher named Porfirio Lobo had just won Honduras's presidential election, heralding a "democratic fiesta". By dawn today the revellers were heading home, perhaps stopping for breakfast at one of Tegucigalpa's myriad Pizza Huts, Burger Kings and Wendy's."This is a w...
Fight resumes over Iran cabinet » Iranian MPs have resumed a heated debate on the nominees for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's new cabinet. The Majlis holds a confidence vote on Wednesday, but correspondents say the president is struggling to win backing in the predominantly conservative body. The latest objections by MPs have been levelled at his choice for education minister, one of three women nominees. Iran is mired in political turmoil after Mr Ahmadinejad's re-election, which triggered huge street protests.
Iran protesters face second hearing » About 100 people charged over the violence that followed the disputed re-election of Mahmoud Ahmdinejad, the Iranian president, are facing a second court hearing in Tehran. The suspects, including several prominent political figures, were appearing before the revolutionary court on Saturday to face allegations that they attacked security forces and destroyed property, among other charges.
Nonviolent Protest Anniversary - Howard Students Told Atwater No! » Something smelled funny as soon as it was proposed -- the union of a proud black university and a top Republican strategist and troublemaker credited with one of the most racist presidential campaign schemes of recent memory.But there it was in news accounts carried across the nation: Howard University names Republican Chairman Lee Atwater to its board of trustees. Atwater had just engineered the 1988 presidential victory of George H.W. Bush and had crafted the racist Willie Horton ad that hel...
Velvet revolution, Czechoslavakia » Czech: sametová revoluce, Slovak: nežná revolúcia) (November 16 – December 29, 1989) refers to a non-violent revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the Communist government.[1] It is seen as one of the most important of the Revolutions of 1989.On November 17, 1989 (Friday), riot police suppressed a peaceful student demonstration in Prague. That event sparked a series of popular demonstrations from November 19 to late December. By November 20 the number of pe...
Tibet Protests Spread » Violence spilled over from Tibet into neighbouring provinces today as Tibetan protesters defied a Chinese government crackdown while the Dalai Lama warned that the area faced "cultural genocide" and appealed to the world for help. Supporters of the Dalai Lama said 80 people were killed during the protests in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa, with at least 72 others injured. It was the latest negative publicity for China ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August.
Demonstration infront of the chinese embassy in London » '' We want the leaders to back UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in securing the release of ALL political prisoners when he visits Burma in December. We have never had a UN Secretary General visit Burma to discuss political problems before, and we have never had European and Asian government joining forces to pressure the regime to release prisoners. They all say they want it. We must make them work to make it happen. For too long the UN has fallen for the lies of the regi...
ROHR protest » A continuation of ROHR Zimbabwe demonstration held at the courts on 25 February 2009 to put pressure on the inclusive government to release journalists, human rights and political detainees who were victims of enforced disappearances in October - December 2008. ROHR Zimbabwe stands for restoration of Human Rights Zimbabwe, a human rights pressure group whose vision is to see a 'peaceful, just and free Zimbabwe that is conscious of and respects human' ROHR was founded in March 2007 and registere...