“Claws of the Persian chauvinism reach many places in the world”: interview with Jahandar Bayoglu
Saturday 19 August 2006

Any movement has its own energy. In this particular case, this energy was strongly weakened before the rally in Tehran. An unofficial emergency was declared in the Iranian capital, the parliament square was cordoned by hardware and people. Additional posts were put on all the five roads leading to the parliament. Whoever tried to move
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Ambassador Abbaseli Hasanov: Azerbaijanis mean a lot to Iran
Saturday 19 August 2006

“Azerbaijanis have been living there for thousands years. Azerbaijanis have a great role in the history of Iran. I think Azerbaijanis mean a lot to Iran. We are like brothers with all Azerbaijanis living
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‘Simple’ way to test for anthrax
Saturday 19 August 2006

Their high specificity results from the use of antibodies - proteins produced by the body’s defence cells in response to a specific foreign invader or antigen.

Professor Peter Seeberger and his team at Bern

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UA 221/06 Incommunicado detention / fear of torture/ possible prisoner of conscience IRAN Mehdi Babaei
Saturday 19 August 2006

Mehdi Babaei Ajabshir (known as Oxtay), a prominent Azerbaijani activist, was arrested on 11 July. He is detained incommunicado at an undisclosed location, believed to be either Tabriz prison or a Ministry of Intelligence detention facility in Tabriz, northwestern Iran, where he is at risk of torture. He may be detained on account of his peaceful activities on behalf of the rights of the Azeri-Turkish minority, in which case Amnesty International would consider him a prisoner of conscience.

On 28 June, at 10.30pm

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Saudi Arabia buys 72 Eurofighters
Saturday 19 August 2006

Confirmation of the Saudi deal, which was first proposed in December, saw BAE’s shares close 2.64% higher in Friday trading in London.

Criticisms

Yet while the announcement is welcome news for UK business, it will inevitably attract criticism from those who say UK defence companies should not do business with Saudi Arabia because of the Saudi government’s poor record on human rights and democracy.

Pressure group Campaign Against Arms Trade criticised the

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UN plea for European peacekeepers
Saturday 19 August 2006

The UN has urged European countries to come forward to contribute more troops for the peacekeeping force in Lebanon.
Deputy Secretary General Mark Malloch Brown thanked Asian nations for their firm commitment but added the force had to be “multinational” in character.

The call came after Israel said it might be “inconceivable” to accept nations that [...]

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