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. | Through a series of letters (see Table 1) we reflected on the outrageous Iranian arbitrary treatment of this 65 years old Southern Azerbaijani musician – Table 2 also present a reverse chronology of his sufferings inflicted by the Iranian authorities. Some highlights of his sufferings from that period of arbitrary detention include: |
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. | Finally, there is the specter of violence among the Kurds (Illegally mass migrated to Kirkuk after invasion of Iraq.b), Turkomans (Majority.b), and Arabs who all have a stake in Kirkuk. There is a fear that holding the referendum in the ethnically mixed governorate could lead to the type of sectarian bloodshed that has gripped Baghdad and central Iraq. |
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. | McInerney said the U.S. has “a new massive ordnance penetrator that’s 30,000 pounds, that really penetrates … Ahmadinejad has nothing in Iran that we can’t penetrate.”
He also said the new Russian bomb was not a “penetrator.” |
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. | Assassination of a Sunni leader who stood against al-Qaeda has dealt a severe blow to US efforts to bring peace to Iraq |
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. | Finance Minister Fukushiro Nukaga announced his candidacy on Thursday. Yasuo Fukuda, former chief cabinet secretary, is also expected to run, as is Taro Aso, the LDP secretary-general and former foreign minister, who is considered the leading candidate.
Jeff Kingston is director of Asian Studies at Temple University in Japan. He says that if Aso becomes Japan’s next leader, the result may not be popular with Japan’s neighbor, China. |
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. | Ms Oliver, who turned 26 late last month, had campaigned in her final days to raise awareness of the dangers of tanning salons.
Ms Oliver who died of aggressive melanoma, captured Victorian hearts when she spoke out against tanning and solariums. |
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. | “There are still people leaving. You know, people find all kinds of ways to leave,” she says. “It was the easiest to go to Syria. Jordan was more difficult. Turkey is difficult. People have gone into Iran, but much fewer. And there are people who still find ways of getting a visa and flying out of the country but it is getting more and more difficult.” |
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. | “The Iranian president has stated that Iran’s nuclear file has been closed, but are Iran’s problems with the West concluded?” the secretary of the Supreme National Security Council asked rhetorically of Iranian and foreign reporters. |