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Iran Crisis: Updates From Mousavi

Iran Crisis: Updates From Mousavi

Mousavi has emerged as the key leader of  Iran’s “Velvet Revolution.” Today, all over Iran Mousavi’s supporters were marching again in huge numbers to mourn the people killed in previous protests. Mousavi is now asking for a new election to take place, not only a recount. He gives a regular news update to his supporters. […]

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UK Parliament: Money, MPs And Transparency

Following the scandals of misappropriations of public funds by MPs to cover personal expenses, the British Parliament  just released today  extensive documents on MPs salaries and allowances. The current  annual salary for an MP is 64,766 British Pounds. In addition, MPs receive allowances to cover the costs of running an office, employing staff and having […]

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CIA Destroyed Torture Tapes After CIA IG Report Concluded U.S. Violated Laws

The CIA destroyed videotapes that showed its agents subjecting high-level al-Qaeda detainees to waterboarding and other brutal interrogation methods after the agency’s inspector general issued a classified report in the spring of 2004 that concluded the techniques used on the prisoners “appeared to constitute cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, as defined by the International Convention […]

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Iran: Is It A Lost Battle for Ahmadinejad And The Clerics?

Iran: Is It A Lost Battle for Ahmadinejad And The Clerics?

Despite the crack down by the Iranian regime, protesters are marching in huge numbers in Iran again today. The “Velvet Revolution” seems to be getting more momentum every day, despite the pre-election warning from the political leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard that it would be “nipped in the bud.” The sea of green from the […]

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New PBS Investigation Takes Viewers Inside The Financial Collapse

“Breaking the Bank” is a documentary that will be first broadcast tonight on some PBS stations. This is Michael Kirk’s most provocative and insightful work so far in which viewers get a chance to understand the underlying forces of the recent financial collapse. It is focused on the controversial purchase of Merrill Lynch by Bank […]

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