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Allan’s Condition Stable, Health Improving – International Middle East Media Center

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Saudi Arabia executed 175 people in past year, says Amnesty International

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Wild Cards Remain as Democrats Add Supporters on Iran Deal

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Washington Week on Human Rights: August 24, 2015

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British female diplomat sparks outrage opening Iran embassy without head covering

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The Costs of a Maniac Foreign Policy

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Hard-liners rage against Rafsanjani as elections near – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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Gay marriage to be recognised in Ireland before the end of 2015 – Independent.i

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Iran regime ups internet censorship – Reporters Without Borders

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Hate speech legislation does not tackle radicalization: Quebec Bar Association

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State of Fear

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Syria’s Armenians look to ancient homeland for safety – BBC News

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Why You Should Treat Your Career Like a Bad Boyfriend – Chelsea Krost

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As A Man Here’s Why I Believe Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Are Also My Fight

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Bridesmaid’s horror as best friend marries man who raped her

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Istanbul Biennial commemorates Armenian genocide

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At least 3 dead in 8.3-magnitude earthquake off coast of central Chile

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Ta-Nehisi Coates and Jeffrey Goldberg Debate Mass Incarceration

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Husband bars Iranian footballer from Asian championships

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An Iranian Baha’i Arrested in Sanandaj – Iran Press Watch

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Iran’s Rouhani urged to release student activist Bahareh Hedayat

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Saeid Hossainzadeh Deprived Of Medical Treatment In Evin Prison

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Iranian women fined £170 for not wearing Muslim headscarves ‘properly’ – Telegraph

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Iran Human Rights Documentation Center – The Iran Human Rights Documentation Center Welcomes Sareta Ashraph as Chair of its Board of Directors

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Let in the Refugees

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28 refugees drown off Farmakonisi in Greece

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‘We need inclusive, integrated policies to improve our lives’

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Ukrainian journalist sues Russia, Ukraine for being held hostage for 48 days in Donetsk

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Democratic Congressman Announces Opposition to Iran Deal with 23-Page Analysis

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BETTER! The Book

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Engaging Health Workers in the Global Movement to End Female Genital Mutilation

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Human Rights Council: Speak up on China and act against reprisals

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Middle east – UN General Assembly votes to fly Palestinian flag

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France 24 – Cantona urges French families to take in refugees

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France – France welcomes first refugees to ease pressure on Germany

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Elections: Rights violations escalate in Congo, says UN

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Surprise! Iran finds unexpectedly high uranium reserve

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Tajikistan: Reverse Political Party Closure

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Human Rights Watch calls for stronger Penal Code amendments

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Iran regime ups internet censorship – Reporters Without Borders

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Egyptian Aak 2015 – Week 37 ( Sept 7- 13)

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With Red Lipstick, Indian Acid Attack Victim Makes a Bold Statement

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As A Man Here’s Why I Believe Gender Equality & Women’s Rights Are Also My Fight

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What will happen this month when a Charlottean gets to meet the pope and the president?

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Progress for Women’s Voting Rights in KPK, Pakistan

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“Take a Child to School” – Volunteers’ Stories of Success

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Advocating for Women’s Access to Land Rights in Peru

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Attacks Against Al-Aqsa Continue; Many Palestinians Kidnapped And Injured – International Middle East Media Center

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Why Christianity Is Surging in the Heart of Islam

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Humans of the White House?

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Jailed labor activist Shahrokh Zamani suffered fatal stroke behind bars – کمیتـه گزارشـگران حقـوق بشـر

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chrr.biz – Committee of Human Rights Reporters – Labor activist and political prisoner Shahrokh Zamani passed away in Rajai Shahr prison today after suffering a fatal stroke. The Kaleme website reports that t…

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A Lifetime of Persecution, the Story of a Bahai Couple in Yazd – Iran Press Watch

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After a landmark nuclear deal, what’s next for Iran?

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Feature: Saving Iran’s great salt lake

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news.sciencemag.org – LAKE URMIA, IRAN—In a wetland dying of thirst, Hossein Akhani, a botanist at the University of Tehran, mourns a verdant past. “Fifteen years ago, the lake was here,” he says. “Every time I come bac…

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US Black lives matter activists speak out for Palestine

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EU: Five Steps to Tackle Refugee Crisis

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Migrant crisis: Germany adds border controls – CNN.com

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Meet the Kurdish fighters mobilising against Tehran – Al Jazeera English

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aljazeera.com – Near Choman, Iraq – Standing in a mountain camp just inside the Iraqi border, the burly commander gestured expansively towards a high pass beyond which lay Iran. “This is the gate to our home,” he …

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Free Iranian Net Citizen Nahid Gorji, Arrested For Social Media Activism

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Putting human rights in Iran front and center

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Millions of refugees pushing Middle East nations to ‘breaking point’

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Google and Amazon want to deliver your groceries

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Sustainability Skills Wanted

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The Case Against Canada’s Prime Minister

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Safe World for Women

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Les Syriens veulent rester chez eux, mais dans une Syrie libre

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Refugee crisis: why aren’t the rich Gulf Arab states doing more?

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smh.com.au – Peter Hartcher makes three key observations about the Prime Minister’s decision to accept an additional 12,000 refugees from Syria. Beirut: As the West grapples with the most serious refugee crisis…

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Military Junta Turns Thailand into Land of Frowns

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huffingtonpost.com – Thailand long has been the land of smiles, a friendly, informal place equally hospitable to backpackers and businessmen. But politics has gotten ugly in recent years. Now a cartoonish dictator out …

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‘Israel wanted Assad gone since start of Syria civil war’

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Local author publishes second novel – The Drive In

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newtectimes.com – Local author, Douglas Gardham, has done it again. The award–winning author of, The Actor, recently released a second novel – a collection of short stories, entitled, ‘The Drive In’. “The Drive In i…

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RT Report: Nearly all of Gazas water undrinkable – International Middle East Media Center

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Great media attention for Douglas Gardham’s two novels!

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blog.iuniverse.com – iUniverse author Douglas Gardham has received considerable recognition for his two books, The Actor and The Drive In. To keep you informed of the great media attention Douglas is getting, here’s an…

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Helping Hands Press: Six Sanity Savers by Tracy Krauss

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Throwing Stones At A Sitting President: A Topsy-Turvy Day On The Hill

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iUniverse | Author Success – Doug Gardham

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Missouri’s Archaic Abortion Laws May Come Unraveled–Thanks To Satan & Religious Freedom

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addictinginfo.org – Missouri pro-lifers have managed to all but overturn Roe v. Wade in their state. With ridiculous regulations and archaic laws, Missourians have but one Planned Parenthood clinic as an option for ab…

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Iran : une caricaturiste poursuivie pour une poignée de main

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directmatin.fr – Déjà condamnée à douze ans et neuf mois de prison, une jeune caricaturiste pourrait voir sa sentence s’alourdir. La jeune iranienne est désormais poursuivie pour “indécence” après avoir serré la ma…

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From Pencil to Photoshop to Dropbox: 2015 Design Tools Survey

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coolhunting.com – Earlier this summer, web design veteran Khoi Vinh—former Design Director at The New York Times Online and now Principal Designer at Adobe—sent out a questionnaire to the public to learn what tools …

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Photo by Jacic

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10 Most Creative Products for Your Kitchen

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beautifullife.info – If you’re in the mood to add a twist to your day to day cooking routine, feel like impressing your dinner guests, or even just need to find the perfect gift for the design-enthusiastic person, this…

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‘The Daily Show’ Has a Woman Problem | Al Jazeera America

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markgeoffreykirshner.com – Why does the show not hold itself to the feminist yardstick by which it measures rest of the world? It is strange that “The Daily Show” can quip that Clinton’s face “is where boners go to die” and …

WORLD

Madama Villagers Foil Infilitration Attack By Israeli Extremists – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – The WAFA News Agency has reported that the Palestinians noticed an unusual activity, shortly after 2 after midnight, when they saw a short, bearded armed man wearing a cap, monitoring some homes in…

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UN General Assembly Votes For Raising Palestinian Flag – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – The UN proposal achieved 119 votes out of the 193 UN member states, while only eight countries, headed by the United States and Israel, voted against it. The resolution states that flags of all non…

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PCHR Weekly Report: One dead; 7 wounded, including 4 children, by Israeli troops this week – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Palestinian man salvaging his family’s belongings after Israeli military demolished his home (PCHR photo) Reham Dawabsha succumbed to her wounds, becoming the third victim in her family, following …

WORLD

Rafsanjani emphasizes importance of political parties – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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al-monitor.com – In a meeting with the newly formed Reformist bloc, Union of Islamic Iran People Party, Ayatollah Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani talked about his vision for the 2016 parliamentary elections and the im…

WORLD

What’s Next for the Iran Nuclear Deal

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nytimes.com – WASHINGTON — With Senate Democrats blocking passage of a resolution disapproving of the Iran nuclear deal, the attention will shift from the halls of Congress to the nations and international agenc…

WORLD

Lindsey Graham Blames Iran For 9/11 Attacks

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lobelog.com – Published on September 10th, 2015 | by Eli Clifton Over the past week, Republican opposition to the Iran deal has devolved considerably. Senate Republicans spent the week in chaos, raising uncertai…

WORLD

Iran: Criminals sentenced to buy books – BBC News

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bbc.com – A judge in Iran has started sentencing criminals to buy and read books instead of handing down prison terms, it’s been reported. Judge Qasem Naqizadeh, who presides over a court in the north-easter…

WORLD

10 September 1951: Britain boycotts Iran over the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company

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moneyweek.com – Of all the overseas possessions the British government owned at the start of the 1950s, the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (AIOC) was the most prized. And it’s not hard to see why. A relic of Britain’s …

WORLD

U.S. Senate Democrats Block Vote On Iran Deal

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rferl.org – A move in the U.S. Senate to hold a vote of disapproval on the international nuclear deal with Iran has been defeated on a first vote. Sixty votes in favor were needed to move the resolution forwar…

WORLD

Saudi journalist and blogger held without charge for past 16 months – Reporters Without Borders

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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders calls for the release of Alaa Brinji, 33, a Saudi journalist and blogger who has been held without trial or charge for more than a year for still unclear reasons and who i…

WORLD

News website editor gunned down in Mogadishu – Reporters Without Borders

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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders is shocked and saddened to learn that Abdullahi Ali Hussein, the editor of the English-language section of the Somali online newspaper Waagasucub, was gunned down in the M…

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Education International – Iran: Teachers face new round of government repression

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ei-ie.org – On the morning of September 6, 2015, Mr. Mahmoud Beheshti Langroodi, a board member of the Iranian Teachers’ Trade Association (ITTA-Tehran), was arrested by security forces at his home. The union …

WORLD

Fated To Go To A Turkmen Prison

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rferl.org – There are things that happen in life that you know in advance are going to happen, and when they do, knowing in advance does not lessen the shock, the outrage, or the disappointment. Our correspond…

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Iran and the Myth of Anti-Semitism

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inthesetimes.com – Iran, even in the most fanciful flights of rhetoric of some of its leaders, is not threatening to kill Jews, as Goldberg intimates. It is threatening to dismantle a system (the Zionist regime) that…

STORIES

DNC chair closes door on more debates

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thehill.com – Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz is closing the door on adding more Democratic presidential debates, and said a controversial clause penalizing candidates for parti…

WORLD

Iran Daily: Supreme Leader Pushes Back Against His President – EA WorldView

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eaworldview.com – PHOTO: Supreme Leader at Imam Khomeini’s shrine in Tehran on Wednesday Iran’s Supreme Leader has again cautioned President Rouhani against political efforts, ahead of key elections next February, s…

WORLD

Cold, fever and babies born on migrants’ long journey to Europe

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http://www.trust.org – BUDAPEST, Sept 10 (Reuters) – At a makeshift medical centre at Budapest’s eastern railway terminus migrant women keep coming with small children and babies, many of whom have a bad cough, fever, di…

POLITICS

The Netherlands Must Do More to Counter Racism

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liberties.eu – Discrimination of ethnic minorities by the police is an unfortunate reality in the Netherlands. The Civic Integration Examination, which often has to be made abroad, turns out unfairly against some…

WORLD

Exclusive: 50 Spies Say ISIS Intelligence Was Cooked

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thedailybeast.com – More than 50 intelligence analysts working out of the U.S. military’s Central Command have formally complained that their reports on ISIS and al Qaeda’s branch in Syria were being inappropriately a…

WORLD

Five human rights abusers backed by the U.S. whom you never heard of

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washingtonpost.com – Former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre gesturing as he leaves a Dakar courthouse after a hearing on June 3. An official truth commission report in 1992 accused his regime of committing some 40,000 p…

WORLD

Russia finally admits it HAS sent military experts to Syria

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dailymail.co.uk – Russia has admitted its military is present in Syria a day after leaked pictures appearing to show soldiers on the ground were published. Russia’s Foreign Ministry today said military experts are p…

SCIENCE

Fossil first: ancient human relative may have buried its dead

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reuters.com – CRADLE OF HUMANKIND, South Africa Humanity’s claim to uniqueness just suffered another setback: scientists reported on Thursday that a newly discovered ancient species related to humans also appear…

WORLD

UN atomic watchdog seeks to clarify Iran ‘ambiguities’

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france24.com – The UN atomic watchdog said Wednesday that information provided by Iran regarding its nuclear programme contained “ambiguities” and that it was seeking clarification from Tehran. “The IAEA submitte…

WORLD

John McCain displayed the gut-wrenching photo of the drowned Syrian child on the Senate floor to urge US action

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The day 100,000 Iranian women protested the headscarf

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Being ‘hafu’ in Japan: Mixed-race people face ridicule, rejection

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Egypt billionare offers to buy Med island for refugees | Egypt Independent

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European Official Calls for Continent to Take In 160,000 Migrants

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Iranian deputy foreign minister reasserts leadership on Syria, confidence in Hezbollah – Al-Monitor: the Pulse of the Middle East

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Secret traces: how expired photo paper caught the imagination of the art world

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telegraph.co.uk – Most photographers would be horrified at the presence of mould or water damage on their photographic paper, but both are exciting to New york artist Alison Rossiter. “If it’s doing something nasty…

Child mortality rates plunge by more than half since 1990 but global MDG target missed by wide margin | Press centre

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unicef.org – NEW YORK/GENEVA/WASHINGTON, 9 September 2015 – Child mortality rates have plummeted to less than half of what they were in 1990, according to a new report released today. Under-five deaths have dro…

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Simon Dixon: ‘Bitcoin Solves 3 Major Problems in the Financial System’

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L’Union européenne détaille ses «quotas» de migrants par pays

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Asylum-seekers, Refugees, Migrants – What’s in a Name?

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Cartoonist Zunar could get 43 years in prison for nine cartoons – Reporters Without Borders

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Intelligent filtering and go-ahead for Halal Internet – Reporters Without Borders

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Iran Feature: Revolutionary Guards Video “Washington Post’s Rezaian Ran Spy Network” – EA WorldView

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Sweden’s first LGBT retirement home – a model for rainbow ageing?

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change.org – From July 13 2015, new rules extending work restrictions to international students have been introduced to parliament. It is reported as an attempt by Theresa May to reduce annual net migration. T…

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Army Kidnaps 13 Palestinians In The West Bank – International Middle East Media Center

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BDS National Committee: “EU Move to Label Settlement Products is Insufficient” – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Boycott Israel label (image from Palestinian Pundit blog) The statement reads as follows: The BNC considered the European Unions move towards labeling Israeli settlement products, announced at a r…

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Thousands Attend Funeral of Reham Dawabsha, Mother of 18-month old Baby who was Burned to Death – International Middle East Media Center

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imemc.org – Funeral of Reham Dawabsha (image by Ahmed Talat Hasan) Reham Dawabsha was 27, having just marked her birthday on September 5th, hours before she died. Her baby, Ali Saad Dawabsha, was burnt to deat…

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Bodies of 43 Mexican students incinerated at dump, says Mexico attorney general

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Une vie extraordinaire qui a jeté un pont entre l’Orient et l’Occident

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Je suis menacé de mort mais je continuerai à me battre pour le Niger | Ali Idrissa

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Iran: Schoolteacher due to be executed at dawn

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amnesty.org – The Iranian authorities must immediately halt the execution of Mahmoud Barati, a teacher who was convicted of drug-related offences following an unfair trial that is believed to have included a con…

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Islamophobia Is On the Rise in London, with Hate-Crimes Up 70 Percent on Last Year | VICE | United States

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A Religious Activist’s House Confiscated

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – A house owned by Fatemeh Zandi, a member of the faith called “Al-Yasin Community” has been confiscated by the Executive Commission of Imam Khomaini’s Order. According to the rep…

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Despite the threats, I will not stop fighting for Niger | Ali Idrissa

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Explanations demanded for football players’ tattoos

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Dutch reporter detained in continuing harassment of foreign journalists – Reporters Without Borders

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en.rsf.org – Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Dutch reporter Frederike Geerdink, who was arrested in southeastern Turkey yesterday, and urges the government to stop harassing foreign…

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Murder Rates Rising Sharply in Many U.S. Cities

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nytimes.com – MILWAUKEE — Cities across the nation are seeing a startling rise in murders after years of declines, and few places have witnessed a shift as precipitous as this city. With the summer not yet over,…

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Iran hopes to export gas to EU through Spain

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Iranian Newsha Tavakolian Wins Prestigious Prince Claus Award for Her ‘Bold’ Photography · Global Voices

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globalvoicesonline.org – Portrait of an angry Kurdish woman in Northeastern Syria… #onassignment #Timemagazine A photo posted by Newsha Tavakolian (@newshatavakolian) on Feb 13, 2015 at 5:19am PST Tori Egherman contributed…

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Mohsen Makhmalbaf voices support for imprisoned fellow director Oleg Sentsov

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theguardian.com – The Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf has added his voice to international protests over the plight of Oleg Sentsov, the Ukrainian director serving a 20-year jail sentence after being convicted …

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Iran photographer to share prize money with Syria refugees – The Economic Times

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economictimes.indiatimes.com – TEHRAN: Iranian photographer Newsha Tavakolian has said she will donate part of a 100,000-euro (USD 112,000) Dutch award to charity, including Syrian and Iraqi refugees. “It is hard for me to enjoy…

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Foreign Journalists Under Fire

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nytimes.com – A kangaroo court in Egypt recently sentenced three journalists from the Al Jazeera English network to three years in prison for committing journalism. On Tuesday, in Azerbaijan, an award-winning in…

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As Europe Grasps for Answers, More Migrants Flood Its Borders

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nytimes.com – HEGYESHALOM, Hungary — Throughout the day on Sunday, train after packed train arrived at this border town from Budapest, the passengers smoothly shifting to a gleaming Austrian train on the opposit…

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Refugees Who Could Be Us

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nytimes.com – WATCHING the horrific images of Syrian refugees struggling toward safety — or in the case of Aylan Kurdi, 3, drowning on that journey — I think of other refugees. Albert Einstein. Madeleine Albrigh…

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Janmashtami Observed in Dhaka | News

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nelive.in – Janmashtami, birth of Lord Krishna was celebratedalongwith India in Bangladesh capital Dhaka as well on Saturday with full religious fervour by the hindu community of Bangladesh. According to Hindu…

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Giuliani: De Blasio’s progressivism created city’s homeless crisis

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nypost.com – A city with homeless on its streets is a city that has no love of its people. The so-called “progressive” view, that people have a right to live on the sidewalk, is not only legally devoid of any …

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The war of words over 7-day GP services – BBC News

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bbc.co.uk – Talk to a GP and it wont take long for the issue of seven-day services to come up. There are heated and varied opinions. Some argue forcefully that they have a heavy workload on weekdays so extendi…

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Chechen Jihadis Leave Syria, Join the Fight in Ukraine

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thedailybeast.com – MARIUPOL, Ukraine — Just an hour’s drive from this city under siege, at an old resort on the Azov Sea that’s now a military base, militants from Chechnya—veterans of the jihad in their own lands an…

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Obama adds another worker benefit: paid sick leave

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latimes.com – President Obama plans to use Labor Day to announce a new step toward increased benefits for workers — ordering companies that do business with the government to provide paid sick leave for their e…

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Young Algerians let their hair down at the mall

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france24.com – Young people don’t have many places to socialise in conservative Algeria. But now the North African’s country’s youth are discovering something their counterparts in the West embraced a generation …

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Barrel Bombs, Not ISIS, Are the Greatest Threat to Syrians

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nytimes.com – GAZIANTEP, Turkey — As the self-proclaimed Islamic State, or ISIS, commits horrendous videotaped executions, it might seem to pose the greatest threat to Syrian civilians. In fact, that ignoble dis…

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The National Front Prohibited From Holding Any Meeting

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hra-news.org – HRANA News Agency – Hossain Mousavian, the head of National Front party, was summoned by the intelligence service, and interrogated for three hours. He has been told that the National Front was not…

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Al-Jazeera journalists jailed for airing ‘false news’, Egyptian court ruling says

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theguardian.com – An Egyptian court released a detailed ruling on Sunday on why it sentenced three journalists working for al-Jazeera English to three years in prison for airing what it described as “false news” and…

LEISURE

Russia’s war on western food is leading to a national cheese revival

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theguardian.com – A year after Russia banned the import of dairy, meat and fish products from European and other western nations in response to sanctions against it over its actions in Ukraine, a wide array of chees…

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Science/AAAS | News

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