Posted 4/11/2003 @ 20:53:24 GMT Kazemi's Son Rejects Nobel Winner's Help
The son of slain Montreal photojournalist Zahra Kazemi is upset over reports that Nobel peace prize laureate Shirin Ebadi will appear in Iranian court on behalf of the Kazemi family.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 17:59:27 GMT Nobel Winner Takes on Murder Case
Iran's Nobel peace prize winner is to represent the family of a Canadian journalist who died after being arrested in Tehran.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 16:41:55 GMT ElBaradei: Iran Didn't Comply with NPT Commitments
MADRID -- The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Iran's declaration showed it had previously failed to comply with commitments under the global non-proliferation pact, a Spanish newspaper reported on Tuesday.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 16:3:5 GMT Afghan Draft Constitution Has Few Surprises
KABUL, Afghanistan -- A new draft constitution for Afghanistan was unveiled Monday and formally presented to the former king, Mohammad Zahir Shah, at a ceremony on the grounds of the presidential palace.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 15:54:26 GMT Sharon Leaving Moscow with Russia's Sympathy
MOSCOW -- Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon held a second day of meetings in Moscow Tuesday after raising concerns about Iran’s nuclear program and a Russian-backed U.N. resolution on a Mideast peace plan.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 15:34:13 GMT Will Caspian Sea Get Legal Protection?
Tehran -- In Tehran, representatives of the five Caspian countries will sign the Convention on Caspian Environment Protection.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 13:41:15 GMT UN Rights "Rapporteur" in Iran For Key Probe
TEHRAN -- A top United Nations human rights official began a week-long visit to Iran Tuesday to conduct a key probe focusing on press freedoms and freedom of expression, UN officials here said.
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 12:47:29 GMT "Flag burning" Marks Iran-US Hostage Anniversary
TEHRAN -- Some 10,000 Iranian hardliners gathered outside the former US embassy here Tuesday for the 24th anniversary of the storming of the compound, with the annual letting off of steam featuring the habitual chanting of "Death to America".
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 9:33:58 GMT Set My People Free
The U.S. blessing for the joint trip by the foreign ministers of Britain, France and Germany to Tehran demonstrates a spirit of unity absent in their recent past. It is understandable that the specter of the foremost state sponsor of terrorism acquiring nuclear weapons should unite the EU and the U.S. in great fear...But which is the greater component of that fear: Is it the nuclear state or the terrorist regime?
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Posted 4/11/2003 @ 1:9:14 GMT U.S. Warning on Iran Nuke Stance
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. State Department says any decision by Iran to end cooperation on its nuclear program would be "gravely troubling".
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