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Iran rejects Iraq talks with US
Al Jazeera - Iran has decided not to take up a US of talks over the future of Iraq for the time being, its foreign minister has said. Manouchehr Mottaki, speaking at a news conference during a visit to Iraq on Friday, said that Iran 's initial acceptance of talks

Road to democracy Full political and human rights in Iran
Kurdish Media - While the world is moving towards ever-greater recognition of cultural and political rights of many nations, the ethnic groups in Iran are left out of this global process. Institutionalized racism against Kurds, Balooch, Azary, Turkman and Arab along

Iran closes paper, jails 2 staffers for cartoon
Baltimore Sun - TEHRAN, Iran // Iran closed a newspaper and detained its chief editor and cartoonist yesterday for publishing a cartoon that sparked riots by ethnic Azeris, the first such move since President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad came to power last year. The heavy

Iran bans state newspaper for sparking protests
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has suspended publication of its official state newspaper after it published a cartoon that sparked violent ethnic protests in the northwestern city of Tabriz, a senior judiciary official said on Tuesday.

Total War - Alexander details ( News )
SEGA's confirmed the brilliant news about its Rome: Total War - Alexander expansion. You know, that Brian Blessed is voicing over the cut-scenes. Wicked!

A man of vision for our time
-- I would like to make this contribution to the ongoing letters discussion on Alexander the Great in the Middle East Times. Although volumes have already been written about Alexander's personality and achievements, I would like to emphasize a few points here.