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Iran Rises Again: Opposition Shows Signs of Resilience

Setareh Sabety | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Movement, Islam, Iran, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iran Opposition, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Faezeh Hashemi, 1st Esfand, Bassij, Mohsen Rezai, Ayatollah Janati, Voa, Coordination Counvil, World News
Setareh Sabety

Unlike their Arab neighbors, Iranians have recent experience with revolution. They will not risk life and limb unless they are sure that they are on the winning side. 1st Esfand was a step in the winning direction.

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"A Death in Tehran" And the Most Influential Video of the Year

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Video of the Year, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, Bbc News, Neda, Voa, Iran's Presidential Election, Media, World News
Omid Memarian

Imagine you've spent millions of dollars to articulate and orchestrate a message and then a 20-year-old protester shoots a 1-minute video, uploads it onto YouTube and destroys your whole story. What would you do?

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Rahman Bunairee: Pakistani Journalist Detained By US After Militants Bomb Home

AP | EILEEN SULLIVAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pakistan, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Journalists, Rahman Bunairee, Voice of America, Voa, Pakistan Militants, Washington-Dulles Airport, World News

WASHINGTON — U.S. officials are holding for undisclosed reasons a Pakistani journalist who works for an American media outlet. Rahman Bunairee,...

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Media Literacy 101: Cloak-and-Dagger News

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abc, Islam, Bbc, Voa, Twitter, Technology, Iran, Mcclatchy, Media News, Media Literacy, Facebook, Tiananmen Square, Web 2.0, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Channel 4, Youtube, Cnn, Youtube Diplomacy, New York Times, Washington Post, Vietnam, Censor, Terrorism, World News
Susan Moeller

It's not just Iran. Getting news out of countries in the throes of political turmoil has always been dicey. And getting the news out has often meant using the most recent technology to thwart the authorities.

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Restore the Voice

Murray Fromson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Broadcasting, Radio Sawa, Voa, Alhurra, Cold War, Public Diplomacy, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Voice of America, Willis Conover, Politics News
Murray Fromson

The international buzz caused by President-elect Obama earlier in the month offers him an opportunity to revive what had been a valuable American resource for so many years.

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