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Must it be Business as Usual as the People of Iran Hang in the Balance?

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Saddam Hussein, Twitter, Lindsay Graham, World News, Siemens, Switzerlan, Khameni, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Iraq, Obama, Facebook, Merkel, Ahmadinejad, Iran, Austria, Schumer, Germany, United Nations, Youtube, Wiesel, World News
Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Citizen lobbies and elected representatives have to ask this simple question: do we have to do business with people who do business with the Mullahs?

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Predictable Chaos as Guantanamo Trials Resume

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: War on Terror, Cmdr. Suzanne Lachelier, Ramzi Bin Al-Shibh, David Hicks, President Obama, 9/11, Guantanamo, Omar Khadr, World News, Politics News, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, Lt. Rich Federico, Col. Morris Davis, Ali Hamza Al-Bahlul, Guantanamo Bay, Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, World, Human Rights First, Walid Bin Attash, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, CIA Torture, Mohammed Kamin, Salim Hamdan, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, Osama Bin Laden, Capt. John Murphy, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Federal Court, Mustafa Al-Hawsawi, Politics News
Andy Worthington

With no visible progress this was another dismal outing for the Commissions, and another warning for the Obama administration that any kind of revival of the wretched trial system will remain fraught with insoluble problems.

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Hey DJ Rafsanjani, Play Us Some Ayatollah Khomeini

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Rafsanjani, Twitter, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Iran Twitter, Friday-Prayer, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Ayatollah Khamenei, Facebook, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Twittering, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani, Shah, Iranian Election, Tehran, Islamic Revolution, Neda, Iran Protests, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Ayatollah Khomeini, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

At the heart of Iran's Islamic Revolution was a stencil duplicator and a tape recorder. These were the Ayatollah Khomeini's Facebook and Twitter.

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Breaking The Silence Claims Over Gaza Rebuffed By IDF Reservists

Huffington Post | Posted 08.16.2009 | World

Read More: Breaking the Silence, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Foreign Affairs, Israel Gaza, Israeli Defense Force, World News, Gaza Airstrikes, Gaza, Gaza War, Operation Cast Lead, Gaza City, Idf Gaza, Gaza Strip, Israel, Gaza Israel, Israel Gaza Airstrikes, Idf, Israel Gaza Operation, Advocacy, Soldiersspeakout, Soldiers Speak Out, World News

In part of an ongoing schism within the ranks of the Israeli Defense Forces over alleged abuses against Palestinian civilians during Operation Cast Le...

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World In Photos, Tuesday July 14, 2009

The Huffington Post | Posted 08.14.2009 | World

Read More: World in Photos, Slideshow, July 14 2009, World Photos, News Photos, World Images, News Images, Best Photos, News July 14 2009, Top News Photos, World News, World News

Here is the HuffPost's selection of photos of today's news and events from every corner of the globe. Check back Monday through Friday for this HuffPo...

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Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Preventive Detention, Mohamed Jawad, David Kris, Department of Defense, War on Terror, Harsh Interrogations, President Obama, Guantanamo, Obama Administration, John Hutson, World News, Dick Cheney, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Sen. Carl Levin, Robert Gates, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, World, Terrorism, Guantanamo Detainees, Senate Armed Services Committee, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Justice Department, Barack Obama, Military Commissions, House Committee on the Judiciary, Lt. Col. Darrel Vandeveld, Capt. John Murphy, George Toscas, Federal Court, Brig. Gen. Thomas Hartmann, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Lt. Col. Vandeveld said, "I simply could not in good conscience continue to work for an ad-hoc, hastily created apparatus whose evident resort to expediency and ethical compromise were so contrary to my own."

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Exhibit A: Word From Iran

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Michael Jackson, Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Thriller, Underground Railroad, Media, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Journalism, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda, Iran Protests, Iranian Election 2009, Media News
Melody Moezzi

Reporters keep complaining about the difficulty of getting information out of Iran, but communicating with Iran is far from a challenge. I frequently get through on the first try.

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Military Commissions: Government Flounders, As Admiral Hutson Nails Problems

Andy Worthington | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Geneva Conventions, Preventive Detention, Department of Defense, David Kris, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, Lt. Cmdr. Charles Swift, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Senate Armed Services Committee, US District Court, Justice Department, John Hutson, Barack Obama, World News, Military Commissions, Politics News, Enemy Combatants, Jeh Johnson, National Security, Col. Morris Davis, Guantanamo Bay, Federal Court, William J. Haynes II, Politics News
Andy Worthington

A legal quagmire that lacks legitimacy and maintains key policies of the Bush administration's "War on Terror" is almost too awful to contemplate.

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Top 10 Reasons the U.S. Isn't Getting its Panties in a Bunch over Honduras

Katie Halper | Posted 08.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Honduras Coup, Honduras, Us Military Aid to Honduras, Honduras Coup and Obama, Clinton and Honduras, Lula, Zelaya and Honduras, World Condemnation of Honduras Coup, World News, u.s. And Latin American Relations, u.s. Support for Honduran Military, Raul Castro, Honduras and School of the Americas, Romeo Vasquez and School of the Americas, Obama and Honduras, School of the Americas and Honduras, Comedy News
Katie Halper

3. We kinda sorta trained the coup leaders at the School of the Americas so it's like kinda awkward.

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"Just Add Me": Saudi Information Minister Embraces Social Networking

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Reporters Without Borders, Twitter, Queen Rania, Social Networking, Iran Election, Saudi Arabia, Saudi King Abdullah, Iran, Facebook, Journalism, World News, World News
Faisal J. Abbas

A typical Saudi information minister would usually seek to block or censor these types of networks where information could flow freely, rather than joining them.

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Iran's Underground Railroad

Melody Moezzi | Posted 08.07.2009 | World

Read More: Rafsanjani, Ayatollah, Shiraz, Underground Railroad, Ayatollah Khamenei, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, World News, Shi’ite, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Shi’A, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Tehran, Neda, Iran Protests, Iranian Election 2009, World News
Melody Moezzi

The Iranian Underground Railroad isn't meant to move people from one area of the country to another, it is an attempt to create shelter and make way for freedom.

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Michael Jackson... The Man Who Rocked The Desert

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arab World, Michael Jackson, Pop Music, Boycott, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Madonna, Popular Culture, Moonwalk, World News, Michael Jackson Dies, Entertainment News
Faisal J. Abbas

In the 80's and 90's, Saudi record stores didn't sell -- in public -- Michael Jackson material, claiming his albums were banned. Yet, in secret, his music was sold and exchanged extensively.

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Never Forget: The International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aclu, Geneva Conventions, Preventive Detention, President Obama, George W. Bush, Navi Pillay, United Nations, Donald Rumsfeld, Guantanamo, Eric Holder, Judge John D. Bates, World News, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Politics, UN Convention Against Torture, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, ACLU Torture, Mohamed Et Al v Jeppesen Dataplan Inc., Bagram Torture, Closing Guantanamo, World, Terrorism, CIA Torture, US District Court, Justice Department, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Abu Ghraib, Bagram, Judge Richard Leon, Abou Elkassim Britel, International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, Waterboarding, Torture, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Sadly, our celebrity-obsessed world is unlikely to pay much attention to the International Day in Support of the Victims of Torture, as the death of Michael Jackson dominates headlines.

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In the Digital Iran, Censorship and Surveillance Merge

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Government Surveillance, Iran Blog, Iran Video, Internet Censorship, Iran Updates, Iran Live Blog, Iran Election, Iran News, Surveillance, Iran Videos, Censorship, Iran Violence, Iran Liveblogging, World News, World News
Bob Ostertag

For nearly two weeks, they have managed to keep one step ahead of the Iranian censors. But censoring these communications and surveilling them are very different matters.

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Somalia's "State" of Emergency An International Affair

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 07.26.2009 | World

Read More: Religion, Islam, Al-Qaeda, Pakistan, Somalia, Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Pirates, Al Shabaab, Siad Barre Yemen, Terrorism, State Department, Kenya, State of Emergency, World News, World News
Andrew Belonsky

Somalis are given two alluring choices: join the Islamists' fight or head to the high seas. There's no state to either welcome them or be aligned with.

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World News Quiz

The Huffington Post | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

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Have you been paying attention this week? Test your knowledge of international events by taking our Weekly World News Quiz based on the past week's ma...

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The Iranian Crackdown: Who's Really Afraid of Whom?

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Chile, Mir Hossein Mousavi, South Africa, Nonviolence, World, Repression, Middle East, Violence, Serbia, Nonviolent Action, People-Power, Iran, Hannah Arendt, Philippines, Iranian Election, World News, World News
Cynthia Boaz

Every time the regime represses, it further undermines its own power while simultaneously helping to recruit new members to the resistance.

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Judge Orders Release from Guantanamo of Al-Qaeda Torture Victim

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Supreme Court, World, War on Terror, Terrorism, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Taliban, US District Court, Justice Department, Abdul Rahim Janko, Barack Obama, Eric Holder, World News, Dick Cheney, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Politics News, Judge Richard Leon, Sami Al-Haj, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Seton Hall Law School, Abdul Rahim Al-Ginco, Adel Hamad, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Syria, Torture, Advocacy, World News
Andy Worthington

In over three years of researching and reporting about the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, I learned that many of the men were "Mickey Mouse" prisoners, with no connection to terrorism whatsoever.

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Getting Along with the Invaders: Bishkek Versus Kashgar

Alexander Davenport | Posted 07.25.2009 | World

Read More: Guantanamo Uighurs, Xinjiang Province, Guantanamo Detainees, China Human Rights, China, Uighurs, Kyrgyzstan, World News, Kyrgyzstan Russia, World News
Alexander Davenport

My experiences out West revealed the simmering race relations between the Han and Uighur peoples, which helps explain the necessity of sending Uighur detainees from Guantanamo to Palau and not back to China.

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How Do You Say "Overcollection" in Farsi?

Bob Ostertag | Posted 07.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Civil Liberties, Violent Clashes in Iran, Iran Police, Iran Election Video, Iranian Riots Videos, Iran Election, Surveillance, Fisa, Video of Demonstrations in Tehran, Iran Demonstrations, Demonstrations in Iran Iran, Barack Obama, Iran Violence, World News, Iran Clashes, Iran Riot Video, Iranian Riots, Censorship, Politics News
Bob Ostertag

One of the surest clues to the abuse of power is when state officials start inventing new words to describe their own actions.

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Liberty, Justice, and Freedom of Information for All

Rosalind Wiseman | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Social Media, Iran Election, World News, Teens, Twitter, Iran Protests, Iran Presidential Election, Facebook, World News
Rosalind Wiseman

Every individual has an inherent right to freedom of speech but governments have an inherent motivation to stifle dissent; to deny the very right it is mandated to protect.

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Four Reflections on the Iranian Uprising So Far

Salena Tramel | Posted 07.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mir Hossein Mousavi, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Demonstrations, Stereotypes, Twitter, J Street, Social Networking, President Obama, Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iranian Election, World News, World News
Salena Tramel

I have been glued to the Internet all week watching Iran's chaos unfold from the outside. Following are some key lessons learned, regardless of the outcome of the fallout.

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What Can the Obama Administration Do About Iran?

Neil Hicks | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

Read More: Iran Elections, Akbar Ganji, Mir Hossein Mousavi, U.S. Human Rights Promotion, Ayatollah Khamenei, President Ahmadinejad, President Obama, u.s. Foreign Policy, World News, World News
Neil Hicks

Ahmadinejad's disputed victory has exposed fissures within the leadership and called into question the authority and the sure-footedness of the Supreme Leader.

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World Association of Newspapers' President Slams Aggregators and Reveals Merger With IFRA

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.20.2009 | Media

Read More: Old Media vs. New Media, Independent News and Media, Advertising, The Independent, Rocky Mountain News Closing, New York Times, Death of Newspapers, Media News, Media, Christian Science Monitor, Gavin O'Reilly, Irish, World News, Newspaper Industry, Google, Google News, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

Even if the recession is over, what are newspapers going to do with the ever growing competition coming from their online counterparts?

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Empty Evidence: The Stories of the Saudis Released From Guantanamo

Andy Worthington | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Khalid Saad Mohammed, War on Terror, Terrorism, Pakistan, Abu Zubaydah, President Obama, Guantanamo Detainees, Guantanamo, Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Habeas Corpus, Dick Cheney, Abdul Aziz Al-Noofayee, Politics News, Politics, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Saudi Arabia, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, The Guantanamo Files, Judge Gladys Kessler, Advocacy, Closing Guantanamo, World, World News, Politics News
Andy Worthington

Khalid Saad Mohammed seized from a hospital in Pakistan and sold to the U.S. military. But the authorities in GITMO had never managed to build up a credible case against him.

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