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A giant photograph of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani  hangs from a building in central Rome,Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010.
Human Rights   Iran   Law   Photos   Wikipedia: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani  
Iran woman's stoning suspended after global outcry
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have suspended the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of condemnation from around the w... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia)
The Star
Muslims offering Friday prayers  in Srinagar on 27, August 2010.
Muslims   People   Photos   Ramadan   Religion  
Muslims to gather Friday for Eid al-Fitr
| Thousands of Muslims around the nation will hold their Eid al-Fitr prayer services on Friday morning. | It commemorates the completion of Ramadan, the month of fasting. This is a major holiday, with... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
The News & Observer
Women suspected of having "illegitimate sex acts" or extramarital affairs are sometimes killed to protect a family's honour . The crimewave that shames the world
| It is a tragedy, a horror, a crime against humanity. The details of the murders - of the women beheaded, burned to death, stoned to death, stabbed, electrocuted, strangled and buried alive for the "... (photo: IRIN / Tom Spender) The Independent
Crime   Human Rights   Photos   Society   Wikipedia: Honor killing  
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Paris, Tuesday, April 8, 2008. French minister pledges to help save Iranian woman
| Paris: French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner says he is willing to "do anything" to save an Iranian woman sentenced to death on an adultery conviction and has offered to travel to the I... (photo: AP / Francois Mori) Gulf News
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Supporters of National Council of Resistance of Iran in France, protest the death sentence of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, at Trocadero square in Paris, Saturday, Aug. 28, 2010. Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'
| Pope Benedict XVI, flanked by his secretary Georg Gaenswein, right, blesses... | VATICAN CITY (AP) - The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scene... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) Breitbart
Iran   Justice   Photos   Vatican   Wikipedia: Adultery  
Freedom sq Freedom's Just Another Word
| AMONG the few scraps of news to emerge from Barack Obama’s vacation was the anecdote of a Martha’s Vineyard bookseller handing him an advance copy of Jonath... (photo: Creative Commons / Magnus Manske) The New York Times
Book   Freedom   Photos   Vineyard   Wikipedia: Freedom  
Dubai airport UPS Cargo Plane Crashes Near Dubai Airport
| Filed at 7:38 a.m. ET | DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officia... (photo: Creative Commons / MoHasanie) The New York Times
Airport   Dubai   Photos   Transport   Wikipedia:Dubai Airport  
Tony Blair, Special Envoy of the Middle East Quartet speaks during a news conference Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2009 at United Nations headquarters. Tony Blair: 'I Cried For Iraq War Victims'
LONDON -- Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq. He was captivated by Princess Diana, intimidated by Queen Elizabeth II. He heaps praise on Presid... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer) WPXI
Britain   Iraq   London   Photos   Politics  
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, reacts during a horse riding exhibition prior to a gala dinner hosted by Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi, sitting on stage at right, at a Carabinieri, Italian military police headquarters, in Rome, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Europe should convert to Islam, Muammar Gaddafi tells hired audience of 500 women
| LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has stumbled into controversy during a visit to Italy by saying Europe should convert to islam. | Mr Gaddafi made the comments during a le... (photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito) The Australian
Colonel Gaddafi   Controversy   Photos   Religion   Wikipedia: Muammar al-Gaddafi  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visit the BBC's Broadcasting House, in central London, Friday June 18, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy marked the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's defiant World War II broadcast from London on Friday, visiting the studio where the leader urged his compatriots to resist the German occupation. Iran state media call French first lady 'prostitute'
| Tuesday, August 31, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Ali Akbar Dareini | Associated Press | TEHRAN: Iranian state media called France’s first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy... (photo: AP / Lionel Bonaventure, Pool) Daily Star Lebanon
France   Human Rights   Iran   Photos   Wikipedia: Carla Bruni  
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, left, shakes hands with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi inaugurate a new Libyan Academy, in Rome, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010 Qaddafi Sets Up Camp Again in Rome
| ROME — Less than a year after his last visit, when he invited 200 aspiring models to convert to Islam, the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, has pitched his... (photo: AP / Pier Paolo Cito) The New York Times
Italy   Libya   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Italy  
In this July 4, 2008 file photo, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is seen with her husband waiting for Ingrid Betancourt's arrival at Villacoublay air base, outside Paris. The title of her new album _ her third _ is revealing: "Comme si de rien n'etait" (As If Nothing Had Happened). It comes out in numerous European countries July 11, sandwiched between the G-8 summit in Japan and a July 13 summit of world leaders in Paris. Bruni branded prostitute in Iran
| Tehran, August 30: French President Nicolas Sarkozy's wife Carla Bruni has been branded as "prostitute" in Iran after she opposed an Iranian court's ruling of awarding ... (photo: AP / Michel Euler, file) The Siasat Daily
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Education Entertainment
Teacher activists praise gov’t move to reinstate educators
‘Education ministry is prepared for the new school year’
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New York High School Regents Exam 'Slams' Christiani
People shout slogans during a protest on the Old-Port in Marseille, southern France, Thursday June 24, 2010. Many French trains stood still, schoolchildren played instead of studied and post offices were shuttered as workers nationwide went on strike Thursday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the retirement age to 62.
Sarkozy faces mass protests against pension reform
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Angelina Jolie pleas for Pakistan flood aid
Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award
Military bases ban sale of video game that lets players '
ABC News' Bob Woodruff returns to Iraq
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, center, after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010.
Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award
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Health Music
Backers of NYC Islamic center appear divided
Jordan marks Eid Al Fitr Friday
Gunmen kill Iraqi television journalist, second in as many d
Scientists to be honoured for fight against diabetes
Friends and relatives mourn as they carry the coffin of Iraqi journalist Riyadh Al-Sarai during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
Gunmen kill Iraqi television journalist, second in as many days
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New top music tour destination: Damascus
UK police charge Lebanese man in case of Canadian singer who
Abu Dhabi's oud tunes find musical ears in Cairo
BBC News - British Palestinian rapper conducts a 'musica
Ramadan music festival aims to encourage tourism
Ramadan music festival aims to encourage tourism
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