In August, unarmed Palestinians, Israelis and internationals will sail directly to Gaza without going through Israeli territory or seeking permission from Israeli authorities
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Picture a Middle East in which Islam had never appeared. Would we then be better off? Would the Middle East be more peaceful? Would it?
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به نام دادار اورمزد فرَهمند اشو افزونى جهان اَستومَندخْشْنَوُتْرَ اهورَهِ مزدا مروز نیز زن ستیزی و حقیر شمردن زنان میراث همان عقیده ی شومی هست که در زمان اجدادشان حاکم بوده است و هنوز در اندیشه های سران اعراب وجود دارد
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Noam Chomsky talks about U.S. foreign policy and other matters at an event hosted by Back Pages Books in Waltham, Massachusetts
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IRAN
Photo essay: People and nature
by Shapour
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Some Turkish and Arabic daning music
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What a difference 30 years make !!.
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ANALYSIS
Iran's requirement for nuclear energy is justified
Tel Aviv - Due to its abundance of gas and oil resources, not many countries believe that Iran truly needs nuclear power for energy purposes. However, when one looks at the energy situation in Iran, it becomes evident that there is in fact a dire need. Iran's total electricity production capacity stands at 33,000 megawatts (MW). 75% is from natural gas, 18 percent from oil, and 7 percent from hydroelectric power. Meanwhile, due to the fast rate of industrialization and population growth, demand for electricity is growing at 8% a year
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STORY
Was it cold or warm? She didn’t know.
The room went dark. She was still in there. It was the last incident. Unnoticeable and ordinary. Most of the similar incidents that had taken place before were as insignificant as this last one; the elevator didn’t move as she pressed the 26th floor button. The automatic doors didn’t open. The janitor, singing a song didn’t say hi to her as expected. And the night before, the driver of the black BMW didn’t see her crossing the road. The toddler at the grocery store threw a tantrum and bit her hand, but the mother never apologized. The vendor of the vacuum never tried to sell her the latest model. The phone didn’t ring in the morning. The colleagues didn’t tease her cheap sunglasses and fake Rolex. Her Boss ignored the note she sent him.
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FICTION
A novel: chapters 1, 2 and 3
I was bleeding, dying, living the nightmare of death stretching over me like a venomous, heavy fog, drawn deeper by every second into the dark, mercury well of nothingness. The soldier, the one who had just pulled the trigger, wanted to excel in the art of cruelty by not finishing me off immediately, just as he had Ali, whose wasted body lay next to me, both of us covered by a thin layer of snow. "Troublemaking little dogs, ha?" His words, before shooting us in cold blood, echoed in my head a thousand times. "Please, not him," I should have pleaded with my tormentor, if only my tongue had not frozen beneath my teetering teeth and a strange conviction of my immorality had not suddenly, out of nowhere, attacked my immense fears right then and there
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August, 15th till November, 15th 2008. THIS IS NOT PART OF A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OR ORGANISATION.
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