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So boring, so pointless

Simply leave a camcorder on for two hours in any part of the Middle East and you will achieve precisely what Babak Payami's Secret Ballot

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Vote him out

Among many confusing statements from Washington on foreign policy, including on Iraq, finally President Bush in his declaration of his administration's policy, “The National Security

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I can fly

Some artists can say for certain when and why they started their artistic life, I can't. Longing for creation of art, has always been a

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Beautifully short

What can I say? About six months ago, I was listening to a song by Yanni called Felitsa or something like that and I felt

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The necklace

I had not been back to my parent's old house on Kashani Street since my mother passed away and I rented out the house seven

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Taking to the streets

Last Saturday, I went to the peace rally in London protesting against a war on Iraq. I went along with my mum and we bumped

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Naked imperial policy

Secretary General Kofi Annan United Nations New York, NY USA September 26, 2002 Dear Sir, I am surprised and alarmed by your response and that

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Lost passport

Of all the things that can befall a person here in the Islamic Republic of Iran, losing a passport must be up there as one

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Tradition and modernity

I.X.'s review of the movie Secret Ballot is pretty amazing [ So boring, so pointless], in the sense that he has been able to write

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Carlos

I picked them up at the street corner. “Dos personas, dos horas,” I yelled across the street from my van Five of them rush towards

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Claims and facts

Does Azarbaijan have a north and a south or are they two different entities? A long overdue issue has been raised and discussed by Aynalu

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Chaman Andam

Monir Joon is one of those rare women who appear once in a while and will be remembered for long after they are gone. The

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