Iran says blogger who died in custody was beaten
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's state prosecutor has confirmed for the first time that a blogger who died in police custody last month had been beaten. Prosecutor Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejehi told reporters Monday that an investigation into the death of Sattar ...www.huffingtonpost.com
Questions Linger about Iranian Blogger's Death
On Friday, the U.S. State Department demanded Iranian authorities investigate the apparent murder of Sattar Beheshti, an Iranian blogger who died while in custody earlier this week. "We are appalled by reports that Iranian authorities tortured and ...www.voanews.com
Iran blogger's death in prison reportedly sets off blame game among authorities
The mysterious death of an Iranian blogger while in police custody has reportedly generated a rash of criticism from officials dismayed by the case that has drawn international condemnation once again on the nation's poor human rights record.www.foxnews.com
Seven suspects in Iranian blogger's death arrested
Speaking to the Persian service of IRNA, Asafari, who is a member of the Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, also announced that so far no evidence has been found showing that Beheshti had been beaten in prison. A special committee ...www.tehrantimes.com
"Sattar Was Severely Tortured."
After relatives of Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti leaked news of his death—allegedly under torture—to the media on November 6, the Iranian government has once again come under international scrutiny for its savage methods of silencing dissidents.www.thedailybeast.com
Iran's activists jailed and beaten for speaking out
According to Dyke, the death in custody of the Iranian blogger Sattar Beheshti last month, which sparked international outrage, has inspired many, like Hossein Sadeghi, to speak out.www.guardian.co.uk
Iranian police accept partial responsibility for blogger's death
c_330_235_16777215_0___images_stories_edim_namvar20101002052357860.jpg TEHRAN - The Iranian police has accepted partial responsibility for the death of Sattar Beheshti, an Iranian blogger who recently died in custody. Speaking to reporters in ...tehrantimes.com
Raising the Price of Pizza 10 to 14 cents. . .
Maggie Mahar at The Health Beat Blog "Can US Businesses Afford Obamacare?" points to an interesting ... Denny's CEO John Miller did call john Metz to discuss his stance and John Schnatter has been called out in various blogs and is the subject of ...www.businessinsider.com
Perspective: Movies of the moment vs. movies about the moment
As another Oscar season draws nigh, a number of this year's prize-contending films - some already released, others soon to be - have prompted the usual spate of political commentaries and incendiary blog posts. Among the films drawing both praise ...www.latimes.com
Arrests of Christians Spike in Iran
The Christian man is a blogger who uses the social media for evangelism. On Nov. 15, London-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) said in a statement that the health ... Pastor Behnam Irani, who is currently serving a six-year sentence, was a ...www.rightsidenews.com
Jeh Johnson at The Oxford Union
Neocons seem to think that the way to protect our nation is to beat our adversaries into submission. The instrument, the bludgeon for eliminating fear among Americans is the use of blood and treasure to tilt at windmills of Iranian nuclear ambitions ...maddowblog.msnbc.com
Jamil Ahmad introduces us to the tangled Pakistan border in 'The Wandering ...
The loosely linked stories of Jamil Ahmad's searing debut, The Wandering Falcon, are set in "the tangle of crumbling, weather-beaten, and broken hills where the borders of Iran, Pakistan, and Afghanistan" converge. These nine taut narratives were first ...www.cleveland.com
Blogger's death in Iran window onto cyber patrols
Kevin Hogan threw for 155 yards and a touchdown and ran for 47 yards and another score to help eighth-ranked Stanford beat No.www.newswest9.com
US targets Iranian human rights violators
The United States sanctioned 17 Iranian individuals and entities for their alleged roles in the Iranian government's human rights abuses and support of terrorism, the Treasury and State departments announced Thursday.security.blogs.cnn.com
Obama Foreign Policy - Book Review Edition
Oh let's face it, the only people who read this blog are foreign policy junkies themselves. So maybe you could buy the David Sanger ... appears in the new issue of Policy Review. The authors are two of the most respected journalists on the beat and ...www.democracyarsenal.org
Michael Jackson's "Thriller": 30 Years of Fear (but Fear Not)
Beat It Lamentably, Michael Jackson had a long struggle with paranoia and its first signs appear on Thriller. It subtly emerges in "The Girl is Mine"'s gentle tug-of-war, where he hesitantly fights McCartney ("Paul, I think I told you, I'm a lover not ...www.patheos.com
Jailed Iranian rights lawyer in 'good health'
Asked about the death in custody of blogger Sattar Beheshti in early November, Larijani said the investigation was ongoing.www.google.com
Is this Celtics team 'soft'? Is Rondo a 'punk'? Breaking down the Celtics/Nets ...
They you have to wait that your team is playing in these guys -- as you'll remember they already beat you -- Brooklyn. And it ought to after the game and and they beat the -- the other night. ..... The stimulus is our biggest source government Iran's ...audio.weei.com
The Little Movie that Could and Might
I thought it was worth mentioning that, though it might seem ludicrous that a film like Silver Linings Playbook - feelgood, light romcom - could beat the best lineup of films we've seen in a long, long time it might do just that. ... Hope I didn't ...www.awardsdaily.com
An "Iron Curtain" for the Digital Age
The U.S. State Department initially allocated $30 billion to fund services and technologies capable of bypassing government-imposed Internet restrictions like those in Iran. The recent announcement of ... At the same time, several Arab governments are ...www.mobiledia.com
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