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		<title>Clinton to tackle African trouble spots on seven-nation tour of continent</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew Lee</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton embarks Monday on a seven-nation tour of Africa to affirm the Obama administration&#8217;s commitment to tackling trouble spots across the continent from Somalia and Zimbabwe to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia.

Clinton kicks off the 11-day trip — her longest overseas journey to date as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran announces first trials of protesters amid anger over prisoner abuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:19:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Iran&#8217;s leadership faced sharp criticism Wednesday from top clerics and even conservative supporters over prison abuses, including detainee deaths and the brutal beatings of protesters arrested in the post-election crackdown.

In a move likely to anger the opposition, officials announced the first trials will begin Saturday, with the prosecution of around 20 protesters. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Official: Iran releases 140 prisoners detained during crackdown on election protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Tuesday released 140 people detained in Iran&#8217;s postelection turmoil and the supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where human rights groups say jailed protesters were killed, in a nod by authorities to allegations of abuses in the crackdown on protests.

The pro-reform opposition has been contending for weeks that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran supreme leader closes prison over alleged abuses of postelection detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:18:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader ordered the closure of a prison where rights workers say protesters detained in the country&#8217;s election turmoil have died, officials said Tuesday, as the head of the opposition sharply condemned the wave of arrests.

The order by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was a nod to concerns over the treatment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Revolutionary Guard tightens its hold on Iran during post-election crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — The Revolutionary Guard tightened its already powerful hold over Iran during the post-election turmoil, raising alarm among some Iranians that it is transforming the Islamic Republic into a military state.

The elite force and an affiliated volunteer militia, the Basij, led the crackdown against street protesters who claim mass fraud in the June 12 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian opposition request memorial ceremony for victims of post-election unrest</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-opposition-request-memorial-ceremony-for-victims-of-post-election-unrest-121002/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jul 2009 17:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The top aide to Iran&#8217;s opposition leader says his boss has requested permission from authorities to hold a memorial service for victims of post-election unrest.

Ali Reza Beheshti told The Associated Press Sunday that Mir Hossein Mousavi signed the request with Mahdi Karroubi, the other reformist candidate in last month&#8217;s disputed presidential election.
Beheshti [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rights group: Companies buying minerals fuel 12-year Congo conflict</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 02:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eddy Isango</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[KINSHASA, Congo — International companies are fueling the conflict in eastern Congo by not checking the origins of the minerals they buy, a human rights group said.

Some companies that source minerals in electronics such as mobile phones and computers purchase the materials from traders who work with rebels and soldiers who exploit civilians in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s election dispute escalates into the halls of ruling clerical powers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s election dispute has moved beyond the drama of mass street protests to a new phase: a fight for power within the ruling religious establishment itself.

The conflict escalated as the country&#8217;s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, backed by hard-line clerics and the Revolutionary Guard, issued a warning to the opposition in general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New clashes in Iran, tens of thousands in opposition hear top cleric criticize leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 06:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — In a sign of endurance for Iran&#8217;s protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation&#8217;s most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election.

The turnout of tens of thousands of worshippers for former President Akbar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tens of thousands of Iranian opposition pack prayer sermon as top cleric criticizes leadership</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/tens-of-thousands-of-iranian-opposition-pack-prayer-sermon-as-top-cleric-criticizes-leadership-112661/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of government opponents packed Iran&#8217;s main Islamic prayer service Friday, chanting &#8220;freedom, freedom&#8221; and other slogans as their top clerical backer Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani delivered a sermon bluntly criticizing the country&#8217;s leadership over the crackdown on election protests.

Outside, police and pro-government Basiji militiamen fired tear gas and charged thousands [...]]]></description>
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		<title>After Iran&#8217;s leaders impose grip, unprecedented discontent among clerics remains a challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 00:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lee Keath</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader has imposed his will on the streets with security forces that crushed mass protests over the country&#8217;s disputed election. But he faces an unprecedented level of behind-the-scenes political discontent among the Muslim clerics who form the theological bedrock of the Islamic Republic.

The bitterness could represent a deeper, long-term challenge [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran opposition leader vows to continue campaign against regime, stops short of protest call</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:01:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi made his first public appearance in a week Monday, vowing to continue his campaign against a government that he said lacks legitimacy. But his comments suggested he is abandoning massive street protests after they were quashed by a tough crackdown.

Mousavi&#8217;s statements, reported on an pro-opposition news [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran releases Greek reporter held for over 2 weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has released a Greek journalist that had been held for more than two weeks following the disputed presidential election, Iran&#8217;s state television reported Sunday.

State television quoted a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry, Hasan Qashqavi, as saying that Iason Athanasiadis had been released in, what he described as the framework of Tehran-Athens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Son of Iranian revolutionary icon calls for election results to be cancelled</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:11:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nasser Karimi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — The son of an Iranian revolutionary icon called on parliament to dismiss President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad from his post, as the country&#8217;s conservative political establishment upped pressure Sunday on the reformists.

Ali Reza Beheshti, 47, a close Mousavi ally and son of one of the main leaders of the 1979 Islamic revolution, also urged [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s Ahmadinejad vows &#8216;crushing&#8217; response if Obama continues criticism of crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 04:59:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ahmadinejad pledges &#8216;crushing&#8217; response if Obama continues criticism of postelection crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[EDITOR&#8217;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative candidate pulls fraud complaints, Iran moves to declaring Ahmadinejad president</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael Weissenstein</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — A conservative candidate in Iran&#8217;s disputed presidential election said Wednesday that he was withdrawing his complaints about voting fraud for the sake of the country, state television reported.

The announcement by Mohsen Rezaie, a former commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, moved the cleric-led government one step closer to a final declaration of victory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Protests muted in Iran as regime expels British diplomats, toughens crackdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>William J. Kole</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — Overwhelmed by police and left with limited alternatives, Iranian demonstrators resorted Tuesday to more subtle ways of challenging the outcome of the presidential election: holding up posters, shouting from rooftops and turning on car headlights.

But the restrained expressions of discontent appeared to be scattered as Iran&#8217;s ruling clerics dealt the opposition new setbacks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senior cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani may be playing key role in Iran&#8217;s escalating crisis</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hamza Hendawi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CAIRO — One of Iran&#8217;s most powerful men may be playing a key role behind closed doors in the country&#8217;s escalating postelection crisis.

Former president and influential cleric Ayatollah Hashemi Rafsanjani has made no public comment since Iran erupted into confrontation between backers of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and reformists who claim he stole re-election through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s leader warns opposition: End street protests or be accountable for &#8216;bloodshed&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 05:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Murphy</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s supreme leader sought to end the deepening crisis over disputed elections with one decisive speech — declaring the vote will almost certainly stand and sternly warning opposition leaders to end street protests or be held responsible for any &#8220;bloodshed and chaos&#8221; to come.

The sharp line drawn by Iran&#8217;s most powerful figure, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran&#8217;s unassuming political insider now rock star in opposition &#8220;green wave&#8221; movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert H. Reid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[He&#8217;s gone from colorless insider to political rock star — a graying, bearded veteran of the Islamic regime who now stands at the forefront of a youth-driven movement fighting for change.

Despite his newfound fame, Mir Hossein Mousavi still works out of his old office at the Iranian Art Academy and lives in the same unassuming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran urges US to end &#8216;provocative conduct&#8217; and translate conciliatory words into action</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 05:17:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>George Jahn</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[VIENNA — A senior Iranian delegate to the U.N. nuclear watchdog urged Washington on Wednesday to end what he called provocations and act on President Barack Obama&#8217;s pledge of honest dialogue with the Islamic Republic.

Ali Asghar Soltanieh, Iran&#8217;s chief delegate to the IAEA, alluded to Obama&#8217;s stated readiness to talk directly with Tehran on nuclear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iranian government says incumbent Ahmadinejad wins election with landslide 62.6 percent</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/iranian-government-says-incumbent-ahmadinejad-wins-election-with-landslide-626-percent-80750/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 19:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bureau News</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TEHRAN, Iran — Iran&#8217;s government says incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the winner of the election with a landslide 62.63 percent of the vote. Top opposition contender Mir Hossein Mousavi takes only 33.75 percent of vote in a result disputed by his supporters.

THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP&#8217;s earlier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First economic espionage trial begins in California for Chinese-born engineer Dongfan Chung</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gillian Flaccus</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA ANA, Calif. — A Chinese-born engineer stole trade secrets critical to the U.S. space program and passed them to China for three decades without detection, prosecutors said Tuesday in the first economic espionage case to reach trial in the United States.

Prosecutors laid out their case against Dongfan &#8220;Greg&#8221; Chung, 73, in U.S. District Court [...]]]></description>
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