Iran: President Ahmadinejad's Colleague's Under Attack
Region: Iran
By Fred Petrossian While Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told [1] the U.N. General Assembly on September 26, 2012 that he has a vision for a new world order that would be absent of the “hegemony of ... more
Views: 1153Access to Google and Gmail Blocked in Iran
Region: IranBy Fred Petrossian The Iranian regime has been an enemy to freedom of speech for decades but on Sunday, September 23, 2012, they still surprised many by announcing that they would begin filtering Google and Gmail in the... more
Views: 778Cuban Journalist Charged with Disrespecting Castros
Region: Cuba
By Yaremis Flores Press rights group highlights absurdity of arresting Calixto Ramón Martínez Árias for reporting on matters of public interest. An independent journalist in Cu... more
Views: 1153Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
Region: United StatesBy Robert Valencia September 15-17, 2012, marked the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street [2] movement. Many similar scenes that transpired at the start of the movement last year recurred this time around: hundre... more
Views: 1357New Orleans Rocks
Region: United States
I had the distinct pleasure recently of attending a concert in New Orleans sponsored by AARP, of all organizations, given the following of the ladies involved. It was a concert by Melissa Etheridge, Gladys Knight and Stev... more
Views: 1802Maoists A Spectacle in Anti-Japanese Protests
Region: China
By Oiwan Lam Maoist protesters became a major spectacle in the series of anti-Japanese protests [1] in China that took place between September 15 - 18, 2012, with Chairman Mao's portraits and nostalgic slogans prai... more
Views: 1125Interpretations of Syrian Revolution Oversimplified
Region: Syrian Arab Republic
Revolution is a struggle to dislodge the Assad regime, not the internecine conflict it is sometimes portrayed as. By Najah Dimashqieh The Syrian revolution that erupted in March... more
Views: 969NC changed politics of vote into politics of violence: Mehbooba
Region: India
Srinagar, September 20 (Scoop News) Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti has said the agenda for transforming Jammu and Kashmir into a hub of peace and economic stability can be achieved only with ... more
Views: 796Italy: More Than 100 Workers Occupy Sardinian Coal Mine
Region: ItalyBy Fabio Brambilla Pisoni Some 460 jobs at risk, 350 kilos of explosives and more than 100 miners about 373 metres below ground. These are the figures involved in the latest drama [2] to have erupted ... more
Views: 918Protests Held Across Argentine Cities
Region: Argentina
By Laura Schneider On September 13, 2012, several marches [1] and cacerolazos (pots and pans protest [2]) were held in different cities across Argentina to protest the recent policies [3] enacted by the government... more
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