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The reason why Berlusconi will not and cannot stand on trial is quite obvious: he knows very well that he will be condemned. Because the judges are against him, he says. Because he committed the offenses he is accused for, under the indictment hypothesis of the trials. Many of these crimes relate to classic examples of unfair competition: an entrepreneur who corrupts a judge to take a decision in his favor, falsified financial statements, moved money around, hid his debts.
http://www.inaltreparole.net/en/resistance/berlusconistanchezza141109.htmlThe reason why Berlusconi will not and cannot stand on trial is quite obvious: he... more
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We must admit that Italian politics has made some real miracles. Berlusconi certainly didn't keep his historic promise to create one million jobs, now Italy just lost at least one million, but he did a miracle for sure. He manages to stay in power for years with the sole purpose of defending his private interests, doing absolutely nothing useful for the country. Even the Italian left has made its miracle.We must admit that Italian politics has made some real miracles. Berlusconi certainly... more
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The attack that hit the "Guardians of the Revolutions" in south eastern Iran, causing over 40 deaths bring back to the world's attention the many ethnic and religious minorities living in the country. Although Ahmadinejad's government blames the West for having financed and helped these rebel groups in reality the picture is much more complex than that. Iran is a nation with almost 75 million people, but ethnic Persians are little more than half.The attack that hit the "Guardians of the Revolutions" in south eastern... more
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The tyrant is alive or dead? Dictatorships always have something grotesque, just look at Italy, and so in Iran is spreading the rumor that Ayatollah Khamenei has been dead for days, but official sources says nothing. But the news is spreading on the internet and now has been reported around the world. The fact that the Iranian government doesn't speak could be a confirmation that Khamenei is really dead. But it is also possible that the Supreme Leader, the highest religious authority in the Islamic republic, is only very sick or in a coma.The tyrant is alive or dead? Dictatorships always have something grotesque, just look... more
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China and Iran are certainly not the only dictatorship in the world but are leading the ranking of countries applicating the death penalty. In China, in 2008 more than 1700 were executed, in Iran 350. But the worst thing is that a good proportion of those convicted hadn't a fair trial and probably many of them had committed no crime other than to oppose the dictatorship. Iran has just sentenced to death 4 opponents who would had participated in recent protests.China and Iran are certainly not the only dictatorship in the world but are leading... more
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On October 3 in Piazza del Popolo in Rome, 300,000 people demonstrated for press freedom. Italians citizens who are worried by the increasingly menacing authoritarianism of this government, headed by a prime minister who doesn't want talks on television about his many dark sides, enact laws like the return to nuclear power, the security decree, the destruction of public school, the rejections of refugees and other not-so-good things.On October 3 in Piazza del Popolo in Rome, 300,000 people demonstrated for press... more
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Africa is the land where humanity was born and is also the mirror that shows the world all the problems that humanity has never been able to solve. Corrupt governments controlled by oligarchic groups, international companies that seek to control them at the expense of citizens, environmental destruction, poverty, diseases and social problems which aren't solved yet. But the real drama of modern Africa is still the heavy legacy of colonialism.Africa is the land where humanity was born and is also the mirror that shows the world... more
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In the world there are always elections, but are not all the same. Some are held in a clear, democratic way and others not exactly like that. In Japan, the exit polls give the Democratic Party as a clear winner. The conservative Liberal party that has ruled the country for 54 years without interruption, with only a small break in 1993, seems poised for a disastrous and historic defeat.In the world there are always elections, but are not all the same. Some are held in a... more
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The Iranian government of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, after having beaten and killed opponents in the streets and tortured them in prison, now put them under trial. A trial inspired by medieval Inquisition, in which the defendants "confessed" to be manipulated by the enemies of the country and the enemies of God, after being "convinced" in jail with methods that we can easily imagine and that the same regime has, in some cases, admitted.The Iranian government of Ahmadinejad and Khamenei, after having beaten and killed... more
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She would have be free on May 21st after spending most of the last 20 years in prison. But Aung San Suu Kyi was sentenced to other 18 months of house arrest at his home in Rangoon: guilty of having violated her house arrest because she let a pacifist American going into her house.She would have be free on May 21st after spending most of the last 20 years in prison.... more
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Washington, 14 August (WashingtonTV)—The US State Department on Thursday criticized Iraqi security forces, saying they had botched an attempt last month to take control of Camp Ashraf, home to some 3,500 Iranian dissidents north of Baghdad.
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http://televisionwashington.com/floater_article1.aspx?lang=en&t=3&id=13128Washington, 14 August (WashingtonTV)—The US State Department on Thursday... more
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Berlusconi has now exceeded any bounds of decency. And not just for the news about his adventurous sex life with an incalculable number of young women, some became parliamentarians, some actresses and some even ministers. Berlusconi has now exceeded the limit of decency threatening Tg3, one of the three national tv news, because it would have attacked the government "with the money of all."Berlusconi has now exceeded any bounds of decency. And not just for the news about his... more
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Iran's most powerful security force threatened Monday to crush any further opposition protests over the disputed presidential election, warning demonstrators to prepare for a ``revolutionary confrontation'' if they take to the streets again. It was the sternest warning yet from the elite Revolutionary Guard.Iran's most powerful security force threatened Monday to crush any further... more
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A short while from now, Twitter (Twitter) will go down for maintenance due to extraordinary circumstances: The #IranElection Controversy. Originally scheduled to perform maintenance last night, the work was moved to 2 PM PT today so that Iranians could tweet about the crisis.
With members of the media kicked out of Iranian cities, millions joining in on protests, and violence erupting all across the turmoiled state, Iranians have been turning to Twitter, YouTube (YouTube), Flickr (Flickr), and other social tools to get the word out about what’s happening on the ground.A short while from now, Twitter (Twitter) will go down for maintenance due to... more
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Footage of burning cars, masked boys and bloodied protesters in Iran is playing across the Middle East, captivating Arab countries where repressive regimes have for years been arresting political bloggers and cyberspace dissidents.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia and other Sunni nations have tense relations with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Shiite-led theocracy ruling Iran. But they don't want protests in Tehran to inspire similar democratic fervor in their countries -- especially the merging of Facebook and Twitter with a potent opposition leader like Iran's presidential challenger, Mir-Hossein Mousavi.Footage of burning cars, masked boys and bloodied protesters in Iran is playing across... more
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The new season of the "Vanguard" weekly series begins on Oct. 22 with this
little question: Is the US already at war with Iran?
View the full piece:
http://current.com/items/89438469_america_s_secret_war
In "America's Secret War", Vanguard correspondent Mariana van Zeller travels
to the Iraq-Iran border to investigate claims that the United States is
supporting militant groups that are attacking Iran. In the rugged Qandil mountains,
she meets with up with anti-Iranian guerillas who have been launching deadly
raids against the Islamic Republic. A good percentage of the fighters are women,
and Mariana accompanies a small group of them through what many believe has
become the frontline of the US's secret war with Iran.
***Check out "America's Secret War" on Wednesday, March 4 at 10
p.m. on Current TV.***The new season of the "Vanguard" weekly series begins on Oct. 22 with this... more
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Canada has 2,500 troops in Afghanistan's violent Kandahar region, and Harper's minority Conservative government reached a compromise agreement this year with opposition parties to end the mission in 2011.
Canada has 2,500 troops in Afghanistan's violent Kandahar region, and... more
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Three men are sentenced to 74 lashes and amputation of four fingers of the right hand and three years in prison reported the Iranian daily Kargozaaran.
They are convicted of robery and are identified as Safar Ali (35), Ali (39)and Rahmatollah (40).
At the present moment they are being held in a prison in Karaj and waiting for their punishment to be carried out!Three men are sentenced to 74 lashes and amputation of four fingers of the right hand... more
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Zhila Izadi, a 13 year old girl from the north-western city of Marivan had been condemned to death by stoning after being found that she had been pregnant from her 15 years-old brother. The independent Iranian online newspaper "Peyke Iran" (www.peykeiran.com) that had first revealed the news last week reported on Saturday 16 October 2004 that the girl has given birth two weeks ago in prison, but the young girl had been separated from her new born baby after the birth. The father, a devout Muslim, informed the authorities about the "disgrace" the young girl had caused the family. While Zhila as been sentenced to stoning, her brother, jailed in Tehran, is to receive only 150 lashes, in accordance with Islamic laws.
In the city of Arak, a woman was sentenced to death by stoning. According to the ruling of the religious judge, her husband and two children were forced to attend the execution. The woman urged her husband to take the children away, but to no avail. A truck full of stones was brought in to be used during the stoning. In the middle of the stoning, although her eyes had been gouged out, the victim was able to escape from the ditch and started running away, but the regime's guards recaptured her and shot her to death.
The penalty for adultery, called the Law of Hodoud is flogging (100 lashes of the whip) for unmarried male and female offenders. Married offenders may be punished by stoning regardless of their gender, but the method laid down for a man involves his burial up to his waist, and for a woman up to her neck. The law provides that if a person who is to be stoned manages to escape, he or she will be allowed to go free. Since it is easier for a man to escape, this discrimination literally becomes a matter of life and death.
The Law of Hodoud provides that the stones should not be so large that a person dies after being hit with two of them, nor so small as to be defined as pebbles, but must cause severe injury. This makes it clear that the purpose of stoning is to inflict grievous pain on the victim, in a process leading to his or her slow death.
Inside Iran, stonings are trumpeted with great fanfare, but when it comes to the international arena, officials brazenly deny their methods. In an interview with Le Figaro on September 10, 1994, Rafsanjani was asked, "Are women accused of adultery stoned in Iran?" He replied: "No, no such thing exists in Iran. This has been fabricated to damage us."
In his April 1998 trip to France and Sweden, Ayatollah Mohajerani, the Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance and Khatami's government spokesman, who is regarded to be a moderate figure, discussed several matters. His positions openly contradicted what he says in Iran and the actions of the government. When asked about his views about stoning, Mohajerani refrained from making an unequivocal statement of support for this inhuman practice. Upon returning to Iran, however, he said explicitly that he does not oppose stoning but believes that efforts should be made to stop the dissemination of the news of stoning and filming the scenes.
The regime's authorities usually force the victim's family members, including children, to watch the stoning to death of their loved one, and in some instances, when the woman miraculously managed to escape, contrary to the regime's own law, she was recaptured and either stoned again or killed on the spot.
The fact that women can be gruesomely stoned to death for 'moral corruption' when the mullahs are prepared to sign men up for 10 minute pleasure marriages with young girls, courtesy of the theocracy, confirms the male chauvinist basis of the entire system.Zhila Izadi, a 13 year old girl from the north-western city of Marivan had been... more
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