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...Dexter Filkins, a New York Times Iraq correspondent and now a fellow at Harvard’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, was one of the first on the scene. Standing amid the wreckage of bodies and debris, he could hear the explosive sounds of four other attacks being carried out simultaneously around the city...
...October, the signs of widespread distrust towards Westerners were already present amid the escalating violence...
...shot up in the early 2000s, and Modesto became a bedroom community for the Bay area. But then the subprime mortgage crisis hit hard: in February alone, Stanislaus County had 1,630 foreclosure filings, third highest in the nation. The physical toll it is taking on this hub nestled amid the almond groves is staggering. Huge, dusty stretches of subdivision developments lay untouched or partially built as developers run out of money...
...Amid the controversy, many of the signatories claim that they have been contacted by Iranian TV networks and threatened that they will lose their jobs unless they deny that they ever signed the statement. All week, conservative newspapers have run lists of names of signatories that they claim have denied their ever supporting the initiative. One famous actor, Parviz Parastoui, even published an open letter declaring, "Manijeh Hekmat has no right to decide for me." Others have reiterated their support...
...never seen so much money together in my life." Because the legal limit of undeclared cash that visitors are allowed to bring in to Argentina is $10,000, Telpuk alerted her superiors and Antonini Wilson was whisked away for questioning. Within days, however, the businessman had departed for Florida, amid rumours in the press that the money had been an illegal contribution from Chavez for the electoral campaign of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner. Both leaders denied the charge, with the Argentinean president suggesting it was part of a U.S. plot to embarrass Chavez. "People have accused me of being...