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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Still, the Iranian back-channel message came at an important moment in U.S.-Iranian relations. Washington is pursuing a new policy of engagement with Iran and has tried to reassure the mullahs that its diplomatic overtures are sincere. It is trying to strengthen the hand of Iranian moderates who want to pursue diplomacy and undermine hard-liners who want to maintain hostile relations with the West. The Saberi case offered an opportunity to do both. (Read "Talking to Iran - or Talking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Iran Frees Saberi, Will the U.S. Reciprocate? | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

...Releasing the detained Iranians could build trust for talks between Washington and Tehran on security issues in Afghanistan and Iraq and also on the thorny issue of Iran's nuclear program. And it could strengthen the hand of the Iranian pragmatists who sent the signal through the European diplomatic channel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Iran Frees Saberi, Will the U.S. Reciprocate? | 5/12/2009 | See Source »

With its 35-20 win in overtime against Winthop,  Leverett now has the 2009 IM Football Championship in the bag.  But even such a stunning victory might have been quickly forgotten if not for LevSPN, the YouTube channel dedicated to Leverett sporting and musical events.  Featuring videos covering everything from swimming to singing to stand-up comedy, LevSPN  forever immortalizes the heroic efforts of Leverett students...

Author: By Anita B. Hofschneider | Title: LevSPN | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...Shoigu's call for the new law came after Russian television channel NTV broadcast a documentary about the Battles of Rzhev, a series of offensives launched by Soviet forces against the Germans between January 1942 and March 1943. The documentary raised popular anger, especially among WWII veterans, after it exposed the number of Soviet soldiers killed, which was much higher than most Russians believed - around a million compared to around 500,000 on the Nazi side - and presented a negative interpretation of Soviet tactics by, for example, showing how shocked German soldiers who had fought in the battles were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia Moves to Ban Criticism of WWII Win | 5/8/2009 | See Source »

...gardens; creating vast city-center parks, green spaces, and even a new forest with a million carbon-battling trees near Charles de Gaulle airport; and renovating disused banks of the Seine. The river, meanwhile, is to be developed into a major transport link for goods to and from the Channel port of Le Havre - which, thanks to a new high-speed train track, will itself become a virtual suburb of Paris just a one-hour ride away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sarkozy's Big Plans for a Greater Paris | 5/3/2009 | See Source »

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