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Iran’s current enrichment activities are in direct contravention of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1696 and 1737, which demanded that Tehran halt enrichment and slapped sanctions on the Islamic Republic. In light of recent developments, new sanctions have been proposed, but China’s refusal to approve any additional penalties for Iran has stymied hopes that coordinated international action might stop Iran’s rulers from pursuing a bomb. The United States must make it clear to China that its actions are absolutely unacceptable and constitute an irresponsible policy for a nation so committed...
...Thursday to see just how much life remains in the opposition movement months after the government began cracking down on public displays of dissent. Knowing this, the Iranian government has spent weeks trying to prevent a large opposition turnout. Internet and text-messaging services have ground to a virtual halt, which the government has explained by citing technical difficulties but which opposition supporters say is timed to prevent them from organizing other supporters. At least 1,000 people have been arrested in the past two months, according to human-rights groups, under new laws that allow blanket detentions. Iran...
...from over. As news broke that scientists had detected DNA from the fish in Lake Michigan, the White House--which also opposed the shutdown--agreed to convene an Asian-carp summit for worried Great Lakes governors. U.S. Representative Dave Camp of Michigan, meanwhile, introduced a bill to halt the potential spread of the aggressive fish and develop a strategy to close the waterways...
...Muslims hardly dominate Dutch society. According to official figures, Muslims account for only about 5% of the country's 16.5 million people, and immigration has trickled to a near halt in recent years. But even if Wilders offers an extreme and distorted view of Muslims, it is a view that has increasing resonance with voters, says Ian Buruma, author of a book about the 2004 murder of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim radical, Mohammed Bouyeri. "There is real anxiety over immigration and the Muslim issue, globalization and economic uncertainty. That climate of insecurity and resentment makes voters...
...halt these abuses Democratic Senator Carl Levin has reintroduced a bill he co-sponsored last year, with then Senator Barack Obama, that makes a seemingly simple new demand - that states add a single additional question to their incorporation application: Who are the beneficial owners? (Foreigners would also have to provide a copy of a passport-page photo.) The intent is to introduce the same standard - know thy customer - banks have had for years...