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...buying a bottle of wine, an offense that normally warrants a fine or a few days in jail. For nearly a month, her parents opted not to publicize the news before going to the media on Mar. 1. The next day, Iran's judiciary announced that she was being held for working without proper press credentials...
After two weeks of self-starvation, Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi ended her hunger strike at Tehran's Evin prison May 4 following news that an appeals hearing would be held next week regarding the 8-year prison sentence handed down by Iran's Revolutionary Court, which found her guilty of spying for the United States. Saberi, who was briefly hospitalized after she refused to drink water, has been imprisoned since January, when she was reportedly arrested in the nation's capital for trying to purchase a bottle of wine (possession of alcohol is illegal in Iran). Since her April...
...speak to with some of the civilians fleeing the fighting. "We need to monitor the entire thing," says Keheliya Rambukwella, a spokesman and minister in the Sri Lankan government, because, he says, media coverage has been biased in favor of the LTTE. (See pictures inside Sri Lanka's rebel-held territory...
...start, al-Maliki's original alliance with al-Sadr raises questions about the Prime Minister's scruples. Al-Maliki and the Iraqi policymakers close to him did not necessarily see a problem working with a murderous militia that held considerable sway in the Iraqi army and national police. In fact, al-Maliki, who is Shi'ite, appeared more inclined to accept Shi'ite militia support than U.S. military help...
...better in collaboration with the rest of the world." Officials in those countries claimed, however, that they don't have huge stockpiles of antiviral drugs and need to take any actions necessary to save their citizens' lives. The United Nations has spoken against such measures in general but has held back from condemning any individual countries for taking them...