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...economy, and to tame the runaway yen, now at 86 yen to the dollar compared to 93 a year ago. On Nov. 27, the dollar fell to a 14-year low against the yen, triggering concerns that the currency could start to unravel progress that stimulus spending has made on the economy this year, in part by wreaking havoc on export competitiveness. (See the top 10 colorful spouses, including Miyuki Hatoyama...
...There are some things that have made things easier since I was in office, including the internet,” he said. “You won’t get elected over the internet, but it is still an incredible organizing and fundraising tool...
...IAEA's basic function is not political negotiation but implementing already agreed safeguards. Remarks by the director have political implications which, if made without properly assessing these implications, can be very dangerous." - Indicating that he will maintain a less politically involved profile than his predecessor (Reuters...
...other areas of Iranian political and economic life in recent years. Though Obama had criticized Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for supporting sanctions against the IRGC when both were running for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, the body's key role in Iran's recent election fiasco has made it a ripe target in the U.S. and abroad. The Administration is hoping that a Security Council resolution will include language that would allow countries hesitant to act without U.N. authorization to target the IRGC - and all the businesses it now controls - for tough economic sanctions...
...news of abuses. In that era, families of abuse victims often went to Ebadi first. She brought prominence to their cases by taking them to trial and speaking to journalists who in turn covered the proceedings. If the world learned about the cases of rape and extrajudicial killings that made Iran's human-rights record so notorious, it was because Ebadi disclosed them by going before the judiciary. (Read TIME's 2003 article on Ebadi, "She Is Very Brave...