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...concern. There is no denying that there has been a disturbing rise of bigotry, thinly veiled as nationalism, in Australia in the past decade. But to suggest that this may represent the emergence of a new national ethos is going a bit far. We should remember that former Prime Minister John Howard's rightist vision of Australia was buried in 2007 in an electoral avalanche. Pauline Hanson and her gaggle of xenophobes are now nothing more than a much derided footnote in Australian political history. The vast majority of Australians, irrespective of their ethnicity, regard the actions of the idiots...
...served in the government since 1989, the year the prime minister's post was dissolved. Since then he has been a member of Iran's Expediency Discernment Council, which advises the Supreme Leader, and of the Supreme Cultural Revolution Council, which monitors artistic expression...
Iranians may have had enough of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's economic missteps, bellicose rhetoric and beige windbreakers. But the man with the best shot at unseating the fiery incumbent in Iran's Presidential elections isn't the youthful or charismatic candidate one might expect. Though he served as Iran's Prime Minister during the 1980s, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the pragmatic reformist who has emerged as Ahmadinejad's most serious challenger, is stepping back into the political spotlight after what the Iranian media has dubbed "20 years of silence." Mousavi's low profile may work to his benefit. Iranians seeking an alternative...
...Served as Prime Minister from 1980 to 1988, guiding the country through its war with Iraq and earning plaudits for his stewardship of the economy...
...Leader are both sons of the village of Khameneh. When you were Prime Minister, you were known to have friction in your relationship with the Leader. Do you think this could lead to problems if you become President? The problems we had then were based in the constitution. But now, of course, these responsibilities are much more clearly spelled out in the constitution, and there is much more room for harmony...