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...judiciary shut down Tous, the most remarkable newspaper to appear in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution. Regarded as the most tangible result of Khatami's pledge of greater freedom, the seven-month-old daily attracted a readership of 300,000 but infuriated hard-liners with stories on previously taboo topics, including political dissent, U.S. relations and the wisdom of a military confrontation with neighboring Afghanistan. The shutdown came swiftly after Supreme Leader ALI KHAMENEI's "final notice" to government officials to curtail press freedom. Indefatigable Tous editor MAHMOUD SHAMSOLVAEZIN had managed to get his paper back on the streets...
...tube babies, egg donation, surrogacy, cloning and now sex selection. And just as with earlier methods, the new sperm-separation technique announced last week has triggered plenty of ethical concern. Only a few critics have argued that tampering with nature to avoid a sex-linked genetic disease should be taboo. But plenty have expressed misgivings about using the new technology more casually, to balance families, or simply because parents prefer boys or girls. Such choices, critics say, could lead to an imbalance in the sex ratio, with drastic consequences for society...
...Yasser Arafat, it signals overwhelming international support for his planned declaration of independence next year. But if international consensus counted for anything in the Middle East, the state of Palestine would be two decades old. The decisions that count are made in Washington, where Palestinian statehood still remains a taboo topic...
...changes are not only cosmetic. Khatami has permitted the founding of dozens of new daily newspapers and weeklies, some of which are tackling once taboo topics like Khomeini's shortcomings and the need for better relations with the U.S. Khatami's Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance has unbanned scores of books, like Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being, and stopped requiring Iran's film directors to submit their scripts for advance approval. Students have been granted permits for demonstrations to protest the bullying tactics of Muslim hard-liners and even the validity of Islamic government...
Your report on teen sex and what kids know was prizewinning material [SOCIETY, June 15]. I live in the buckle of the Bible Belt. The subject of sex is taboo, yet that doesn't keep my hometown from having its fair share of teen pregnancies. Many of the people here with sexually transmitted diseases are teenagers. I know a guy who got a girl pregnant and hasn't yet told his parents, even though the child is already born. He broke up with the girl and continues to have unprotected sex with others. This guy isn't learning from...