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...protests continued on Wednesday evening. Hours after the inaugural rites in parliament, more protests broke out at Vanak and Valiasr squares, although the crowds were quickly dispersed by security forces already stationed throughout central Tehran for much of the day. There are apparently plans for further demonstrations on Thursday evening, when the Basij force - which is established on conservative Shi'ite tenets - may be preoccupied with celebrating the birthday of the 12th "hidden" imam, a messianic figure of the Islamic sect. Says one would-be protester in Tehran: "This way, we will make them exhausted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Street Protests Continue with Ahmadinejad New Term | 8/6/2009 | See Source »

...Last Thursday, I helped drain a swamp that a village community uses for drinking and bathing water. The rainy season will start sometime next month, and so the villagers asked us to help clear out the feet-deep layers of sludge at the bottom in order for clean rainwater to accumulate...

Author: By Ahmed N. Mabruk, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: T.I.A. | 8/4/2009 | See Source »

Jason Aquino, 23, who was arrested at his home in Harlem on Thursday, was charged with first degree murder, accessory after the fact of murder, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm in Cambridge District Court. Judge Roann Sragow-Licht ordered Aquino to be held in jail without bail...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Third Kirkland Shooting Suspect Pleads Not Guilty | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

...Thursday's ruling said that the legal ambiguity violated Purdy's basic rights, and interfered with her ability to choose how she dies - a right enshrined in the European Convention of Human Rights. "Everyone has the right to respect for their private life, and the way that Ms. Purdy determines to spend the closing moments of her life is part of the act of living," the ruling stated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain to Clarify Its Assisted-Suicide Law | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

Even as he is in the sights of the hard-liners, former President Khatami has declared the trials "unconstitutional" - and the outrage will undoubtedly fuel further street demonstrations. The court proceedings will resume on Thursday, adding to a week in which Ahmadinejad is to be inaugurated to a controversial second term on Wednesday. Already, one more chant has been added to the nightly ritual of shouting Allahu akbar (God is great) and "Death to the dictators" from across Tehran's rooftops: "Free political prisoners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Iran's Show Trials: The Hard-Liners Build Their Case | 8/3/2009 | See Source »

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