Monthly Archives: May 2008

URGENT ACTION APPEAL – From Amnesty International USA

30 May 2008 UA 146/08             Imminent execution/legal concern IRAN                   Mohammad Feda’i (m) aged 21, juvenile offender Mohammad Feda’i is facing imminent execution for a murder … Continue reading

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Michael Moore willing to attend Documentary Film Festival in Iran

Tehran, May 25, IRNA – American filmmaker and author, Michael Moore held talks with the representative of Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Cinema Development Center at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival in southern France on Sunday. In the meeting, Moore … Continue reading

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No One Left to Lie to: The Triangulations of Barack Obama

As Christopher Hitchens wrote this week, “It’s somehow absurd and trivial to use the word Israel and the expression 60th birthday in the same sentence or the same breath. (What is this, some candle-bedecked ceremony in Miami?).” Nevertheless, behold the … Continue reading

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R.I.P. Utah Phillips

One of the great hobos, labor organizers, union men and singer/writer/mentors Utah Phillips passed away on Friday night. He was 73 years old and I suspect any reader of Songs:Illinois will be well aware of the work of Utah. Newer … Continue reading

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Khamenei is buying My Life By Bill Clinton

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Only in Iran

The conference of Quran and Health   Iranian media just doesn’t ask this girl about her views, but they also provide the response.   ===> Islamic Republic St. ===> <=== Freedom St. <===

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Peugeot Company History

  Company history Although the Peugeot factory had been in the manufacturing business for some time, their entry into the world of wheeled vehicles was by means of the bicycle. Armand Peugeot (educated at the Ecole Centrale Paris) introduced the … Continue reading

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اول ماه مه روز جهانی کارگر گرامی باد

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