"IRANIAN presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi waited in the wings as his wife warmed up the crowd. Zahra Rahnavard quickly had them roaring in approval – and her husband beaming – as she ticked off her demands for women's rights and other reforms. "We love you, Rahnavard!" shouted the Tabriz University students, as Mr Mousavi clapped.
Ms Rahnavard is rewriting the role of political spouse in Iran – and could give a boost to her husband's candidacy in the 12 June presidential election."
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"White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said the United States "strongly condemns" the attack. "The American people send their deepest condolences to the victims and their families. No cause justifies terrorism, and the United States condemns it in any form," he added."
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"Never believe anything until it is officially denied."
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A VERY good one!
Saying of the Scottish muckraker Claud Cockburn
ReplyDelete"If journalists can look behind the press-release version of events, or push back the screen of what is often propaganda but rarely recognised as such," he says, "then we will produce true journalism, not a form of PR. We ought to be the agents of people, not power."
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