| Iran Sentences Newsweek Reporter in Absentia to 13 Years in Prison Maziar Behar was sentenced to an extended flogging and more than 13 years in prison for counter-revolutionary acts. nytimes.com |
Iran Bars Two U.N. Inspectors Iran said the two inspectors were declared persona non-grata for filing an “untruthful” report about the country’s nuclear work. nytimes.com |
Immigrant Maids Flee Lives of Abuse in Kuwait Hundreds of maids who fled from their employers now sleep in improvised shelters in their countries’ embassies. feeds.nytimes.com |
Koran burning is 'religious terrorism' TOP official at Cairo's Al-Azhar university warns that a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Koran encourages extremists. news.com.au |
US given one month to revive peace talks ARAB countries have given Washington a month to try to rescue Middle East peace talks, a diplomat says, after Palestinians threatened to quit the talks over Israeli settlement building. news.com.au |