| 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. feeds.nytimes.com |
N.Y.U. Abu Dhabi Scours Globe for Its First Students The new four-year university in Abu Dhabi drew more than 9,000 applicants and has accepted fewer than 200. feeds.nytimes.com |
Tally reveals grim spike in deaths JULY was the deadliest month in Iraq since May 2008 with a total of 535 people killed across the country as a result of violence, government figures show. news.com.au |
Merkel to Honour Mohammed Cartoonist At Press Award BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel risked angering Muslims by speaking at an awards ceremony on Wednesday for a Dane whose cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed provoked sometimes violent protests by Muslims five years ago. feeds.nytimes.com |
Shuttle Campaigning, Iraqi-Style To Damascus! And Istanbul, Vienna and Cairo! To form a government, long-distance travel may be the only answer. nytimes.com |