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• Iran-Israel-U.S.: Resolving the Nuclear Impasse

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 580
  My readers will recall a series of posts going back to September criticizing a hawkish Seattle Jewish federation conference on Iran held at Temple DeHirsh Sinai on October 21st, which included speakers from Aipac, the Jerusalem Post, and the Israeli consul general.  I made my opposition to the partisanship of this ...
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• Middle East International Refounded

  
  Project on Middle East Democracy (POMED) — Authority: 512
  The Middle East International has  restarted its printing press  after a six-year hiatus, releasing a  free PDF issue  online in commemoration. According to the Arabist, MEI offers “long articles and analysis from writers based in-country who [know] what they [are] talking about.” There are several articles ...
  16 hours ago

• “The foreign policy apparatus in Iran has frozen”

  
  niacINsight — Authority: 577
  “‘The foreign policy apparatus in Iran has frozen,” IAEA director general Mohamed ElBaradei has told the New York Times . ElBaradei’s comments come in light of Iran’s apparent unwillingness or even inability to accept the deal that their own diplomats negotiated with the P5+1 and the IAEA. While the talks ...
  18 hours ago

• Brussels may not be so hopeless after all: positive views on the lifting of Andijan sanctions

  
  neweurasia.net — Authority: 517
  Brussels may not be so hopeless after all. Image of the Atomium by Flickr user skywaaker (CC-usage). Editor’s note: neweurasia reported last week on the decision of EU Council to lift its last sanctions on the government of Uzbekistan.  These sanctions were imposed after the tragic events in Andijan in May ...
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• Karimov is “our kind of guy” — global press reacts to EU decision to lift Andijan sanctions

  
  neweurasia.net — Authority: 517
  Moral darkness is settling upon Brussels. Photograph of Congresstraat by Flickr user Wave Cult (CC-usage). Editor’s note: neweurasia reported last week on the decision of EU Council to lift its last sanctions on the government of Uzbekistan.  These sanctions were imposed after the tragic events in Andijan ...
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• Around Town …

  
  Jason Poblete — Authority: 456
  U.S. Citizen Sentenced for Illegal Exports of Controlled Aircraft Parts to Iran .  Last week the Department of Justice announced that the “director of Monarch Aviation Pte, Ltd. (“Monarch”), a Singapore company that imported and exported military and commercial aircraft components for more than 20 years, was ...
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• NYT > World: Medvedev Says Russia May Back Sanctions on Iran if Deal Falls Apart

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . The statement by President Dmitri A. Medvedev resembles an earlier one, but it takes on added significance now because Iran has equivocated on the international agreement.
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• NYT > World: Medvedev Says Russia May Back Sanctions on Iran if Nuclear Deal Falls Apart

  
  A Couple Things — Authority: 469
  This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . The statement by President Dmitri A. Medvedev resembles an earlier one, but it takes on added significance now because Iran has equivocated on the international agreement.
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• YouTube video sinks Turnbull minder

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 432
  A media minder for Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has reportedly quit his job after being linked to an online bout of Liberal factional warfare. The video parodies Liberal MP Alex Hawke by portraying him as an enraged Adolf Hitler, echoing a YouTube trend of dubbing Hitler biopic Downfall with fake ...
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• Medvedev Says Russia May Back Sanctions on Iran if Nuclear Deal Falls Apart

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  The statement by President Dmitri A. Medvedev resembles an earlier one, but it takes on added significance now because Iran has equivocated on the international agreement.
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• Social Privilege and Allocating Blame

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 134
  If a white person commits an atrocity, it’s because that person has mental health problems If a non-white person commits an atrocity, it is because non-white people all have self-control problems of some kind (translation: they’re not as civilized as “we” are) If a person with an Arab name (Note to the ...
  2 days ago

• True reconciliation needed before sanctions are lifted

  
  democracy for burma — Authority: 498
  Re: Sanctions to stay until Burma reforms: US, National Affairs, yesterday At this point, keeping sanctions in place is the only reasonable stance the US could take. Like US Ambassador for Asean Affairs Scot Marciel said, without a fully inclusive process, which includes the party that won by a landslide in the ...
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• African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AFP – The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea’s military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday. See original here:  (AFP)"> (AFP)">African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta (AFP)
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• African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta (AFP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 514
  AFP – The African Union has implemented sanctions on Guinea’s military rulers, AU Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra said Saturday. Read more here: (AFP)"> (AFP)">African Union imposes sanctions on Guinea junta (AFP)
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• CAS grant Chelsea stay of FIFA transfer ban

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Lausanne (Switzerland), Nov 6 (DPA) The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Friday granted Chelsea a suspension of FIFA’s transfer ban, allowing the English Premier League club to sign players during the January transfer window.Chelsea were banned from signing any new players until 2011 in early September after ...
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• EU urges Cuba to carry out democratic reforms

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  Havana, Nov 6 (EFE) Cuba must carry out democratic reforms in the country as a step to normalise relations with the European Union (EU), an official of the 27-member bloc said.EU aid commissioner Karel de Gucht made the remarks after ending his five-day visit to Cuba Thursday.The official described his talks with ...
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• Michael Green on Bilateral Talks and Sanctions

  
  One Free Korea — Authority: 520
  Beyond Christine Ahn’s alternative universe, the insiders are unanimous for now, whether on or off the record:  for the foreseeable future, the Obama Administration intends to sustain — if not intensify — sanctions until North Korea disarms.  Like most of you, I suspect that eventually, we’ll lift them for ...
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• Tehran, natural gas and the avoidance of sanctions

  
  The Daily Clarity — Authority: 128
  A recent vocal comment made by a hawkish US commentator on a news site avowed that proposed sanctions against Iran by the West would bring Tehran to its knees.  It is indicative of a current mind-set that the US is the Atlas of superpowers still, and all must bend to its will. This “informed” insider stated that ...
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• Seattle TV Interview on Danger of Iran Attack

  
  Tikun Olam-???? ????: Make the World a Better Place — Authority: 580
  I was interviewed recently by Bill Alford for a 30-minute public affairs TV show on Iran for Seattle community access cable ScanTV.  Bill’s program is called Moral Politics .  It will be aired tomorrow, Friday at 8:30PM on Comcast Channel 77 .  The interview covers the Seattle Jewish federation hawkish program ...
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• Spouting BS As Social Privilege

  
  The Global Sociology Blog — Authority: 134
  Denis Colombi notes this wonderful gem from former Judo superstar turned right-wing politician (you see where this is going, don’t you?): Une heure de peine…: David Douillet est-il Français ? via kwout Let me offer a rough translation of this steaming pile: “To me, a woman doing judo or in another ...
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