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An Open Letter to President Obama, on Behalf of Mind Control Victims Everywhere

In case you were wondering, this is not an attempt to generate Newsvine page views using a spurious, misleading headline.

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Iran artists in tug of war with government

Iran's greatest master of traditional music, Mohammad Reza Shajarian, always avoided open clashes with his country's ruling hard-line clerics.

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"The Children Of The Night", An Ongoing Exploration Of The Rising "Goth" Culture, A Periodic Column by Dr Rex Dexter #2

First, I want to present one of the "Hardest Working Moms in Goth Metal Music": "LENNON" A Brief History Condensed From Her Own Words:

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Canada plans Afghan withdrawal

Canada has begun preparations to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan in 2011.

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Sights and Sounds from the Sea of Green: 13 Aban

Reportedly out in the streets in Iran in the thousands rather than the hundreds of thousands we saw this summer, the Sea of Green was nevertheless in full protest mode, as planned, to commemorate 13 Aban, which marks the anniversary - and this year, the 30th anniversary, to boot  …

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Publishing Articles to Newsvine

From time to time we at Newsvine HQ like to remind the Community of certain rules that, if followed, help ensure that Newsvine remains a fair and equitable place for everyone.

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Web 2.0 and the Workplace of Tomorrow - Revisited

In 2007, I was commissioned by a Fortune 100 company to perform an analysis of their company's operations and suggest means by which they could become leaner and more efficient.

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Iran police warn opposition over new demonstration

Iranian police warned the opposition Monday not to hold protests this week that would coincide with annual state-sponsored demonstrations against the United States.

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The All-Time Top Ten Westerns - and Newsvine's Choice for No. 1

AS SOME Newsviners know, I am a minor movie buff, with a penchant for writing up Top Ten lists. They're almost always subjective as hell, but they are a great opportunity for a (largely) non-political discussion, and I always find some new gems to keep an eye out for.

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The Sea of Green Prepares for 13 Aban

Persiankiwi is still missing, and Iranbaan is blogging almost exclusively in Farsi.

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Daybreak in Tehran, and a Sentence Delayed

AS DAWN breaks over the spires and domes of Tehran, a young man greets the day with the knowledge that this will not be his last sunrise.

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Newsweek: Journalist detained in Iran now in UK

Newsweek reporter Maziar Bahari, who was detained for nearly four months in Iran, has been released and has rejoined his pregnant wife in the U.K., the magazine said Tuesday.

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Revolutionary Guard commanders killed in Iran bomb

A suicide bomber killed five senior commanders of the elite Revolutionary Guard and at least 26 others in an area of southeastern Iran that has been at the center of a simmering Sunni insurgency, state media reported.

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Rumor Mill: Khamenei Dead

Reports are coming in from Tehran suggesting that the Iranian Supreme Leader is either dead or suffered a serious stroke, putting him in coma.

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Crypto-History, Instalment 18: Moses, Monotheism and Magic

The Hidden Threads of Crypto-History A Multi-Part Exploration of Alternative Theories of the Human Experience Instalment 18: Moses, Monotheism and Magic (click here for the previous part of this instalment, and click here to go to the beginning of the series).

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Iran: 3 detained Americans still face questioning

Iran's foreign minister says investigators are still questioning three American hikers detained in late July after straying into Iran.

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Wingnuts, Thieves, Terrorists and Imbeciles Kill Social Sites

In recent months there has been a growing awareness among the citizens of on-line communities that social sites and other gathering places or waterholes are being attacked by various and sundry individuals and organisms that appear to bring detriment, discord and sometimes fatal …

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Recently Added: Newsvine, What's on your iPod? (3rd Edition, Sept '09)

Once again, I'm sharing some of what has been recently added to my iTunes list, partly for those of you who've told me you share some of my admittedly unfocused tastes, and partly because the conversation surrounding these articles always exposes me to a whole raft of great new a …

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Tea Partiers: Fed-up Americans or Sheep Manipulated by Sophisticated Right-Wing Propaganda?

A new meme is under construction by the American right, the idea that so-called 'Tea Partiers' represent the views of the common U.S. citizen, fed up with what Alex Castellanos calls the "horrific tilt to the left" they see in government.

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Rising anti Islamic bigotry on Newsvine.

Newsvine has, over the last two year since I joined, had a large increase in members. This is due to the merger with MSNBC. That was great.

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Inside the CIA's Pakistan Tricks - From USAID to Xe

When word got out last month that the CIA had contracted mercenary / private security outfit Blackwater (now re-branded as Xe) in connection with "targeted killings" of Al Qaeda operatives and others in Afghanistan and Pakistan, many within the community expressed little surprise …

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The Green Brief #70 (September 7 - Shahrivar 16)

(This report has been compiled through reports by twitter users in Iran and aboard, as well as contacts inside and outside Iran. Media outlets have been credit where used.

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A Perfect End to an Imperfect Summer (UPDATED with additional photos)

I recognize that Labour Day is not the real end of summer, but when that weekend is over we often suddenly notice the chill in the evening air, the children on their way to school in the morning and the ever-decreasing number of vacation days remaining at our disposal.

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The Importance of Correct Punctuation on Newsvine

In my experience, a good percentage of the acrimony on Newsvine results from situations where a poster's intentions are either misunderstood, or mischaracterized.

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The Green Brief #69 (September 5 - Shahrivar 14)

(This report has been compiled through reports by twitter users in Iran and aboard, as well as contacts inside and outside Iran. Media outlets have been credit where used.

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