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Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films
CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...
Tags: A Prophet (movie), Celebrities, Movies, Film Festivals, Festive Events
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Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says
TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...
Tags: Saudi Arabia, Religion and Belief, Politics, Islam, Pakistan
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U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...
Tags: Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Unrest, Conflicts and War, White House, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions
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Obama says U.S. won't act alone on Syria
WASHINGTON — President Obama on Thursday ruled out unilateral U.S. military action in Syria even if proof emerges that Syrian forces have used lethal chemical weapons. "This is … an international problem," Obama said at a White House news...
Tags: White House, Turkey, Television Industry, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Weaponry
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Iran delays presidential election lineup
TEHRAN — Iranians must wait until next week to find out who will be on the ballot in next month's presidential election, a key electoral panel said Thursday, as it continued to mull the fate of two prospective candidates who have shaken up the race....
Tags: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Politics, Elections, Tehran (Iran), Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
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McManus: The second-term scandal plague
What is it about presidents' second terms that makes them seem so scandal-ridden? Simple: The iron law of longevity. All governments make mistakes, and all governments try to hide those mistakes. But the longer an administration is in office, the more...
Tags: Internal Revenue Service, Steve King, White House, Elections, Christopher Stevens
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Obama administration to tighten pressure on Iran, aide says
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Wednesday that it would add more sanctions on Iran in an effort to dissuade Tehran from continuing its nuclear program, but stopped short of backing tough new penalties that lawmakers are considering....
Tags: Bob Corker, Petroleum Industry, Iran's Nuclear Program, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Elections
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Ridiculous Republican rhetoric undermines Benghazi probe
Republicans could make an easy hit on the Obama administration by highlighting the State Department’s apparent bureaucratic blundering during and after the deadly terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last fall, but they...
Tags: Steve King, Elections, Hillary Clinton, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Republican Party
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Senate bill aims to toughen Iran sanctions
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation Wednesday that would sharply toughen U.S. economic sanctions on Iran despite administration calls for Congress to delay penalties that could disrupt diplomacy aimed at resolving...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Iran's Nuclear Program, John Cornyn, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Senate
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Options for action in Syria
Outrage. That's what we should feel over the Syrian government's slaughter of more than 70,000 of its own people and its use of chemical weapons. And outrage is what we should feel over the international community's total impotence. Despite nearly...
Tags: Personal Weapon Control, Iran's Nuclear Program, Israel, Weaponry, Interior Policy
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For their Sunday best, black women turn to Jewish clothier from Iran
On occasion, my wife and I have taken out-of-town visitors on Sunday outings to the First African Methodist Episcopal Church in Los Angeles to expose the uninitiated to the joy of a live gospel choir. I sometimes wonder how I stand with that power...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Judaism, Music, Christianity, Anglicanism
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Nobody died at Watergate, but it was a bigger scandal than Benghazi
Before Wednesday's hearing into last September’s attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa) said: “If you link Watergate and Iran-Contra together and multiply it maybe by 10 or so, you’re going to...
Tags: United Nations, Religion and Belief, Islam, Steve King, Elections
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