It is high time the United States and Europe confronted Iran about its history of human rights abuses committed against its own people. Iran is a problem for the world on so many levels: as a nightmare nuclear power, as a sponsor of international terrorism, a nuclear proliferator and a threat to regional stability in the Middle East. But what has often been missing in the international hand-wringing sessions vis-à-vis Iran is the toll the Tehran regime is taking on its own people. Stating that we will deal with whoever is in power is simply not good enough when it comes to certain kinds of regimes. It leaves the Iranian people with the impression that we simple don’t care – and just as bad, it leaves the regime with the feeling that it can act with impunity against its own population.
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Jun 13, 2010
UPDATE 3-Honda says China plants operating despite strike | Reuters
BEIJING/SHANGHAI, June 12 (Reuters) - Honda Motor's (7267.T) Chinese car plants are operating normally and expected to stay open this weekend, its China spokesman said on Saturday.
Fish bounces Murray - The Globe and Mail
Impressive Sharapova powers into Edgbaston final | Sports | Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova will have the chance to turn the tables on China's Li Na on Sunday when they clash in the final of the Edgbaston grasscourt tournament.
Wussler, CNN co-founder and CBS exec, dies at 73 | ajc.com
Jun 12, 2010
World Cup daily: Saturday 12 June 2010 - Scotsman.com Sport
England's first clash of the World Cup against the USA dominates the headlines, but today also marks the start of the real testing ground for Diego Maradona as Argentina manager.
World Cup 2010: South Korea v Greece - as it happened | Scott Murray | Football | guardian.co.uk
Lee Jung-soo pops up to score the opener
YAHOO NEWS: The World
- 19 slain at Mexico drug center, 20 in another city (AP) AP - At least 30 gunmen burst into a drug rehabilitation center in a Mexican border state capital and opened fire, killing 19 men and wounding four people, police said. Gunmen also killed 20 people in another drug-plagued northern city.
- Sea of criticism for adrift young sailor's parents (AP)
- 9 dead in suicide bombing east of Algiers (AP)
- Afghan officials: insurgency growing in southwest (AP)
- No Mea Culpa, But the Pope Makes a Plea for Forgiveness (Time.com)
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- New oil spill total is bad news for BP, wildlife (AP) AP - The astonishing news that the oil leak at the bottom of the sea may be twice as big as previously thought could have major repercussions for both the environment and BP's financial health, killing more marine life and dramatically increasing the amount the company must pay in fines and damages.
- Van der Sloot taken to prison on murder charge (AP)
- Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean (AP)
- Flash floods kill at least 16 at Ark. campground (AP)
- Pope begs forgiveness, promises action on abuse (AP)
- World Cup opens on a joyous, noisy note (AP)
Jun 11, 2010
Don't expect Obama to be Superman
By Paul Starobin
Friday, June 11, 2010
Why can't President Obama stop the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Why can't he get the Israelis and Palestinians to stop squabbling and make peace? Why can't he get the Europeans to contribute more troops to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan? Why can't he forge a global treaty to reduce the emission of greenhouse gases?
YAFOO NEWS: Top Stories
- :New oil numbers may do more harm to fish, wildlife (AP) AP - New numbers showing the amount of oil gushing from a well in the Gulf of Mexico may be double as much as previously thought means the crude is likely to travel farther away, threatening more birds, fish and other wildlife that call the fragile waters their home, scientists said Friday.
- Health overhaul to force changes in employer plans (AP)
- Van der Sloot charged with first-degree murder (AP)
- Boats head to teen sailor drifting in Indian Ocean (AP)
- Death toll rises to 20 in Ark. floods, gov. says (AP)
- Pope begs forgiveness, promises action on abuse (AP)
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