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Oscar buzz for 'Argo' has Mendez caught up in promotional whirlwind
dona@herald-mail.comAntonio Mendez has been busy recently with a recent appearance with Ben Affleck on “Good Morning America,” a Fox News crew coming to his home in southern Washington County and a soon to be published feature article in The Washington Post....Tags: Police Investigations, Academy Awards, Espionage and Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Awards and Prizes
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'Argo' producers show confidence in Affleck, even if Oscar didn't
Producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov had no idea who was going to direct "Argo." "Maybe I was going to, maybe Grant would, maybe somebody else," Clooney said. "We didn't know." But when Ben Affleck called Clooney and Heslov's Detroit hotel in early...
Tags: The Town (movie), Film Festivals, Central Intelligence Agency, Awards and Prizes, John Goodman
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Iranians bemoan Olympics cutting treasured sport of wrestling
Dozens of wrestling greats and their agitated fans gathered Thursday in Tehran to lament the elimination from the Olympics of the sport, which has a storied past in Iran. Olympic officials decided Tuesday to cut wrestling from the 2020 Games,...
Tags: Oscar Pistorius, United Nations, Russia, Iran, International Olympic Committee
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Iranian general reportedly assassinated while traveling from Syria
BEIRUT -- A high-ranking member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps was assassinated this week while traveling from Syria to neighboring Lebanon, Iranian media reported Thursday, in the strongest indication to date that senior Iranian military...Tags: Reconstruction, Lebanon, United Nations, Saudi Arabia, Rebellions
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On Iran, there's time
On Feb. 26, the United States and Iran will once more resume their diplomatic ritual, in the so-called six-party talks, over Iran's disputed nuclear program. As the two perennial adversaries eye one another, there are competing paradigms about how to deal...
Tags: International Atomic Energy Agency, Politics, Defense Equipment, Iran's Nuclear Program, Iran
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Monkey welcomed back to Iran, but U.S. not thrilled by space shot
This post has been updated. See the note below for details.BEIRUT — U.S. officials are not exactly welcoming Iran’s revelation this week that the Islamic Republic has sent a monkey into space and brought the creature back to Earth safely. The report by Iranian media recalled for many the early...Tags: Science and Technology, Beirut (Lebanon), Iran's Nuclear Program, United Nations, Iran
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Iran's Khamenei rejects direct talks with U.S. on nuclear program
WASHINGTON -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected the U.S. offer of direct talks on his country’s disputed nuclear program, deepening doubts about the prospects that Tehran’s upcoming discussions with six world powers over...
Tags: Kazakhstan, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, Barack Obama, Iran
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Kerry tackles questions on Iran, Syria, Hagel
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Kerry, President Barack Obama's nominee for secretary of state, collected pledges of support Thursday and testified at his confirmation hearing that U.S. foreign policy should be defined by a helping hand as well as...
Tags: Vietnam War (1955-1975), United Nations, Central Intelligence Agency, William McKinley, Bill Clinton
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Ahmadinejad ally linked to human rights abuses arrested in Iran
TEHRAN -- Authorities arrested a former top Iranian prosecutor who was once labeled a “serial human rights abuser” and linked to the deaths in custody of three protesters following the nation’s disputed 2009 elections, according to...
Tags: Police Arrests, Human Rights, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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Tehran film conference denounces 'cultural assault' of Hollywood
TEHRAN — As moviegoers in the U.S. hustle to see Oscar contenders "Argo" and "Zero Dark Thirty" before the golden statuettes go out, the films are also hitting screens in Tehran — as examples of the “cultural assault” of the West....
Tags: Human Rights, Deception (movie), Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Central Intelligence Agency
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Iran to resume talks with six powers on nuclear program
Six world powers and Iran announced they will resume talks on Iran’s disputed nuclear program Feb. 26 in Kazakhstan, after three months of gridlock over arrangements for a new meeting. Iran’s official IRNA news agency reported Tuesday that...
Tags: Human Rights, Justice and Rights, Politics, Iran's Nuclear Program, European Union
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Iran's leader visits Cairo, easing long estrangement
CAIRO -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived to a red-carpet welcome and a kiss on the cheek by Egypt's new Islamist leader in a historic trip to strengthen relations between the two nations after decades of estrangement and suspicion. Iran...
Tags: Human Rights, Religious Conflicts, U.S. Military, Hamas, Crime, Law and Justice
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