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...quell antigovernment activities, Iran announced it would execute six people who had participated in a December protest. The sentence was announced one day before the start of the Feast of Fire festival, public celebration of which has been banned since the 1979 revolution, when it was denounced as un-Islamic. The announcement's timing was thought to be a warning to the opposition not to use the occasion to stage additional demonstrations. Although droves of dissidents defied the ban by celebrating in the streets of Tehran, analysts predict that the death sentences may force opposition leaders to rethink their protest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...look good for me when our son Laszlo came from the womb all blond, blue-eyed and generally un-Jewy. In an earlier century, I would have had no choice but to trick my wife Cassandra into a best-of-three contest using a method that depends on my genetically inherited lack of rhythm. But with just a vial of spit each from Cassandra, myself and Laszlo, I could find out with DNA-lab-tested certainty which of us had influenced our child more. And for those of you worried about our putting him through this, know that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Joel Stein: Does My Son Take After Me — or His Mom? A Genetic Test | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

Moreover, Schinazi said that he learnt from a United Nations worker that the UN headquarters supported the ground effort by giving the UN workers data from satellites...

Author: By Sirui Li, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Designs Earthquake Portal | 3/26/2010 | See Source »

...begin taking commissions from the White House and the UN? What is it like to work with such high-ranking clients...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Miranda J. Thomas | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

Years later, the UN Association of New York needed a gift for Kofi Annan to commemorate his ten years of service. I was asked to make a large white porcelain peace bowl with a ring of gold on it. The UN also wanted to do something to award Ban Ki Moon for his work on water conservation and relief around the world so I designed an aqua colored bowl with fish to symbolize water and was asked to present it to him.... Right now I am working on making gifts for different heads of state...

Author: By Sally K. Scopa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Spotlight: Miranda J. Thomas | 3/23/2010 | See Source »

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