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...Berlin last week, a process she describes as "really exciting." The 23-year-old's shoulder-length chestnut locks were sheared for a prison scene in this fall's futuristic drama V for Vendetta. In this next film from the makers of the Matrix trilogy, Portman plays a suspected terrorist in a totalitarian state. Days after the shoot, she says, "I can't stop rubbing my head. It's so soft, I might keep it for a while." Hmm, a hot new bald star with action-adventure experience? Somewhere Vin Diesel's agent is quietly freaking...
...TIME: How would you describe the American attitude toward the People?s Mujaheddin, which opposes your government and has been on the U.S. terrorist list for years? Kharrazi: The People?s Mujaheddin has been designated as a terrorist organization by the European countries and the U.S., and there is no reason they should be free to move around [in the U.S.] to collect money, to hold seminars and to contact members of Congress in the United States. This proves the U.S. is not serious about fighting terrorism...
...designed to include the maximal number of Israelis on one side and the maximal number of Palestinians on the other in order to maximize its effectiveness as a security device. It should also be noted that since the fence’s construction began, suicide bombings and other terrorist attacks in Israel have been drastically reduced. This has enabled the Israeli army to withdraw from several Palestinian cities and dismantle key checkpoints behind the barrier. The ad also manipulates the truth by failing to provide appropriate context for its claims. It states that “The wall...
...many Egyptians reacted with disappointment, seeing the interview as self-serving propaganda that signaled Mubarak's determination to celebrate the status quo rather than embrace the need for change. Mubarak, for example, strongly defended the continuation of the government's 24-year-old State of Emergency, suggesting that terrorists would have put the country "in ruins" without it. The flattering questions, tossed by veteran talk show host Emadeddin Adib, projected the feeling that Egyptians should happy to have Mubarak for a leader. In contrast to the jittery mood in Egypt following last week's terrorist attacks, at one point...
...result, despite polls showing that most Americans support sensible gun laws, the N.R.A. has opposed even popular measures like renewing the 1994 ban on assault weapons (which Congress let lapse last year). At this point, the N.R.A. won't even support banning the sale of guns to terrorist suspects on the no-fly list. Pressed on the matter, LaPierre has piously asserted, "This is a list that somebody has just put a name on. These people haven't been indicted for anything. They haven't been convicted of anything...