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Iran’s Ahmadinejad worried over oil price fall - AFP

Dec 4th, 2008

Canada.com
Iran’s Ahmadinejad worried over oil price fall
AFP - 4 hours ago
TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has for the first time admitted that the fall in world oil prices will affect the economic projects of
Iran’s president concedes oil prices hurt economy The Associated Press
Iran’s underground rap artists take to wearing symbol of Islamic guardian.co.uk
Iran can sustain $0 oil: president Calgary Herald
Ventura County Reporter  - Life Style Extra
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Militants kill seized Iran police - BBC News

Dec 4th, 2008

AFP
Militants kill seized Iran police
BBC News, UK - 4 hours ago
Iran officials have confirmed the deaths of 13 police officers who were being held by Sunni militants. The men were among 16 officers seized in
Iran says rebel group killed 16 policemen AFP
Iran says rebel group killed 16 abducted policemen Reuters AlertNet
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Iran arrests 49 for wearing ’satanic’ clothing - Telegraph.co.uk

Dec 4th, 2008
Iran arrests 49 for wearing ’satanic’ clothing
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 5 hours ago
Iranian police have arrested 49 people during a crackdown on what the Islamic republic deems “satanic” clothes. By Tim Butcher, Middle East Correspondent
Iran cracks down on “satanic” clothes Reuters South Africa
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Iran says rebel group killed 16 policemen - Africasia

Dec 4th, 2008
Iran says rebel group killed 16 policemen
Africasia, UK - 52 minutes ago
Sunni rebels killed 16 policemen they kidnapped in southeast Iran in June, the Mehr news agency reported on Thursday, quoting a high-ranking police officer.



EU was wrong to freeze Iran group’s funds: court - AFP

Dec 4th, 2008

AFP
EU was wrong to freeze Iran group’s funds: court
AFP - 1 hour ago
LUXEMBOURG (AFP) — A top European court ruled Thursday that the EU wrongly froze the funds of Iran’s main opposition group in exile and violated its rights



NATO chief: We can’t intervene on Iran - Ynetnews

Dec 4th, 2008
NATO chief: We can’t intervene on Iran
Ynetnews, Israel - 21 hours ago
Talking to Israeli reporters in Brussels, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer says he hopes international dialogue will yield solution to Iranian nuclear issue.



Iran opponents win again - Telegraph.co.uk

Dec 4th, 2008

AFP
Iran opponents win again
Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 3 hours ago
A court in Luxembourg has ruled that the EU Council violated the rights of the main Iranian opposition group in freezing its assets.
EU court annuls EU’s new Iran terror list move Reuters UK
Court rules EU illegally froze Iran group’s funds The Associated Press
Court rules EU illegally froze Iran group’s funds International Herald Tribune
EUobserver.com  - NCR-Iran.org (press release)
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Iran cracks down on “satanic” clothes - Reuters South Africa

Dec 4th, 2008

Reuters South Africa
Iran cracks down on “satanic” clothes
Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 3 hours ago
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Police have arrested 49 people this week in a northern Iranian city during a crackdown on “satanic” clothes, IRNA news agency reported on