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Foreign media banned from reporting in Tehran from Dec. 7-9
Most of the Iranian capital’s Internet links with the outside world were down on Saturday, two days ahead of planned demonstrations by opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
Sources close to Iran’s technical services told AFP the cut was the result of “a decision by the authorities” rather [...]

Tens of thousands of people demonstrated in the center of Rome against Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi Saturday after an Internet call for a “No Berlusconi Day.”
Most of them wore scarves, T-shirts or sweaters in various shades of violet after the group of bloggers who organized the protest chose it as the only colour not [...]

US President Barack Obama vowed on Saturday to work tirelessly to get unemployed Americans back to work now that new statistics have shown a slight improvement on the job creation front.
“My commitment to you, the American people, is that I will focus every single day on how we can get people back to work, and [...]

The mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, believes he knows exactly why President Barack Obama chose last Tuesday night to announce his Afghanistan troop surge: It was a nefarious plot by the “Muslim” president to pre-empt that night’s broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Russell Wiseman, mayor of Memphis suburb Arlington, suggested in a Facebook posting that Obama [...]

The mayor of Arlington, Tennessee, believes he knows exactly why President Barack Obama chose last Tuesday night to announce his Afghanistan troop surge: It was a nefarious plot by the “Muslim” president to pre-empt that night’s broadcast of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Russell Wiseman, mayor of Memphis suburb Arlington, suggested in a Facebook posting that Obama [...]