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The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

The 13 Most Brutal and Inhumane Judicial Punishments Still Used Today

Public StoningIranian courts still order public stonings, and those sentenced are often severely whipped before they are stoned. Women are buried up to their necks before a stoning. If convicted of adultery, Iranian law requires the stones not be too big or too small so that the probable death is...

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Israel to Bomb Iran With Saudi Seal of Approval ?

A British Tabloid is reporting that Saudi Arabia could very well put the stamp of approval on any attack Israel could launch against Iran's nuclear facilities. Mossad recently found a new nuclear plan and could be planning an attack if sanctions with Iran don't go as planned. Iran has continually...

Iranian Police Trying to Halt Protests by Mourners

Iranian Police Trying to Halt Protests by Mourners

It is being reported that the Iranian police is trying to break up the mourners who have gathered for a memorial at a cemetery in Tehran. The memorial is for the people who were killed during the post-election protests in Iran. The police have reportedly stopped the Opposition leader Mir Hossein...

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Iran Deploys Flying Stealth Boats

We may not have flying cars just yet, but Iran has apparently deployed three squadrons of flying boats that employ stealth technology.

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Obama's Nuclear Plan Focuses on Global Security

Obama's nuclear strategy focuses strongly global security. President Obama released his plan during an interview on Monday, April 5th, 2010 which highlights the push to eliminate nuclear weapons entirely to make the world safer and encourage countries, through incentive programs, to abort nuclear...

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Who Are Kurds?

The Kurds are nomadic people who originally came from Southwest Asia particularly in the mountainous areas of Iraq, Turkey and Iran which they refer as the land of the Kurds or Kurdistan. The Kurds has an Indo-European feature and origin and whose lives revolve on herding livestock animals such as...

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Karakachan Dog Breed

Also known as Bulgarian Shepherd Dog, its ancestry can be traced to Central Asia, Afghanistan and Iran. A flock guard dog, it is not actually recognized by any international organization so the physical standards are based on observations of the breed. It typically weighs from 88 to 125 pounds...

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Nuclear Summit Warns Iran's Recipe for Atomic Ingredients Within Year

Nuclear Summit warns Iran's recipe for atomic ingredients will be complete within a year. Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess, head of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, delivered this news to a Senate Panel Wednesday. Burgess maintains that Iran could build one nuclear bomb within a year if...

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Challenges Obama to Debate

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenged United States President Barack Obama to a live, televised one-on-one debate to see which country has the best solutions for the world's problems."Toward the end of summer we will hopefully be there for the (U.N.) General Assembly and I will be ready...

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Neda Soltani, 27-Year-Old Iranian Woman Shot

Amateur video of Neda Soltani lying dead in the street has become a symbol of Iran's opposition movement. The footage is less than a minute long and shows blood streaming from the Iranian woman’s nose and mouth. The images of her death have unleashed a stream of outrage at the administration’s...