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Powerful Iranian cleric says country in crisis
TEHRAN, Iran - In a sign of endurance for Iran's protest movement, demonstrators clashed with police Friday as one of the nation's most powerful clerics challenged the supreme leader during Muslim prayers, saying the country was in crisis in the wake of a disputed election. 

 

Top Iran figure calls for protesters' release

Iran's ex-President Rafsanjani challenges the country's leaders at Friday prayers, as police fire tear gas at protesters.

Rafsanjani fans flames

Views on Rafsanjani sermon

In pictures: Tehran protest

 

 

An Unruly Haven in the Woods

 

Peaches Beckon, in a Palette From Green to Golden

By MELISSA CLARK

An obsession with green peaches leads to an improvised recipe of roasted chicken thighs with peaches, basil and ginger.

 

Restore the noble purpose of libraries

 

'Get Real,' by Donald E. Westlake

By Robert Crais  The author pulls of a seemingly impossible job: making an absurd conceit believable.

 

A Lohan comeback or just more 'Pains'?

By Denise Martin  Lindsay Lohan's new TV movie might be a good step, or it might be another stumble.

 

Zut alors! French wine sales go down the drain

 

Cream of our hearts

 

Wikipedia painting row escalates The battle over Wikipedia's use of images from a British art gallery intensifies into a war of words. Gallery in Wikipedia legal threat

 

 

Digital refusniks
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