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Poll: Canada rates 1st among Americans; Iran last


(Washington Post) | February 19, 2010
Canada retained its top position as the country viewed most favorably by Americans, while Iran again ranked last in Gallup’s annual World Affairs survey according to results released Friday.
Ninety percent of Americans viewed their northern neighbor favorably in Gallup’s survey of 20 nations that figure prominently in the news or [...]

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UN human rights committee votes to censure Iran


(CBC)
A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections.
The vote Friday in the General Assembly’s 192-member human rights committee passed with 74 in favour, 48 against and 59 abstentions.
The resolution censured Iran for its human rights record, including the arbitrary [...]

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Green Report #16 – Fresh News from Iran – Summary of tweets on Iran from Thursday, July 2


I’m NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar – twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter – and I’ve been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried to be extremely careful in choosing my tweet sources. What I have compiled below is what I can confirm through my reliable twitter sources. Remember, this is all from [...]

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