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Iran Threatens Google Over Nameless Gulf

Call it Persian or face 'serious damages,' nation warns

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted May 17, 2012 11:34 PM CDT | Updated May 18, 2012 2:19 AM CDT

(Newser) – The body of water separating Iran from the Arabian peninsula is nameless on Google Maps, and Iran isn't happy about it. Iran's foreign ministry accuses Google of dropping the name Persian Gulf "as one of the seditionist acts taken as part of...   Read full story »

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