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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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Iran Sentences 5 to Death
for Election Protests

Brings total condemned in turmoil to eight

Iran Protest

Neda's Boyfriend: 'This Movement Will Never Die'

In hiding after fleeing Iran, says the movement is still strong

 Iranian Police Clash 
 With Protesters 

Tear gas, beatings mark 30th anniversary of US Embassy takeover

Iran Students Hope to Reignite Smoldering Unrest

Green movement plans major protest tomorrow

 Iran Admits Protester 
 Was Beaten to Death 

First official acknowledgment of post-election state violence

Iran Reformist Publishes Prison Rape Account

Karroubi says more allegations of protester abuse to come

Ahmadinejad Names 3 Women to Cabinet

But female ministers are hardliners, unlikely to please reformers

Former Iranian Prez Lashes 'Show Trial'

Khatami accuses government of murdering protesters

ANALYSIS





 Mousavi's Options Dwindle 
 as Time Ticks Away 

Beaten on the streets, reformer takes uphill battle to the elite

UK Embassy Staff Will Face Trial in Iran

Leading cleric also accuses Britain of instigating protests

 Jailed Newsweek 
 Journo Confessed 
 to Conspiracy: Iran 

State-run TV shows reporter confessing to filing biased reports to create unrest



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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

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Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

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Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

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Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

17
Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

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Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

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Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

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Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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