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Top 5 Mid-East governments at risk of toppling

Sachin Seth
The Egyptians weren't the first peoples in the Arab world to rise up against an oppressive government in 2011. Before that Facebook group was made, the people of Tunisia rose up against their (now former) presi...
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Released hiker calls for peace

Ann Crews Melton
NEW YORK—Despite a near 14-month imprisonment, Sarah Shourd emerged from her Iranian captors promoting a message of peace. Shourd, 32, spent 410 days in a Tehran prison after she, her fianc©, Shane Bauer, ...
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Iran’s religious leaders challenge election results

Sachin Seth
So it was back to square one, and now 30 years later, a revolution is brewing again. But this time, more work needs to be done behind the scenes. The people will fight, but religious leaders and Hashemi Rafsanjani need to challenge the legitimacy of this government before it gets out of hand.
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Iran protest turns deadly, Iranian student offers his opinion

Sachin Seth
Some sources say a bomb went off outside a mosque and killed three or four people. Other say people were being shot dead in the streets. Some claim military tanks were deployed. Reports of helicopters landing at universities are coming through via Iranian twitter accounts. More twitter accounts claim Basiji may be entering homes and attacking civilians.
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Obama to speak tonight

Sachin Seth
The time has come. Obama's first speech to a joint session of Congress takes place tonight at 9 p.m., broadcast on all major television stations. Will he extend a hand towards Iran, following up on his promise to engage in open discourse with President Ahmadinejad? What will he say about health care reform? The economy?