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            <title><![CDATA[Iran on the Brink]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Green Movement's leaders are calling supporters to the streets, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is rallying his side with nuclear brinksmanship-and the clashes expected Thursday for the Islamic Republic's 31st anniversary could spell civil war.

It began...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's Cinematic Revolution]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Two new Iranian movies, both generating buzz at Sundance, provide a glimpse into the country rivaled only by the protesters on TV. 
At this year's Sundance Film Festival, two Persian-language films-both by female filmmakers-once again demonstrate why...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA['The Ball Is in His Court']]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Afghan President Hamid Karzai can continue down the path of corruption-or he can step up and become a statesman. In an interview with The Daily Beast, Karzai's challenger in August's election, Ashraf Ghani, talks about his rival's challenge.
In...]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stiffing the Revolutionaries]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Obama may be cutting off money for groups that promote democracy for Iran, but Reza Aslan says he and most other young Iranians struggling for change there are glad the U.S. is keeping its measly $85 million.
In 2006, after Secretary of State...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:31:30 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Naive Obama Gets Iran Results]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[In one day of negotiations, Iran has relented on nuclear inspections and shipping enriched uranium. Reza Aslan says it's not a bad start, though the most intractable issues lie ahead.
Maybe President Obama wasn't so na&iuml;ve to think it is a good...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:46:47 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Obama's Last Iran Option]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[At a historic six-party meeting, Iran agreed to allow International Atomic Energy Agency representatives to its new nuke site. Reza Aslan on why these negotiations are all we have left.
Forget about the secret nuclear sites, the missile tests, the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:29:42 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Skunk at the Party]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Iran's president addresses the General Assembly tonight, on the heels of his latest vile rhetoric on the Holocaust. Delegates should ignore that-and focus on what a lousy leader he is.
Iran's presumptive president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, heads to New...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:46:23 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Last Chance for Israel?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  Israel and Palestine have agreed to relaunch peace talks without preconditions as soon as possible, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said after a 40-minute meeting with President Obama today. After Obama urged the leaders to seek peace in a brief...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:31:06 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Act Your Age, Israel]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[A new U.N. report blasting Israel for war crimes has the Jewish state resorting to its well-worn strategy: Attacking the messenger. Reza Aslan on the Israeli diplomatic counteroffensive and irrelevant charges of Nazi fetishism. 
The U.N. Human Rights...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 16 Sep 2009 22:47:39 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Osama vs. D.C. Lobbyists?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[  In a new audiotape that surfaced on Monday, Osama bin Laden proves not just that he's still alive-but that he's paying attention. Reza Aslan on Osama's surprisingly savvy take on DC's "pressure groups."
Osama bin Laden's latest audio message is not...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:29:18 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[A Coup in Iran?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is sworn in for another term as president, his parliament is publicly rebuking and investigating him. The Daily Beast's Reza Aslan on how long he can survive.
Plus, Reza Aslan on the 50 Iranian journalists jailed in the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 05 Aug 2009 07:31:22 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran's Most Wanted]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ As Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is inaugurated in Iran, as many as 50 Iranian journalists are languishing in prison cells-victims of his administration's brutal post-election crackdown. Reza Aslan names names. 
Iran has become "the world's biggest prison for...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 03 Aug 2009 23:06:13 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Taliban PR Push]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Three weeks before the Afghan elections, Taliban commander Mullah Omar is offering a manifesto to unite his fractious fighters and cement his power. Reza Aslan on why his effort will fail.
Just as the presidential campaign in Afghanistan has begun to...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:50:35 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran-Iraq Alliance?]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Iraqi troops stormed a camp of Iranian exiles. The Daily Beast's Reza Aslan on why the raid could signal Iraq's shift away from the U.S.-and toward its former enemy.
Reports out of Iraq say government troops have raided the camp of an...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:20:31 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Momentum Shifts to Iran's Reformers]]></title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Tehran's opposition has regained its edge with smarter, more creative protests and even some senior army officers. Reza Aslan on why the regime is beginning to fear a repeat of the 1979 revolution.
It seems the momentum in Iran is once again shifting...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:21:04 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - TV]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/1120///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[This Friday at 5 p.m., PBS is airing the series premiere of Who Speaks for Islam, hosted by Ray Suarez which explores Islam in an age when Muslim extremists are laying claim to the religion. As Suarez interviews an elite panel of researchers, scholars,...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 21 Oct 2009 22:58:50 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Film]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/1041///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Amreeka is a brilliant coming-of-age story from a young Arab-American director, Cherien Dabis. The movie, which chronicles the adventures of a mother and son who emigrate from the West Bank to a small town in Illinois, opens this weekend in L.A. (the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:29:02 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Website]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/960///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[I'm joining the Global Day of Action in solidarity for the people of Iran this Saturday, July 25. Nobel Peace Prize laureates, prominent Iranian poets and artists, and many others in more than 60 cities around the world will participate in this...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 23 Jul 2009 23:17:49 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Blog]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/891///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The #iranelections hashtag on Twitter. The revolution may not be televised, but it is alive and well online. Although the Iranian authorities have shut down access to sites like Facebook and Twitter, industrious Iranians are still posting real-time...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:53:38 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Film]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/766///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The Song of Sparrows is the latest film from one of Iran's greatest filmmakers, Majid Majidi, director of Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee Children of Heaven and The Color of Paradise (which made me cry from beginning to end). The movie is a...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 20 Apr 2009 06:41:16 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Film]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/733///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[Jerusalem: Center of the World is a brilliant, awe-inspiring two-hour documentary recounting the 4000 year history of a city that has captured the imaginations of the religious faithful for generations. Host Ray Suarez takes viewers on an epic journey...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:43:51 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Blog]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/712///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[You don't have to be Asian to love Disgrasian, the blog of all-things Asian founded by Angeleno hipsters Jennifer Wang and Diana Nguyen. In fact you don't even have to like Asians to love the site whose motto is: You're a disgrace to the race! The blog...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:25:08 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Book]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/618///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[PW Singer has written a fascinating account of the robotics revolution that has been taking place, primarily in the military, over the last few decades. Wired for War is an enlightening, measured, sometimes scary, always deeply engrossing book that not...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 22 Feb 2009 11:54:03 -0400]]></pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Buzz Board Pick - Book]]></title>
            <link><![CDATA[http://www.thedailybeast.com/beast-board/item/296///]]></link>
            <description><![CDATA[The geniuses at W.W. Norton (by which I mean VP and Executive Editor Bob Weil) have brought the sublime Portuguese writer Antonio Lobo Antunes-one of Europe's most celebrated novelists but practically unknown in the US-to American audiences with the...]]></description>
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            <pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:33:58 -0400]]></pubDate>
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