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Iran’s forced exodus

... of exile to ‘retu‘mi’hoine to their ruined country. A repatriation. prog‘amme organised jointly by 1e UNHCR and the Iranian government has sent 110,000 Afghans on'the same journey in'the past six months. Ostensibly the programme has been a success, and ...

Published: Sunday 03 December 2000
Newspaper: Scotland on Sunday
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1252 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

UK firms did not do well in the clean-up stakes in Kuwait, but there could be another chance if new fields are ..

... Enterprise Oil secured a stake South Pass, which is the largest known offshore gas field in the world. And this week, the Iranian government gave the go-ahead for foreign investors to develop the country’s richest oilfields in the Azadeghan area of southwest ...

Published: Wednesday 24 January 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 889 | Page: 29 | Tags: none

discrimination

... day. Mrs Robinson was not among their number. The bare-headed women came under much outraged pressure from both the Iranian government and the A hatless Mary Robinson greets the Pope media, and they sought support for their stance from Mrs Robinson. Which ...

Published: Sunday 25 February 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 498 | Page: 17 | Tags: none

Picture: John Rylands University Library of Manchester

... occupying Soviets. On the other hand, many of the treasures which should have been here remain in Iran and Georgia. The Iranian government hadn’t wanted to take part, and the Georgians - traditionally rivals of their southern neighbour - hadn’t been prepared ...

Published: Tuesday 06 March 2001
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 270 | Page: 45 | Tags: none

Quaid eitoys *lkle_

... last year. then, executions are carried out every Iranian forces with night-vision gog- stomping, music- filled con he Iranian government estimates Friday after prayers. glen, jeeps and bullet-proof vests. 4 . ••• gnigation. !re are two million thus users ...

Published: Sunday 25 March 2001
Newspaper: Sunday World (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1780 | Page: 35 | Tags: none

34 SUNDAY WORLD March 25. 2001 EX CE ABUSE Ex.pRINcipALAT DE Air To ABUSE INQUIRY BY JOMNE INCELGUNIII FORMER ..

... show returns to the ROS on Saturday 31 March& Sunday AO 1 2001, Iranian-style. March dawn above a shabby neigh- The Iranian government estimates Friday after prayer! Sympathy bourhood in the Iranian capital of there are two million drug users Anyone who ...

Published: Sunday 25 March 2001
Newspaper: Sunday World (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1198 | Page: 33 | Tags: none

A writer's flames of love

... no shape. It wasn't until 1998 that Robin Cook, then Britain's Foreign Secretary, was able to broker a deal with the Iranian government to remove the £1.2 million bounty from the author's head. This is the second time I have met Salman Rushdie. The last ...

Published: Sunday 02 September 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2958 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

US to bombard Afghans with food, medicine and briefings Martin Fletcher in Washington In a further effort to ..

... mostly be directed through the UN World Food Programme and other private agencies. In a major break with the past, the Iranian Government has agreed to let international agencies distribute US food to Afghan refugees in Iran. (C) The Times, London) PRESIDENT ...

Published: Friday 05 October 2001
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 637 | Page: 13 | Tags: none

No ladies please, unless you're Irish

... language of Iranian soccer fans just an excuse for keeping women out? KIM BIELENBERG reports What has come over the Iranian government? Those mellow Mullahs seem to be going a bit soft. As a soccer fan might chant on the terraces, It's all gone very ...

Published: Saturday 10 November 2001
Newspaper: Irish Independent
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Article | Words: 781 | Page: 32 | Tags: none

Tuesday In Tehran, they hate America for making them hate America ESS than an hour after Iran's football ..

... despised in such a way. Yet, the next day, without a trace of irony, the state news agency, IRNA, reported that the Iranian government had called on the United States to give up its animosity toward Iran. Just as we view the Islamic world through the ...

Published: Sunday 11 November 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Tribune
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2687 | Page: 20 | Tags: none

Iran, where football has become the perfect metaphor for change

... nation. To them, football has become the perfect metaphor for change. If Ireland beat them, you get the feeling that the Iranian government will be privately relieved. It's an awful pity they didn't beat Bahrain in October and qualify automatically. With their ...

Published: Sunday 11 November 2001
Newspaper: Sunday Independent (Dublin)
County: Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 782 | Page: 34 | Tags: none