Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Cables Depict Heavy Afghan Graft, Starting at the Top. The author of the article calls Afghanistan a land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement are the norm and the honest man is a distinct outlier. The cables describe a country where everything is for sale. The Transportation Ministry collects $200 million a year in trucking fees, but only $30 million is turned over to the government, according to a 2009 account to diplomats by Wahidullah Shahrani, then the commerce minister. An article headlined "Iran: Arrests in Attacks on Nuclear Scientists' was published in the New York Times. Some perpetrators of the recent bomb attacks on two of the country's top nuclear scientists have been arrested. Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said the spy agencies of Israel, the United States and Britain played roles in the attack on Monday, which left one scientist dead and the other wounded.Hurriyet comments on the end of the OSCE summit in Astana. The first OSCE summit in more than a decade ended in acrimony Thursday after failing to agree an action plan to sharpen the Trans-Atlantic security group's reactions to future conflicts. The failure to agree on an "Astana Framework for Action" - supposed to be the centrepiece of the summit - was a rare blow for Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose country holds the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. The summit has also been criticized by some activists who say Kazakhstan's dubious rights record, especially on media and Internet freedoms, made it a poor choice.As for social life, Hurriyet published an article "Armenian youth become agents of change." A community-oriented volunteer program based on a program in Northern Ireland seeks to empower Armenian youth who face a lack of employment opportunities in the isolated country. The Youth Bank program, introduced by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, or EPF, in 2007 in Armenia, seeks to build the self-esteem and confidence of young people, providing them with the opportunity to acquire skills in decision-making, communication, negotiation, report-writing, event management and voluntarism, said Tatevik Markosian, EPF's communications assistant.News of culture. The Iranian information agency Press-TV reports that Iranian movie Digari (The Other) has won the Best Children's Feature Film award in the 2010 edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). he awards ceremony of the fourth APSA film festival was held in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday. The Iranian movie was directed by Mehdi Rahmani and produced by Mohammad Ali Najafi. Mohammad Reza Foroutan and Merila Zarei played the main roles in the movie. Winners are determined by an international jury which is headed this year by British filmmaker Lord David Puttnam.
World Press on Iran, Turkey and the Caucasus (Dec. 3, 2010)
The Washington Post published an article "WikiLeaks silver lining: unanimity on Iran" It says that Arab anger about Iran's nuclear ambitions has been exposed, giving the United States greater leverage in international talks scheduled for next week. According to the State Department documents, the king in 2009 told U.S. Gen. David Petraeus to stop Iran's nuclear program "by whatever means necessary," saying that "the danger of letting it go on is greater than the danger of stopping it." Appearing at a joint news conference Friday with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, the foreign minister declined to discuss the specifics of the cable but emphasized that "we've said it to Iran and we've heard it from all."
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Cables Depict Heavy Afghan Graft, Starting at the Top. The author of the article calls Afghanistan a land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement are the norm and the honest man is a distinct outlier. The cables describe a country where everything is for sale. The Transportation Ministry collects $200 million a year in trucking fees, but only $30 million is turned over to the government, according to a 2009 account to diplomats by Wahidullah Shahrani, then the commerce minister. An article headlined "Iran: Arrests in Attacks on Nuclear Scientists' was published in the New York Times. Some perpetrators of the recent bomb attacks on two of the country's top nuclear scientists have been arrested. Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said the spy agencies of Israel, the United States and Britain played roles in the attack on Monday, which left one scientist dead and the other wounded.Hurriyet comments on the end of the OSCE summit in Astana. The first OSCE summit in more than a decade ended in acrimony Thursday after failing to agree an action plan to sharpen the Trans-Atlantic security group's reactions to future conflicts. The failure to agree on an "Astana Framework for Action" - supposed to be the centrepiece of the summit - was a rare blow for Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose country holds the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. The summit has also been criticized by some activists who say Kazakhstan's dubious rights record, especially on media and Internet freedoms, made it a poor choice.As for social life, Hurriyet published an article "Armenian youth become agents of change." A community-oriented volunteer program based on a program in Northern Ireland seeks to empower Armenian youth who face a lack of employment opportunities in the isolated country. The Youth Bank program, introduced by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, or EPF, in 2007 in Armenia, seeks to build the self-esteem and confidence of young people, providing them with the opportunity to acquire skills in decision-making, communication, negotiation, report-writing, event management and voluntarism, said Tatevik Markosian, EPF's communications assistant.News of culture. The Iranian information agency Press-TV reports that Iranian movie Digari (The Other) has won the Best Children's Feature Film award in the 2010 edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). he awards ceremony of the fourth APSA film festival was held in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday. The Iranian movie was directed by Mehdi Rahmani and produced by Mohammad Ali Najafi. Mohammad Reza Foroutan and Merila Zarei played the main roles in the movie. Winners are determined by an international jury which is headed this year by British filmmaker Lord David Puttnam.
Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Cables Depict Heavy Afghan Graft, Starting at the Top. The author of the article calls Afghanistan a land where bribery, extortion and embezzlement are the norm and the honest man is a distinct outlier. The cables describe a country where everything is for sale. The Transportation Ministry collects $200 million a year in trucking fees, but only $30 million is turned over to the government, according to a 2009 account to diplomats by Wahidullah Shahrani, then the commerce minister. An article headlined "Iran: Arrests in Attacks on Nuclear Scientists' was published in the New York Times. Some perpetrators of the recent bomb attacks on two of the country's top nuclear scientists have been arrested. Intelligence Minister Heidar Moslehi said the spy agencies of Israel, the United States and Britain played roles in the attack on Monday, which left one scientist dead and the other wounded.Hurriyet comments on the end of the OSCE summit in Astana. The first OSCE summit in more than a decade ended in acrimony Thursday after failing to agree an action plan to sharpen the Trans-Atlantic security group's reactions to future conflicts. The failure to agree on an "Astana Framework for Action" - supposed to be the centrepiece of the summit - was a rare blow for Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, whose country holds the OSCE chairmanship in 2010. The summit has also been criticized by some activists who say Kazakhstan's dubious rights record, especially on media and Internet freedoms, made it a poor choice.As for social life, Hurriyet published an article "Armenian youth become agents of change." A community-oriented volunteer program based on a program in Northern Ireland seeks to empower Armenian youth who face a lack of employment opportunities in the isolated country. The Youth Bank program, introduced by the Eurasia Partnership Foundation, or EPF, in 2007 in Armenia, seeks to build the self-esteem and confidence of young people, providing them with the opportunity to acquire skills in decision-making, communication, negotiation, report-writing, event management and voluntarism, said Tatevik Markosian, EPF's communications assistant.News of culture. The Iranian information agency Press-TV reports that Iranian movie Digari (The Other) has won the Best Children's Feature Film award in the 2010 edition of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA). he awards ceremony of the fourth APSA film festival was held in Gold Coast, Australia on Thursday. The Iranian movie was directed by Mehdi Rahmani and produced by Mohammad Ali Najafi. Mohammad Reza Foroutan and Merila Zarei played the main roles in the movie. Winners are determined by an international jury which is headed this year by British filmmaker Lord David Puttnam.
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