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60 économistes iraniens ont dénoncé dans une lettre publiée par les grands quotidiens de Téhéran, les tensions entretenues par le président M. Ahmadinejad avec les pays occidentaux et leurs conséquences, qualifiées de «critiques», sur l’économie nationale

Riot police in Harare, on the morning of Monday 27 October, descended on hundreds of women who were peacefully protesting over the delayed conclusion of the peace talks between Zimbabwe’s three major political parties.

"Iranian intelligence agents detained Esha Momeni, an activist in the One Million Signature Campaign and a graduate student doing research for her thesis on the Iranian women's movement, on 15 October 2008."

After 23-years at the helm of Reporters sans Frontières (Reporters without Borders), Robert Ménard (55) is moving to Qatar, where he will be heading the Doha Centre for Media Freedom (DCMF).