Curbs on Iran female students take effect
International rights groups protest as 36 universities across Iran begin to ban women from 77 different majors.
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Iran Cracks Down Ahead of Election
The Iranian government has launched a crackdown before presidential elections next month, Iranians say, including disrupting the Internet, creating a cyber-surveillance unit, and canceling university classes.
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Iran shuts schools, offices in capital due to high pollution
DUBAI - Schools, universities and government offices will be closed in Iran's capital Tehran on Tuesday and Wednesday because of high air pollution, the state news agency reported on Monday.
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The Secret To Iranian Drone Technology? Just Add Photoshop
garymortimer writes "Earlier this month, Iran's news agency provided visual evidence that its government had figured out to make a fancy new drone that could take off and land vertically. What they didn't tell us is that they used Photoshop to make it stop taking off from the roof of Japan's Chiba University, which built the aircraft and never had anything to do with Iran's alleged version of it."
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Third 2012 US Presidential Debate Tonight: Discuss Here
Tonight marks the third and final U.S. Presidential debate in the lead-up to the election on November 6th. It starts at 9PM ET (6PM PT, 0100 UTC), and it's taking place at Lynn University in Florida. The topic this time around is foreign policy, including discussions of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Israel and Iran, America's role in the world, "The Changing Middle East and the New Face of Terrorism," and China's rise as a superpower. You can livestream it from the usual suspects: (C-SPAN, ABC, PBS, CNN). Politifact has posted an article fact-checking statements the candidates have made about foreign policy. Both they and Factcheck.org will be using Twitter to verify statements in real time. This presidential debate again excludes the smaller U.S. political parties. If you're interested in hearing other voices, you'll be able to see candidates from the Libertarian, Green, Constitution, and Justice parties in a debate tomorrow with Larry King moderating. As before, we're doing a separate post ...
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Iran bans women from universities
Iran has banned females from studying 77 subjects in the Islamic Republic's 36 state universities, a move that has prompted the most prominent Iranian human rights campaigner to call for a United Nations investigation.
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