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Student protests turn violent in London Wed Nov 24, 2010 3:6PM Share | Email | Print A second mass student protest in London has turned violent with protesters complaining that the government would not pay attention to their peaceful measures. There had been a huge turnout for the demonstration - much more than the 20,000 that the organizers had been expecting, a Press TV correspondent reported from London. There were strong feelings on the march - with much vitriol targeted towards Prime Minister David Cameron and his deputy Nick Clegg. Banners and pictures particularly accused Clegg, often in unambiguous terms, of betraying students, according to the report. The students accused the Liberal Democrats' leader of breaking his party's promise to students to vote against a fee increase. The protesters chanted slogans such as, “No ifs, no buts, no education cuts”, “Ho Ho Cameron has got to go”, and Tory Scum Here We Come”. In London, violence intensified after protesters reached Trafalgar Square and police began arresting students. As the public frustration gathered pace among protesters, a group of students tried to overturn a police van, while other engaged in street battle with police. A protester told Press TV correspondent that the government and the media have been trying to induce an image of protesters that the public treat them as anarchists. “When we protested last week and it escalated into violence the media, kind of, portrayed a different image to what we were trying to communicate. So, hopefully we are trying to make the people hear our message rather than just the media,” he said. Another protestor expounded on the fact that why protests may turn violent, despite their initial peaceful nature. “Well, on the other hand, I can understand the frustration of the people who resorted to violence because there have been so many peaceful protests recently, but they have not been taken seriously by the government. So, there also needs to be shown that there is a real cause for the anger from the students”, she said. MOL/HE Read more at www.presstv.ir

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The facility Hecker visited could only produce one or two bombs' worth of material a year, it is not clear when it will be fully operational and it has been built to replace the plutonium production facilities, not add to them. The new, small light-water reactor under construction is actually not very good for producing weapons-grade plutonium.

Yes, U.S. overtures will annoy allies in the region, but not if done in concert with or through consultation with them. Yes, the administration will suffer reactionary criticism from the right for "dealing with evil" or similar screeds. But the stakes are too high to allow the long-term threats that North Korea poses to be hamstrung by near-term political scorekeeping.

President Obama has to be bold. A number of ideas about how to proceed are offered in a recent piece by Lee Sigal of the Social Sciences Research Council. These suggestions, including economic incentives and diplomatic measures such as a trip by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to North Korea and the conclusion of a peace declaration involving both Koreas and China, are a good starting point.

Sun-tzu, an ancient Chinese expert on the region, advised, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." Good advice and as relevant as ever for the United States regarding North Korea. Read more at edition.cnn.com

The woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was found guilty of committing adultery and colluding with another man to kill her husband.

"Iran's Council of Human Rights has helped a lot to reduce her sentence and we think there is a good chance that her life could be saved," Secretary General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammed Javad Larijani told Press TV.

Larijani compared the judicial system of Iran and the US, saying that "in the US, a woman killed her husband, with the aid of her ex-lover, and even though she was suffering from mental disorder, she was sentenced to the capital punishment and was executed."

He was referring to 41-year-old Teresa Lewis who was sentenced to death by the state of Virginia for plotting the murder of her husband and stepson in 2002.

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'Ashtiani's life could be spared' Mon Nov 22, 2010 8:3PM Share | Email | Print Mohammad Javad Larijani The head of Iran's Human Rights Council says there is a "good chance" that the life of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery and complicity in murder could be spared. The woman, Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, was found guilty of committing adultery and colluding with another man to kill her husband. "Iran's Council of Human Rights has helped a lot to reduce her sentence and we think there is a good chance that her life could be saved," Secretary General of Iran's High Council for Human Rights Mohammed Javad Larijani told Press TV. Larijani compared the judicial system of Iran and the US, saying that "in the US, a woman killed her husband, with the aid of her ex-lover, and even though she was suffering from mental disorder, she was sentenced to the capital punishment and was executed." He was referring to 41-year-old Teresa Lewis who was sentenced to death by the state of Virginia for plotting the murder of her husband and stepson in 2002. The same incident took place in Iran, and the woman was condemned to capital punishment, but her case is still open for further revision, Larijani added. The Iranian official said "nothing is said about the American woman, but there are lots of criticism regarding our judicial system," and this shows "how biased, unrealistic and hypocritical and malicious" this media hype about Iran is. Larijani also criticized the UN General Assembly's Third Committee resolution against Iran as illegal and discredited. Larijani explained that "the unpopularity of this resolution was completely clear," as many countries defended Iran, refusing to participate in the procedure. The resolution was passed while more than 110 countries refrained from voting in favor of it, including 44 nays and 57 abstentions. 80 members voted for the resolution. Larijani said while Canada formally drafted the resolution, the US was the "mastermind," to put pressure on Iran for reasons other than human rights. He explained that the US objectives for putting pressure on Iran were "multifold," adding that Washington's main reason behind the move was Iran's new model of democracy which is not a replica of secular Western democracy. He said Iran's model of democracy had turned the country into a leading state in the Middle East in science and technology, which led Iran to be the first country in the Middle East to have a nuclear power plant. MYA/CS/MMNRead more at www.presstv.ir

 



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