Freedom Movement

...98.2% had voted in favor and Khomeini declaring the result a victory of "the oppressed ... over the arrogant." On June 18 1979, the Freedom Movement released its draft constitution for the Islamic Republic that it had been working on since...

In this article: Abolhassan Banisadr, Islamic Republican Party, Islam, Iran, National Democratic Front, MPRP, and Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari

Let me preface this column with logic: The MLS Players Union will not strike. It's too risky. Both the players and the owners understand their relatively small sports league can't survive a work stoppage, let alone continue its upward trend...

In this article: Don Garber, FIFA, Fifpro, Will Hesmer, Columbus Crew, NHL, and Canada

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after facing pressure to speed up resettlement of thousands of Tamils displaced by war.

In this article: United Nations, Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, Ban Ki-moon, and Sarath Fonseka

The United States on Monday defended the Dalai Lama's right to free movement after China protested over his visit to a region near India's border with Tibet. The Dalai Lama "is primarily an internationally respected religious figure,"...

In this article: Dalai Lama, India, United States, Tibet, China, Arunachal Pradesh, State Department, Lhasa, and Sydney

Academics like me who form part of ENCASA (Emergency Network of Cuban American Scholars and Artists to Press for Change in U.S.-Cuba policy, www.encasa-us-cuba.org) fully endorse and strongly support approval of the Freedom to Travel to Cuba...

In this article: Cuba, United States, Democracy, National Press Club, University of Miami, The Miami Herald, and U.N.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) - The U.N. humanitarian chief says Sri Lanka's decision to release Tamil refugees confined to government camps is good news but the United Nations is concerned about how they are being returned home. John Holmes, who...

In this article: United Nations, Sri Lanka, and Detainee

MIAMI (Reuters) - Major League Soccer's players are demanding significant changes to the way their league is organized as part of contract negotiations now entering a critical phase. MLS is notably different from most leagues in the world...

In this article: FIFA, Fifpro, Don Garber, USA, and Reuters

CRIMINALS are taking advantage of the slow pace of harmonising criminal justice law across the EU, the country's top prosecutor warned yesterday. Director of Public Prosecutions James Hamilton said the justice system had not kept pace with...

In this article: European Union, Waterford Institute of Technology, Michael McDowell, and Britain

By Dipankar De Sarkar, London, Nov 27 : Amid a sharp downturn in relations, Britain has decided to block Sri Lanka's bid to host the next Commonwealth summit, saying Colombo had breached Commonwealth values in the way it conducted a war...

In this article: Britain, Mahinda Rajapaksa, London, Colombo, Tamil Tigers, Gordon Brown, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan army, and UN

UNITED NATIONS -- A key U.N. committee expressed "very serious concern" Thursday at widespread reports of torture and other grave human rights violations in North Korea and strongly urged the government to put an end to the violations.

In this article: United Nations, North Korea, European Union, Japan, United States, Xenophobia, and Sweden