Wikio - Mashad

Bahrain Air launched, Middle East low-cost (Trabber News)

Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:30:40 GMT

A new low-cost airline was launched in the Arab world, Bahrain Air. The first private carrier of the small kingdom of Bahrain, in the Persian Gulf, accepts reservations as of December 16. The first flight is scheduled for January 17 next year. For the moment the destinations are four, Dubai, Mashad, Beirut and Alexandria, [...]

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Iran chops off hands of four men (NoisyRoom.net)

Wed, 12 Sep 2007 18:22:26 GMT

From Iran Focus: Tehran, Iran, Sep. 12 – The hands of four men were chopped off as punishment for robbery in north-west Iran, state media reported on Wednesday. The prosecutor’s office in the city of Mashad identified the four men only by their initials E. K., H. F., M. D., and Q. R., according to the state-run [...]

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Charity offers roof to needy refugees in Iran (UNHCR)

Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:07:48 GMT

The spirit of charity is strong in Mashad, a holy city in northern Iran. Some 200 Afghan, Iraqi and Iranian families live in Imam Bagher township, where they receive free housing, education and healthcare, and learn skills to support themselves.

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DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN IRAN...BY IRAN. Amir Taheri ... (Daled Amos)

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 02:04:00 GMT

DOMESTIC TERRORISM IN IRAN...BY IRAN. Amir Taheri writes: Iran has just carried out the largest wave of executions since 1984.The Mashad hangings, broadcast live on local television, are among a series of public executions ordered by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad last month as part of a campaign to terrorize an increasingly restive population. Over the past six weeks, at least 118 people have...

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Iran Hangs 9, Obama Urges Dialogue (JammieWearingFool)

Thu, 02 Aug 2007 11:17:00 GMT

If we just talk to them nicely, they'll understand we come offering peace. Iran Hangs 9 Convicts, 7 Publicly, in a Crackdown on ‘Thugs’ TEHRAN, Aug. 1 — Iran held a public hanging on Wednesday in Mashad, in the northeast, of seven men convicted of rape, the ISNA student news agency reported. Two other men were hanged Wednesday in a prison in Zahedan, in the southeast, convicted of armed

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Sex work, crime and punishment: a ramble, with links (Fetch me my axe)

Tue, 19 Jun 2007 19:30:00 GMT

A shocking portrait of the world of a recently captured serial killer, who sees his killing of prostitutes as according with Islamic teaching.Over the space of a year, 16 women were murdered in the Iranian city of Mashad. Because the victims were lured into the killer's traps, the press soon called these the "spider killings." All but one of the victims had previously been arrested for prostitution...

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Afghanistan – The other Mid-East war (Otto 子's War Room)

Fri, 01 Jun 2007 04:01:00 GMT

... province bordering Pakistan. (Jihadunspun.com, May 31, Voice of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Mashad, in Dari, 30 May)." So Prez George Bush is fucking up more than just one country at a time. He's multi-tasking at fucking up the entire Middle-East. English فارسی

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