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Stories from 2002-08-30

Iran to Delay Foreign Oil Deals

STAFF | Reuters | August 30, 2002

"Talks had become bogged down in any case because of bitter political in-fighting in Iran, tough terms demanded by Tehran, and political uncertainty after the United States included Iran on an "axis of evil" with Iraq and North Korea." [more]

Poppy Farmers Set to Defy Government

Shoib Safi | Institute for War and Peace Reporting | August 30, 2002

"With the poppy-planting season only weeks away, the Afghan authorities face a hard task persuading farmers to grow wheat instead." [more]

Uncivil Liberties

Daniel Schorr | Christian Science Monitor | August 30, 2002

"The Hamdi case asserts a novel separation of powers between the executive branch and the judiciary that is almost unprecedented. During the Civil War, the Supreme Court prohibited military detention of noncombatant Americans without appeal as long as the courts were functioning." [more]

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