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IREX staffer Haratounian wrongly imprisoned for spying in Iran

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While much of the US media has focused on the recent release of Roxana Saberi after being falsely accused of spying in Iran, other cases similar remain unresolved. Haratounian's attorneys are now in the last phase of her appeal, as reported by the Huffington Post. 19, 2009, she was sentenced to three years in jail.

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Jon Husband, Guest Post: The New Realities of Engagement – Stories That Drive Action Planning and Implementation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

People take the ideas and start to do things with the idea – this phase is crucial in a new paradigm. A Tweet this week on Iran and on the conventional news coverage there. International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). . honoured with over 60 international awards for various TV programs he has produced.

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Kevin Danaher of Global Exchange Talks about the Global Citizen Center

Have Fun - Do Good

There are people in positions of power in places like Iran and Washington, D.C. So we figured that if we did a weekend event, The Green Festival, that would get us to know this green economy movement, build some credibility. That's really what it is about. It's about the belief system. who have a spirituality that rejects science.

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