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U2(Goes Green Again) 360 Tour in Paris 11 Juillet 2009 - Sunday Bloody Sunday (Video-short)

Posted Sun, 2009-07-12 17:32 by IRelec09

A short clip from Paris.

U2 360 Tour in Paris 11 Juillet 2009 - Sunday Bloody Sunday

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Iranians hold mass rally in Paris (Al Jazeera English)

Posted Sat, 2009-06-20 22:06 by IRelec09

Iranians hold mass rally in Paris: Via Al Jazeera English - Europe.

Tens of thousands of people from across Europe have rallied in Paris to show solidarity with Iranians protesting over the re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president.

Saturday's rally at Villepinte, just north of the French capital, was organised by the National Council of Iranian Resistance (NCRI), an umbrella group of exiled opposition parties.

"We have to remove the religious dictatorship and all the repressive organs [of government]," Maryam Radjavi, the leader of the movement, told the crowd.

"I declare that we, the Iranian people, are the true winners of the election that the regime organised."

Organisers said that about 90,000 people had attended the rally, including politicians from a number of countries.
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Thousands Rally Across Globe for Iranian Protesters (VoA)

Posted Sat, 2009-06-20 20:35 by IRelec09

VOA News - Thousands Rally Across Globe for Iranian Protesters: Via Voice of America.

Iranians living overseas have joined the hundreds of thousands in Iran in protesting the outcome of the June 12 presidential elections that "officially" showed a landslide 63 percent vote for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the main challenger, Mir Hussein Mousavi, coming in a distant second. The Iranian diaspora has staged rallies in recent days in London, Stockholm and The Hague - and in France.

The rally was organized by the French based National Council of Resistance of Iran, or NCRI, which has a controversial reputation but is nonetheless considered one of the largest opposition groups outside Iran.

At a cavernous stadium near the Charles de Gaulle airport outside Paris, NCRI leader Maryam Rajavi called for the end of dictatorship in Iran and for a new regime that respects democracy and human rights.
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