13 Dec 2007
By Tariq Ali Arranged marriages can be a messy business. Designed principally as a means of accumulating wealth, circumventing undesirable flirtations or transcending clandestine love affairs, they often don’t work. Where both parties are known to loathe each other, only a rash parent, desensitised by the thought of short-term gain, will continue with the process [...]
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13 Dec 2007
By Nazila Fathi – NYT Â Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, president of Iran, is not the first name that comes to mind when thinking of net surfers and instant messages. Yet, it turns out, the man is a blogger. Equally surprising for a leader known for a kind of thundering public presence, his blog is not especially tough. [...]
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