Iran police use teargas on election protesters, witnesses say

Iranian riot police beat protesters and fired tear gas as violence erupted in Tehran today when thousands of members of the opposition movement took to the streets in open defiance of the country's supreme leader. Full Story »

Posted by Derek Hawkins
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Subjects: World
Topics: Middle East, Iran, Democracy In the Middle East
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Posted by: Posted by Derek Hawkins - Jun 20, 2009 - 10:25 AM PDT
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Edited by: Derek Hawkins - Jun 20, 2009 - 10:25 AM PDT

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Derek Hawkins
3.4
by Derek Hawkins - Jun. 20, 2009

Few quotes, but a good attempt to get as much information as possible from the ground in Tehran and put it into a news article. Informative.

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Fred Gatlin
2.8
by Fred Gatlin - Jun. 20, 2009

This story seems to take the form of a daily update of what is happening in Iran. It seems well done and reasonably accurate.

An issue with television news channel coverage is that it is disjointed and questionable in coverage due to limitation of sources and a myriad of unconfirmed reports. I fear that TV coverage is a huge disservice.

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