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Niall Ferguson Blasts Barack Obama For Failed Egypt Foreign Policy

Harvard History professor Niall Ferguson offered an articulate, detailed, and biting indictment of President Obama's handling of the crisis Egypt. To Obama's Deaf Ears ...>>>

Leila Hatami & Massoumeh Lahidji @ 37th Deauville American Film Festival

Iranian actress Leila Hatami is among the jury members of the 37th Deauville American Film Festival (Sept 3rd-Sept 12th) in France. Translator Massoumeh Lahidji hosted debate with Francis Ford Coppola>>>

Niall Ferguson Explains Why Global Economic Growth is Shifting East

British historian Niall Ferguson’s Book "The Ascent of Money" follows the human story behind the evolution of finance>>>

Anti IRI Demonstrators Bully a "Green" Activist and Burn the IRI Flag

Anti IRI groups Bully a Green Supporter for carrying an IRI Flag on his shoulders before pulling it off and burning it in Public. Location?>>>

HARD TALK: Stephen Sackur speaks to Bernard Henri Levy on his role in Libya

BBC Hard Talk’s Stephen Sackur debates with Bernard-Henri Levy on the current uprising in Libya>>>

Bill Maher - On Monarchy and State ;0)

HBO Host Bill Maher draws a hilarious parallel between the British Monarchy and the American State amidst a US political landscape which offers an even less attractive choice>>>

PRESS CALL: "Chicken With Plums" Divides Critics at Venice

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's follow-up to "Persepolis," "Chicken With Plums," slipped down a treat for some critics at a press screening Saturday where it received an ovation>>>

Niall Ferguson promotes "Civilization: The West and the Rest" on Indian TV

A Prolific commentator on contemporary politics and economics, often controversial and consistently influential historian, Niall Ferguson is interviewed by Anuradha SenGupta for CNBCTV 18>>>

MOSTRA '68: Venice Screening Premiere for Cast & Crew of “Chickens With Plums”

Graphic novelist Marjane Satrapi on Saturday presented her film Poulet aux Prunes (Chickens with Plums) a doomed love story setin 1950s Tehran at the Venice Film Festival.>>>

ROYAL FORUM: Fareed Zakaria asks «Does America Need a Prime Minister ?»

CNN's Fareed Zakaria stirs controvery with his blog post, "Does America Need a Prime Minister?">>>

PRESIDENCY ON SCREEN: Dominic Cooper takes on Saddam's son & his double

A chilling vision of the House of Saddam Hussein comes to life in »The Devil’s Double»>>>

PRESIDENCY ON SCREEN: George Clooney & Ryan Gosling in "Ides of March"

The Venice Film Festival gets underway shortly with the world premiere of The Ides of March, a thriller directed by and starring US actor George Clooney>>>

POLANSKI-REZA: Roman Polanski's "God's Of Carnage" In Line Up for Venice

Roman Polanski film based on Yasmina Reza's Tony Award-winning comedy God of Carnage, starring John C. Reilly, Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet and Christopher Waltz, will debut at the Venice Film Festival>>>

Constitutionalist Student's Views On Shah's Rule after Mossadegh's Downfall

Interesting yet debatable arguments by a young constitutionalist Iranian history student Shahram Aryan from Hamburg Germany who shares his outlook on Shah's Rule after Mossadegh's Downfall>>>

37 DAYS: Documentary on Shapour Bakhtiar's Premiership (MANOTO TV)

Manoto TV's hour long documentary on the 37 days of Shapour Bakhtiar's Premiership as Imperial Iran's last Prime Minister. Watch Here>>>