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Escalation in Iran
Iran continues to hold British marines and sailors as the US and Iranian navies hold maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. As the crisis escalates, what are the prospects for resolution or escalation? What's the history of Anglo-American relations with an oil-rich Middle Eastern country? Also, David Hicks, the so-called Australian Taliban, is sentenced to seven years imprisonment and, on Reporter's Notebook, French presidential candidates go on the Internet for a 'Second Life.'
By Warren Olney • • 1h 0m ListenIran continues to hold British marines and sailors as the US and Iranian navies hold maneuvers in the Persian Gulf. As the crisis escalates, what are the prospects for resolution or escalation? What's the history of Anglo-American relations with an oil-rich Middle Eastern country? Also, David Hicks, the so-called Australian Taliban, is sentenced to seven years imprisonment and, on Reporter's Notebook, French presidential candidates go on the Internet for a 'Second Life.'
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3 storiesAustralian Taliban Gets Seven Year Sentence, Sort of
At Guantánamo Bay today, David Hicks was sentenced to seven years, but not before charges against the so-called Australian Taliban were modified or before Hicks' appearance underwent a remarkable transformation. Leila McKinnon covering the trail for Network Nine in Australia.
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Iran has released a videotape and three letters purporting to be from Faye Turney, the lone woman among fifteen British captives, apologizing for crossing into Iran's territorial waters. Today, a second detainee, Nathan Thomas Summers, is shown on video, once again with an apology.
Read the story36 minAvatars of French Presidential Candidates Campaign
In France, a hotly contested presidential campaign will wind up on April 11. In the meantime, the candidates are battling it out in the three-dimensional Internet fantasy world Second Life . This parallel universe allows players to construct alter-egos in cartoon form.
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