Author: Michael Weissenstein
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Drifting satellite threatens U.S. cable programming
LONDON — A TV communications satellite is drifting out of control miles above the Earth, threatening to wander into another satellite’s orbit and interfere with cable programming across the United States, the satellites’ owners said Tuesday. Communications company Intelsat said it lost control of the Galaxy 15 satellite on April 8, possibly because the satellite’s…
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Quiet crackdown drains force from Iran dissidents
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media. The Iranian government has seized and detained several hundred activists, journalists and…
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Iran pledges ‘crushing’ response to U.S. critiques
EDITOR’S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.—- President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad vowed Saturday to make the U.S. regret its criticism…