The arrest of Peaceful Protesters during a second day of Anti Government demonstrations in iran. The Us State Department said it urged all countries to support the iranian people and their demands for basic rights, as well as for an end to corruption. Thousands of people are said to have participated in protests on friday, including the capital tehran. People came out onto the streets in rasht, and kermanshah in the west, with smaller protests in mashhad, shiraz and elsewhere. Wyre davies reports. These are extremely rare sights. Iranian cities hit by large Anti Government protests. This is the western city of kermanshah. Despite the repressive action of the police, the protests have quickly grown and spread. Iranians have suffered tremendous Economic Hardship in the last decade with a huge fall in living standards. But what started as a protest against rising prices has grown into wide anger against strict clerical rule and irans supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. There is seethi
One takes the win. Hundreds of protestors plan to make noise with pots and pans. She tried to portray herself as a progressive democrat, she continues to go after big money. The chair of the Democratic Party says this is not the only place youll see her this weekend. Shes going to be out there at the noe Valley Farmers market this weekend. Political science Professor Robert smith says republicans are paying more attention than usual. In the republican case, the person that wins will Bernie Sanders is speaking at a conference at the vatican. Tonight, sanders First Television ad in california starts running here in the bay area. And highlight difference in fund raising. 27, average given to Bernie Sanders. That is 30 second spot runs tonight in the bay area and in los angeles, tomorrow. Now, clinton and sanders will join George Stephanopoulos sunday this week. George is bringing democrats together for a round of questioning before the new york primary. It airs here on abc7. Two weeks rep
well, not necessarily. my guest is the renowned colombian novelistjuan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political rea
my guest is the renowned colombian novelist juan gabriel vasquez, who weaves powerful stories out of fact and fiction. is there anything magical about colombia s current reality? juan gabriel vasquez, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now you inhabit two different intellectual worlds. you are a political commentator. it is yourjob to have instant, strong opinions for newspapers. on the other hand, you re also a novelist who writes complex, nuanced novels that are sort of riddled with doubt and uncertainty. which of these two mental attitudes comes more naturally to you? well, i m first and foremost a novelist. iwas. i began writing fiction at a very young age, and it was always my ideal to write the kind of novels that i had grown up with. but in south america, a novelist is also a citizen. and so you develop very quickly the need, the compulsion sometimes, the feeling of obligation to comment on the political reality. so in a sense, t
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