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Borzou Daragahi |
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Borzou Daragahi (born c. 1969) is a print and radio journalist and the former Baghdad bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times. A U.S. citizen of Iranian descent, he was a 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for his coverage of Iraq and led the bureau that was named a 2007 Pulitzer finalist for its Iraq coverage. He has also covered Iran, Afghanistan, Lebanon and the wider Middle East. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2005, he was a freelance journalist for a number of publications and radio outlets, including the Newark, N.J. Star-Ledger and Marketplace (radio program). He covered the build-up to the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq for the Associated Press.
After 4 1/2 years in Iraq, Daragahi moved on in 2007 to a new assignment in Beirut. On April 10, 2007, The L.A. Times started publishing a front page memoir of his time in Iraq. The article describes the tactics used by reporters working under potentially lethal conditions, and provides personal insight into the effects of terror and...... (Read more on Wikipedia)
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31 days ago |
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Iran says it will build 10 nuclear plants, beef up military - — The nation announces its plans despite international pressure and domestic dissent. — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaks at a ceremony in Tehran. The flurry of pronouncements hailing national achievements comes ahead … |
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Yemen dismisses Al Qaeda threat as 'exaggerated' - — But the U.S. and Britain, citing evidence of a viable threat, close their embassies in the Yemeni capital. — Yemeni soldiers gather near the airport in Sana, the Yemeni capital. The Interior Ministry says Al Qaeda militants are “under surveillance around the clock.” |
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132 days ago |
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Iran, world powers agree to draft deal on uranium - — Under the proposal, most of Tehran's nuclear material would be transferred abroad to be reformatted for medical purposes. The nations have until Friday to approve the plan. — Reporting from Beirut - The head of the world's atomic energy watchdog … |
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224 days ago |
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Iran's supreme leader warns protesters to end campaign of civil disobedience - — Government opponents, meanwhile, call for a national referendum to resolve the disputed presidential election. — Reporting from Beirut — Iran's supreme leader on Monday sternly warned government opponents … |
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Iran opposition leader Mir-Hossein Mousavi lashes out; 70 professors arrested - — Mousavi blasts Iran's supreme leader and state media. He says the ongoing government crackdown on post-election protests puts the nation at risk. Meanwhile, teachers who met with Mousavi are arrested. |
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253 days ago |
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Family, friends mourn Iranian woman whose death was caught on video - — Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, ‘was a beam of light’ and not an activist, friends say. The video footage of her bleeding to death on the street has turned her into an international symbol of the protest movement. |
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Iran has enough fuel for a nuclear bomb, report says - — The report by the IAEA, the United Nations' nuclear watchdog, surprises diplomats and arms control experts. Officials note that major obstacles remain to building a weapon. — Reporting from Tehran — Iran has enough nuclear fuel … |
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