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One person's storyMr. Majid Kamali
Age 23
Nationality Iran
Religion Presumed Muslim
Civil status —
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Date of execution August 25, 2009
Location Yazd, Iran
Mode of execution unspecified extrajudicial execution
Charges Unknown charge
News of the killing of Mr. Majid Kamali was published on the website of the Green Wave of Freedom on September 7, 2009.
Mr. Kamali was born on September 14, 1985 in Yazd and resided in the Imamshahr neighborhood of this city. He was arrested by security forces on August 25, 2009 at 6 a.m. and died several hours later. Some unidentified individuals brought his body to the Afshar Hospital at 2 p.m. but the hospital personnel refuse to keep the body. No other information is available.
Mr. Kamali was 23 years old.
Election returns from Iran's June 12th, 2009, presidential election declared Mahmoud Ahmadinejad re-elected with 62.63 percent of the vote. Following the announcement, citizens disputing these official results demonstrated in the streets. Text messaging services were disrupted starting at 11:00 p.m. on the night before the election and remained unavailable for nearly three weeks, until July 1st. On Election Day, the deputy chief of Iranian police announced a ban on any gathering of presidential candidates' supporters throughout the country. The same evening, security forces made a "show of strength," increasing their presence in Tehran's public squares to "reinforce security at polling stations." Officials at election headquarters began reporting results soon after midnight, despite a statement from the Minister of the Interior that the first returns would not be announced until after the morning prayer (around 4:00 a.m.).
Many supporters of other presidential candidates came out into the streets on June 13th, once the results were made public, to protest what they believed to be a fraudulent election. Candidates Mir Hossein Musavi, Mehdi Karubi, and Mohsen Reza'i, Ahmadinejad's competitors in the race, contested the election, alleging many instances of fraud. They filed complaints with the Council of Guardians, the constitutional body charged with vetting candidates before elections take place and approving the results afterwards, requesting an annulment and calling for a new election. Before the Council of Guardians could review their claims, however, the Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, congratulated Ahmadinejad on his re-election. In the meantime, many people active in Karubi's and Musavi's campaigns were arrested.
On June 15th, unprecedented demonstrations filled the streets of central Tehran, in which an estimated three million protestors participated, according to statements attributed to the mayor of Tehran. As the demonstrations were ending, paramilitary forces attacked the marchers, injuring and killing several people. To prevent such news from being broadcast, the Iranian government expelled foreign journalists from the country and banned news agencies from reporting on the events. Over the next three days, protesters took part in peaceful demonstrations in Tehran. The repression entered a new phase on June 19th after Ayatollah Khamenei's Friday sermon. The speech was understood by many, including Amnesty International, as giving "legitimacy to police brutality." The next day and thereafter, police and plainclothes paramilitary groups attacked the protesters. Public gatherings of any kind were declared illegal, and police, motorcycle-riding special units wearing black uniforms and helmets, and plainclothes agents brutally enforced this restriction.
Individuals in civilian clothing, commonly referred to as plainclothes forces, are used in the Islamic Republic to disrupt political and trade union activities, student events and gatherings, electoral initiatives, and protests. Armed with sticks and clubs, and sometimes with chains, knives, batons, or firearms, they emerge when the state decides to suppress dissent. These plainclothes forces move about freely, violently beating protesters and arresting them, while the police passively look on or actively cooperate with them.
There is little information on the command structure and organization of such groups, whose members wear ordinary clothing rather than official uniforms and may be affiliated with the ministry of information, influential political groups, or the armed forces. Following the post-election demonstrations in June 2009, pictures of some plainclothes agents were posted on internet websites. Internet users helped to identify some of them and provided evidence that these individuals were affiliated with the Basij paramilitary groups, the Revolutionary Guard Corps, and state intelligence forces. On September 16, 2009, a deputy commander of the Revolutionary Guards Corps of the Province of Tehran confirmed the active and decisive role of Basij forces in the repression of the demonstrations, saying, "Basijis, through their presence in recent events, have blinded the eyes of the conspirators, and they should be appreciated… The enemies of Islam wanted to make the air dusty and to exploit the recent events, but thank God, through the enlightenment of the Honorable Leader we were victorious against this conspiracy." He also emphasized, "The zealous youth of [the] Basij, believers in the Guardianship of the Jurisprudent, are the second and third generations of the Revolution. They have been successful in this stage and victorious on this battlefield."
When personal property was damaged during the protests, government authorities and state-run radio and television programs accused the demonstrators of vandalism and justified the repression. At the same time, however, footage posted online showed security forces destroying and damaging property on side streets and in uncongested areas away from the protests. Moreover, in a public gathering in Tehran on October 20th, the chief of Iranian police conceded that police had destroyed and damaged property and accepted responsibility for it.
The precise number of citizens injured, killed, or disappeared in the post-election violence is not known. According to various reports, there were hundreds of victims in demonstrations throughout the country. More than seventy names have been reported. It is said that officials have threatened victims' family members, demanding their silence and that they refrain from giving interviews. Reports also allege that returning a victim's body to a family has been made conditional upon their agreement to change the cause of death listed on the coroner's certificate to that of a heart attack or some other natural cause — thus foregoing the right to file a complaint — as well as the family's agreement not to hold memorial services for the loved one.
According to government statements, more than 4,000 people were arrested throughout Iran in the weeks following June 12th. Many have been held at the Kahrizak Detention Center, where prisoners' rights and minimal hygiene standards were typically ignored. Numerous reports of violence, including the torture and rape of detainees, have been published. State reports and testimonies confirm that a number of detainees at Kahrizak died in custody due to beatings, difficult and unbearable prison conditions, and torture.
Read about the courts, the judges, and the procedure.
Special courts, known as the Islamic Revolutionary Tribunals, were set up after the February 1979 revolution. Their jurisdiction encompasses a wide array of offences ranging from association with or support of the former regime, promotion of foreign influence, and enmity with the revolution to possession, use or sales of narcotic drugs, murder, and profiteering. In the 1980s, a penal court, presided over by one judge, was created to handle some of the offenses punishable by death, such as theft or adultery. These tribunals' decisions must be confirmed by a chamber of the Supreme Judicial Council.
Prosecutors and judges are not necessarily jurists. By 1981, the judiciary was purged of judges trained in law schools. They were replaced by seminary graduates and students, as well as by political appointees (an estimated 2000 by 1989). Since by law judges are only required to have a high school diploma and must be faithful to the Islamic Republic's tenets, new recruits often have little formal training in the law and are chosen because of their political affiliation.
The procedures of these ecclesiastical tribunals fail to meet the minimum guarantees for fair trial as established by international human rights instruments and by sha'ria (the Islamic system of law). In addition to executions ordered by revolutionary tribunals, extra-judicial executions are carried out, targeting dissidents and opposition leaders. In some cases, both inside and outside of Iran, these executions have been traced back to Iranian officials. It is, however, not known if in these particular cases trials are held in absentia.
Sources (Among others): Amnesty International, Law and Human Rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran, February 1980; Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights, The Justice System of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1992; E/CN.4/1989/26 p.14; UNCHR, Resolution 1984/54 , Abolition of Torture - Iran - 1; 28 November 1984; Report on the human rights situation in the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Special Representative of the Commission, Mr. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, 28 January 1987. Amnesty International, A SHOCKED WORLD WATCHES IN DISBELIEF, VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, 1987-1990. Memoirs of Ayatollah Khalkhali, religious judge and former head of revolutionary tribunals (2001), and Ayatollah Montazeri, dismissed successor to Ayatollah Khomeini (2001). UNCH, E/CN.4/1994/50, Final report on the situation of human rights in the Islamic Republic of Iran prepared by the Special Representative of the Commission on Human Rights, Mr. Reynaldo Galindo Pohl, pursuant to Commission resolution 1993/62 of 10 March 1993 and Economic and Social Council decision 1993/273. E/CN.4/1994/50, 2 February 1994.
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Read more about the pattern of extrajudicial killings ordered by the Islamic Republic authorities.
Since the inception of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979, international human rights organizations, including Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the United Nations' Commission on Human Rights, have blamed the Islamic regime for the extrajudicial killing of its opponents, both within and outside of its borders. Although over two hundred cases have been reported, the exact number of victims remains unknown.
Extrajudicial executions carried out in Iran are rarely investigated; the few cases that have been investigated have indicated that the Iranian state security apparatus has been involved. Agents of the Islamic Republic have also targeted dissidents outside the country, assassinating opposition members in the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, India, and Pakistan in Asia; Dubai, Iraq, and Turkey in the Middle East; Cyprus, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Norway, Sweden, and Great Britain in Western Europe; and across the Atlantic in the United States,.
In many of these cases local authorities have made no arrests. However, investigations, when they have taken place and been made public, have led to the single hypothesis of State ordered crimes. The organization and execution of these crimes constitute a pattern that Swiss prosecutor Roland Chatelain describes as "common parameters" following a "meticulous preparation." Similarities between different cases in different countries have created a coherent set of presumptions designating the Islamic Republic as the instigator of these assassinations. In cases involving prominent Iranians assassinated in France, Germany, and Switzerland, local prosecutors have provided evidence linking Iranian authorities to the crimes in question. In France, for example, the Iranian Deputy Minister of Telecommunications has been sentenced to life imprisonment for his involvement in the 1991 murder of two dissidents. In Germany, agents of Iran's secret services and Lebanese Hezbollah have been convicted for the 1992 murder of four dissidents in Berlin. Currently, the Islamic Republic's Minister of Information and Security at the time of this murder is under an International arrest Warrant launched by German judicial authorities for his involvement. Furthermore, the German court found that Iran's political leadership ordered the murder through a "Committee for Special Operations," whose members reportedly include the Leader of the Islamic Republic, the President, the Minister of Information and Security, and other security officials.
The Islamic Republic's officials have claimed responsibility for some of these assassinations while denying involvement in others. In the 1980s, Iranian authorities justified extrajudicial executions of dissidents and members of the former regime and actively worked for the release of Iranians and non-Iranian agents who were detained or convicted in the West for their involvement in those killings. During the 1990s, they systematically denied any involvement in extrajudicial killings and often credited the killings to infighting amongst the opposition. Still, the rationale supporting these killings was articulated as early as in the spring of 1979 when the First Revolutionary religious judge publicly announced the regime's intention to carry out extrajudicial executions. He said: "no state has the right to try as a terrorist the person who kills [exiles] in foreign lands, for this person is implementing the verdict issued by the Islamic Revolutionary tribunal." More than a decade later, in August, 1992, the Minister of Intelligence and Security publicly boasted about the success of Iran's security forces, alluding to the elimination of dissidents: "We have been able to deal blows to many of the mini-groups outside the country and on the borders...."
The right to liberty and security of the person. The right not to be subjected to arbitrary arrest and detention.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 3; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 9.1.
The right not to be punished for any crime on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a criminal offence, under national or international law, at the time it was committed.
UDHR, Article 11.2; ICCPR, Article 15, Article 6.2.
The right to freedom of thought, conscience, and religion, including the right to change and manifest one's religion or belief.
UDHR, Article 18; ICCPR, Article 18.1, ICCPR, Article 18.2; Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Intolerance and of Discrimination Based on Religion or Belief, Article 1 and Article 6.
In its general comment 22 (48) of 20 July 1993, the United Nation's Human Rights Committee observed that the freedom to "have or to adopt" a religion or belief necessarily entailed the freedom to choose a religion or belief, including the right to replace one's current religion or belief with another or to adopt atheistic views, as well as the right to retain one's religion or belief. Article 18, paragraph 2, of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights bars coercion that would impair the right to have or adopt a religion or belief, including the use of threat of physical force or penal sanctions to compel believers or non-believers to adhere to religious beliefs and congregations, to recant their religion or belief or to convert.
The right to freedom of opinion and expression, including the right to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas.
UDHR, Article 19; ICCPR, Article 19.1 and ICCPR, Article 19.2.
The right to freedom of peaceful assembly.
UDHR, Article 20; ICCPR, Article 21.
The right to be presumed innocent until found guilty by a competent and impartial tribunal in accordance with law.
UDHR, Article 11.1; ICCPR, Article 14.1 and Article 14.2.
The right to know promptly and in detail the nature and cause of the charges against one.
UDHR, Article 9(2); ICCPR, Article 9.2 and Article 14.3.a
The right to counsel of one's own choosing or legal aid and the right to meet with one's attorney in confidence
ICCPR, Article 14.3.d; Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, Article 1 , Article 2, Article 5, Article 6, and Article 8.
The right to adequate time and facilities for the preparation of the defense case.
ICCPR, Article 14.3.b; Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, Article 8
The right not to be compelled to testify against oneself or to confess to guilt.
ICCPR, Article 14.3.g.
The right not to be subjected to torture and to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
UDHR, Article 5; ICCPR, Article 7; Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Article 1, and Article 2.
The right to a fair and public trial without undue delay.
ICCPR, Article 9.3, Article 14.1, Article 14.3.c.
The right to examine, or have examined the witnesses against one and to obtain the attendance and examination of defense witnesses under the same conditions as witnesses for the prosecution.
ICCPR, Article 14.3.e.
The right to have the decision rendered in public.
ICCPR, Article 14.1.
The right to appeal to a court of higher jurisdiction.
ICCPR, Article 14.5.
The right to seek pardon or commutation of sentence.
ICCPR, Article 6.4.
The inherent right to life, of which no one shall be arbitrarily deprived.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), Article 3; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), Article 6.1; Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty, Article 1.1, Article 1.2.
The right not to be subjected to cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment.
ICCPR, Article 7; Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel Inhuman or Degrading Treatment and Punishment, Article 1 and Article 2.
The right of a person not to be subjected to the capital punishment for an offence committed before the age of eighteen. The right not to be deprived of life while pregnant.
ICCPR, Article 6.5; Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 37.a.
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The truth is that I never envisaged that the election would be this close. The president's disastrous performance in the first televised debate, and Governor's Romney's strong showing that night, put paid to my ideas about how things would play out. On that night, Governor Romney appeared to be presidential and a centrist. He undoubtedly appealed to those Americans who were only then tuning in to the campaign.
I had written and said in a number of different fora that I believed Florida would be pivotal to the outcome this year. Specifically, my view was that, if the president were to win Florida, he would prevail in an Electoral College landslide. On the other hand, if Governor Romneywere to pull off a victory there, then I believed thatPresident Obama's path to the 270 Electoral College votes he would need to be re-elected would become less straightforward, yet nearly as certain.
Needless to say, the first debate and the consequential movement in the polls in key battleground states forced me to readjust my calculus. Some commentators, particularly those who favour Governor Romney'selection, have incorrectly relied on national polls in support of their view that both the first debate and the fuller attention being paid to the candidates and the issues by the electorate wholly changed the dynamics of the race.
The first debate and the broader electorate's heightened focus unquestionably made things tighter. National polls, however, are inherently misleading in US presidential elections and the wild divergences in these polls reflect this reality. Making predictions as to a result based on national polls verges on the nonsensical.
So where does this lead me? And why do I think that Republican-leaning commentators, many of whom now believe that Mitt Romney is likely to be the next president, are wrong?
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My fundamental starting point is that the following states – in roughly counter-clockwise order from the northeast and followed by their number of Electoral College votes – can still be regarded as "in play": New Hampshire (4), Pennsylvania (20), Ohio (16), Michigan (16), Wisconsin (10), Iowa (6), Colorado (9), Nevada (6), Florida (29), North Carolina (15) and Virginia (13). The dye is fairly well cast in the other 39 states, and barring something completely unforeseen, will leave President Obama with a 10 vote lead, 201-191, over Governor Romney.
The aforementioned mix of data, math and instinct tells me the following.
Obama will win Pennsylvania and Romneywill win North Carolina. I suspect somewhat less strongly that Obamawill take Michigan and Wisconsin. I have a similarly formed suspicion that Romneywill take Virginia and New Hampshire. That would leave things at 247 votes for the incumbent and 223 votes for the challenger.
And here is where hunches come in. My hunch is that Nevada and Iowa will break for Obama. On the other side, my hunch is that Colorado and, yes, Florida will break for Romney. My Obama hunches are shaped by my sense of Nevada's demographics and by Iowa's still strong populist streak. My Romney hunches are a product, especially in Florida, of polling data and numbers I find very surprising, but which are difficult to refute, notwithstanding my contrary instincts. Governor Romney and his campaign deserve a lot of credit if this is borne out on November 6th.
They recognized, from the earliest days of the campaign, that they would need to win Florida to win the presidency. To this end, and despite tacking hard-right on just about everything else in the Republican primary, Governor Romney steadfastly defended Social Security. The comments of his primary opponent, Texas Governor Rick Perry, likening the government programme on which so many Florida-based retirees depend to a "Ponzi scheme," were a gift in this regard. Moreover, the repeated statements of fidelity to Israel and oft-touted friendship with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were meant to be heard by Florida's large Jewish community. They lean Democratic, but have never trusted the president on Israel.
IfRomney does indeed win Florida – it is far from certain that he will – it will be by a very narrow margin. And it will be due in no small part to this shrewd posturing on issues that matter to Floridians whose votes were identified at an early stage as being "in play."
A Romney victory in Florida, coupled with my other hunches being on the money, would put him in the lead by two votes, 261-259. In my analysis, Ohio would then remain to determine who will be the next president.
While polls show the two candidates in a virtual dead heat, I just can't see Governor Romney winning Ohio for two reasons. First is the extraordinary ground game and get out the vote operation that the Obama re-election team have put together there. Some elements never really went away after 2008, and media reports are that absolutely everything possible has been done to ensure that their voters, particularly African-Americans, exercise their right to vote. Early voting, which is now in full swing, will be crucial.
Second is Governor Romney'spast as a venture capitalist with Bain Capital. Hard-hitting and evidently relentless ads in Ohio highlight his complicity in the demise of companies and the concomitant loss of livelihoods of thousands of working men and women. This makes garnering the votes of blue collar workers and ethnic Catholics, whose support Romney will need to win the state, a far more difficult task.
Accordingly, as of now, my prediction is that President Obama will win 275 Electoral College votes and secure a second term. I may well be wrong. I believe, however, that my error could just as likely lie in underestimating the scale of the president's triumph as in picking the wrong winner. We shall soon see.
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McNamara31 | Dec 13, 2012, 09:25 AM EST
EamonnDublin I keep telling you...you have to turn off FOX
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jetsnoone | Nov 04, 2012, 09:47 AM EST
frosty remember what the jews did to the ukranians in the 1930s....learn something on your own rather than re-gurgitate mass media
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Frosty38 | Nov 02, 2012, 03:55 PM EDT
Why do you think
1 He picked a Congressman
2 He picked and irishman?? questionable. remember the Germans what they did to the Jews. Paul is the Irish on his Dad but he is a German on his mom
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johnshiel | Oct 30, 2012, 09:25 AM EDT
Eamonn in Dublin, you are brief, concise, and authoritative. Also correct, sez me, and here's an early and whiteknuckled toast to our mutual clairvoyance...
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BippyBellito | Oct 28, 2012, 06:23 PM EDT
The Only thing worse than Obama winning The United States presidency would be if Ted Kennedy came back from the dead. May God forbid both.
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bonjouryall | Oct 28, 2012, 10:37 AM EDT
I thought it was a thoughtful prediction on the author's part even if I don't like Obama and hope he's wrong.
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VernonC | Oct 27, 2012, 02:31 PM EDT
I don't think anything, the author is just another wishful thinker, Obama has become desperate, he's turned to personal attacks and lies, he has nothing else to offer, his tenure is a failure. Americans fell for hype and hip and that hasn't turned into leadership.
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EamonnDublin | Oct 27, 2012, 12:03 PM EDT
Hey, Larry! And what would YOU know about it? My prediction? Romney, easily. Why? Because I said so. Éamonn, Dublin, Ireland.
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tievemore | Oct 27, 2012, 02:17 AM EDT
It's down to Ohio and Wisconsin. Tough to say how this is going to break. I like Romney's chances at this point. Perhaps the next ten days will paint a different story. If Obama doesn't get a 2008-like turnout, put my nickel on Romney.
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jetsnoone | Oct 26, 2012, 10:31 PM EDT
It's all in the demographics, Larry. Ohio: does Obama have enough blacks, jews, gays and abortion-ists to get him over the top. Probaboy not but ...Nevada is differant: union members who put their job over country will probably go Obama.
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olovely | Oct 26, 2012, 07:46 PM EDT
krisdaly, strange to say, the Almighty doesn't give to figs who wins because a) he has a universe to run and b) your desires are very small to him. it looks like Obama will win again in any case.
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Towngate | Oct 26, 2012, 07:33 PM EDT
Larry: He may justscrape back in .. but will be an even more diminished President as a result.
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krisdaly | Oct 26, 2012, 01:44 PM EDT
You prediction is incorrect sir, as the Almighty will step in and Romney will be the new US President!!!!
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Madeliene | Oct 26, 2012, 11:46 AM EDT
Listen up, lib. Mass./ WE THE PEOPLE want OUR COUNTRY Restored to US! NOBAMA2012 or NO AMERICA 2013! FOOL!
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jerrydonovan | Oct 26, 2012, 11:28 AM EDT
Ohio and Nevada will settle the issue and I believe that President Obama will be re-elected.The Democrats will retain the senate with a slight increase and the Republicans will retain the house with a reduced majority.
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The African Union called on Sudan to stop its aerial bombardment of South Sudan and for both countries to cease hostilities, as an uneasy calm settled over the south Wednesday.
The African Union Peace and Security Council issued a communique with a seven-point roadmap calling for a halt to the fighting and giving Sudan and South Sudan two weeks to restart negotiations which broke down earlier this month. It gave the two nations three months to complete negotiations.
The AU also said Sudan and South Sudan should withdraw their forces from the disputed border region, keep their troops within their borders and stop supporting rebel groups in the other nation. It demanded the two neighboring countries stop issuing inflammatory statements and propaganda that could escalate the conflict. The AU also asked the U.N. Security Council to endorse the roadmap.
South Sudan won independence from Sudan last year as part of a 2005 peace treaty that ended decades of war that killed 2 million people. The two countries have drawn closer to a full-scale war in recent weeks over the unresolved issues of oil revenues and their disputed border.
Susan Rice, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations and the current Security Council president, told reporters after a meeting on Sudan late Tuesday that members had just seen the AU communique and would be consulting their governments.
Speaking for the United States, she called it "a positive and constructive contribution'' and said the U.S. will be consulting with council members "about their readiness and willingness to contemplate next steps that reflect the thrust of the AU communique.''
In a move that might ease tensions, South Sudan released 13 captured Sudanese soldiers. On their way home, the released soldiers stopped late Wednesday in Egypt, which mediated their release, Egyptian Foreign Ministry official Mohammed Morsi said. The freed soldiers were accompanied by Red Cross staffers.


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Fans have been clamoring for years, and it looks like those efforts paid off: The E Street Band will be given the Award for Musical Excellence by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at its induction ceremonies this April. Some have balked that this doesn't sound like they're really being inducted, but make no mistake – the ESB will be card-carrying members of the Rock Hall just like all the other inductees. (Well, we don't know if there's a card, but if there isn't there should be.)
Just to clarify, this is how the Rock Hall describes the award: "This category was introduced in 2000. It honors those musicians, producers and others who have spent their careers out of the spotlight working with major artists on various parts of their recording and live careers. Though they often play a key role in the creation of memorable music, the public rarely knows them by name. A separate committee selects the inductees in this category."
The ESB members are probably a little better known than most who come up for this award, given the presence of two bona fide TV stars and The Biggest Man in the World, but as a group that's never recorded on its own, this is definitely the right category for them. (See past winners here.)
You'll see them listed on the official list of 2014 inductees, along with their bio:
Bruce Springsteen formed the E Street Band in 1973, after he landed a recording contract with Columbia Records. Springsteen played with the musicians who became the E Street Band in various Asbury Park–based groups in the late 1960s and early 70s. The first lineup of the band – Garry Tallent on bass, Danny Federici on organ, David Sancious on piano, Vini Lopez on drums and Clarence "Big Man" Clemons on saxophone – logged many miles on the road, helping to establish Springsteen's legendary reputation as one of the greatest performers in the history of rock and roll. In 1974, drummer Max Weinberg and pianist Roy Bittan replaced Lopez and Sancious, and in 1975, during the recording of Springsteen's breakout album Born to Run, "Miami" Steve Van Zandt, who Springsteen had known since he was a teenager and who had been in a number of bands with Springsteen, joined the fold on guitar. That lineup of the band backed Springsteen on three of his most critically acclaimed and beloved albums: Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town and The River, and backed him live as he moved from clubs to stadiums.
When Steve Van Zandt left to pursue a solo career in the early 1980s, singer Patti Scialfa joined on vocals and Nils Lofgren, one of rock's greatest guitarists, joined on guitar, and the band backed Springsteen on his explosive worldwide tour in support of Born in the U.S.A. in 1984-85. Springsteen did not work with the band for much of the 1990s, but reunited them in 1999 in a version that included both Van Zandt and Lofgren. The band has been together ever since, and despite the loss of Federici and Clemons, retains a distinctive sound and unparalleled reputation for live shows.
Through various incarnations, the "mighty men and women" of the E Street Band, as Springsteen calls them, have provided a unique and powerful sonic template for Springsteen's music, combining British invasion guitar-driven rock, the joy of 1950s rock and roll and the drama and dynamics of soul music. They are showmen of the first order, and have more stamina than any rock band in the history of the music.
More stamina — we'll buy that! Meanwhile, for the first time ever, the ceremonies — scheduled for April 10 at Barclay Center in Brooklyn — will sell tickets to the public. That's at least ONE guaranteed Springsteen performance on American soil next year, so you may want to pony up.
Bruce may be laying (somewhat) low as he prepares for the release of "High Hopes" next month, but that doesn't mean his sidemen are resting on their laurels. In particular, Stevie Van Zandt (it's his world, we just live in it) has been ubiquitous, even for him — between Season 2 of "Lilyhammer," debuting Friday on Netflix, and the passing of Nelson Mandela sparking renewed interest in his all-star protest song "Sun City," Stevie has been in high demand. And the other E Streeters haven't been idle either.
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Of course, there's some Bruce news to be had out there — check out the below:
It can't be easy being Bruce Springsteen. Plenty of respected artists of his generation — Neil Young, Elvis Costello and Eric Clapton come to mind — get to travel down whatever creative alley they feel like with nary a blip on their fan base radar. As long as it's a new release, great! Album of covers? Songs written years or decades ago? An album called "Old Sock"? All's fair in love and music, and if it's a noble failure, there's always next time.
Springsteen, though, gets no such leeway — just take a look at the reaction to news of "High Hopes," which will come out in January and feature a mix of re-recorded outtakes, covers and new versions of songs previously released elsewhere. There's been no shortage of grousing, including (but not limited to) the following complaints:
1) This is all old stuff — is he out of ideas?
2) Tom Morello on eight tracks? What about Stevie and Nils?
3) Oh my God, COVERS?
4) The album cover art is stupid.
And while I'm usually the first one to dismiss complaints issued before an album is released (or even leaked, er, not that I'd know anything about that), I have to admit I get it, especially about the covers. Bruce Springsteen doesn't include covers on his albums! He does original, finely honed material that he labors over for months to ensure the synthesis of musical and thematic perfection! He yells "stick!" for hours on end when he hears imaginary drumstick noises on the playback! HE'S NOT LIKE THE OTHER GUYS!
And there is where Springsteen's perfectionist past comes back to haunt him. We've all heard the stories of the marathon sessions for "Born to Run" and "Darkness," the retakes, the winnowing down, the thematic scrutiny. He hasn't worked that way in years — not really — and yet he carries with him this reputation as a singular perfectionist for whom every release must be a potential masterpiece. How he lives with those expectations is, frankly, beyond me — I don't think I could get out of bed in the morning. I have enough trouble as it is, and nobody expects anything of me.
I'd argue, though, that it's fortunate for us that it doesn't seem to faze him. I'd love for every album to be brilliantly conceived and executed as much as the next fan — but not if it means three years between releases. That's a much longer time when you're 63 than when you're 27, and Bruce seems to be working with that in mind: If he doesn't put out his albums of big-band folk songs, homages to '60s melodic pop or interpretations of obscure covers now, then when? Even if it's not entirely original material, he's shown in his concerts that his take on old songs and genres is always worth hearing — why not in the studio too?
I still say that Springsteen has more to say about the way we live today than most artists working, and did so ingeniously as recently as 2012 with "Wrecking Ball." I also thought 2007's "Magic," as a stinging indictment of the Bush years, was one of the best and most important works of the decade. I wouldn't classify "Working on a Dream" the same way, and probably won't for "High Hopes" either — but I'm also not prepared to start wailing and rending my garments over it. Instead I'll appreciate them for whatever pleasures they do offer; I'd actually argue that "WOAD" had more than its share, contrary to popular opinion, and I bet "High Hopes" will too.
Generally, I lean toward being grateful that Springsteen, wading toward the mid-way point of his seventh decade on the planet, is proving more willing to take unexpected detours down unexplored alleyways. It may mean we'll never see another "Born to Run," but we've already got the first one, which is more than enough. I'd rather see Bruce permanently removed from the pedestal his fans tend to place him on, so he can wrestle his various muses to the ground and see what it yields — brilliant cohesive works and offbeat side trips both. And yes, even the noble failures.
Like those album covers. Gotta concede that one.
What are your thoughts on "High Hopes" — looking forward to it like any Springsteen release, or does the mix of old songs and covers leave you cold? Leave your thoughts in the comments.
By now you know Springsteen's 18th studio album High Hopes is coming Jan. 14, just weeks before he kicks off another set of tour dates in Australia and New Zealand.
In typical Springsteen fashion – which is anything but typical – confirmation of the long-rumored album came late last night from Springsteen's Twitter account, and more details have emerged this morning. Our friends at Backstreets have a good rundown of the origins of the tracks, which includes covers, reworkings of older songs and some new tunes. We'd heard all along that Bruce was recording in Australia with Morello, who plays on the majority of the album, but it also includes tracks recorded in New Jersey, New York, Los Angeles and Atlanta. He and Ron Aniello co-produced the album, with Brendan O'Brien co-producing a couple of tracks.
Of those songs unfamiliar to fans, "Harry's Place," an outtake from The Rising, is one that has drawn more than a few giggles when you consider "Mary's Place" made the cut for that album. But if you missed this 2002 "Nightline Up Close" segment (thank you, @sanjivapersad) in which Bruce sat down with Ted Koppel to discuss, among other topics, his notebook from The Rising era, it's worth checking out. In it, he reads the lyrics to "Harry's Place."
Amazon is also offering a limited edition bonus DVD of the E Street Band performing the entirety of Born in the U.S.A. in London during the Wrecking Ball tour, which is available for pre-order.
Perhaps most interesting to me is that Springsteen's mantra since the Big Man Clarence Clemon's death in 2011, "Clarence doesn't leave the E Street Band when he dies. He leaves when we die," seems truer than ever. According to the press release, both Clemons and organist Danny Federici, who passed away in 2008, appear on several songs.
It certainly doesn't sound like a typical Bruce Springsteen album, but on the heels of officially announcing his new single, the Havalinas cover "High Hopes" — out officially today, along with a downloadable version of his recently recorded studio take on "Dream Baby Dream" — comes word of High Hopes, his 18th studio album, due out Jan. 14 and now available for pre-order on iTunes.
Following several weeks of rumor and speculation, and more than one supposed "leaked" track list, here's the track listing for Bruce's latest release, an unusual mix of songs written years ago — studio versions of songs previously played live, or in some cases outtakes that have never seen the light of day – obscure covers, and some new originals.
Judging from the already vociferous reaction in some quarters, there's no shortage of fans upset, or at least concerned, about the apparent mish-moshy nature of the contents of High Hopes – once again Bruce seems cursed by his now-ancient reputation for laboring over an album until it's a potential masterpiece. If a notoriously eclectic and prolific artist like Elvis Costello put out an album with this kind of mix, people wouldn't bat an eye, and would probably be psyched to hear it. But Bruce Springsteen apparently isn't allowed to put out quirky little albums without everyone getting all uptight about it. Harumph.
Anyway, it's probably not a bad idea to listen to it before passing judgment. Check back here for news, previews and reviews as the release date approaches!
Note: Blogness correspondent Kim Tschida Petters took in the Jake Clemons/Garland Jeffreys show in Minneapolis Nov. 15, and was nice enough to file this report.
"Hail Hail Rock and Roll" seemed to be the mantra Friday night at the Cedar Cultural Center in Minneapolis: a double bill with Jake Clemons opening for Garland Jeffreys.
I was excited to see Jake perform songs from his new EP, "It's On." As he toggled among the guitar, the saxophone and the keyboard I was happy to see a young artist and his band making their way. The songs are powerful and engaging and his stage presence welcomes you.
I couldn't help but think what it must be like going from a stage that faces 60,000 people who scream at your moves to a room of maybe 200 people who are sitting in folding chairs as though they are watching a movie. Perhaps this is what impressed me the most – Jake and his band still gave us all of their energy. They were excited and that was obvious.
The alt/rock songs are strong and a bit edgier when performed live, and this 45-minute set was the perfect rock sneak peak into what is to come from Clemons. Not to mention the perfect opening to a night with Garland Jeffreys.
From the moment Jeffreys, the 69-year-old NY-based rocker, stepped on stage he commanded and delivered his song, and his anthem. Styled in black pants and a black sequined shirt, Jeffreys played songs from his new album, "Truth Serum," as well as favorites from his long and prolific career.
His energy is inspiring and his voice is mesmerizing and strong. As he sang "I used to be a contortionist" and moved about the stage, I had to wonder if it might be true. He jumps into the audience, engaging them as he goes along. Then back to the stage for more.
Garland's star began to rise after the release of the single "Wild In The Streets" and its follow up album, "Ghost Writer." Although there have been no major hits for him, he has continued to release critically acclaimed records like "American Boy & Girl" and "One Eyed Jack." At the Cedar he performed like a star, playing many songs from his album "Escape Artist."
I must confess I'm rather new to the music of Garland Jeffreys but knew somehow that a transformation was about to take place. That somehow in that room of 200 people and a rock and roll band – I became the lucky one. The new one in the know. "Rock and Roll saved my life and saved my soul!" Jeffreys belts out – that is what this night is about as he conveys tales of race, of growing up in New York, and his long friendship with Lou Reed.
Tireless and energized, he brings the streets of New York into this Minneapolis night. There is no refrain as he delivers "Coney Island Winter," "Modern Lovers" and "Mystery Kids." Not to mention the power of "'Til John Lee Hooker Calls Me."
Something magical happens when an artist like Jeffreys performs and "Rock and Roll Music!" transforms.
For more on Garland Jeffrey's tour, visit garlandjeffreys.com. For info on Jake Clemons' appearances and new EP, visit jakeclemons.com.
Your read earlier about the rampant speculation that tends to take the place of a targeted public relations campaign when Bruce Springsteen prepares to release new material — and with the recent rollout of "Dream Baby Dream" and "High Hopes," speculation has turned to the idea of a Bruce Springsteen covers album.
Whether this is a good idea or not is a subject for debate: Personally, after hearing "High Hopes" (posted earlier today to MOG before being summarily withdrawn, no doubt after the firing of an unfortunate intern), I'm warming to it. After all, the current incarnation of the E Street Band has shown it can inject new life into pretty much anything on the concert stage, and "High Hopes" suggests they could do it just as well in the studio. If a new original album isn't in the cards at the moment, a covers disc would be a fine souvenir of the band's latest lineup.
But what songs to include? There's the rub. Our poll below lists 21 songs Springsteen has fooled around with in concert to great effect, and you can choose up to three you'd like to see get the studio treatment. And if your favorite is missing, or you have a dream song you'd love to hear by the ESB, add those in the "Other" field at the end. Results later this week!
Take Our PollAren't you glad Bruce Springsteen isn't one of those artists who announces everything months in advance? You know, those artists listed in the "Fall Music Preview" of Entertainment Weekly, with neat little release dates for their albums that you can mark with a big "X" on your calendar? That's so everybody-else-in-the-music-industry, but not our boy Bruce. He likes to keep us guessing.
Hence our current (all too familiar) situation, where we have one precious scrap of information — a new single coming next week, a cover of the Havalinas song "High Hopes," already recorded once by Springsteen in 1996 — and lots and lots of speculation. Is it the first single off a new album? Part of a "Tracks 2″ compilation? A digital only release? Did someone hack into the Danish music service Wimp and plant it there as a ruse? Is our existence actually a simulated reality created by sentient machines to subdue the human population? I say: All of the above!
I don't blame this on an incompetent publicity machine (although granted, somebody at Springsteen Inc. was responsible for this), but rather on Bruce's I-will-sell-no-wine-before-its-time attitude to his new releases — the music isn't ready until it is, and when it is he gets it out there, well-orchestrated publicity campaign be damned. (Hence the official "announcement," which is basically just the cover art.) Meanwhile, intentional or not, the frenzied social media rumor fest certainly doesn't hurt in terms of drumming up anticipation, even if we do get the occasional Arcade at Night fiasco as a result.
So what of "High Hopes"? First of all, I can't be the only one who thought of this when I first saw it pop up on the setlist from Australia last March:
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You can thank me later for putting that in your head. Of course, the actual song is a bit bouncier, and perfectly suited for the new XXL version of the E Street Band — Springsteen's interaction with Everett Bradley in the Australia clip is priceless:
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No denying it's a fun number. But that said, if the new single — likely recorded with Tom Morello during the much-mentioned Australia recording sessions this year, but of course we have no idea — is in fact the harbinger of a new studio album, it would be the first time a regular Springsteen release (his Seeger Sessions work excepted) featured a cover. Combine that with the fact that it's a previously recorded cover and it's reasonable to fear we might be in store for a quickie release to justify future touring — maybe a covers-only effort. Good for those of us eager to see him again, maybe not so good for people who feel like every Springsteen album should at least make an attempt at being a perfectly crafted, original masterpiece.
If it's part of a "Tracks 2," though, that's potentially a better option — Springsteen's archive material is always fascinating, and it would buy him time to let a new album percolate a little longer.
In the end, though, let's face it — we love to keep guessing. And as I've said many times, given his track record I'll trust the man to make the right decisions regarding his music and how and when he decides to get it to us. After all, would you want him to be like U2, announcing their album six months ahead of time and even announcing the first commercial for the album with months to spare?
UPDATE: Now Billboard is speculating about a new album, citing the ever-reliable "sources."
UPDATE UPDATE: If you're in the USA you can (for some reason) listen to Springsteen's new single "High Hopes" on MOG. Spoiler alert: It's good! (Lots of horns and drums and Morello guitar.)
After a day of rumors, it's finally official! Bruce Springsteen's newest single, High Hopes, will be released on November 25, 2013. High Hopes was originally released by Scott McConnell's band The Havalinas in 1990, and Springsteen covered it for the B-side of his 1996 EP Blood Brothers.
The song was resurrected in March 2013 during the Wrecking Ball tour in Australia. Now the question remains: Will the new album be Tracks 2 or a collection of covers? Only time will tell! In the mean time here's High Hopes from March 20, 2013 in Sydney, Australia.
It's that time again — the tour's behind him, and Bruce Springsteen will start showing up in various and sundry locations strumming his guitar and looking generally ready to hit the road again. And tomorrow, you'll be able to watch him do it — there's a live stream coming for the annual Stand Up For Heroes fundraiser in NYC, where Bruce breaks out a new dirty joke every year.
And we're not saying he'll show up — because who knows? — but tickets are on sale now for New Jersey's Light of Day shows in January as well.
There's also been some interesting movement on the part of Springsteen Inc. in terms of getting new music out to his hungry fans — Springsteen's cover of "Dream Baby Dream," used with his memorable fan thank-you video, is now on Spotify (although a downloadable version would be nice, hint hint), and other pro-shot official videos from the Wrecking Ball tour continue to trickle out, including a killer version of "Local Hero" from Leeds.
Maybe a sign that something (anything?) new might hit the shelves soon … Or maybe not. (He does have a South African tour to get ready for, after all.) But keep 'em coming at any rate, Bruce — and in the meantime we'll keep ourselves occupied with other important Springsteen links from around the web:


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Injuries and Diagnosis
May 19th, 2009 | by Ray Flowers |Tuesday has been yet another day of injury reports, sprinkled with a bit of info about player performance. In what follows, my analysis will fall along those lines as well.
Jose Contreras has hurled 15 scoreless innings at Triple-A since he was sent down to work on things. Just goes to show you how large the gap is between the majors and the minors cause I really don't think he has turned back the clock 10 years in a mere two weeks.
Mike Fontenot is 1-for-29 of late to drop his average down to .204. So much for him building on a 2008 that included a .304 average, nine home runs and 40 RBI in just 243 ABs. In fact, Fontenot has been out-produced by lightweight Ryan Theriot who has gone deep as many times as Fontenot, five, while producing one more RBI (18) while hitting .294. That's why they play the game folks, and the bottom line is that even when you have all your ducks in a row, it doesn't always work out like you would expect it to (Theriot entered the year with seven home runs in 1,264 at-bats).
Vladimir Guerrero is hopeful of returning from his injured pectoral muscle soon, perhaps as early as next Monday. When he returns he will likely be limited to the DH spot, that is if his rehab work goes well this weekend. As for the team's pitching staff who recently got back John Lackey and Ervin Santana, there is potentially more good news on the way as Kelvim Escobar(shoulder) is nearing his first rehab appearance of the year next week. He hopes to be able to throw upwards of 60 pitches in the outing. He is hoping to return as a starter, but even if the club eventually decides to slot him as a reliever, his return would not only provide an emotional lift to the club, his right arm could also present favorable returns if he can return to unleashing the filthy stuff that has been his calling card.
Noah Lowry will have another surgery, this one ending his 2009 season. Apparently he will have a rib removed in the same type of procedure that Jeremy Bonderman underwent last season (thoracic outlet syndrome). According to Lowry's agent this condition has essentially gone undiagnosed for about two years, and this procedure should finally fix what ails the lefty hurler after years of failed attempts including other medical procedures. I wish him all the luck in the world, but it remains to be seen if we will ever see him on the field in the majors ever again, the same situation that may have befallen A's third baseman Eric Chavez who might have to end his career because of a herniated disc in his back as there is concern that any further baseball related damage could hinder his quality off life moving forward.
Carlos Quentin missed a third straight game because of his heel injury on Tuesday. With Brian Anderson back off the DL, could Quentin be headed to it soon?
Joakim Soria threw on Tuesday for the first time since hitting the DL on May 7th. Obviously that means he will not be ready to go when eligible on Saturday as he only threw off of flat ground. Reports are positive and this news still means that he will likely be back by next week, but continue to look for Juan Cruz to be the man they turn to in the ninth inning for the rest of the week. Speaking of Cruz, his 13 to 10 K/BB ratio is awful and well below his normal 1.99 K/BB rate. Why? The main reason is that his K-rate has plummeted from over 12 per nine the past two years to 6.27 this season. He is still throwing as hard as ever (94.1 mph is his average fastball speed), so expect his K-rate to rise no matter what role he fills moving forward.
I said it on the podcast his morning, and I'm feeling even more secure in the statement I made. Joey Votto's dizziness continues on without an explanation, and it's looking more and more like a DL stint is coming. He might avoid it, he last played on May 16th, but even if he doesn't end up on the DL it looks like this week is pretty much shot, not to mention it remains to be seen how he will fair once he returns because it's not like you can hit a baseball when you are even slightly dizzy.
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Going for the Gold Standard?
There's an article in USA Today about returning to the gold standard. The timing of this article is so ironic because it wasn't until last week that I had even heard about the gold standard. My dad brought home this totally cool thing that a billionaire named Sam Zell sent him. It's a "moving sculpture" of an old mine. A miner in a cart goes around the sculpture to a song titled "Give Me That Old Solid Dollar." It's about having faith in the U.S. dollar, not printing too many dollars, and how we need to keep the government on top of all this.
When I read the headline in USA Today, Should We Return to the Gold Standard?, I thought everybody should listen to Sam Zell and get to know his song. The gold standard means tying the value of the U.S dollar to the price of gold. When this is done, a country can only print the amount of money that is equal to the amount of gold it owns. The U.S. had the gold standard until 1971 when Richard Nixon finally got rid of it, but according to the article it ended for most people in 1933, when the government no longer allowed individuals to redeem dollars for gold.
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I love listening to Sam Zell narrating his moving sculpture. This is what Mr. Zell, capitalist, entrepreneur, and an American, says…
"The confidence in paper currency is predicated upon the belief that the economic might of a country is sufficient collateral for its currency. There is an unsaid bargain here: we won't back our currency but we will be prudent so as to preserve value.
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An Ards Mini Parent Committee has formed in recent weeks, the parents will take the lead in fund raising and social events for the minis.
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There is a growing trend in looking back and reflecting on the past and it was great to see the legendary 'Auld Hand' patrolling the touchlines at Hamilton Park last Saturday. The aforementioned scribe has often remarked on halcyon days at the home town club to great effect. Many of his wonderful teammates were in attendance such as Billy Shaw, Ivan Coffey, Billy Dickson, Neville Edgar et al and we wonder if the younger generations will ever match their passion and long term commitment to the club View Item »
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