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• Bio Brief: Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei
  Iran's supreme leader has held the post for 20 years
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29 EDT
• How Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, sees the world
  Ayatollah Khamenei has preserved his view of the revolution in postelection clampdown, analysts say - but perhaps at great cost to the office he occupies.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29 EDT
• Many Iranian-American protesters fear to speak too boldly
  They want the story of their homeland told, but they worry about reprisals against relatives in Iran, as well as from pro-regime groups here in the US.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29 EDT
• Easy for suspected terrorists to buy guns in the US, report says
  One senator calls this the 'terror gap' and vows to plug it, but gun owners fear the government might use the FBI's terror list to crack down on law-abiding citizens.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29 EDT
• Supreme Court strikes a compromise to save landmark voting law
  Civil rights activists praise the court for not throwing out a key provision of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
  Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:29 EDT