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The Nobel Committee's decision to name Iranian human-rights lawyer and activist Shirin Ebadi the 2003 peace laureate has turned her into a household name throughout Iran and the Muslim world.

Appeasement is a wrong policy

How to stabilise Afghanistan

Return of the Iraqi Baathists

Taking steps to undo Bush's policies

Is Ahmadinejad on his way out in Iran?

Civil war unlikely in Iran

Turkey must tread with care

What lies in store for Saberi?

Tehran has trouble identifying enemies

Trying to charm Khamenei

Nothing new in Obama's policy