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Backing of Ayatollah Khamenei lends weight to Iranian nuclear negotiations - Alaska Dispatch
“The Leader's [open] involvement in the whole process is a major shift because until now, he had never done it," says a Tehran-based analyst, speaking on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the media.
Halcro: Has Alaska's LNG ship come in? - Alaska Dispatch
In fact one oil industry executive speaking on the condition of anonymity said that even after the their economics are run, their studies are done and their Boards approve, it would still be ten years before gas was flowing.
Fed up northern Nigerians stop Boko Haram Islamists during terror act - Alaska Dispatch
The two came into the Sheka neighborhood of Kano on a motorcycle, shooting bullets into the air, according to an eyewitness who requested anonymity for safety reasons. "People in the area summoned courage and nabbed them. As they were planning to hand ...
Trayvon Martin case: Has media treated George Zimmerman unfairly? - Alaska Dispatch
Yet the drip, drip of media revelations continued Friday, with the funeral director who handled Martin's body telling CBS he saw no injuries consistent with a fight, and an anonymous source telling the New York Daily News that Zimmerman had lost a job ...
Jobs vs. environment? Rural Swedish town faces mining dilemma. - Alaska Dispatch
A villager who declined to give her name confides that there have already been some complaints. A Russian tourist said that a nearby windmill ruined its natural beauty. “Imagine what a mine would entail,” she says. Sweden has mined uranium only once ...
Less censorship for Myanmar's media? - Alaska Dispatch
At the Myanmar Times, the sole foreign-backed publication, an editor who asked not to be named, as reforms in Myanmar are still at the early stages, displayed a draft of the latest weekly edition, returned by the PSRD with red ink circling sections ...
American troops scramble to hand off last-minute security 'details' to Iraqis - Alaska Dispatch
“We'd rather them to stay,” says an Iraqi soldier, who asked to remain anonymous for personal security reasons. “We've depended on US soldiers for a long time. When they leave, we don't know how it's going to go.” The training of Iraqi security forces ...
Alaskan with Schaeffer Cox ties arrested at Canadian border - Alaska Dispatch
At her arraignment Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Fairbanks, Morgan refused to give her name to the judge, deferring instead to her attorney to perform the task. It's not the first time Morgan has been reluctant to indulge authority. ...
Alaskan with militia ties arrested trying to enter Canada with a gun - Alaska Dispatch
At her arraignment Tuesday in a federal courtroom in Fairbanks, Morgan refused to give her name to the judge, deferring instead to her attorney to perform the task. It's not the first time Morgan has been reluctant to indulge authority. ...
Two rescued from Friday plane crash in Kodiak - Alaska Dispatch
According to the employee, who declined to give his name, the plane was headed to Kodiak Airport and was about 5 minutes out when the plane went down with two passengers and the pilot aboard. According to the US Coast Guard, a Jayhawk helicopter was ...
Libyan rebels' claim on Tripoli disputed by tribal leaders - Alaska Dispatch
Waiting to install a credible government that can steer the transition period risks further instability, says a Western diplomat who asked not to be named. “That's a little bit risky because if it takes a long time [to find Qaddafi] you have this weak ...
Money to Taliban may dry up with new US transport contract in Afghanistan - Alaska Dispatch
The Afghan government and also the international community have depended on these new warlords who do not have any support from their people or the tribes,” says the owner of a construction company in southern Afghanistan, who asked to remain anonymous ...
Palin spins her Alaska narrative at Iowa State Fair - Alaska Dispatch
In fact, she answered so many questions that, according to Politico -- who was actually there and not relying on an anonymous source -- the press kind of fizzled out. Here's what Ben Smith said: By the time she trudged up a dirt parking lot to the ...
Palin dodges media soft balls at Iowa State Fair - Alaska Dispatch
In fact, she answered so many questions that, according to Politico -- who was actually there and not relying on an anonymous source -- the press kind of fizzled out. Here's what Ben Smith said: By the time she trudged up a dirt parking lot to the ...
Alaska's salmon harvest tops 38 million - Alaska Dispatch
A setnetter in the Naknek district, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said fishing has also been slow in his area. Working the setnet site with two permits, he said, their best day since they started fishing on June 14 was 17000 pounds of salmon. ...
Why Republicans are fighting for incandescent light bulbs - Alaska Dispatch
"It's going to be a close vote in the House," says one lighting industry official who asked not to be named. "Even if this bill goes down, it could end up as a rider." Contrary to claims frequently made by conservative talk radio, bloggers, ...
Can Congress compromise and defuse the national debt ceiling bomb? - Alaska Dispatch
It's a theme some other Democrats have voiced previously, but mainly speaking off the record. The high visibility and timing of these remarks at a critical point in the debt talks give them special prominence. “The result is that Republicans aren't ...
Photographer charged with feeding bears. Does Alaska have a new 'bear man'? - Alaska Dispatch
Most of them did not want to be identified. Among them are retirees from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska State Troopers. How long some of them might have been aware of what Hanger was doing is unclear, but the feeding has ...
Alaska photographer charged with feeding bears in back yard - Alaska Dispatch
Most of them did not want to be identified. Among them are retirees from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the Alaska State Troopers. How long some of them might have been aware of what Hanger was doing is unclear, but the feeding has ...
Bahrain sentences college-aged poet to one year in prison - Alaska Dispatch
She was physically and psychologically abused by security officials during the initial days of her detention, according to a person familiar with her case. Her poems questioned the parentage of the prime minister and imagined the king speaking with the ...
Missing musher Melanie Gould found alive - Alaska Dispatch
Amanda Olson, a source close to the public search that began after the official search effort was called off on June 9 and one of the administrators of a Facebook page that sprung up following Melanie's disappearance, "Have you seen Melanie Gould? ...
Horizon Lines may file for bankruptcy - Alaska Dispatch
According to three sources close to the matter who spoke to Bloomberg Businessweek, shipping company Horizon Lines Inc. is considering filing for bankruptcy, a decision the sources say may come as soon as April if negotiations with Horizon's creditors ...
Palin may make 'big announcement' on Bob and Mark show Friday - Alaska Dispatch
Hollywood Life reports the source said, "Looks like Palin might be on this Friday at 7:30 am Working out details now, but right now it's about 99 percent locked in. Gonna be a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT!” 'So what?' readers may be asking. Well, more than once, ...
Mackenzie pipeline gets cabinet approval - Alaska Dispatch
An official close to the matter told CBC on condition of anonymity that the government would try to help the private venture by working with provincial ...
Miller's paranoia at Fairbanks borough ran deeper than records reveal - Alaska Dispatch
Although Miller's former co-workers declined to be identified, they collectively offered a look back at the things Miller was saying and doing in spring ...