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The widow of former Washington Post executive editor Ben Bradlee, hugs her son after his eulogy for his father during Bradlee’s funeral service at the Washington Cathedral. (Reuters)

Washington bids farewell to its editor-in-chief

by Amir Taheri | Nov 3, 2014 | Media

A “who’s who” of Washington DC gathered in the city’s National Cathedral the other day to pay their respects to Ben Bradlee. The ceremony reminded me of another occasion, in the 1970s, when I first witnessed the Washington Post editor’s personal magnetism. We were...

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A worker arranges pages of the International Herald Tribune newspaper, which is printed for the first time in Myanmar, in Yangon on September 23, 2013. (Reuters/Soe Zeya Tun)

International Herald Tribune: A Tribute

by Amir Taheri | Oct 22, 2013 | Media

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—What is in a name? Didn’t Shakespeare say that a rose by any other name would smell as sweet? So, why is it that the change in the name of the International Herald Tribune has affected me so much? The English-language daily published in...

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FILE – This Sept. 19, 2007 file photo shows the National Security Agency building at Fort Meade, Md. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

NSA broke privacy rules thousands of times per year – report

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 16, 2013 | World

Washington, Reuters—The US National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since 2008, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Most of the...