more bad news

Iran Removing 40 Ambassadors From Posts
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's hard-line government said Wednesday it was removing 40 ambassadors and senior diplomats, including supporters of warmer ties with the West, from their posts in a shake-up that comes as the Islamic republic takes a more confrontational international stance.

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It seems like the entire mid-east is completely out of control and is just going to get worse. The repugs always complain that we never hear the "good news" from over there - is there actually any good news in the reality that the rest of us live in?