# 1999: Newspaper articles archive

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> 1999:
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> 1999
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> Most articles mirrored from the University of Georgia Bahá'í news archive [archive.org]. The contents of these items are copyrighted material and copyright restrictions apply, but they qualify for inclusion here under Fair Use, Educational, and Non-Profit exemptions.
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> December 31, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
> Peace Bell rings in New Year for Tristaters...
> December 30, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Post
> World Peace Bell is celebration centerpiece...
> December 30, 1999 -- The Christian Science Monitor
> E.T. Ray of Ogden, Utah, asks, 'Whatever happened to...?'...
> December 30, 1999 -- Hsi Lai Temple
> Hsi Lai Temple: Millennium Interfaith Prayer Service; A Call for World Peace and Social Harmony...
> December 29, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
> Annual peace service adds justice to theme...
> December 23, 1999 -- The Daily Telegraph (UK)
> Faith, hope and clarity at Dome...
> December 23, 1999 -- Reuters
> U.S. Adds Religious Freedom to Old Sanctions...
> December, 1999 -- Guinness World Records 2000
> LARGEST RELIGION WITHOUT RITES...
> December 23, 1999 -- Bergen Record Corp.
> Bahá'ís seek a recognition of their faith...
> December 20, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
> DESPITE DEATH SENTENCES, STUDENTS STILL SUPPORT KHATAMI...
> December 19, 1999 -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
> Delhi residents plead for world peace...
> December 19, 1999 -- The Guardian (UK)
> Have faith and pass the Bofors gun...
> December 17, 1999 -- India Times
> Discourses on religion and philosophy...
> December 12, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
> Protecting Human Rights...
> December 11, 1999 -- Hindustan Times
> Need for more progress on human rights...
> December 11, 1999 -- Naples Daily News
> Faith Matters: A nation of multiple-choice religions...
> December 10, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
> Albright Human Rights Day Statement...
> December 09, 1999 -- London Telegraph
> The Dome is meant to please everyone but, as the Faith Zone demonstrates, to do so entails 'an infernal battle'...
> December 07, 1999 -- Times (London)
> Caution against aping 'the worst of the West'...
> December 06, 1999 -- Times of India
> Caution against aping 'the worst of the West'...
> December 03, 1999 -- The Guardian (UK)
> It is time to forget Iran's past and look to its future...
> November/December, 1999 -- Utne Reader
> Alternative Holidays, Carpe Diem, Bahaullah's Birthday...
> November/December, 1999 -- The Human Rights Watch
> HRW World Report 1999: Iran: Human Rights Developments...
> November 28, 1999 -- Guardian (UK)
> It's time to be friends with Tehran...
> November 23, 1999 -- The Red & Black
> Bahá'í faith stresses teachings of unity, oneness of mankind...
> November 19, 1999 -- ABC News
> UN panel rebukes Iran on human rights violations...
> November 18, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Tehran-London Ties Will Help Expand Iran-West Relations...
> November 13, 1999 -- Naples Daily News
> Faith Matters: Whose faith are we listening to? ...
> November 08, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
> WHISTLING IN THE DARK...
> November 08, 1999 -- Washington Post
> Pope's India Visit Ends on Note of Unity...
> November 07, 1999 -- National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of India
> Bahá'ís Address to the Pope in India...
> November 07, 1999 -- BBC
> Pope defends conversions in India...
> November 03, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Copithrone's Report on Iran to Serve None But Oppressors and Arrogant Powers...
> October-December 1999 -- One Country
> In Atlanta, basketball helps get youth off the streets and into their studies...
> October-December 1999 -- One Country
> In South Africa, the world's religions gather for dialogue and action...
> October 30, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> President Khatami Returns Home, Demands Eradication of Discrimination Against...
> October 16, 1999 -- Desert News
> China 6 others accused of religious persecution...
> October 14, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
> Indyk Remarks to the Asia Society on US-Iran Relations Oct. 14...
> October 08, 1999 -- Middle East Times Egypt
> U.S. cites five nations for religious persecution...
> October 07, 1999 -- Reuters News Service
> Iran rejects U.S. charges of religious persecution...
> October 07, 1999 -- ABC News
> Iran rejects U.S. charges of religious persecution...
> October 06, 1999 -- ABC News
> China, 6 other nations subject to religious freedom sanctions...
> October 06, 1999 -- ABC News
> Seven countries said to be 'severe' violators of religious freedom...
> September, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
> Religious groups participate in many activities this fall...
> September 27, 1999 -- PRNewswire
> San Francisco Culture of Peace Festival...
> September 23, 1999 -- Amarillo Globe
> Tolstoy's musings food for thought...
> September 23, 1999 -- Orlando Sentinel
> Women of diverse faiths unite to share spirituality...
> September 20, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
> JUDICIAL OBSCURITY THREATENS START OF ACADEMIC YEAR...
> September 20, 1999 -- U.S. Newswire
> Coalition Urges Congress, President to Pay UN Debt...
> September 19, 1999 -- Infoseek News
> Iran rejects U.S. report on religious intolerance...
> September 13, 1999 -- Iran Press Service
> A CLERIC JUDGE SAYS ARRESTED IRANIAN JEWS ARE ISRAELI SPIES...
> September 12, 1999 -- Reuters
> Iran rejects U.S. report on religious intolerance...
> September 10, 1999 -- Anniston Star
> Study shows religious persecution is still a problem...
> September 10, 1999 -- Yahoo
> U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
> September 10, 1999 -- Reuters
> Report: Religious persecution widespread...
> September 10, 1999 -- Athens Newspapers
> Report: Religious persecution widespread...
> September 10, 1999 -- Boston Globe
> Religious persecution prevalent, US reports...
> September 10, 1999 -- San Jose Mercury News
> Religious intolerance cited around world...
> September 09, 1999 -- New York Times
> Highlights of Persecution Report...
> September 09, 1999 -- Straits Times (Singapore)
> How the past reminds the present of its origins...
> September 09, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
> U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Iran...
> September 09, 1999 -- The Associated Press
> China Said Prohibitive on Religion...
> September 09, 1999 -- ABC News
> U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
> September 09, 1999 -- International Herald Tribune
> U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
> September 09, 1999 -- Associated Press
> Highlights of persecution report...
> September 09, 1999 -- Associated Press
> U.S. Studies Religious Persecution...
> September 07, 1999 -- Reuters
> For Many, New Year's Is Double Date Night...
> September 06, 1999 -- London Telegraph
> Carey may lead prayers at Dome in compromise...
> September 05, 1999 -- LA Times
> For Many, New Year's Is Double Date Night...
> August 12, 1999 -- Athens Banner Herald
> Bible classes in public schools sanction one religion...
> August 11, 1999 -- Die Welt (German)
> Religionsfreiheit ist ein Grundrecht der Menschen...
> August 06, 1999 -- Oregon Alive
> Performing for peace and unity...
> Bible classes in public schools sanction one religion
> July, 1999 -- World Council of Churches
> Religion Fueling Conflict or Fostering Peace...
> July, 1999 -- Le Monde (French)
> LA FOI BAHA'IE CONTRE LES FANATISMES...
> July 28, 1999 -- Atlanta Bahá'í Community
> Messengers of the Dawn visit Norcross...
> July 23, 1999 -- African National Congress News
> INTER-RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET TO COMBAT CRIME AGAINST WOMEN...
> July 16, 1999 -- Many Faces of the Spirit
> Welcoming the Stranger; "Many Faces of the Spirit" Conference...
> July 06, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
> Iranians Bridging Cultural Gaps in Beverly Hills...
> July 05, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Propagation for Bahaism in Le Monde...
> June 28, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Religious Minorities Not Different From Other Iranian Citizens...
> June 27, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Anti-Revolutionaries Hold Protest in Bonn...
> June 21, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
> Iran News...
> June 21, 1999 -- International Herald Tribune
> Indicators for Developing Countries Show Some Unexpected Declines...
> June 19, 1999 -- Berliner Morgenpost (German)
> Mohammad Chatami ist ein Hochstapler...
> June 19, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
> Picnic's an ethnic, racial mix; Warren group promotes unity with events...
> June 7, 1999 -- Star Telegram
> Many faiths worship in Northeast Tarrant County...
> June 7, 1999 -- Jerusalem Post
> Bahá'í Studies chair dedicated in Jerusalem...
> June 06, 1999 -- Jerusalem Post
> Behaviour of the Churches is not what Somhlolo expected...
> June 3, 1999 -- Athens Banner Herald
> UGA task force wins Bahá'í diversity award...
> May 30, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Anti-Iran Propaganda by Supporters of Bahais in Europe...
> May 29, 1999 -- CNN Interactive
> NEWSLINK: Read about the Bahá'í faith, which today observes the anniversary of the death of its prophet and founder...
> May 29, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
> Bahá'í Faith to Honor Intergroup Harmony...
> May 28, 1999 -- The Atlanta Bahá'í Information Center
> Bahá'ís rally in Marietta for Race Unity Day...
> May 27, 1999 -- USA TODAY
> Bahá'í Faith to Honor Intergroup Harmony...
> May 24, 1999 -- Philadelphia Inquirer
> Racism workshop seeks to heal...
> May 23, 1999 -- The Arizona Republic
> Education: Teaching kids to solve problems...
> May 20, 1999 -- Tehran Times
> Anti-Iran Bahá'í Appointed by President Clinton...
> May 20, 1999 -- The Washington Post
> On a dead-end road in northeast Leesburg, nestled between a racquetball club and an overgrown field...
> May 18, 1999 -- The Iranian
> I must be a Jew; Mindless intolerance...
> May 06, 1999 -- The Iranian
> Bahai Iranian appointed by Clinton to religious freedom commission...
> May 06, 1999 -- Human Rights Watch
> Four faculty members of Bahá'í Institute for Higher Education sentenced...
> May 06, 1999 -- The Detroit News
> More college students seek religion...
> May 05, 1999 -- The White House
> PRESIDENT CLINTON NAMES LAILA AL-MARAYATI, FIRUZ KAZEMZADEH AND CHARLES Z. SMITH AS MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM...
> May 05, 1999 -- U.S. News Wire
> President names members of the United States International Religious Freedom Commission...
> May 04, 1999 -- The California Aggie
> The Bahai Faith Promotes Race Unity...
> May 04, 1999 -- CNS
> Spy Charges Show Signs of Iranian Power Struggle...
> May 03, 1999 -- The Athens Banner Herald
> Nominations sought for diversity award...
> May 02, 1999 -- The Voice of America
> IRAN'S CONTINUED RIGHTS VIOLATIONS...
> April/June, 1999 -- One Country
> UN Commission on Human Rights again expresses concern for Iran's Bahá'ís...
> April/June, 1999 -- One Country
> At the Hague, civil society mobilizes for peace, calling for a "new diplomacy"...
> April 30, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
> Everything I need to know, I learned in college...
> April 26, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
> IRAN'S MIXED REACTION TO CLINTON'S MESSAGE...
> April 26, 1999 -- Rocky Mountain News
> Congregations gather to deal with the violence...
> April 25, 1999 -- Edmond Sun
> Bahais persecuted in their homeland...
> April 24, 1999 -- CNN
> China, Myanmar, and Iran criticized...
> April 24, 1999 -- The New York Times
> China Escapes Censure in Vote by U.N. Human Rights Agency...
> April 23, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
> Koh, Rubin On UNCHR Approval Of Iran Resolution...
> April 23, 1999 -- CNN
> How the past reminds the present of its origins...
> April 23, 1999 -- Reuters
> U.N. rights forum encourages Iran, still critical...
> April 22, 1999 -- Slugwire
> Vigil for HUMAN RIGHTS, Reporter's Notebook...
> April 22, 1999 -- Miami Herald
> Name: Nosrat Scott...
> April 22, 1999 -- M2 Communications
> UN Condemns Iran...
> April 22, 1999 -- dpa (German)
> UN-Menschenrechtskommission verurteilt Iran - Wütender Protest...
> April 22, 1999 -- Washington Post
> Religion Becoming a Big Deal on Campus...
> April 21, 1999 -- BBC
> US condemns Iran over Bahá'í jail sentences...
> April 21, 1999 -- Reuters
> Reuters Middle East Highlights 0650 GMT, April 21...
> April 21, 1999 -- African National Congress Daily Briefing
> Two Apla cadres convicted of the Bahá'í Faith mission massacre in 1994...
> April 21, 1999 -- The desertnews.com
> U.S. attacks sentencing of Bahais...
> April 20, 1999 -- The White House
> Statement on Imprisonment of four Bahais in Iran...
> April 20, 1999 -- Reuters
> U.S. condemns Iran crackdown on Bahai followers...
> April 20, 1999 -- PRNewswire
> Bahá'í Faculty Receive Prison Terms in Iran; Court Verdict Alleges Crimes Against National Security...
> April 20, 1999 -- Associated Press
> The Clinton administration is criticizing Iran's sentencing of four members of the Bahá'í faith to prison...
> April 12, 1999 -- University of Delaware
> Faculty Senate Resolution...
> April 10, 1999 -- Toronto Star
> A stroll through the minefield of religion...
> April 03, 1999 -- Athens Newspapers
> U.S. Bahá'í leader will speak in Athens...
> April 01, 1999 -- Yale International Forum
> Interview with UN Secretary General Kofi Annan...
> April 01, 1999 -- Yale Daily News
> At a secular university, God(s) not dead...
> April 01, 1999 -- Yahoo! News
> Iran Making Human Rights Progress...
> April 01, 1999 -- Iran Press
> IRAN MAY ASK ENDING UNITED NATION'S HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING...
> March, 1999 -- Israel Magazine
> Le jardin à flanc de coteau le plusétendu...
> March 30, 1999 -- The Universal House of Justice
> Chair for Bahá'í Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
> March 26, 1999 -- The UMass Campus Chronicle
> Faculty Senate Takes Stance on Closing of Bahá'í School...
> March 25, 1999 -- The State News
> COGS protests closing of Iranian school...
> March 24, 1999 -- Guardian (UK)
> A Country Diary...
> March 24, 1999 -- Savannah Now
> TOP STORIES accent: Savannah Persian still looking for answers...
> March 24, 1999 -- Text of the Resolution Passed by the Michigan State University
> WHEREAS, the Bahá'í Faith is an independent world religion that promotes the principles of unity in diversity...
> March 24, 1999 -- Guardian Unlimited
> A Country Diary...
> March 21, 1999 -- Tony Blair's Office
> From the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London...
> March 19, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
> Growing faith breathes life...
> March 15, 1999 -- The Daily Star, Lebanon
> Making a life after the fire...
> March 15, 1999 -- Associated Press
> South Africans found guilty for 1994 Bahá'í church shooting...
> March 15, 1999 -- Africa News Online/ Star Radio
> Mr. Hassan Sabri, a visiting Bahai representative, says the press...
> National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa
> This statement was presented by the National Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of South Africa to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission...
> March 13, 1999 -- Savannah Morning News
> Bahá'ís believe in the oneness of mankind, the oneness of religion and the equality of women. It symbolizes the importance of self- restraint and detachment from the physical things of the world...
> March 12, 1999 -- Los Angles Times
> BRINGING A WOMAN'S STORY TO THE STAGE...
> March 06, 1999 -- Yemen Times
> Selected Parts of the US Department's Report on Human Rights in Yemen in 1998 Concern Regarding Respect for Human Rights...
> March 20, 1999 -- The Dallas Morning News
> A Bahá'í tribute to Jesus and his followers as Easter approaches...
> March 04, 1999 -- Yale Daily News
> Rev. Streets reflects on life of spirituality...
> March 04, 1999 -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
> Hautz left Milwaukee for faith, enterprises in former Rhodesia...
> March 02, 1999 -- PRNewswire (SNAP.COM)
> World Religious Leaders to Meet in Historic Assembly...
> February 27, 1999 -- The Metropolitan
> Bringing Bahai Message of unity for the races, America and the world...
> February 26, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
> Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998...
> February 26, 1999 -- Office of the Vice President
> VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES $223 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP DETECT AND STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN...
> February 25, 1999 -- Jerusalem Post
> Sports Roundup...
> February 22, 1999 -- Haifa, Israel
> IF THE BAHA'I ENGINEERS FIND A DEVIATION OF ONE MILLIMETER, THEY WILL INSTRUCT US TO TAKE THE WHOLE WORK APART...
> February 20, 1999 -- Globe Newspapers Company
> THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, Utopian goal of Bahá'í faith draws multiplicity of worshipers...
> February 20, 1999 -- The Los Angles Times
> Bahá'í Holiday Set to Begin Thursday...
> February 19, 1999 -- The Metropolitan (Metropolitan State College of Denver)
> Bringing Bahai Message of unity for the races, America and the world...
> February 19, 1999 -- SNAP.COM
> 15-YEAR-OLD CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR OF HUNGER RELIEF WORK...
> February 18, 1999 -- The Iranian
> Illicit Education. Bahá'ís struggle to educate their youth...
> February 16, 1999 -- Yale University
> New Haven, Conn. -- Yale University will host a multifaith AIDS memorial service...
> February 15, 1999 -- Travel Agent
> Millennium Must-Sees... and More!...
> February 12, 1999 -- Iranian Press Service
> DISCRIMINATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN ISLAMIC IRAN DENOUNCED...
> February 11, 1999 -- London Times
> Bahai education blocked in Iran, From Professor Sir Richard Doll and others...
> February 04, 1999 -- The New Republic
> The Iranian theocracy's fear of females. The Veiled Threat...
> February 02, 1999 -- BIHE Resumes Operation
> Bahá'í faculty and students resume classes despite Iranian Government's attempt to...
> February 01, 1999 -- Latin American Bahá'ís (Spanish)
> INVITACION A LAS PERSONAS, INSTITUCIONES Y MEDIOS QUE SE INTEGRAN AL ESPIRITU DE UNIDAD...
> February/March 1999 -- Le Journal Expérimental de PHOSPHORE (French)
> Apparue au milieu du XIX° siècle en Iran...
> February 1999 -- 1999 La Chronique d'Amnesty
> Les Bahá'ís ou la foi persécutée...
> January 29, 1999 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
> Home away from home...
> January 28, 1999 -- Slugwire
> A Biodiversity of Religion...
> January 28, 1999 -- Daily Illini
> Bahá'ís share their story at Union...
> January 25, 1999 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
> Iqaluit's learning centre; Not even a fire can slow it down...
> January 24, 1999
> Open Letter Against the Discrimination of the Bahá'ís in Iran...
> January 22, 1999 -- The State News
> Ron Whitmore, a COGS representative from the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources, addressed the representatives with the idea of drafting a letter to the Iranian government to...
> January 22, 1999 -- Reuters
> Dutch say Iranians lacking asylum must go home...
> January 20, 1999 -- Texas A&M Faculty Senate Resolution
> Whereas the Faculty Senate of Texas A&M University is committed to the importance of providing for students "an intellectual environment that encourages the development and expansion of the human mind and spirit,"...
> January 18, 1999 -- The Star (Kansas)
> Kansas City is becoming more aware of religious diversity...
> January 18, 1999 -- The Northwestern Daily
> Local Bahá'ís celebrate annual World Religion Day...
> January 18, 1999 -- The Star
> PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
> January 14, 1999 -- LA VIE (French)
> Les baha'is, disciples d'une religion universelle qui réconcilierait toutes les confessions...
> January 14, 1999 -- White House
> PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
> January 08, 1999 -- The Review (U of Del)
> Lecture series celebrates 50th anniversary of human rights declaration...
> January 08, 1999 -- Reuters
> UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Concerned at the $1.4 billion American debt to the United Nations...
> January 05, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
> IRAN HIT BY WORK STOPPAGES...
> January 02, 1999 -- Ariga
> JAZZ STARS ARNIE LAWRENCE AND JAMES MOODY...
> January, 1999 -- Prier
> PRIER mensuel / hors-série n°53 / page 40: Les plus belles prières du monde...
> ca. 1999 -- Amnesty International
> 1999 Annual Report, Regional Summaries...
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