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1. December 31, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
       Peace Bell rings in New Year for Tristaters...
   
   
2. December 30, 1999 -- The Christian Science Monitor
       E.T. Ray of Ogden, Utah, asks, 'Whatever happened to...?'...
   
   
3. December 30, 1999 -- Hsi Lai Temple
       Hsi Lai Temple: Millennium Interfaith Prayer Service; A Call for World Peace and Social Harmony...
   
   
4. December 23, 1999 -- The Daily Telegraph (UK)
       Faith, hope and clarity at Dome...
   
   
5. December 23, 1999 -- Reuters
       U.S. Adds Religious Freedom to Old Sanctions...
   
   
6. December, 1999 -- Guiness World Records 2000
       LARGEST RELIGION WITHOUT RITES...
   
   
7. December 23, 1999 -- Bergen Record Corp.
       Baha'is seek a recognition of their faith...
   
   
8. December 20, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
       DESPITE DEATH SENTENCES, STUDENTS STILL SUPPORT KHATAMI...
   
   
9. December 19, 1999 -- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
       Delhi residents plead for world peace...
   
   
10. December 19, 1999 -- The Guardian (UK)
        Have faith and pass the Bofors gun...
    
    
11. December 17, 1999 -- India Times
        Discourses on religion and philosophy...
    
    
12. December 12, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
        Protecting Human Rights...
    
    
13. December 11, 1999 -- Hindustan Times
        Need for more progress on human rights...
    
    
14. December 11, 1999 -- Naples Daily News
        Faith Matters: A nation of multiple-choice religions...
    
    
15. December 10, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
        Albright Human Rights Day Statement...
    
    
16. December 07, 1999 -- Times (London)
        Caution against aping 'the worst of the West'...
    
    
17. December 06, 1999 -- Times of India
        Caution against aping 'the worst of the West'...
    
    
18. December 03, 1999 -- The Guardian (UK)
        It is time to forget Iran's past and look to its future...
    
    
19. November/December, 1999 -- Utne Reader
        Alternative Holidays, Carpe Diem, Bahaullah's Birthday...
    
    
20. November, 1999 -- Esquire
        THE SMARTEST MAN IN AMERICA...
    
    
21. November/December, 1999 -- The Human Rights Watch
        HRW World Report 1999: Iran: Human Rights Developments...
    
    
22. November 23, 1999 -- The Red & Black
        Baha'i faith stresses teachings of unity, oneness of mankind...
    
    
23. November 19, 1999 -- ABC News
        UN panel rebukes Iran on human rights violations...
    
    
24. November 18, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Tehran-London Ties Will Help Expand Iran-West Relations...
    
    
25. November 16, 1999 -- The Universal House of Justice
        The One Year Plan...
    
    
26. November 13, 1999 -- Naples Daily News
        Faith Matters: Whose faith are we listening to? ...
    
    
27. November 08, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
        WHISTLING IN THE DARK...
    
    
28. November 08, 1999 -- Washington Post
        Pope's India Visit Ends on Note of Unity...
    
    
29. November 07, 1999 -- National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is of India
        Baha'is Address to the Pope in India...
    
    
30. November 07, 1999 -- BBC
        Pope defends conversions in India...
    
    
31. November 03, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Copithrone's Report on Iran to Serve None But Oppressors and Arrogant Powers...
    
    
32. October-December 1999 -- One Country
        In Atlanta, basketball helps get youth off the streets and into their studies...
    
    
33. October-December 1999 -- One Country
        In South Africa, the world's religions gather for dialogue and action...
    
    
34. October 30, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        President Khatami Returns Home, Demands Eradication of Discrimination Against...
    
    
35. October 16, 1999 -- Desert News
        China 6 others accused of religious persecution...
    
    
36. October 14, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
        Indyk Remarks to the Asia Society on US-Iran Relations Oct. 14...
    
    
37. October 08, 1999 -- Middle East Times Egypt
        U.S. cites five nations for religious persecution...
    
    
38. October 07, 1999 -- Reuters News Service
        Iran rejects U.S. charges of religious persecution...
    
    
39. October 07, 1999 -- ABC News
        Iran rejects U.S. charges of religious persecution...
    
    
40. October 06, 1999 -- ABC News
        China, 6 other nations subject to religious freedom sanctions...
    
    
41. October 06, 1999 -- ABC News
        Seven countries said to be 'severe' violators of religious freedom...
    
    
42. September, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
        Religious groups participate in many activities this fall...
    
    
43. September 27, 1999 -- PRNewswire
        San Francisco Culture of Peace Festival...
    
    
44. September 23, 1999 -- Amarillo Globe
        Tolstoy's musings food for thought...
    
    
45. September 23, 1999 -- Orlando Sentinel
        Women of diverse faiths unite to share spirituality...
    
    
46. September 20, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
        JUDICIAL OBSCURITY THREATENS START OF ACADEMIC YEAR...
    
    
47. September 20, 1999 -- U.S. Newswire
        Coalition Urges Congress, President to Pay UN Debt...
    
    
48. September 19, 1999 -- Infoseek News
        Iran rejects U.S. report on religious intolerance...
    
    
49. September 13, 1999 -- Iran Press Service
        A CLERIC JUDGE SAYS ARRESTED IRANIAN JEWS ARE ISRAELI SPIES...
    
    
50. September 12, 1999 -- Reuters
        Iran rejects U.S. report on religious intolerance...
    
    
51. No Date -- India News
        Photo Gallery - Bahai Temple...
    
    
52. September 10, 1999 -- Yahoo
        U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
    
    
53. September 10, 1999 -- Reuters
        Report: Religious persecution widespread...
    
    
54. September 10, 1999 -- Athens Newspapers
        Report: Religious persecution widespread...
    
    
55. September 10, 1999 -- Boston Globe
        Religious persecution prevalent, US reports...
    
    
56. September 10, 1999 -- San Jose Mercury News
        Religious intolerance cited around world...
    
    
57. September 09, 1999 -- New York Times
        Highlights of Persecution Report...
    
    
58. September 09, 1999 -- Straits Times (Singapore)
        How the past reminds the present of its origins...
    
    
59. September 09, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
        U.S. Department of State Annual Report on International Religious Freedom for 1999: Iran...
    
    
60. September 09, 1999 -- The Associated Press
        China Said Prohibitive on Religion...
    
    
61. September 09, 1999 -- ABC News
        U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
    
    
62. September 09, 1999 -- International Herald Tribune
        U.S. Criticizes Countries For Religious Intolerance...
    
    
63. September 09, 1999 -- Associated Press
        Highlights of persecution report...
    
    
64. September 09, 1999 -- Associated Press
        U.S. Studies Religious Persecution...
    
    
65. September 07, 1999 -- Reuters
        For Many, New Year's Is Double Date Night...
    
    
66. September 06, 1999 -- London Telegraph
        Carey may lead prayers at Dome in compromise...
    
    
67. September 05, 1999 -- LA Times
        For Many, New Year's Is Double Date Night...
    
    
68. August 12, 1999 -- Athens Banner Herald
        Bible classes in public schoold sanction one religion...
    
    
69. August 06, 1999 -- Oregan Alive
        Performing for peace and unity...
        Bible classes in public schoold sanction one religio
    
    
70. July, 1999 -- World Council of Churches
        Religion Fueling Conflict or Fostering Peace...
    
    
71. July, 1999 -- Le Monde (French)
        LA FOI BAHA'IE CONTRE LES FANATISMES...
    
    
72. July 28, 1999 -- Atlanta Baha'i Community
        Messengers of the Dawn visit Norcross...
    
    
73. July 23, 1999 -- African National Congress News
        INTER-RELIGIOUS LEADERS MEET TO COMBAT CRIME AGAINST WOMEN...
    
    
74. July 16, 1999 -- Many Faces of the Spirit
        Welcoming the Stranger; "Many Faces of the Spirit" Conference...
    
    
75. July 06, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
        Iranians Bridging Cultural Gaps in Beverly Hills...
    
    
76. July 05, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Propagation for Bahaism in Le Monde'...
    
    
77. June 28, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Religious Minorities Not Different From Other Iranian Citizens...
    
    
78. June 27, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Anti-Revolutionaries Hold Protest in Bonn...
    
    
79. June 21, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty
        Iran News...
    
    
80. June 21, 1999 -- International Herald Tribune
        Indicators for Developing Countries Show Some Unexpected Declines...
    
    
81. June 19, 1999 -- The Cincinnati Enquirer
        Picnic's an ethnic, racial mix; Warren group promotes unity with events...
    
    
82. June 7, 1999 -- Star Telegram
        Many faiths worship in Northeast Tarrant County...
    
    
83. June 7, 1999 -- Jerusalem Post
        Bahá'í Studies chair dedicated in Jerusalem...
    
    
84. June 3, 1999 -- Athens Banner Herald
        UGA task force wins Baha'i diversity award...
    
    
85. May 30, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Anti-Iran Propaganda by Supporters of Bahais in Europe...
    
    
86. May 29, 1999 -- CNN Interactive
        NEWSLINK: Read about the Baha'i faith, which today observes the anniversary of the death of its prophet and founder...
    
    
87. May 29, 1999 -- Los Angeles Times
        Baha'i Faith to Honor Intergroup Harmony...
    
    
88. May 28, 1999 -- The Atlanta Baha'i Information Center
        Baha'is rally in Marietta for Race Unity Day...
    
    
89. May 27, 1999 -- USA TODAY
        Baha'i Faith to Honor Intergroup Harmony...
    
    
90. May 24, 1999 -- Philadelphia Inquirer
        Racism workshop seeks to heal...
    
    
91. May 23, 1999 -- The Arizona Republic
        Education: Teaching kids to solve problems...
    
    
92. May 20, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Anti-Iran Baha'i Appointed by President Clinton...
    
    
93. May 20, 1999 -- The Washington Post
        On a dead-end road in northeast Leesburg, nestled between a racquetball club and an overgrown field...
    
    
94. May 13, 1999 -- Tehran Times
        Clinton Appoints Anti-Iranian bahai Member of U.S. Commission...
    
    
95. May 06, 1999 -- Human Rights Watch
        Four faculty members of Baha'i Institute for Higher Education sentenced...
    
    
96. May 06, 1999 -- The Detroit News
        More college students seek religion...
    
    
97. 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...
    
    
98. May 05, 1999 -- U.S. News Wire
        President names members of the United States International Religious Freedom Commission...
    
    
99. May 04, 1999 -- The California Aggie
        The Bahö'í Faith Promotes Race Unity...
    
    
100. May 04, 1999 -- CNS
         Spy Charges Show Signs of Iranian Power Struggle...
     
     
101. May 03, 1999 -- The Athens Banner Herald
         Nominations sought for diversity award...
     
     
102. May 02, 1999 -- The Voice of America
         IRAN'S CONTINUED RIGHTS VIOLATIONS...
     
     
103. April/June, 1999 -- One Country
         UN Commission on Human Rights again expresses concern for Iran's Bahá'ís...
     
     
104. April/June, 1999 -- One Country
         At the Hague, civil society mobilizes for peace, calling for a "new diplomacy"...
     
     
105. April 30, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
         Everything I need to know, I learned in college...
     
     
106. April 26, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
         IRAN'S MIXED REACTION TO CLINTON'S MESSAGE...
     
     
107. April 26, 1999 -- Rocky Mountain News
         Congregations gather to deal with the violence...
     
     
108. April 24, 1999 -- CNN
         China, Myanmar, and Iran criticized...
     
     
109. April 24, 1999 -- The New York Times
         China Escapes Censure in Vote by U.N. Human Rights Agency...
     
     
110. April 23, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
         Koh, Rubin On UNCHR Approval Of Iran Resolution...
     
     
111. April 23, 1999 -- CNN
         How the past reminds the present of its origins...
     
     
112. April 23, 1999 -- Reuters
         U.N. rights forum encourages Iran, still critical...
     
     
113. April 22, 1999 -- Slugwire
         Vigil for HUMAN RIGHTS, Reporter's Notebook...
     
     
114. April 22, 1999 -- Miami Herald
         Name: Nosrat Scott...
     
     
115. April 22, 1999 -- M2 Communications
         UN Condemns Iran...
     
     
116. April 22, 1999 -- dpa (German)
         UN-Menschenrechtskommission verurteilt Iran - WÙtender Protest...
     
     
117. April 22, 1999 -- Washington Post
         Religion Becoming a Big Deal on Campus...
     
     
118. April 21, 1999 -- BBC
         US condemns Iran over Baha'i jail sentences...
     
     
119. April 21, 1999 -- Reuters
         Reuters Middle East Highlights 0650 GMT, April 21...
     
     
120. April 21, 1999 -- African National Congress Daily Briefing
         Two Apla cadres convicted of the Baha'i Faith mission massacre in 1994...
     
     
121. April 21, 1999 -- The desertnews.com
         U.S. attacks sentencing of Bahais...
     
     
122. April 20, 1999 -- The White House
         Statement on Imprisonment of four Bahais in Iran...
     
     
123. April 20, 1999 -- Reuters
         U.S. condemns Iran crackdown on Bahai followers...
     
     
124. April 20, 1999 -- PRNewswire
         Baha'i Faculty Receive Prison Terms in Iran; Court Verdict Alleges Crimes Against National Security...
     
     
125. April 20, 1999 -- Associated Press
         The Clinton administration is criticizing Iran's sentencing of four members of the Baha'i faith to prison...
     
     
126. April 12, 1999 -- University of Delaware
         Faculty Senate Resolution...
     
     
127. April 03, 1999 -- Athens Newspapers
         U.S. Baha'i leader will speak in Athens...
     
     
128. April 01, 1999 -- Yale Daily News
         At a secular university, God(s) not dead...
     
     
129. April 01, 1999 -- Yahoo! News
         Iran Making Human Rights Progress...
     
     
130. April 01, 1999 -- Iran Press
         IRAN MAY ASK ENDING UNITED NATION'S HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING...
     
     
131. March, 1999 -- Israel Magazine
         Le jardin ö flanc de coteau le plus³tendu...
     
     
132. March 30, 1999 -- The Universal House of Justice
         Chair for Baha'i Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem...
     
     
133. March 26, 1999 -- The UMass Campus Chronicle
         Faculty Senate Takes Stance on Closing of Baha'i School...
     
     
134. March 25, 1999 -- The State News
         COGS protests closing of Iranian school...
     
     
135. March 24, 1999 -- Savabbah Now
         TOP STORIES accent: Savannah Persian still looking for answers...
     
     
136. March 24, 1999 -- Text of the Resolution Passed by the Michigan State University
         WHEREAS, the Baha'i Faith is an independent world religion that promotes the principles of unity in diversity...
     
     
137. March 24, 1999 -- Guardian Unimited
         A Country Diary...
     
     
138. March 21, 1999 -- Tony Blair's Office
         From the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London...
     
     
139. March 19, 1999 -- The Review (U of Delaware)
         Growing faith breathes life...
     
     
140. March 15, 1999 -- The Daily Star, Lebanon
         Making a life after the fire...
     
     
141. March 15, 1999 -- Associated Press
         South Africans found guilty for 1994 Baha'i church shooting...
     
     
142. March 15, 1999 -- Africa News Online/ Star Radio
         ...* Mr. Hassan Sabri, a visiting Bahai representative, says the press...
     
     
143. National Spiritual Assembly of the Baha'is 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...
     
     
144. March 13, 1999 -- Savannah Morning News
         Baha'is 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...
     
     
145. March 12, 1999 -- Los Angles Times
         BRINGING A WOMAN'S STORY TO THE STAGE...
     
     
146. 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...
     
     
147. March 04, 1999 -- Yale Daily News
         Rev. Streets reflects on life of spirituality...
     
     
148. March 04, 1999 -- Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
         Hautz left Milwaukee for faith, enterprises in former Rhodesia...
     
     
149. March 02, 1999 -- PRNewswire (SNAP.COM)
         World Religious Leaders to Meet in Historic Assembly...
     
     
150. February 27, 1999 -- The Metropolitan
         Bringing Bahai Message of unity for the races, America and the world...
     
     
151. February 26, 1999 -- U.S. Department of State
         Iran Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 1998...
     
     
152. February 26, 1999 -- Office of the Vice President
         VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES $223 MILLION IN GRANTS TO HELP DETECT AND STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN...
     
     
153. February 25, 1999 -- Jerusalem Post
         Sports Roundup...
     
     
154. February 22, 1999 -- Haifa, Israel
         IF THE BAHA'I ENGINEERS FIND A DEVIATION OF ONE MILLIMETER, THEY W ILL INSTRUCT US TO TAKE THE WHOLE WORK APART...
     
     
155. February 20, 1999 -- Globe Newpapers Company
         THE SPIRITUAL LIFE, Utopian goal of Baha'i faith draws multiplicity of worshipers...
     
     
156. February 20, 1999 -- The Los Angles Times
         Baha'i Holiday Set to Begin Thursday...
     
     
157. February 19, 1999 -- The Metropolitan (Metropolitan State College of Denver)
         Bringing Bahai Message of unity for the races, America and the world...
     
     
158. February 19, 1999 -- SNAP.COM
         15-YEAR-OLD CELEBRATES 10TH YEAR OF HUNGER RELIEF WORK...
     
     
159. February 18, 1999 -- The Iranian
         Illicit Education. Baha'is struggle to educate their youth...
     
     
160. February 16, 1999 -- Yale University
         New Haven, Conn. -- Yale University will host a multifaith AIDS memorial service...
     
     
161. February 15, 1999 -- Travel Agent
         Millennium Must-Sees... and More!...
     
     
162. February 12, 1999 -- Iranian Press Service
         DISCRIMINATION OF RELIGIOUS MINORITIES IN ISLAMIC IRAN DENOUNCED...
     
     
163. February 11, 1999 -- London Times
         Bahai education blocked in Iran, From Professor Sir Richard Doll and others...
     
     
164. February 02, 1999 -- BIHE Resumes Operation
         Bahá'í faculty and students resume classes despite Iranian Government's attempt to...
     
     
165. February 01, 1999 -- Latin American Baha'is (Spanish)
         INVITACION A LAS PERSONAS, INSTITUCIONES Y MEDIOS QUE SE INTEGRAN AL ESPIRITU DE UNIDAD...
     
     
166. February/March 1999 -- Le Journal Exp³rimental de PHOSPHORE (French)
         Apparue au milieu du XIX° siècle en Iran...
     
     
167. February 1999 -- 1999 La Chronique d'Amnesty
         Les Baha'is ou la foi persécutée...
     
     
168. January 29, 1999 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
         Home away from home...
     
     
169. January 28, 1999 -- Slugwire
         A Biodiversity of Religion...
     
     
170. January 28, 1999 -- Daily Illini
         Baha'is share their story at Union...
     
     
171. January 25, 1999 -- Northern News Services (Canada)
         Iqaluit's learning centre; Not even a fire can slow it down...
     
     
172. January 24, 1999
         Open Letter Against the Discrimination of the Bahá'ís in Iran...
     
     
173. 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...
     
     
174. January 22, 1999 -- Reuters
         Dutch say Iranians lacking asylum must go home...
     
     
175. 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,"...
     
     
176. January 18, 1999 -- The Star (Kansas)
         Kansas City is becoming more aware of religious diversity...
     
     
177. January 18, 1999 -- The Northwestern Daily
         Local Baha'is celebrate annual World Religion Day...
     
     
178. January 18, 1999 -- The Star
         PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
     
     
179. January 14, 1999 -- LA VIE (French)
         Les baha'is, disciples d'une religion universelle qui réconcilierait toutes les confessions...
     
     
180. January 14, 1999 -- White House
         PROCLAMATION BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA...
     
     
181. January 08, 1999 -- The Review (U of Del)
         Lecture series celebrates 50th anniversary of human rights declarartion...
     
     
182. January 08, 1999 -- Reuters
         UNITED NATIONS, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Concerned at the $1.4 billion American debt to the United Nations...
     
     
183. January 05, 1999 -- Radio Free Europe
         IRAN HIT BY WORK STOPPAGES...
     
     
184. January 02, 1999 -- Ariga
         JAZZ STARS ARNIE LAWRENCE AND JAMES MOODY...
     
     
185. January, 1999 -- Prier
         PRIER mensuel / hors-série n°53 / page 40 : Les plus belles prières du monde...
     
     
186. ca. 1999 -- Amnesty International
         1999 Annual Report, Regional Summaries...