Readings # 5 (February 23, 2009)

 The readings include the following:

 National Geographic Statement on Use of Persian Gulf/Arabian Gulf

http://press.nationalgeographic.com/pressroom/index.jsp?pageID=pressReleases_detail&siteID=1&cid=1101223975929

Petition Against Using Term "Arabian Gulf"

http://www.petitiononline.com/persian/petition.html

BBC on Arabian Gulf Name Question (Nov. 2004)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4056543.stm

Gulf Name Question in the Baltimore Sun (Nov. 2004)

http://www.persiangulfonline.org/abusers/natgeographic-article1.htm

Arabian/Persian Gulf Name Question (Dec. 2004)

http://www.rferl.org/content/article/1056265.html

Iranian Study Group at MIT on Gulf Name Question (2004)

http://web.mit.edu/isg/persiangulffactsheet.pdf

UN Working Group on Persian Gulf Naming (Mar. 2006)

http://unstats.un.org/unsd/geoinfo/gegn23wp61.pdf

CNN on Gulf Name Question (Jan. 2008)

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/01/24/us.iran/

Google Earth Uses Term "Arabian Gulf" (Feb. 2008)

http://www.radiojavan.com/news/2008/02/09/Google-Earth-Shows-Arabian-Gulf-For-the-Persian-Gulf

Al-Jazeerah on Gulf Name Question (Feb. 2005) http://www.aljazeerah.info/Editorials/2005%20Editorials/January-February/The%20Dispute%20About%20the%20Persian%20Arabian%20Gulf%20Name%20How%20Should%20it%20Be%20Resolved%20By%20Hassan%20El-Najjar%20and%20Nader%20Habibi.htm