Sunday, 14 June 2009

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Biden casts doubt on Ahmadinejad's re-election (Reuters)  

2009-06-14 15:12

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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a Recovery Act roundtable at Pace University's Lubin School of Business in New York June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Sunday cast doubt on the re-election of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, saying Tehran's actions against dissent suggest the results may not be clear-cut.


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BBC says election broadcasts disrupted from Iran (AFP)  

2009-06-14 14:48

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A injured supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi covers his face during riots in Tehran, June 13. The BBC said that the satellites it uses to broadcast in Persian were being jammed from Iran, disrupting its reports on the hotly-disputed presidential election.(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - The BBC said Sunday that the satellites it uses to broadcast in Persian were being jammed from Iran, disrupting its reports on the hotly-disputed presidential election.


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Mousavi calls for cancellation of Iran vote result (AFP)  

2009-06-14 14:46

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A supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi flashes the victory sign during riots in Tehran. Mousavi has asked the Guardians Council to cancel the result of the presidential poll.(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi said on Sunday he has requested to the powerful Guardians Council to cancel the result of the presidential poll.


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Netanyahu could use Iran vote in policy speech (AP)  

2009-06-14 14:28

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An Ultra Orthodox Jewish man walk past posters, hung by an extremist right wing group, depicting US President Barack Obama wearing a traditional Arab headdress, in Jerusalem, Sunday, June 14, 2009. Senior aides say they don't expect Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explicitly endorse Palestinian statehood when he delivers an anxiously awaited policy speech Sunday night, a stance that would preserve an uncomfortable impasse with the United States. T (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)AP - Israel's prime minister delivers a highly anticipated policy speech Sunday in which he could use the re-election of Iran's hard-line president to boost his argument that Tehran poses a bigger threat to Mideast peace than his refusal to endorse Palestinian statehood.


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Mousavi urges supporters to continue protests (AFP)  

2009-06-14 14:15

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A supporter of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi flashes the victory sign during riots in Tehran. Mousavi has asked the Guardians Council to cancel the result of the presidential poll.(AFP/Olivier Laban-Mattei)AFP - Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi urged his supporters on Sunday to continue with their protests, but in a peaceful and non-confrontational manner.


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'Awful lot of doubt' about Iran vote: Biden (AFP)  

2009-06-14 13:38

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US vice president-elect Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Barack Obama, Washington,DC, January 2009. Biden has said there was AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday there was "an awful lot of doubt" about the outcome of the Iranian elections in which President Mahmoud Ahmedinejad was declared the winner.


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Iran vote blow to world 'oppressors': Ahmadinejad (AFP)  

2009-06-14 13:00

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad casts his ballot at a polling station on June 12. Ahmadinejad said the result of the presidential election was a blow to the AFP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday that the result of the presidential election was a blow to the "oppressive system" ruling the world.


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Most Israelis could live with a nuclear Iran: poll (Reuters)  

2009-06-14 12:00

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A Jewish worshipper prays as an ultra-Orthodox Jew sits in front of the Western Wall, Judaism's holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem's Old City May 28, 2009. REUTERS/Baz RatnerReuters - Only one in five Israeli Jews believes a nuclear-armed Iran would try to destroy Israel and most see life continuing as normal should their arch-foe get the bomb, an opinion poll published on Sunday found.


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Iran arrests 170 over vote protests (AFP)  

2009-06-14 11:25

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Iranian police stand guard in Tehran during protests by supporters of Mir Hossein Mousavi on June 13. At least 60 people accused of orchestrating post-election riots have been arrested, Tehran's deputy police chief Ahmad Reza Radan has told the IRNA news agency.(AFP/File/Atta Kenare)AFP - Iran has arrested around 170 people over the massive post-election protests and street riots in Tehran, the city's deputy police chief said on Sunday.


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Iran calm after vote fraud claims trigger clashes (AP)  

2009-06-14 09:37

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An Iranian girl looks back as supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi fight running battles using stones and petrol bombs against police, as they protest the results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Police tried to suppress demonstrators who took to the streets to protest the declared results of recent presidential elections. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - Tehran was mostly calm Sunday after election fraud claims triggered violent street clashes, but the government maintained fairly tight control of information flow and new details emerged of arrests of high-profile reformists.


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