Sunday, 14 June 2009

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Iran calm after vote fraud claims trigger clashes (AP)  

2009-06-14 09:41

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Supporters of Iranian reformist presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi being chased by security forces as they pass by a burning bus on the streets of Tehran, protesting the declared results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Iranian riot police have clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in disputed presidential elections.(AP photo)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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Suspected US missile strike kills 5 in Pakistan (AP)  

2009-06-14 08:55

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Supporters of the slain religious leader Dr. Sarfraz Naeemi struggle to touch his casket that arrive for burial in the compound of his seminary, Saturday, June 13, 2009 in Lahore, Pakistan. The Taliban claimed responsibility Saturday for recent suicide attacks in Pakistan, including the assassination of a leading moderate cleric and the bombing of a Peshawar hotel frequented by foreign aid workers. (AP Photo/Hamza Ahmed)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least five people Sunday in a tribal region where Pakistan's top Taliban commander is based, intelligence officials said, breaking a lull in such attacks and posing a test for growing anti-Taliban sentiment in the country.


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NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions (AP)  

2009-06-14 09:03

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South Korean protesters burn North Korean national flags during a rally, denouncing the ninth anniversary of the June 2000 summit between former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung and North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in front of Kim Dae-jung's house in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, June 14, 2009. North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions. Banner read: 'Support U.N. sanctions.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea's communist regime has warned of a nuclear war on the Korean peninsula while vowing to step up its atomic bomb-making program in defiance of new U.N. sanctions.


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Yemen says 9 foreigners kidnapped in north (AP)  

2009-06-14 08:04

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AP - Yemen accused a Shiite rebel group Sunday of kidnapping nine foreigners in the country's rugged north.
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Belarus raises stakes in dispute with Russia (AP)  

2009-06-14 09:39

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AP - Belarus said it would stay away from the summit of a Moscow-led security alliance Sunday to protest a Russian ban on Belarusian dairy products, deepening a politically-charged dispute between the ex-Soviet neighbors.
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On the Streets of China, Electric Bikes Are Swarming (Time.com)  

2009-06-14 04:30

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Time.com - Cheap, green electric bikes are more popular than cars in China'scrowded cities, helping to offset the country's pollution problems
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Belarus-Russia rift widens as Minsk snubs Moscow meet (Reuters)  

2009-06-14 09:59

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Reuters - Belarus on Sunday signaled a growing rift with ally Russia, saying President Alexander Lukashenko would not attend a security summit in Moscow in protest at a Russian ban on dairy imports from Belarus.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,312 (AP)  

2009-06-14 00:31

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AP - As of Saturday, June 13, 2009, at least 4,312 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Dissident Cuban doctor flying to Argentina (AP)  

2009-06-14 00:43

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Cuban doctor Hilda Molina reacts at the boarding gate of the Jose Marti international airport in Havana, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Cuba has abruptly dropped its refusal to let Dr. Molina, a prominent physician who defied Fidel Castro by criticizing the communist-run island's health care system, leave the country, allowing her to visit family in Argentina after years of denials.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - A once prominent neurosurgeon who became a political pariah after criticizing Cuba's health system flew to Argentina on Saturday, quickly taking advantage of the communist government's surprise decision to let her leave the island after years of rejecting her requests.


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President's seal of approval boosts Bafana (AFP)  

2009-06-14 07:32

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South African President Jacob Zuma juggles with the ball next to South Africa's captain Aaron Mokoena (L) in Soweto on the eve on the FIFA Confederations Cup. A visit by Zuma to inspect his troops on the eve of battle has given Confederations Cup hosts South Africa a huge boost ahead of Sunday's opener against Iraq, Mokoena said.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - A visit by President Jacob Zuma to inspect his troops on the eve of battle has given Confederations Cup hosts South Africa a huge boost ahead of Sunday's opener against Iraq, captain Aaron Mokoena said.


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Eight dead in Pakistan blast as Taliban targeted (AFP)  

2009-06-14 09:27

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A Pakistani policeman inspects a destroyed car after a bomb blast at a market in Dera Ismail Khan. The latest in a string of bombs in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Sunday as a US missile strike hit a tribal belt where troops are expected to launch a fresh anti-Taliban onslaught.(AFP/Muhammad Kashif)AFP - The latest in a string of bombs in northwest Pakistan killed eight people Sunday as a US missile strike hit a tribal belt where troops are expected to launch a fresh anti-Taliban onslaught.


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Canada decries "rising tide" of U.S. protectionism (Reuters)  

2009-06-13 19:58

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Reuters - Canada decried on Saturday a "rising tide of protectionism" in the United States, but Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the "Buy American" provisions in an economic stimulus package will not interfere with U.S. trade obligations.
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S.African expat denies $1.2 bln 'Ponzi' scheme (AFP)  

2009-06-13 11:33

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The Simonsberg mountain outside Cape Town. An expatriate South African businessman accused of a massive pyramid scheme fraud that cost wealthy investors up to 1.2 billion US dollars has denied any wrongdoing, reports said(AFP/File/Anna Zieminski)AFP - An expatriate South African businessman accused of running a massive pyramid scheme that cost wealthy investors up to 1.2 billion US dollars has denied any wrongdoing, reports said Saturday.


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Pakistan Taliban leader faces threat from fellow tribesman ...  

2009-06-13 22:59

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McClatchy Newspapers - DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan — A new Islamic militia leader has emerged in Pakistan to openly challenge al Qaida-affiliated warlord Baitullah Mehsud for the first time from within his own tribe, marking the start of a bloody confrontation in the wild Waziristan region that could have profound consequences for both Pakistan and the West.
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Dalai Lama takes his case to Chinese émigrés (The...  

2009-06-11 09:00

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The Christian Science Monitor - When the Dalai Lama traveled to the Netherlands last week his Buddhist teaching was heard by 10,000 people and he was received by the mayor of Amsterdam.
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How Strong is the Evidence Against Amanda Knox? (Time.com)  

2009-06-14 04:30

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Time.com - One of her most vocal advocates in Seattle goes through the case in detail for TIME. But many questions remain
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Kenya Must Meet Pledge to Somali Refugees (OneWorld.net)  

2009-06-12 15:27

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OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 12 (OneWorld.net) - Aid groups are calling on Kenya to fulfill promises of more land and funding for Somali refugees living in camps on the country's border, now the largest concentration of refugees in the world.
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