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Today's World News:
Iran opposition leader vows to stand by protesters
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:40 pm PDT
AP - Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has vowed he will stand by the protesters whose week of defiance has deeply shaken the country, but says he won't allow their lives to be put in peril and says the security forces that bloodied them are their comrades. Full Story
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NKorea threatens to harm US if attacked
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:09 pm PDT
AP - North Korea boasted of being a "proud nuclear power" and threatened Monday to harm the U.S. if attacked as tensions mounted over a possible crackdown on exports of suspected missile parts from the North. Full Story
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Ingush president wounded in bomb attack
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:32 pm PDT
AP - A car bomb exploded as the president of the troubled Russian region of Ingushetia passed by in his convoy Monday morning, critically wounding him and killing or wounding several others, officials said. Full Story
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World's media seeks ways around Iran clampdown
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:32 pm PDT
AP - Protesters and security forces gather. They collide in a cloud of tear gas and a shower of rocks and bottles. Full Story
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Rockets hit US base in Afghanistan, 2 troops dead
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:44 pm PDT
AP - A rare rocket attack on the main U.S. base in Afghanistan early Sunday killed two U.S. troops and wounded six other Americans, including two civilians, officials said. Full Story
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In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:30 pm PDT
Time.com - In Iran, One Woman's Death May Have Many Consequences Full Story
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Bomb seriously hurts head of Russia's Ingushetia region
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:34 pm PDT
Reuters - The head of Russia's troubled Muslim region of Ingushetia was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt Monday, dealing a fresh blow to the Kremlin's fragile rule of the North Caucasus. Full Story
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,316
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:01 pm PDT
AP - As of Sunday, June 21, 2009, at least 4,316 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. Full Story
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Tropical Storm Andres forms in Pacific off Mexico
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:59 pm PDT
AP - Forecasters say Tropical Storm Andres has formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, becoming the first named storm of the season in the Eastern Pacific. Full Story
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Nigeria open to foreign takeovers of banks: FT
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:44 pm PDT
AFP - The head of Nigeria's central bank, Lamido Sanusi, said he was prepared to break with a decades-old ban on foreign takeovers of its banks, in an interview with the Financial Times. Full Story
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Suicide bomber kills three Afghan soldiers
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 11:35 pm PDT
Reuters - A suicide bomber rammed a car in a convoy of Afghan troops in southern Kandahar province on Monday, killing three soldiers, a provincial official said. Full Story
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New evidence disrupts Canadian Taser inquiry
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:01 pm PDT
Reuters - An inquiry into the death of a Polish immigrant at the hands of Canadian police fell into disarray on Friday when the government admitted it failed to disclose potentially damaging evidence. Full Story
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Australia car dealer political row escalates
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:54 pm PDT
AFP - Australia's political leaders traded furious accusations in parliament on Monday over a scandal that has put their jobs on the line, as an email at the centre of the row was reported as a fake. Full Story
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Tehran demonstrations smaller but met with violence
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:37 pm PDT
McClatchy Newspapers - Iran descended further into chaos Saturday, as security forces used guns, tear gas and metal batons against defiant protesters, protesters fought back and the toll of dead and injured mounted in the country's escalating post-election crisis. Full Story
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Iran's Khamenei throws down hard line with protesters
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:00 am PDT
The Christian Science Monitor - Iran's supreme religious leader threw his weight behind the disputed landslide victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday, calling the vote "God's blessing," ruling out any fraud, and ordering an end to massive street protests. Full Story
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South Africa's Rape Crisis: 1 in 4 Men Say They've Done It
Sun, 21 Jun 2009 04:30 am PDT
Time.com - A new study reveals the roots of a national catastrophe, as one in four South African men admit in a survey to having raped Full Story
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Immigration Reform Move Launches at Black Church
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:23 pm PDT
OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 19 (New America Media) - Today, on Juneteenth, a date steeped in the rich symbolism of freedom for African Americans, community organization ACORN intends to raise the banner of comprehensive immigration reform by announcing the launch of The Black Leadership Immigration Project from the pulpit of a Phoenix, Ariz., church. Full Story
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