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Today's World News: Iran's opposition leader rejects partial recount Pakistani forces kill at least 11 militants US announces big shift in Afghanistan drug policy Amid Jewish revival, Poland gets openly gay rabbi Thousands of anti-govt protesters mass in Bangkok Which State Security Branch Rules Tehran's Streets? Albania votes in parliamentary election U.S.-trained Palestinian force is keen for action Honduran leader pushes ahead with divisive vote Torres warns SAfrica of Confed Cup Spanish backlash Al-Qaida-linked militants kill 2 Filipino soldiers Canadian accused of al Qaeda ties ends Sudan exile Police question Australian opposition leader over email Iran's crackdown complicates Obama's push for direct talks For Haitians deported from the US, an unlikely welcome-home committee Will Germany's Army Ever Be Ready for Battle? A Nepali Girl's Fresh Start Iran's opposition leader rejects partial recount Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:32 pm PDT AP - Iran's opposition leader has rejected a partial recount of the recent presidential election and insists the disputed results be nullified. Full Story Top Pakistani forces kill at least 11 militants Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:33 pm PDT AP - Warplanes and helicopter gunships pounded suspected militant positions in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Sunday, killing 11 Taliban fighters, intelligence officials said. Full Story Top US announces big shift in Afghanistan drug policy Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:39 pm PDT AP - The U.S. is shifting its strategy against Afghanistan's drug trade, phasing out funding for opium eradication while boosting efforts to fight trafficking and promote alternate crops, the U.S. envoy for Afghanistan said Saturday. Full Story Top Amid Jewish revival, Poland gets openly gay rabbi Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:26 pm PDT AP - When Rabbi Aaron Katz walks the streets of Warsaw's former Jewish quarter, scenes of that lost world fill his imagination: Families headed to synagogue, women in their kitchens cooking Sabbath meals, his father as a boy with the sidecurls of an Orthodox Jew. Full Story Top Thousands of anti-govt protesters mass in Bangkok Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:27 pm PDT AP - Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra lamented that he was "really lonely" in self-imposed exile and urged thousands of cheering supporters to help him return to Thailand "to serve the public" in one of the country's largest demonstrations in months. Full Story Top Which State Security Branch Rules Tehran's Streets? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - Who is behind the overwhelming force keeping protesters of the Iran election off the streets? Full Story Top Albania votes in parliamentary election Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:35 pm PDT AP - Albanians on Sunday started voting in parliamentary elections seen as a key test of the country's political maturity as it eyes European Union membership. Full Story Top U.S.-trained Palestinian force is keen for action Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:01 pm PDT AP - In the live-fire exercise, everything was carefully choreographed — Palestinian commandos, faces blackened, stormed a hide-out in an abandoned building, "wounded" one gunman and "arrested" a second. Full Story Top Honduran leader pushes ahead with divisive vote Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:21 pm PDT AP - President Manuel Zelaya enlisted government employees and his supporters Saturday to set up polling stations for a rogue referendum that opponents depicted as a power grab by the leftist leader. Full Story Top Torres warns SAfrica of Confed Cup Spanish backlash Sat, 27 Jun 2009 09:48 pm PDT AFP - Spain striker Fernando Torres has warned South Africa to expect a backlash when they clash in the Confederations Cup third place play-off on Sunday. Full Story Top Al-Qaida-linked militants kill 2 Filipino soldiers Sat, 27 Jun 2009 11:57 pm PDT AP - Suspected al-Qaida-linked militants killed two unarmed soldiers involved in the construction of a school in the southern Philippines, officials said Sunday. Full Story Top Canadian accused of al Qaeda ties ends Sudan exile Fri, 26 Jun 2009 08:32 am PDT Reuters - A Canadian citizen accused by the United Nations of being linked to al Qaeda flew out of Sudan Friday after a court order ended his six-year exile in Khartoum, his lawyers said. Full Story Top Police question Australian opposition leader over email Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:56 pm PDT Reuters - Australian opposition leader Malcolm Turnbull said on Sunday he had given a statement to police about a fake email at the heart of claims that Prime Minister Kevin Rudd misled parliament. Full Story Top Iran's crackdown complicates Obama's push for direct talks Fri, 26 Jun 2009 05:10 pm PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama acknowledged Friday that his hopes for a direct U.S.-Iran dialogue, one of his signature foreign policy initiatives, have been dashed for now by the Iranian government's violent quashing of protests over the disputed June 12 election. Full Story Top For Haitians deported from the US, an unlikely welcome-home committee Thu, 25 Jun 2009 02:00 am PDT The Christian Science Monitor - For a moment, it feels like a family reunion. Two buses drive from the airport to a nearby parking lot, where several young men are waiting. They throw their arms up and yell, "Welcome!" as heads poke out of the bus windows. Full Story Top Will Germany's Army Ever Be Ready for Battle? Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:25 pm PDT Time.com - With the military's peacekeeping mandate expiring in December, Germany may one day have to send its troops to fight -- but are they ready? Full Story Top A Nepali Girl's Fresh Start Fri, 26 Jun 2009 02:46 pm PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 26 (OneWorld.net) - A children's center in Nepal is opening a new world of opportunities to young people like Maya Waiba, who was less than 10 years old when lured into an abusive job in a carpet factory. Now Maya is getting an education and dreaming of a bright future. Full Story Top

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