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• Election battles turn into street fights in Iran (AP)
• World reacts cautiously to Iranian's re-election (AP)
• Defying sanctions, NKorea vows to make more nukes (AP)
• Iraqi leaders rally after murder of Sunni lawmaker (AP)
• US suspect says she saw slain woman as a friend (AP)
• After a Disputed Election, Tehran's Streets Become a Battleground (Time.com)
• Britain to unveil Iraq inquiry this week: reports (AFP)
• US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,312 (AP)
• Air France jet sent message on rudder problem (AP)
• Tribal fighters attack South Sudan food barges (Reuters)
• Clinton praises UN penalties against North Korea (AP)
• Canada decries "rising tide" of U.S. protectionism (Reuters)
• S.African expat denies $1.2 bln 'Ponzi' scheme (AFP)
• Pakistan Taliban leader faces threat from fellow tribesman (McClatchy Newspapers)

Election battles turn into street fights in Iran (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 03:34 PM PDT AP - Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police in the heart of Iran's capital Saturday, pelting them with rocks and setting fires in the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. They accused the hard-line president of using fraud to steal election victory from his reformist rival.

World reacts cautiously to Iranian's re-election (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 03:04 PM PDT AP - The U.S. and Canada challenged Iran's claims that hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election, but much of the rest of the world remained silent Saturday despite claims of fraud and scenes of clashes on the streets of Tehran.

Defying sanctions, NKorea vows to make more nukes (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 02:47 PM PDT AP - North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas.

Iraqi leaders rally after murder of Sunni lawmaker (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 10:33 AM PDT AP - The government Saturday blamed al-Qaida in Iraq for killing a prominent Sunni lawmaker as leaders across the sectarian divide rallied together, deploring the murder and pledging to prevent a new wave of religious violence that once plunged the country to the brink of civil war.

US suspect says she saw slain woman as a friend (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 01:00 PM PDT AP - PERUGIA, Italy — An American student who denies murdering her British roommate testified Saturday that she was shocked by the death of a woman she considered her friend, and said a "crescendo" of police pressure led her to accuse an innocent man.

After a Disputed Election, Tehran's Streets Become a Battleground (Time.com) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 11:00 AM PDT Time.com - Protests last through the night, as opponents of Ahmadinejad cry foul after the incumbent is declared the winner of Iran's presidential vote

Britain to unveil Iraq inquiry this week: reports (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 05:35 PM PDT AFP - The British government will announce an inquiry into the war in Iraq this week, media reported.

US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,312 (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 05:31 PM PDT 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.

Air France jet sent message on rudder problem (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 05:27 PM PDT AP - A burst of automatic messages sent by Air France Flight 447 before it crashed includes one about a problem with a rudder safety device but lacks decisive clues as to what sent the jet plunging into the Atlantic Ocean two weeks ago, an aviation expert said Saturday.

Tribal fighters attack South Sudan food barges (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 02:20 PM PDT Reuters - Armed tribesmen attacked barges carrying U.N. food aid in south Sudan, leaving an unknown number of casualties in the latest in an outbreak of ethnic violence, officials said on Saturday.

Clinton praises UN penalties against North Korea (AP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 05:09 PM PDT AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday new U.N. penalties against North Korea provide the necessary tools to help check the communist nation's continued pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Canada decries "rising tide" of U.S. protectionism (Reuters) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 12:58 PM PDT 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.

S.African expat denies $1.2 bln 'Ponzi' scheme (AFP) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 04:33 AM PDT 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.

Pakistan Taliban leader faces threat from fellow tribesman (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 13 Jun 2009 03:59 PM PDT 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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