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• Thousands return to streets of Iran's capital (AP)
• Can Iran's regime survive public anger? (AP)
• Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age (AP)
• NKorea: US journalists plotted 'smear campaign' (AP)
• Pakistan prepares offensive on Taliban stronghold (AP)
• More Trouble in West Africa's Narco State (Time.com)
• Breakdancing pensioner gets disability benefit cut (AFP)
• Iraq unveils results of prison abuse investigation (AP)
• 7 men beaten, shot to death in northern Mexico (AP)
• Presidents, dictators at Gabon leader's funeral (AP)
• Lee and Obama discuss free trade deal (AP)
• Harper, Ignatieff extend "productive" talks (Reuters)
• Obama rejects North Korea's bid to be nuclear power (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Yemen hostage killings: the work of Al Qaeda? (The Christian Science Monitor)
• What Iraqis Think About Iran's Election Turmoil (Time.com)
• 'Only Rich Countries' Can End Climate Deadlock (OneWorld.net)

Thousands return to streets of Iran's capital (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:10 PM PDT AP - Thousands of Iranians swarmed the streets of Tehran on Tuesday in rival demonstrations over the country's disputed presidential election, pushing a deep crisis into its fourth day despite a government attempt to placate the opposition by recounting a limited number of ballots.

Can Iran's regime survive public anger? (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:41 PM PDT AP - Iran's Islamic regime has survived a devastating war with Iraq, strong American sanctions and international isolation in its 30 years of power. It has seen reformist and hard-line presidents come and go, with barely a flinch.

Attempted Iran media clampdown meets Internet age (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 03:49 PM PDT AP - Iran clamped down Tuesday on independent media in an attempt to control images of election protests, but pictures and videos leaked out anyway — showing how difficult it is to shut off the flow of information in the Internet age.

NKorea: US journalists plotted 'smear campaign' (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT AP - One video recorder, six tapes, a digital camera and a stone. North Korea laid out its evidence Tuesday against two American journalists sentenced to hard labor for entering the country illegally.

Pakistan prepares offensive on Taliban stronghold (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:12 PM PDT AP - Pakistan's army launched airstrikes and ferried in tanks and artillery as it confirmed Tuesday that it was preparing a major offensive against insurgents in al-Qaida and the Taliban's safest haven along the Afghan border.

More Trouble in West Africa's Narco State (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - As Guinea-Bissau moves toward presidential elections on June 28, the assassination of a candidate is killing any hope that the country can escape the control of its rogue army

Breakdancing pensioner gets disability benefit cut (AFP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:03 PM PDT AFP - A pensioner vowed Tuesday to keep making his moves despite having his disability benefits cut after he appeared breakdancing on a television talent show.

Iraq unveils results of prison abuse investigation (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:46 PM PDT AP - Iraq's interior minister said Tuesday more than 40 police officers face charges after an investigation into prison abuse found inmates incarcerated without warrants and others with their rights violated.

7 men beaten, shot to death in northern Mexico (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:53 PM PDT AP - Police have found the bodies of seven young men who were beaten or shot to death in the northern state of Durango.

Presidents, dictators at Gabon leader's funeral (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 01:43 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Gabon's capital Tuesday to say farewell to late President Omar Bongo, whose flag-draped coffin was paraded through the heart of a nation he was accused of pillaging during four decades of rule.

Lee and Obama discuss free trade deal (AP) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:44 PM PDT AP - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak is urging representatives of top U.S. companies to push for quick ratification of a stalled U.S.-South Korean free trade deal.

Harper, Ignatieff extend "productive" talks (Reuters) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:38 PM PDT Reuters - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the main opposition leader, Michael Ignatieff, have finished a first meeting aimed at avoiding an election and will meet again later on Tuesday, a Harper spokesman said.

Obama rejects North Korea's bid to be nuclear power (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:09 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — Despite President Barack Obama's assurance Tuesday that he won't accept North Korea as a nuclear power, he has few options short of war and may have little choice but to find a way to live with the threat.

Yemen hostage killings: the work of Al Qaeda? (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 15 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - As many as nine foreign hostages, including Germans, a Briton, and a South Korean, have been found dead in the volatile region of Saada in northern Yemen today, according to news agency reports.

What Iraqis Think About Iran's Election Turmoil (Time.com) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 04:35 PM PDT Time.com - While much of the rest of the world wrings its hands over the Iranian election, there has been little anguish in Baghdad. There are several reasons why

'Only Rich Countries' Can End Climate Deadlock (OneWorld.net) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 12:40 PM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 16 (OneWorld.net) - Only wealthy nations -- which have a "double duty" to reduce pollution at home and help poor countries slash emissions -- can relieve the deadlock paralyzing global climate negotiations, says a new report by an international relief agency.

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