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• Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis (AP)
• Autopsies suggest Air France jet broke up in sky (AP)
• Rights groups: reformists seized in Iran crackdown (AP)
• Families, women in chadors join Iran's opposition (AP)
• Arabs largely silent on Iran election and unrest (AP)
• Mexico's Election Rebellion: Just Vote No (Time.com)
• Minister becomes latest victim of expenses row (AFP)
• Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police (AP)
• Cruise ship quarantined for swine flu in Venezuela (AP)
• Parker finds redemption to keep hosts in the hunt (AFP)
• Iranian athletes wear green in apparent protest (AP)
• Liberals back government, election averted (Reuters)
• Australian gang matriarch held over hit on relative (AFP)
• Thousands of Iranians march in defiance as death toll reaches 32 (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Was Iran's election rigged? Here's what is known so far. (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Thirty Years After the Revolution, U.S. Still Struggles to Understand Iran (Time.com)
• 'I Will Continue to Report, But I May Be Arrested' (OneWorld.net)

Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:23 PM PDT AP - Iran directly accused the United States of meddling in the deepening crisis over a disputed presidential election and broadened its media clampdown Wednesday to include blogs and news Web sites. But protesters took to the streets in growing defiance of the country's Islamic rulers.

Autopsies suggest Air France jet broke up in sky (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:21 PM PDT AP - Autopsies have revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France disaster victims, injuries that — along with the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic — strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air, experts said Wednesday.

Rights groups: reformists seized in Iran crackdown (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:26 PM PDT AP - International human rights organizations said Wednesday that many prominent activists and politicians have been arrested in response to protests over the Iran's disputed election.

Families, women in chadors join Iran's opposition (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:52 PM PDT AP - It's not just young, liberal rich kids anymore: Whole families, taxi drivers, even conservative women in black chadors are joining Iran's opposition street protests.

Arabs largely silent on Iran election and unrest (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:23 PM PDT AP - Key Arab nations have kept silent about Iran's political upheaval, possibly reluctant to antagonize the powerful nation that sponsors such militant groups as Hezbollah and Hamas.

Mexico's Election Rebellion: Just Vote No (Time.com) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT Time.com - The legislative and local elections in July may see a humorous campaign take on serious dimensions

Minister becomes latest victim of expenses row (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:23 PM PDT AFP - The parliamentary expenses row claimed another victim Wednesday with the resignation of a junior finance minister, in a new blow to the government of embattled Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Killing of US soldier casts light on Mosul police (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 01:57 PM PDT AP - A police investigation of two of their own in the killing of an American soldier and his interpreter is seen as a test of Mosul's police force — the weakest link among Iraqi security forces about to take the lead in protecting the country's most violent city.

Cruise ship quarantined for swine flu in Venezuela (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:39 PM PDT AP - Venezuela has quarantined the passengers and crew of a visiting cruise ship for 10 days after three crew members tested positive for swine flu.

Parker finds redemption to keep hosts in the hunt (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:28 PM PDT AFP - South Africa, playing for their Confederations Cup lives at the Royal Bafokeng stadium built on revenue from the local platinum mines, dug themselves out of deep trouble here Wednesday with a resounding 2-0 win over New Zealand.

Iranian athletes wear green in apparent protest (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 03:14 PM PDT AP - It was a simple gesture — green tape wrapped around a wrist — but its symbolism resonated half a world away.

Liberals back government, election averted (Reuters) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 11:34 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's Liberal Party agreed on Wednesday to back the minority Conservative government in a crucial confidence vote on Friday, averting the threat of the summer election that both parties said nobody wanted.

Australian gang matriarch held over hit on relative (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 12:59 AM PDT AFP - A Melbourne underworld matriarch faced court accused over the execution-style murder of her brother-in-law in a case police described as too far fetched for television.

Thousands of Iranians march in defiance as death toll reaches 32 (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:46 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - TEHRAN, Iran — Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators flooded Tehran Wednesday in the fifth day of protests to demand the annulment of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election, and more nationwide protests appeared to be in store.

Was Iran's election rigged? Here's what is known so far. (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - In the biggest presidential election turnout in the history of the Islamic Republic, some 85 percent of Iran's electorate went to the polls last Friday and gave incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a landslide victory.

Thirty Years After the Revolution, U.S. Still Struggles to Understand Iran (Time.com) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:30 PM PDT Time.com - There's less excuse this time, but U.S. policymakers are once again caught by surprise

'I Will Continue to Report, But I May Be Arrested' (OneWorld.net) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 09:04 AM PDT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Jun 17 (OneWorld.net) - "In recent days censorship in [Iran] has drastically surpassed already militant controls Iranians have become accustomed to and the media is in crisis," writes Iranian journalist Saeed Kamali Dehghan.

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