2009年6月17日星期三

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Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis (AP)

Posted: 17 Jun 2009 04:23 PM PDT

In this image issued by the government run Fars News Agency, a supporter of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, covers her face with piece of cloth in green and a sign in Persian reads' Mir Hossein Mousavi' during a rally in Tehran, Iran, on Wednesday June, 17, 2009. Iran has accused the United States of 'intolerable' meddling in its internal affairs, alleging for the first time that Washington has fueled a bitter post-election dispute. (AP Photo/Fars news agency,)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

In this photo released by Brazil's Navy, a Brazilian Navy diver stands on a piece of debris of the Air France Flight 447 in the Atlantic Ocean, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Autopsies revealed fractures in the legs, hips and arms of Air France disaster victims, a Brazilian official said Wednesday. Experts said those injuries, and the large pieces of wreckage pulled from the Atlantic, strongly suggest the plane broke up in the air. (AP Photo/Brazil's Navy)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

In this frame grab taken from amateur video, supporters of Iranian reformist opposition leader Mir Hossien Mousavi demonstrate in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday June 16, 2009. Thousands of protesters rallied in Tehran in support of Mousavi, according to witnesses and video footage. (AP Photo/APTN, Amateur Video)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

Iranian women resident in Turkey, support presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, during a protest against the Iranian presidential election results, near the Iranian embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 16, 2009. A spokesmen in Tehran, said that Iran's Islamic leadership is prepared to conduct a limited recount of disputed presidential elections, as thousands of people took to the streets to show support for the regime and authorities cracked down on independent media.(AP Photo//Burhan Ozbilici)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

The sun sets on the Houses of Parliament in London. 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.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)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

This June 12, 2009 photo shows a U.S. Army soldier from A Co. 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment passing an Iraqi policeman, left, during a patrol in western Mosul, Iraq . Iraqi police have arrested two of their own in the ambush on an American platoon at a police station that left one soldier dead, Iraqi and U.S. commanders said, in an attack that raised fears of possible insurgent infiltration just as the security force struggles for legitimacy among Iraqis. (AP Photo/ Maya Alleruzzo)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

The Ocean Dream cruise ship sits docked near Guamache port in Margarita Island, Venezuela, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. Venezuelan authorities are forcing the cruise's passengers and crew to remain onboard for 10 days while health officials monitor crew members who have tested positive for swine flu. (AP Photo/STR)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

South Africa's Siphiwe Tshabalala (L) fights for the ball with New Zealand's Kris Bright during the FIFA Confederations Cup football match South Africa vs New Zealand at the Royal Bafokeng stadium in Rustenburg. South Africa won 2-0.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)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

Iran's national soccer team players pose during the 2010 FIFA World Cup Asia group 2 qualifying soccer match against South Korea at Seoul World Cup Stadium in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, June 17 2009. Five Iranian soccer players, including captain Mehdi Mahdavikia, front row second from left, wore green wristbands in an apparent sign of support for Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi. (AP Photo/Min Kyung-hoon)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

Judy Moran talks with mourners during the funeral of her ex-husband, crime-boss Lewis Moran, in Melbourne in 2004. The Melbourne underworld matriarch was behind bars accused over the execution-style killing of her brother-in-law in a case police described as too far fetched for television.(AFP/File/Paul Crock)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

Some hundreds of thousands of supporters of leading opposition presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, who claims there was voting fraud in Friday's presidential election, turn out to protest the result of the election at a mass rally in Azadi (Freedom) square in Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 15, 2009. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)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

Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi addressing supporters at a rally earlier this week. A crackdown on Iranian reformists and supporters of defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi has intensified with dozens more detained in Tehran and outside the capital.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)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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