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• Hundreds of thousands stage somber rally in Iran (AP)
• Iran's Mousavi: now political rock star (AP)
• Iran protester: People want a new election (AP)
• Somali security minister killed in explosion (AP)
• U.S. training reluctant Afghan police to fight Taliban (AP)
• Four ways Iran crisis may end (Time.com)
• $196 billion; little proof UN health programs work (AP)
• Timeline of Iran's election crisis (AP)
• Season's 1st tropical depression forms in Pacific (AP)
• Pakistan captain dedicates win to long-suffering fans (Reuters)
• US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 633 (AP)
• Canada annual inflation 0.1 pct in May (Reuters)
• Australia, NZ to study Antarctic whales (AP)
• U.S. drones attack region where Islamabad seeks allies (McClatchy Newspapers)
• What's behind Iran's power struggle (The Christian Science Monitor)
• 10 Days in Tehran: What I Saw At the Iranian Revolution (Time.com)

Hundreds of thousands stage somber rally in Iran (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:11 PM PDT AP - Hundreds of thousands of protesters dressed in black and green flooded the streets of Tehran on Thursday in a somber, candlelit show of defiance and mourning for those killed in clashes after Iran's disputed presidential election. The massive march — the fourth this week — sent a powerful message that opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has the popular backing to sustain his unprecedented challenge to Iran's ruling clerics.

Iran's Mousavi: now political rock star (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:44 PM PDT AP - He's gone from colorless insider to political rock star — a graying, bearded veteran of the Islamic regime who now stands at the forefront of a youth-driven movement fighting for change.

Iran protester: People want a new election (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:31 PM PDT AP - Among the demonstrators who joined Thursday's protest in Tehran in support of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi was a 29-year-old engineering graduate. Reached on the telephone by Associated Press correspondent Lee Keath in the United States, he spoke on condition of anonymity because he said he feared retaliation from the government.

Somali security minister killed in explosion (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 01:56 PM PDT AP - Somalia's national security minister and at least 24 other people were killed in a suicide attack Thursday in western Somalia, and an extremist Islamic group with alleged links to al-Qaida claimed responsibility.

U.S. training reluctant Afghan police to fight Taliban (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 11:22 AM PDT AP - The request crackled over the radio in the police station in this remote Afghan valley: four officers needed to accompany U.S. Marines on an overnight patrol.

Four ways Iran crisis may end (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:50 PM PDT Time.com - Will Iran's leaders repeat their own revolution or mimic the tragedy of China or the sclerotic compromise of Zimbabwe?

$196 billion; little proof UN health programs work (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:11 PM PDT AP - In the last two decades, the world has spent more than $196 billion trying to save people from death and disease in poor countries.

Timeline of Iran's election crisis (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:33 PM PDT AP - A timeline of Iran's post-election crisis, which has sparked the biggest unrest in the country in a decade.

Season's 1st tropical depression forms in Pacific (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:28 PM PDT AP - The first tropical depression of the Pacific hurricane season has formed off the coast of Mexico.

Pakistan captain dedicates win to long-suffering fans (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 03:55 PM PDT Reuters - Pakistan captain Younus Khan dedicated his team's Twenty20 World Cup semi-final win over South Africa on Thursday to the long-suffering fans afflicted by militant violence back home.

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 633 (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 05:27 PM PDT AP - As of Thursday, June 18, 2009, at least 633 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Thursday at 10 a.m. EDT.

Canada annual inflation 0.1 pct in May (Reuters) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:08 AM PDT Reuters - Canada's annual inflation slowed in May to its lowest in nearly 15 years but was still higher than expected at 0.1 percent as rising food prices partially offset cheaper gasoline and cars, according to Statistics Canada on Thursday.

Australia, NZ to study Antarctic whales (AP) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 03:43 AM PDT AP - Australia and New Zealand announced Thursday a non-lethal whale research expedition to the Antarctic, a direct challenge to Japan's research program that kills up to 1,000 whales a year.

U.S. drones attack region where Islamabad seeks allies (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 04:06 PM PDT McClatchy Newspapers - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — As Pakistan pursues delicate negotiations before launching a major military operation in South Waziristan, the United States launched a drone strike Thursday that could offend a warlord the government here is trying to win over, analysts said.

What's behind Iran's power struggle (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Jun 2009 02:00 AM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - Iranian security forces continued arresting key opposition figures on Wednesday, as defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi kept up pressure for a revote by calling his supporters onto the streets to mourn at least seven killed in clashes.

10 Days in Tehran: What I Saw At the Iranian Revolution (Time.com) Posted: 18 Jun 2009 12:50 PM PDT Time.com - The massive protests have shaken Iran's rulers. But that won't make them any easier to deal with

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