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2009

June

• Iran says partial recount shows election valid

• US confident hours before leaving Iraqi cities

• Karzai: Afghan guards employed by US killed police

• Argentine power couple loses congressional vote Email this Story Jun 29, 6:10 AM (ET)  By MAYRA PE

• Honduras torn between ousted leader, replacement

• Israel May Shift on Settlements Freeze

• Police chief among 10 killed in Afghan gunbattle

• Iran recount seen as bid to placate opposition

• Iraqi troops ready to secure major cities, top Army general says

• Thousands of Iranians ignore leaders’ threats, march in unauthorized rally

• Iraq Set to Seek Foreign Oil Bids

• Iran Escalates Its Fight With Britain; New Clashes Erupt

• Influential Iranian cleric: Vote fallout a ‘tangled mess’

• New clashes in Iran as standoff worsens with West

• Pakistani forces kill 11 Taliban militants

• Pakistani forces kill 11 Taliban militants

• Iran’s supreme ruler calls for unity

• Iran pledges ‘crushing’ response to US critiques

• 5 militants killed in shootout in south Pakistan

• Iranian cleric: Some in unrest should be executed

• Obama scoffs at Ahmadinejad apology demand

• Motorcycle bomb kills 19 in Baghdad market

• Iran reform leader says he won’t end his challenge

• Witnesses report clashes around Iran’s parliament

• NKorea threatens US as world anticipates missile

• Bomb strikes Shiite market in Baghdad, killing 56

• Assassination in Pakistan exposes Taliban rifts

• Intensified crackdown mutes protests in Iran

• Intensified crackdown mutes protests in Iran

• Taliban commander shot dead in northwest Pakistan

• Iran expels 2 British diplomats, refuses new vote

• Iranian Rally Is Dispersed as Voting Errors Are Admitted

• Bombings and shootings kill more than 30 in Iraq

• Militant camp may hold clues to Taliban operations

• Iranian police use force to break up protest

• Iranian police use force to break up protest

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatens protesters

• NKorea threatens to harm US if attacked

• Airstrikes kill 21 more in Pakistan

• Mousavi defiantly calls for continued protests

• Afghan firefight shows challenge for US troops

• Afghan firefight shows challenge for US troops

• Struggle among Iran’s clerics bursts into the open

• NKorea criticizes US nuclear protection of South

• Police disperse protesters after clashes in China

• Haitians leery of 2nd election round amid violence

• Iraqi police say bombing has al-Qaida signature

• Rockets hit US base at Bagram, kill 2 US troops

• Iran raises death toll in clashes to at least 20

• Truck bomb kills more than 70 in northern Iraq

• New York Times reporter escapes Taliban captivity

• Defiant Tehran protesters battle police

• Fierce Tehran clashes between police, protesters

• US, regional powers may meet on NKorea next month

• Officials: 50 militants dead in Pakistan fighting

• Iran warns opposition against staging street rally

• Feared Basij militia could transform Iran showdown

• Military: US airstrikes likely killed 26 civilians

• Iran’s leader: End protests or risk `bloodshed’

• Iran’s top leader warns of protest crackdown

• Iraqi Oil Minister Accused of Mother of All Sell-Outs

• Hundreds of thousands protest in Iran, mourn dead

• Gates: US puts more missile defense around Hawaii

• Pakistan Says U.S. Drone Kills 13

• Mousavi calls Iran rally to mourn dead protesters

• 20 including Somali official killed in bombing

• Iran braces for another mass opposition protest

• Iran accuses the US of meddling in election crisis

• New Protest Builds as Iran Expands Its Crackdown

• Iranian opposition leader calls for rally Thursday

• NKorea warns US of ‘thousand-fold’ military action

• NKorea: US journalists plotted ‘smear campaign’

• Iran’s Revolutionary Guard warns online media

• Thousands return to streets of Iran’s capital

• Obama troubled by Iran election but sees change

• Pakistan prepares offensive on Taliban stronghold

• Obama says nuclear-armed N. Korea ‘grave threat’

• Thousands rally to support Iranian government

• Ahmadinejad challenger calls off Tehran rally to avert further bloodshed

• Report: Son of NKorean leader visits China

• UK plans universal access to high-speed Internet

• Report: 2 Americans illegally crossed into NKorea

• Lee and Obama to discuss North Korean threats

• Reports: India, Pakistan leaders meet

• Limited recount possible in Iran’s disputed vote

• US commander: US to stick to Iraq withdrawal date

• N. Korea holds rally to condemn UN sanctions

• Iran protester slain after huge pro-reform rally

• US Intel: North Korea conducted nuke test in May

• IRAN: Huge pro-reform rally defies crackdown threats

• Iran Bans Opposition Rally as Critics Are Detained

• Possible N. Korea nuke tests sites may be found

• Iran supreme leader orders probe of election fraud

• NKorea warns of nuclear war amid rising tensions

• Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence

• Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops Email this Story Jun 14, 7:35 PM (ET)  By ANNA

• Ahmadinejad: Clashes over election ‘not important’

• Israel’s Foreign Minister Cozies Up to Moscow

• Ahmadinejad Named Victor; Riots Ensue

• Both Sides Claim Victory in Presidential Election in Iran

• UN Votes to Punish North Korea for Nuclear Test

• Iran vote extended with turnout heavy

• Chinese Muslims trigger public backlash in Palau

• Pakistani general’s home attacked

• After rowdy campaign, Iranians choose a president

• Iran’s raucous election campaign goes quiet Email this Story Jun 11, 2:07 PM (ET)  By NASSER KARIM

• Once Apathetic, Young Iranians Now Say They’ll Vote

• AP source: NKorea may be prepping new nuclear test

• NKorea makes demands of South over industrial park

• Militants show sophisticated tactics in Pakistan

• Officials: Clashes in Pakistan tribal area kill 23

• China defends net filtering software amid outcry

• China objects to Palau resettling Guantanamo men

• Iraqi official: 3 of 5 US contractors freed

• Pakistan appeals for public support on Taliban

• North Korea’s fundraising target of new sanctions

• Iran’s Islamic guardians warn reformist wave

• Ahmadinejad lashes out at rival before Iran vote

• US releases video of Afghan grenade attack

• Car bomb kills 15 in southern Shiite area in Iraq

• Pakistan shelling Taliban in tribal district

• Blast near US troops kills 1 Afghan, wounds 54

• NKorea steps up rhetoric amid nuclear crisis

• US women’s families ask NKorea to show compassion

• US Marines fan out across dangerous Afghan south

• Face of Attacks in Iraq Turns Younger, U.S. Says

• N. Korea Sentences 2 U.S. Journalists to 12 Years of Hard Labor

• U.S. Weighs Intercepting North Korean Shipments

• Britain’s Brown faces showdown with rebels

• Lebanon’s pro-Western majority declares victory

• Aid groups: 3,000 villagers flee Myanmar shelling

• Iraqis detain 5 Americans in Baghdad

• Mexico day care fire kills 38 children

• Lebanon vote pits Hezbollah vs. pro-West camp

• Obama says North Korea must respond to diplomacy

• Officials: Accused spies for Cuba lured by stranger

• France, US stand united on Iran, Mideast peace

• Militant ambush kills 2 Taliban-linked prisoners

• Couple accused of spying for Cuba for 30 years

• At death camp, Obama says evil must be confronted

• Suicide blast at mosque in Pakistan kills 30

• Report: US to put its own sanctions on NKorea

• Obama calls for new effort for 2-state solution

• Third Minister Resigns From Gordon Brown’s Cabinet

• Dutch, British get chance to vent anger in EU vote

• Diplomat: US won’t make same mistake with NKorea

• Tiananmen 20th anniversary brings new repression

• 10 security guards killed in Afghan bomb blasts

• Al-Qaida criticizes Obama’s upcoming Cairo speech

• China, US to resume high-level, annual discussions

• Iraqi gets life sentence for Briton’s kidnap death

• N. Korea prepares missiles as successor announced

• Police: Group of 400 abducted in NW Pakistan

• Pakistani army lifts curfews in more Swat towns

• Netanyahu: Call for settlement freeze unreasonable