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IRANIAN REVOLUTION DAILY UPDATE

--Iran Warns of Action if Israel Attacks Nuke Sites

--Iran ready to Israel attack on nuclear facilities
--Iran frees British embassy worker, leaving 1 jailed
--Iran to put local British embassy staff on trial: cleric
--Iran to try British Embassy employee
--Britain warns Iran over embassy staff detentions
--'The revolution in Iran has just begun'
--Iran's top leader warns West over alleged meddling
--Iranian clerical group says vote result "invalid"
--Michael Oren says "Iranian Nuke could wipe Israel out in seconds"
--Report: U.S. to block Iran sanctions at G8 summit
--Iran lawyer: False confessions would free client
--Iran newspaper calls for Mousavi to face trial
--IAF to train overseas for Iran strike op
--Report: Ahmadinejad says he wants public talks with Obama
--'Jewish Ahmadinejad' blogger arrested
--Israeli sub sails Suez, signaling reach to Iran
--EU nations summon Iran ambassadors in protest
--Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried
--Conspiracy Theories in Iran Flourish
'Sanctions against Iran inefficient'

BIG BROTHER WATCH:Bluetooth "Big Brother" tracks festival-goers

Researchers are using Bluetooth technology to observe the meanderings of tens of thousands of festival-goers at a top European rock festival, hoping their findings will launch a new generation of tracking devices.
The team from the University of Ghent in Belgium believes the research could yield new satellite navigation applications for the retail and security sectors....

Presidential Significance of 4th of July

ISLAMIC WATCH:New York City Council, Bloomberg at Odds Over Call for Muslim School Holidays

The New York City Council is at odds with Mayor Michael Bloomberg over a resolution calling for the school system to observe two Muslim holidays.
The council overwhelmingly passed the resolution Tuesday, citing the city's growing Muslim population and the fact that the system observes comparable Jewish and Christian holidays....

EUGENICS WATCH:Rwanda denies sterilisation plans

Rwanda has strongly denied reports that its parliament is considering a draft law which would forcibly sterilise people who are mentally disabled...

Honouring All Vets

Obama's Africa visit prompts Nigerian, Kenyan angst

U.S. President Barack Obama's choice of Ghana for his first official trip to Africa next week has triggered a bout of self-questioning in Nigeria and Kenya, where many see his itinerary as a deliberate snub....

North Korea fires missiles in 4th of July salvo

North Korea launched seven ballistic missiles Saturday into waters off its east coast in a show of military firepower that defied U.N. resolutions and drew global expressions of condemnation and concern.
The salvo, confirmed by the South Korean government, also appeared to be a slap at the United States as Washington moves to enforce U.N. as well as its own sanctions against the isolated regime for its May 25 nuclear test...

AU WATCH:Mega pan-African festival kicks off in Algeria

A huge pan-African festival gathering more than 8,000 artists and writers from all over Africa, as well as Brazil and the United States,got under way here on Saturday.
Algeria is hosting the Second Pan-African Cultural Festival at the request of the African Union, 40 years after the north African country staged the first such event, when several nations were still struggling for independence.

Marines march in grueling Afghan sun for July 4

Taliban militants were nowhere in sight as the columns of U.S. Marines walked a third straight day across southern Afghanistan. But the desert heat proved an enemy in its own right, with several troops falling victim Saturday to temperatures topping 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
The Marines carry 50-100 pounds (23-45 kilograms) on their backs. But because they are marching through farmland on foot, they can't carry nearly as much water as their thirst demands...

PICTURE LEFT:U.S. Marine Cpl. Brian Knight, of Cincinnati, Ohio, with the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines, pauses briefly in the heat to rest with his heavy pack filled with mortar equipment, ammunition, food, and water in the Nawa district in Afghanistan's Helmand province Saturday, July 4, 2009. Taliban militants attacked a U.S. coalition base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday with an explosives-laden truck that blew up outside the gates, sparking a two-hour gunbattle and killing two American troops, officials said.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

HAPPY B-DAY AMERICA

--Fireworks Displays Across U.S.

--Obama Speaks to Military Families on July 4

--Bush Spends Holiday in Oklahoma

--Proudly guarding the Statue of Liberty

--Americans celebrate July 4 with protests

--Troops celebrate holiday by re-enlisting

--In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US lights up sky

Some Americans Will Celebrate July 4 in Statue of Liberty's Crown

The first visitors allowed into the Statue of Liberty's crown in nearly eight years began the arduous climb Saturday on an Independence Day journey laden with symbolism of freedom and national pride...

My 4th of July Hero:"Helen Thomas"

I have been more or less one of the resident class-clowns here at BH. Having been been so appalled at the bizarre news coming out of Washington on a daily basis, I’ve been unable to write anything, that isn’t from a satirical viewpoint...

In NYC, biggest fireworks show in US set to begin

The Fourth of July weekend is shaping up as a celebration for Americans watching fireworks around the country—and for three elephants and a turtle....

HAPPY 4th OF JULY...!!!--A NOTE TO MY READERS

Hi ya'all....!!!Happy 4th of July...!!!
I figured we would celebrate "good" today at home,since may be it will be the last 4th of July we will celebrate ever...since our country is turning into a socialist nightmare and people seem not to know anymore--or not to remember well-- how this country was founded...you know basic historical facts,and seem to have welcomed instead this "global citizenship of the world"....
I observe people in the streets,going around,at the grocery store,at the mall and I'm concerned....I'm deeply concerned about our country.

I hope I'm wrong,but it seems that "4th of July"has lost its real meaning for many americans...

Our country is morphing rapidly into something that may be in a couple of months we wont recognize anymore...It's scary,but it's happenning...I guess it is more visible in big cities than in small towns but it is coming...slowly but surely.

So as these things are happenning all over and our liberties are being taken away from us one by one--while most americans seem to be in "Deep Slumber" or "anesthetic deadly denial"-- and as more restrictions and more taxing and more burden is placed upon the loins of the american people....we may as well celebrate,as if it were the last 4th of July we spend in liberty and freedom....

I pray that these last two liberty and freedom won't be a tale of the past that we will tell of to our children,like something of the way way back past of America....

I want to thank the Lord today for our country,my family,my home,the peace we enjoy,the food on our table and the good friends and neighbours that we are surrounded of.

Most important of all thank God for my salvation...without which,I couldn't enjoy absolutely anything,and I would have never been able to appreciate the beauty of freedom and liberty.

Let's keep living and working in America,with this in mind:"He is Sovereign and He sees the state of our nation and the state of our hearts.He knows how much some of us may be struggling to pay bills,to make ends meet.He knows about some of us that have a loved one in a far away land at war.He knows that as americans that love God,freedom and liberty,we are hurting.He Hears our Cries...."

Let's keep walking and growing closer to Him each day as "that day' approaches.

Let's ask for wisdom and strength daily from Him...

Love God,your family,your neighbour,your nation...

Do good and not evil.Do not repay evil for evil.

Pray for your enemies.

Thank God for every day,because with it in this great nation of ours--His mercies continue to be new every morning and His provision won't falter in our households.He placed us here in America for a reason...He makes NO mistakes...

Let's keep on crying out to God for our nation....He will hear....

I love you all

Have a great 4th of July--while we still can.....!!!!

God bless You

As in the days of Noah.....

Helen Thomas: Not Even Nixon Tried to Control the Media Like Obama

Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran White House correspondent Helen Thomas told CNSNews.com that not even Richard Nixon tried to control the press the way President Obama is trying to control the press...
Chip Reid and Helen Thomas take Robert Gibbs to task...

PS: It is evident after watching this "embarassing"(for the BHO Administration--I may add....)video,that Gibbs is a total inept and a big zero....What was he laughing about....?There was nothing laughable in what was being asked.
On the other hand I think Gibbs is a perfect"spokesman" for BHO...
Unbelievable....Never seen anything like it.....
As in the days of Noah....

Obama and North Korea:Featuring Lil’ KimJong---by Steven Crowder

I’m sure many leftists will assume me a racist because of this one. I shan’t lie… I find Kim Jong Il’s accent incredibly funny, and won’t apologize for it. Also, before you start worrying about the legal ramifications, Lil KimJong signed a release allowing us to use this footage so it’s totally cool.

By Steven Crowder....

NORTH KOREA WATCH

South Koreans watch a television broadcasting undated image a North Korea launch missile at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 2, 2009. North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles Thursday, South Korea's Defense Ministry said, a move that aggravates already high tensions following Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and U.N. sanctions imposed as punishment. The Korean read 'North Korea test-fired two short-range missiles.' (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

--BOLD ON THE 4TH OF JULY: WILL OBAMA SHOOT DOWN NKOREA MISSILE?

--NKorea nuclear test warning...

--NKorean ship under US scrutiny changes course

--U.S. urges N. Korea to stop provocations, return to 6-way talks

--NKorea fires missiles; launch toward US feared

--North Korean Defector Describes Inner Workings of Isolated Regime

--North Korea May Fire Off More Short-Range Missiles

--Experts Find Soviet Parts in N. Korean Missile

--S. Korea Mobilizes Maritime Unit Against North

--North Korea Airs First Beer Commercial on State TV

Iraqis rejoice as US troops leave Baghdad

US troops pulled out of Baghdad, triggering jubilation among Iraqis hopeful that foreign military occupation is ending six years after the invasion to depose Saddam Hussein...

--http://www.euronews.net/

Iraqis celebrate pullout of US. forces...

Baghdad withdrawal celebrations

US troops leave Iraq's cities

US combat troops left the last of Iraq's cities on Tuesday, returning the country to Iraqi control in a move applauded by many Iraqis even though some fear it will leave them more vulnerable to attacks...

--Iraqis rejoice as US troops leave Baghdad

--US says time is right to pull out of Iraq

--US troops begin leaving Iraq cities

Iraq Takes Control of Security in Baghdad

Major Military Operation Starts in Afghanistan

Thousands of U.S. Marines and hundreds of Afghan troops moved into Taliban-infested villages of southern Afghanistan Thursday in the first major operation under President Barack Obama's strategy to stabilize the country.

Taliban Militants Capture US Soldier in Afghanistan

Oil Slips Below $69 Ahead of U.S. Jobs Report

Oil prices slipped below $69 a barrel Thursday in Asia as investors looked to the release of a key U.S. employment report for hints on the outlook for the world's largest economy.Benchmark crude for August delivery fell 93 cents to $68.32 a barrel by late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. On Tuesday, it fell 58 cents to settle at $69.31.

OBAMA'S STIMULUS DAILY WATCH...

--NY City Apartment Sales Down Over 50%...
--MORGAN STANLEY May Post Another Loss After Paying Back Bailout...
--GM Plans 'Garage Sale' for Plants, Golf Course, Michigan Parking Lot...
--California on the brink...:IOU
--States work to stave off government shutdowns...
--Feds could seize parks...
--DEEP SUMMER SCHOOL CUTBACKS...
--Biden fails to draw crowd in Erie...
--Bank Fees Rise as Lenders Try to Offset Losses...
--FOXBusiness: GM Plans to File for IPO Next Year
--Layoffs may be worsening....
--Private sector sheds another 473,000 jobs in June...
--Mortgage applications fall to 7-month low...

Unemployment rate to 9.5 %....

Congress's Travel Tab Swells:"Spending on Taxpayer-Funded Trips Rises Tenfold; From Italy to the Galápagos"

Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995, and has nearly tripled since 2001, according to the Journal analysis of 60,000 travel records. Hundreds of lawmakers traveled overseas in 2008 at a cost of about $13 million. That's a 50% jump since Democrats took control of Congress two years ago....

Obama on the Economy:"He is still "deeply concerned" about the continuing loss of jobs across the country..."

OBAMA'S STIMULUS...:"467K jobs cut in June;jobless rate at 9.5%"

Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Workers also saw weekly wages fall, suggesting Americans will have little appetite to spend and the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy...
--U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes

Cleric:"Muslims should visit Jerusalem"

A senior Palestinian Muslim cleric on Wednesday urged Muslims to travel to Jerusalem, breaking a taboo against visiting the holy city because it would be considered as normalizing relations with Israel.

After Iran vote recount,Mousavi calls new government "illegitimate"

After Iran's Guardian Council acquiesced to popular demands and conducted a recount of the contested June 12 vote which left incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power, announcing Tuesday that the election case was closed, opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has become the spearhead of the popular movement that disputed the vote, called the new government "illegitimate" in a posting on his Website Wednesday afternoon.

6 Mousavi supporters reportedly hanged

As the Iranian authorities warned the opposition on Tuesday that they would tolerate no further protests over the disputed June 12 presidential elections, a report emerged of the hangings of six supporters of defeated candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi.

Iran shuts newspaper challenging Ahmadinejad

The crackdown on the opposition in Iran continued on Wednesday, with authorities banning a newspaper allied to presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi after he denounced Iran's government as "illegitimate" because of claims of voting fraud in last month's election, a reformist political group said...

Ahmadinejad pulls out of African summit

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad canceled a last-minute call to attend an African Union summit in Libya on Wednesday amid a stir among African delegates, who complained the contentious Iranian leader would divert the conference's attention from the continent's pressing problems...

IDF Navy intercepts Gaza-bound ship

An IDF Navy unit took over a ship that was en route to breaking the naval closure on the Gaza Strip, the IDF said in a statement Tuesday afternoon.

PICTURE LEFT:International activists cover boxes of medical supplies to protect them from the rain aboard a boat before setting sail for Gaza from the Cypriot port of Larnaca, Monday.Photo: AP

Kazakhstan:"We won't give Iran any nuke material"

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev promised on Tuesday that "no nuclear material will reach Iran from our territory."
Kazakhstan is believed to possess as much as 15 percent of the world supply of uranium....

Azerbaijan seeks closer ties to Israel despite Iran's pressure

The desire of two key Muslim states to strengthen cooperation with the Jewish state has won out against a campaign of pressure from Israel's enemies in the Islamic world.
In a state visit to Azerbaijan over the weekend, members of President Shimon Peres's delegation learned of concerted efforts by the Iranian regime to torpedo the event...

Iranians walk out on Peres in Astana at Kazakhstan Interfaith Conference...

Carrying out their threat, the Iranian representatives staged a walkout during President Shimon Peres's keynote address at the Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana, Kazakhstan on Wednesday morning, refusing to return as long as the Israeli leader spoke.

Egypt wants S-400 to counter Iran

In a sign of mounting concern about Teheran's missile capability, the Egyptian military recently expressed interest in purchasing the Russian-made, advanced S-300 and S-400 air defense systems....

Federal agents hunt for guns,one house at a time...

In front of a run-down shack in north Houston, federal agents step from a government sedan into 102-degree heat and face a critical question: How can the woman living here buy four high-end handguns in one day?

New York Democrats Refuse to Stand for Pledge of Allegiance

"The democrats refused to stand or participate. And when one tried to stand, he was pushed down...."

Obama’s Approval Index Rating Takes a Dive...

BIG BROTHER WATCH:Blood Samples Raise Questions of Privacy;Some Samples Are Stored and Used For Research Without Parents' Consent

Matthew Brzica and his wife hardly noticed when the hospital took a few drops of blood from each of their four newborn children for routine genetic testing. But then they discovered that the state had kept the dried blood samples ever since -- and was making them available to scientists for medical research.
"They're just taking DNA from young kids right out of the womb and putting it into a warehouse," said Brzica, of Victoria, Minn. "DNA is what makes us who we are. It's just not right."...

Nanny State: White House announces new lighting standards...

Aiming to keep the focus on climate change legislation, President Barack Obama put a plug in for administration efforts to make lamps and lighting equipment use less energy.
"I know light bulbs may not seem sexy, but this simple action holds enormous promise because 7 percent of all the energy consumed in America is used to light our homes and businesses," the president said, standing alongside Energy Secretary Steven Chu at the White House...

Rasmussen:"Obama Approval Index Falls Below Zero..."

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 31% of the nation's voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President...

Buchanan:"Climate Bill Is Transfer Of Wealth To World Government"

During an appearance on MSNBC, political commentator Pat Buchanan correctly defined the “Climate Bill” for what it really is, not just a new tax on the American people, but a complete transfer of power and wealth to a global government that is using the manufactured fear of global warming to grease the skids for total domination...

Cap-and-Trade Is About Power and Control

It's Friday! What are your plans? Dinner? Blockbuster movie? Hey, you could always read the 1,500-page cap-and-trade bill — that's 1,200 plus 300 in amendments.
Here's the one thing tonight: While America enjoys a Friday watching "Transformers," the country is being transformed behind our backs...

Nationwide Protest against Obama’s Cap and Trade

The time for a nationwide protest against our “lawmakers” has come—I am no longer referring to them as our representatives as they have stopped representing We-the-People. The volume of calls placed on Friday to the US Capitol switchboard and our Congressional Reps again shut it down and voice mailboxes were full.The calls placed were reported to be 10-1 AGAINST Obama‘s and Pelosi’s plan to raise energy prices to we the consumers by at least 100% and in most cases 150-200%....
PS:Excellent article by Sher Zieve @ Canada Free Press.Amen to it...Please go to the link and read it all and the related articles.Sadly....it's all truth...all truth....
As in the days of Noah....

Chaos,arm-twisting gave Pelosi win...

After lawmakers had devoured the last of the Kalua Pig at last Thursday night’s White House Luau, Nancy Pelosi summoned her team back to the Capitol — to ensure the climate change bill wasn’t the next thing roasted on the spit.
Pelosi and her top lieutenants would spend the next four hours whipping, cajoling, begging and browbeating undecided Democrats — and triple-checking their whip lists to decide who was a solid “yes” and who was prevaricating on the cap-and-trade legislation...

HOUSE PASSES CLIMATE-CHANGE BILL...

Democrats narrowly passed historic climate and energy legislation Friday evening that would transform the country’s economy and industrial landscape.... --Will Congress Read Bills Before Voting?
--Democrats Hopeful for Narrow Victory on Climate Bill
--The Cap and Tax Fiction:Democrats off-loading economics to pass climate change bill.
--House Democrats unsure of global warming bill's passage
--Climate-Change Bill...House Filibuster...?
--Too big, too fast:Over the weekend, the bill grew from 946 pages to 1,201 pages...
--Boehner: Climate bill a 'pile of s--t'
Boehner: "America Has the Right to Know the Consequences of Speaker Pelosi's Nat'l Energy Tax"
House Democrats didnt want the American people to understand the true impact of Speaker Pelosis 1,500-page national energy tax. So House Republican Leader John Boehner took to the House floor and read portions of it to the American people, explaining how it would to raise electricity prices, increase gasoline prices, and ship American jobs overseas to countries like China and India. House Democrats didnt much like it either, and they tried to shut him down. But Boehner asked Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) and other Democrats: Dont you think the American people expect us to understand whats in the bill before we vote on it...?

PROMISES, PROMISES:"Obama slow on pledge to gays..."

President Barack Obama promised gay and lesbian voters he would repeal a law banning their open service in the military, would do away with a federal marriage law and would champion their causes from the White House.In his first five months, he's taken incremental steps that have little real effect and left some people feeling betrayed.But he's still willing to take money from a reliably Democratic constituency—he was sending Vice President Joe Biden to a Democratic National Committee fundraiser Thursday evening with gay and lesbian donors.Some gay donors called for a boycott after Obama's Justice Department,in a court filing, compared gay marriages to incest...

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Joe Biden reaches out to gay community

Vice President Joe Biden told gay and lesbian Democrats that he doesn't blame them for their impatience and promised that the Obama administration will begin to push more strongly on the issues they care about, including the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell.Speaking at a LGBT fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee, Biden acknowledged the anger many gays and lesbians have toward the White House, and he pledged to "put some pace on the ball."

Gay National Guard Officer Could Be Discharged

A hearing is under way in upstate New York for an Army National Guard officer who publicly announced he was gay to protest the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.

Obama Vows to Be Gay "Champion":Hosts "gay-pride" event at White House...

Countering criticism that he's done little on gay rights, President Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities."I want you to know: You have our support," Obama told members of the core Democratic constituency as he and first lady Michelle Obama hosted a cocktail-and-appetizer reception in the East Room for gay pride month...
--Obama Works to Address Concerns Among Gay Supporters
--POTUS to LGBT: "Welcome to Your White House"

Brazil's Lula says may seek presidency in 2014

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is likely to run for the presidency again in 2014 if an opposition candidate wins next year's election, he said in an interview published on Friday.

Air Force tests missile in launch from Calif coast

The Air Force has successfully launched an unarmed Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile from the California coast to an area in the Pacific Ocean some 4,200 miles away.
Lt. Raymond Geoffroy says the ICBM was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base at 3:01 a.m. Monday and carried three unarmed re-entry vehicles to their targets near the Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

South Korea getting US missiles...

South Korea is acquiring 40 U.S.-made missiles for an Aegis destroyer this month to boost its defences amid reports North Korea may soon test-fire missiles, Yonhap news agency on Sunday quoted a military source as saying.

North Korea criticizes US missile defense for Hawaii

North Korea criticized the U.S. on Monday for positioning missile defense systems around Hawaii, calling the deployment part of a plot to attack the regime and saying it would bolster its nuclear arsenal in retaliation.
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates has said he ordered the deployment of a ground-based, mobile missile intercept system and radar system to Hawaii amid concerns the North may fire a long-range missile toward the islands, about 4,500 miles away.

Iran Council confirms Ahmadinejad election victory

Iran's top legislative body confirmed on Monday the results of a disputed June 12 election which was won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, state broadcaster IRIB reported.

U.S. and Russia Differ on a Treaty for Cyberspace

The United States and Russia are locked in a fundamental dispute over how to counter the growing threat of cyberwar attacks that could wreak havoc on computer systems and the Internet.

PICTURE LEFT:A ceremony at a Soviet war statue in Tallinn, Estonia, in 2007. The decision to move the statue from the city center to a military cemetery enraged Russia and Russian Estonians. It was followed by a crippling, monthlong siege of Estonian computer networks.NIPA(via AP)

Thousands march in Venezuela over anti-Chavez TV

Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets holding separate protests to support and condemn private TV station Globovision, which leftist President Hugo Chavez has threatened to shut down...

--Flashback: On-Air -- Pro-Chavez Lawmaker Slaps Anti-Chavez TV Reporter

Argentine power couple loses congressional vote

Argentina's first couple suffered a stunning setback in an election seen as a referendum on their political dynasty, losing control of both houses of Congress...
--Argentine power couple loses congressional vote
--Humiliating defeat...

HONDURAS ON THE BRINK....

Soldiers ousted the democratically elected president of Honduras on Sunday and Congress named a successor, but the leftist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denounced what he called an illegal coup and vowed to stay in power.

--President calls arrest 'kidnapping'...

--Army ousts Honduras president in vote dispute...

--ASKS FOR ASYLUM IN COSTA RICA...

--Chavez slams 'coup'...

--OBAMA SAYS DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT DETENTION, EXPULSION...

--Troops surround presidential palace...

--Chavez slams Honduras 'coup', urges Obama to speak out...

--Cuba condemns...

--Chavez threatens military action...

--WSJ: Honduras Defends Its Democracy; Hillary Clinton objects...

--World Leaders Assail Honduras Coup

--Clinton urges condemnation of Honduran action

--US has talked with deposed Honduran leader

Iraq Prime Minister Says Country Ready to Take Over Security From U.S.

Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that the full withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from cities and towns was a message that his country was ready to take over its own security, even as he appealed for national unity after a week of attacks left more than 250 people dead...

1 Killed As Violence Among Rivals Escalates in Beirut

Sunni supporters of Lebanon's prime minister-designate and Shiite rivals from the parliament speaker's political faction traded gunfire in a Beirut neighborhood Sunday. Security officials said one civilian was killed and two others were wounded in the first outbreak of violence since this month's elections.

EU Eager to Restart Nuclear Talks With Iran

The European Union wants to restart talks on Iran's nuclear program, an official said Sunday, even as Tehran ratcheted up tensions with the bloc by detaining Iranian employees of the British Embassy...

Ahmadinejad Calls for Investigation Into "Suspicious" Death of Neda Soltan

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asked Iran's cleric-controlled judiciary on Monday to investigate the killing of Neda Agha Soltan, who became an icon of Iran's ragtag opposition after gruesome video of her bleeding to death on a Tehran street was circulated worldwide.Ahmadinejad's Web site said Soltan was slain by "unknown agents and in a suspicious" way, convincing him that "enemies of the nation" were responsible...

Iran frees five staff of British embassy

Downing Street today condemned the continued detention of four Iranians employed by the country's British embassy , as a partial recount of disputed presidential poll got under way.
Nine embassy staff were arrested on Saturday accused of playing a significant role in the protests. Five have since been released, while the other four are "being interrogated", according Hassan Qashqavi, an Iranian foreign ministry spokesman...
'A serious breach': Ian Black on the arrests in Tehran

RUSSIA TODAY:Is the media fair on Iran...?

Protest at Iranian Embassy in Sweden