Ahmadinejad accused of having used fraud to win elections on Friday...
Ahmadinejad: 'A New Era Has Begun.'
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad declared that "a new era has begun" in a televised victory speech Saturday. However, his rival says Friday's election results are fraudulent, and protesters clashed with police...
US rejects victory claim by Iran's Ahmadinejad
The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud.
Any hopes by the Obama administration of gaining a result similar to Lebanon's recent election, won by a Western-backed moderate coalition, appeared to be in jeopardy.
Any hopes by the Obama administration of gaining a result similar to Lebanon's recent election, won by a Western-backed moderate coalition, appeared to be in jeopardy.
Israel's FM urges uncompromising action on Iran
"In light of Iran's ongoing nuclear policy, and the victory and continued rule of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the international community must act uncompromisingly to prevent the country's nuclearization and to stymie its efforts to aid terror organizations and undermine the stability of the Middle East," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Saturday night following Ahmadinejad's sweeping victory in Friday elections in the country.
Riots in Tehran as Thug-In-Chief declares victory
The ongoing lack of American support for the forces opposing the mullahcracy in Iran is unconscionable. Instead of making nice with the regime, the President should be reaching out to these people. Instead of defending the right of Muslim women to wear the hijab in the United States, which no one is disputing, he should be defending the right of Muslim women not to wear the hijab in Iran. "Riots erupt in Tehran as Iranian President Ahmadinejad declares victory," by Borzou Daragahi in the Los Angeles Times, June 13...
Iran declares win for Ahmadinejad...
Black smoke rises above the Tehran skyline as supporters of reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi burn tyres and other material in the streets as they fight running battles with police to protest the declared results of the Iranian presidential election in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 13, 2009.(AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
A supporter of Iranian reformist presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, holds a piece of stone and with his covered his face with green scarf symbolizing his party's color as the others burn a trash bin in Tehran, Saturday, June 13, 2009. Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade.(AP Photo)
Somber Visitors Re-enter Museum
Doors open to visitors at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, after remaining shut for a day in mourning for a security guard authorities say was shot to death by an elderly white supremacist...
Holocaust Denier Charged in Museum Shooting
An 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murder Thursday, a day after officials said he left a signed anti-Semitic screed in his car outside the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum.
For accused museum shooter,a downward spiral...
James von Brunn carried a lifetime of hatred and an aging rifle to the entrance of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, authorities say, and was met with a simple act of kindness: a security guard opening the door for him. Critically injured in a hospital bed Thursday, the 88-year-old white supremacist was charged with murdering Steven T. Johns, the black guard.According to interviews with family, friends and civil rights groups, von Brunn spent decades spewing hate toward Jews and blacks — a hatred that was nearing a crescendo in the weeks before the shooting...
Obama speech quoted jihad verse from Quran:Address to Muslims used Islamic text urging war against nonbelievers
In his major address to the Muslim world last week, President Obama quoted a verse from the Quran that is interpreted as urging Muslims to follow Muhammad in waging jihad against nonbelievers.
The context of the verse – first noticed by Robert Spencer of the Jihad Watch website – was confirmed by Quranic experts contacted by WND....
The context of the verse – first noticed by Robert Spencer of the Jihad Watch website – was confirmed by Quranic experts contacted by WND....
Obama May Allow Tortured Gitmo Detainees to Plead Guilty,Face Execution
The Obama administration is considering a change in the law for the military commissions at the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, that would clear the way for detainees facing the death penalty to plead guilty without a full trial.The provision could permit military prosecutors to avoid airing the details of brutal interrogation techniques. It could also allow the five detainees who have been charged with the Sept. 11 attacks to achieve their stated goal of pleading guilty to gain what they have called martyrdom.
Newsweek Editor Evan Thomas:Obama Is "Sort Of God"
Newsweek editor Evan Thomas said President Obama is "sort of God" in a way that's "standing above the country."... Transcript here
Merkel,Sarkozy Win EU Vote,Easing Stimulus Pressure
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy led pro-business parties in defeating socialists in European Parliament elections, lessening the pressure for more stimulus measures to fight the deepest recession since World War II.
Amid signs the economic slump is bottoming out, the continent’s top two leaders escaped the drubbing in European Union-wide elections that was handed to U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and socialists in smaller countries including Spain, Austria, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
Amid signs the economic slump is bottoming out, the continent’s top two leaders escaped the drubbing in European Union-wide elections that was handed to U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown and socialists in smaller countries including Spain, Austria, Portugal, Hungary, Bulgaria and Slovenia.
European Jewish Group alarmed by Far Right gains...
Jewish groups across Europe reacted to far-right gains in the European parliamentary elections by urging the EU on Tuesday to do more to tackle racism and intolerance.
The European Jewish Congress, which represents Jewish communities across Europe, said winning seats in the European Parliament based on "racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic platforms" pointed to an erosion of tolerance.
The European Jewish Congress, which represents Jewish communities across Europe, said winning seats in the European Parliament based on "racist, anti-Semitic and xenophobic platforms" pointed to an erosion of tolerance.
FBI Director Defends Use of Informants in Mosques
FBI Director Robert Mueller on Monday defended the agency's use of informants within U.S. mosques, despite complaints from Muslim organizations that worshippers and clerics are being targeted instead of possible terrorists.
Mueller's comments came just days after a Michigan Muslim organization asked the Justice Department to investigate complaints that the FBI is asking the faithful to spy on Islamic leaders and worshippers. Similar alarm followed the disclosure earlier this year that the FBI planted a spy in Southern California mosques.
Mueller's comments came just days after a Michigan Muslim organization asked the Justice Department to investigate complaints that the FBI is asking the faithful to spy on Islamic leaders and worshippers. Similar alarm followed the disclosure earlier this year that the FBI planted a spy in Southern California mosques.
CIA Director: Releasing Detainee Docs Would Damage National Security
CIA Director Leon Panetta told a federal judge Monday that releasing documents about the agency's terror interrogations would gravely damage national security.
Panetta sent a 24-page missive to New York federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, arguing that release of agency cables describing tough interrogation methods used on Al Qaeda suspects would tell the enemy far too much about U.S. counterterrorism work.
Panetta sent a 24-page missive to New York federal judge Alvin Hellerstein, arguing that release of agency cables describing tough interrogation methods used on Al Qaeda suspects would tell the enemy far too much about U.S. counterterrorism work.
Guantanamo Detainee in U.S. Wants Military Lawyer,Attorney Says
A Pentagon-appointed attorney for a Guantanamo detainee moved to the U.S. for trial says his client wants to keep his military lawyers.
Marine Col. Jeffrey Colwell tells The Associated Press he is traveling from Washington to New York in hopes of staying on as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's defense counsel. Colwell says he has been meeting with the detainee since August and they have "a good working relationship."
Marine Col. Jeffrey Colwell tells The Associated Press he is traveling from Washington to New York in hopes of staying on as Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani's defense counsel. Colwell says he has been meeting with the detainee since August and they have "a good working relationship."
U.S. Lawmaker Says Obama Administration Ordered FBI to Read Rights to Detainees
A senior Republican on the House Intelligence Committee is accusing the Obama administration of quietly ordering the FBI to start reading Miranda rights to suspected terrorists at U.S. military detention facilities in Afghanistan.The move is reportedly creating chaos in the field among the CIA, FBI and military personnel, according to Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich. The soldiers, especially, he says, are frustrated that giving high value detainees Miranda rights -- the right to remain silent, the right to an attorney -- is impeding their ability to pursue intelligence on the battlefield, according to a story first reported by the Weekly Standard.
U.S., Italian Authorities Thwart Alleged Hacking-Terror Effort
U.S. and Italian authorities said Friday they arrested a group of hackers and conspirators who allegedly stole from phone companies around the world. The illegal profits funded terrorist activities, Italian officials alleged.
A federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted three people Friday, including one man who has been linked to al Qaeda. The three suspects, who live in the Philippines, are accused of providing Pakistani nationals in Italy with access to stolen phone lines.
A federal grand jury in New Jersey indicted three people Friday, including one man who has been linked to al Qaeda. The three suspects, who live in the Philippines, are accused of providing Pakistani nationals in Italy with access to stolen phone lines.
Iraq Sunni leader killed at mosque,fears of fallout
The head of Iraq's biggest Sunni Muslim parliament bloc was killed at a mosque on Friday, officials said, an assassination which could undermine efforts for sectarian reconciliation in Iraq.Recently picked as leader of the Accordance Front, Harith al-Ubaidi was seen as a moderate able to broker peace among the bloc's groups and also with Shi'ites, Kurds and others who have struggled for power since the 2003 U.S. invasion.
Beating Video May Turn Tide Against Taliban
The footage was chilling, a woman crying out in pain, held face-down on the ground, as she was publicly flogged by a long-bearded man....It could be the video that changed Pakistan...
Anti-Taliban Cleric Killed
The body of moderate cleric Sarfraz Naeemi is escorted out of a Lahore hospital by his brother Tajwar Naeemi (R) and other family members June 12, 2009. Sarfraz Naeemi, a prominent anti-Taliban Pakistani Muslim cleric, was killed on Friday in a suicide bomb attack in the city of Lahore, police said. He was attacked at his office at his mosque complex after leading Friday prayers.(REUTERS/Stringer)
ISLAMIC CRAZE WATCH:Suicide bombers strike Pakistan mosque, seminary
Suicide bombers attacked a mosque and a religious school within minutes Friday in two Pakistani cities, leaving one of the country's most prominent anti-Taliban clerics dead in what authorities called a targeted killing.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for either blast, but relatives of Sarfraz Naeemi said he had received death threats recently after condemning suicide attacks as un-Islamic and the Taliban as murderers...
No one immediately claimed responsibility for either blast, but relatives of Sarfraz Naeemi said he had received death threats recently after condemning suicide attacks as un-Islamic and the Taliban as murderers...
Novartis says produces first batch of H1N1 vaccine
Russia to cut holdings of U.S. Treasuries
Russia on Wednesday pledged to cut the share of U.S. treasuries in its $400 billion reserves, driving the dollar lower on global markets, although it said the move would be gradual and only replace bonds as they expire.Central bank First Deputy Chairman Alexei Ulyukayev said it would buy bonds issued by the International Monetary Fund and also up the share of reserves held in foreign bank deposits, also reduced in the wake of the banking crisis last year...
Putin:"Russia might abandon nukes if others do"
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Russia is willing to abandon nuclear weapons, if the United States and all other countries that have them do the same.
"If those who made the atomic bomb and used it are ready to abandon it — like, I hope, other nuclear powers officially and unofficially owning them — of course we will welcome and facilitate this process in all ways," Putin said, according to state-owned RIA Novosti news agency.
"If those who made the atomic bomb and used it are ready to abandon it — like, I hope, other nuclear powers officially and unofficially owning them — of course we will welcome and facilitate this process in all ways," Putin said, according to state-owned RIA Novosti news agency.
Readying Americans for Dangerous,Mandatory Vaccinations
WHO declares first 21st century flu pandemic
The World Health Organization declared an influenza pandemic on Thursday and called on governments to prepare for a long-term battle against an unstoppable flu virus.
The United Nations agency raised its pandemic flu alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way...
The United Nations agency raised its pandemic flu alert to phase 6 on a six-point scale, indicating the first influenza pandemic since 1968 is under way...
Campaign for investigation of torture expands:League of Women Voters seeking congressional intervention
A campaign seeking an international investigation into allegations that an American was jailed and tortured in Canada – at the same time his wife and young son disappeared – has expanded to the League of Women Voters of Virginia, where officials have written members of Congress asking for their help.
PICTURE LEFT:Eddy, the son of former New Jersey resident Scott Loper, pictured before Loper was jailed in Canada and Eddy disappeared...
PICTURE LEFT:Eddy, the son of former New Jersey resident Scott Loper, pictured before Loper was jailed in Canada and Eddy disappeared...
"CARBON COPS":Australian Police to prosecute a new range of "Climate Offenses"...
FRONTLINE police will be forced to become "carbon cops" under the Government's blueprint to cut greenhouse emissions.
The Herald Sun can reveal Australian Federal Police agents will have to prosecute a new range of climate offences.
But they are yet to be offered extra resources, stretching the thin blue line to breaking point.
"The Government is effectively saying to us, 'Ignore other crime types'," Australian Federal Police Association chief Jim Torr said...
The Herald Sun can reveal Australian Federal Police agents will have to prosecute a new range of climate offences.
But they are yet to be offered extra resources, stretching the thin blue line to breaking point.
"The Government is effectively saying to us, 'Ignore other crime types'," Australian Federal Police Association chief Jim Torr said...
Petraeus:"Afghan violence at peak level last week"
The violence that has surged for two years in Afghanistan reached a new high last week, and more difficulty lies ahead, the commander of U.S. troops in the Middle East said Thursday.
Gen. David Petraeus said the number of attacks in Afghanistan over the last week hit the highest level since the December 2001 fall of the Taliban.
Gen. David Petraeus said the number of attacks in Afghanistan over the last week hit the highest level since the December 2001 fall of the Taliban.
Lebanese-Indian unrest in Sydney
Australian police physically separate young Indian and Lebanese men in suburban Sydney during third night of unrest.The crowds of mostly young men shouted and gestured to each other before police successfully contained the situation by separating the two different groups.
Attacks against Indian students in both Sydney and Melbourne have sparked diplomatic discomfort and fears of an international student exodus from Australia.Australia's international student sector is the country's third-largest export earner, behind oil and coal. Some 93,000 Indian students study in Australia....
Attacks against Indian students in both Sydney and Melbourne have sparked diplomatic discomfort and fears of an international student exodus from Australia.Australia's international student sector is the country's third-largest export earner, behind oil and coal. Some 93,000 Indian students study in Australia....
Gadhafi attacks US in speech in Italy
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi urged the world Thursday to understand what motivates terrorists, and likened the 1986 U.S. strikes on Libya to Osama bin Laden's terror attacks.Gadhafi, who was long accused of sponsoring terrorism, struck a provocative tone as he addressed Italian lawmakers on the second day of a trip to Italy, Libya's former colonial ruler. He said there should be no interference from the West over the governments chosen by other countries....
Bermuda takes 4 Uighur detainees from Gitmo
Iran's raucous election campaign goes quiet
Iran's raucous election campaign fell silent a day before the vote as rallies were barred Thursday to give the public time to reflect on whether they want to keep hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power or replace him with a reformist more open to closer ties with the West.The campaign reached a crescendo in the past few days with dueling rallies by supporters of Ahmadinejad and his main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, that drew tens of thousands into the streets of Tehran. Fervent, youthful supporters of Mousavi accused the president of undermining Iran's international standing with his confrontational style and of devastating the economy.
Iran's Islamic guardians warn reformist wave
In the final hours of Iran's fierce election campaign, the top pro-reform challenger to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got a sharp warning Wednesday that authorities would crush any attempt at a popular "revolution" inspired by the huge rallies and street parties calling for more freedoms.The threat by an official of the powerful Revolutionary Guard reflected the increasingly tense atmosphere surrounding Friday's up-for-grabs election. It also marked a sharp escalation by the ruling clerics against the youth-driven campaign of Mir Hossein Mousavi and its hopes of an underdog victory.
Demonstrators Hit the Streets Ahead of Iranian Election
Tensions flared in Tehran Wednesday night as thousands of protesters marched to the state television center, enraged by the discovery that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was being given more airtime than his opponents.
The demonstration came as a leading conservative accused reformists of fomenting a "velvet revolution." Yadollah Javani, a leader of the hardline Revolutionary Guards, said that reformists were going to claim vote-rigging if their candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, loses in Friday's presidential elections. He vowed to crush any post-election violence...
The demonstration came as a leading conservative accused reformists of fomenting a "velvet revolution." Yadollah Javani, a leader of the hardline Revolutionary Guards, said that reformists were going to claim vote-rigging if their candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, loses in Friday's presidential elections. He vowed to crush any post-election violence...
Ahmadinejad lashes out at rival before Iran vote
Iran's hard-line president took a final shot at his rivals Wednesday during his last public pre-election rally, accusing them of resorting to a smear campaign against him similar to the one used by Adolf Hitler's propaganda minister.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is locked in a neck-and-neck race against reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi. Both have launched intense political attacks against each other and have turned the presidential election into a display of Iran's deep political divides.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is locked in a neck-and-neck race against reformist Mir Hossein Mousavi. Both have launched intense political attacks against each other and have turned the presidential election into a display of Iran's deep political divides.
Iranian cleric slams Ahmadinejad "fabrications"
One of Iran's most senior politicians accused President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday of lying in a televised presidential election debate and called on the country's supreme leader to intervene.
In an unprecedented public attack, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said tens of millions of Iranians had witnessed "mis-statements and fabrications" in the debate last week, when Ahmadinejad accused Rafsanjani of corruption....
In an unprecedented public attack, former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani said tens of millions of Iranians had witnessed "mis-statements and fabrications" in the debate last week, when Ahmadinejad accused Rafsanjani of corruption....
Army repels Taliban in NW Pakistan after hotel blast
Pakistan began a new operation against Taliban fighters in the northwest on Wednesday as Washington's envoy praised what he saw as a new resolve from Islamabad in combating extremism.
The latest offensive came one day after an attack on a luxury hotel in Peshawar killed at least nine people, including two foreign U.N. workers.
The latest offensive came one day after an attack on a luxury hotel in Peshawar killed at least nine people, including two foreign U.N. workers.
Aid workers among 9 dead in Pakistani hotel blast
Pakistani volunteers carry a dead body wrapped in a white sheet out of the debris of the Peshawar Pearl Continental hotel building that collapsed the day before by a suicide blast in Peshawar, Pakistan on Wednesday, June 10, 2009. Investigators searched the wrecked luxury hotel in northwestern Pakistan for evidence Wednesday after a bold suicide bombing killed people, including aid workers, in what the U.N. condemned as a 'heinous terrorist attack.' (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Gunmen kill 10 at mosque in southern Thailand
Gunmen opened fire on a mosque in southern Thailand during evening prayers Monday, killing at least 10 people and wounding another 19 in the violence-plagued region, police said.
The attack was one of the most deadly single incidents since an Islamic separatist insurgency was launched in Thailand's three southernmost provinces in early 2004. More than 3,400 people have been killed in the violence, most victims of the insurgents.
The attack was one of the most deadly single incidents since an Islamic separatist insurgency was launched in Thailand's three southernmost provinces in early 2004. More than 3,400 people have been killed in the violence, most victims of the insurgents.
Pakistani refugees are "major,major crisis": Holbrooke
US envoy Richard Holbrooke called Wednesday for refugees from the combat zone in western Pakistan to be allowed to return home as soon as possible in order to end a "major, major crisis."
Holbrooke, the envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, also said US diplomat William Burns handed the Indian government overnight Tuesday a letter from President Barack Obama as both countries consulted on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Holbrooke, the envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, also said US diplomat William Burns handed the Indian government overnight Tuesday a letter from President Barack Obama as both countries consulted on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
U.S. envoy says Pakistan shows new vigor in fight
The U.S. envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan said on Wednesday he had noticed a dramatic change in Pakistan's attitude toward fighting Islamist extremists during his visit there last week.
Richard Holbrooke told reporters he believed Pakistan's leadership was strong enough to win the fight against the Taliban, a change in tone from earlier this year when the incoming Obama administration was skeptical about Islamabad's resolve.
Richard Holbrooke told reporters he believed Pakistan's leadership was strong enough to win the fight against the Taliban, a change in tone from earlier this year when the incoming Obama administration was skeptical about Islamabad's resolve.
ISLAMIC CRAZE WATCH:Funeral held for soldier killed in Arkansas attack
A soldier shot and killed at a military recruiting office in Arkansas last week was laid to rest Monday, though what his headstone will eventually read is still unknown.Pvt. William Andrew Long's family must still decide whether his tombstone lists him as the first soldier to die at the hands of a terrorist since Sept. 11, 2001.
Police say Long was shot and killed June 1 by Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, a Muslim convert, at a recruiting center at a suburban Little Rock strip mall. Muhammad, who also allegedly injured another Army private, targeted soldiers "because of what they had done to Muslims in the past," authorities said.
Police say Long was shot and killed June 1 by Abdulhakim Muhammad, 23, a Muslim convert, at a recruiting center at a suburban Little Rock strip mall. Muhammad, who also allegedly injured another Army private, targeted soldiers "because of what they had done to Muslims in the past," authorities said.
PICTURE LEFT:Janet Long, mother of slain Army recruiter Pvt. William Long, center, carries a flag from graveside services for her son at Arkansas Veterans Cemetery in North Little Rock, Ark., Monday, June 8, 2009. Pvt. Long was shot and killed June 1, outside the Army-Navy Career Center in Little Rock, Ark.(AP Photo/Danny Johnston)
Pakistanis attack Taliban over mosque bombing
In this June 7, 2009 photo, Qari Zainuddin, second from right, the leader of a Taliban faction, accompanied by his bodyguards, pauses outside his office after an interview with The Associated Press, in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan. Zainuddin urged tribal leaders to resist Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud and said his fighters, he claimed to have 3,000, would stay neutral if the army launches an operation in South Waziristan, Mehsud's stronghold. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mahsud)
Pentagon admits "problems" with Afghan air strike
The Pentagon acknowledged on Monday that there were "problems" with the way U.S. forces conducted a bombing raid in Afghanistan that provoked outrage over civilian casualties.Defense Secretary Robert Gates was briefed on the investigation into the incident, which took place in early May in the western province of Farah, a Pentagon spokesman said....
Some Israelis Insulted By Obama Picture;"Sole of shoe" talking on phone with Netanyahu...
Israeli TV newscasters Tuesday night interpreted a photo taken Monday in the Oval Office of President Obama talking on the phone with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as an "insult" to Israel. They saw the incident as somewhat akin to an incident last year, when the Iraqi reporter threw a shoe at President Bush in Baghdad...
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