Iran’s opposition leader calls for mass rally Thursday in direct challenge to governmentTEHRAN, Iran — Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi issued a direct challenge Wednesday to the country’s supreme leader and cleric-led system, calling for a mass rally to protest disputed election results and violence against his followers. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn media as opposition plans rally, heightening tensionTEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s most powerful military force is warning online media of a crackdown over their coverage of the country’s election crisis. Iran’s ruling clerics face public anger; they are expected to survive but will Ahmadinejad?CAIRO — Iran’s Islamic regime has survived a devastating war with Iraq, strong American sanctions and international isolation in its 30 years of power. It has seen reformist and hard-line presidents come and go, with barely a flinch. Iranians in US: faced with a choice between Ahmadinejad and rivals, some long for ShahLOS ANGELES — While thousands protest in Iran over the disputed presidential election, a small minority of Iranian expatriates believes it has a solution for what troubles their homeland — a democratically elected government and a return of a Shah. Hungary honors reburial of anti-Soviet 1956 revolutionaries, milestone on road to democracyBUDAPEST, Hungary — Twenty years ago, Hungarians were finally allowed to honor the executed leaders of their 1956 anti-Soviet revolution. On Tuesday, they commemorated that turning point on the road to freedom. Man killed in Iran as protesters denounce President Ahmadinejad’s claim to victory in electionTEHRAN, Iran — In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim to victory in a disputed election. Cries of defiance, anguish as huge opposition march in Tehran ends in gunfire; 1 killedTEHRAN, Iran — In a massive outpouring reminiscent of the Islamic Revolution three decades ago, hundreds of thousands of Iranians streamed through the capital Monday, and the fist-waving protesters denounced President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s claim to victory in a disputed election. 6 other foreigners, including 3 children, kidnapped in Yemen found dead, bringing total to 9SAN’A, Yemen — A Yemeni security official says six other missing foreigners, including three children, have been found dead, bringing the total number to nine. Tens of thousands march through center of Tehran to protest Ahmadinejad’s re-electionTEHRAN, Iran — Tens of thousands of supporters of pro-reform leader Mir Hossein Mousavi are streaming through the center of Tehran in a boisterous protest against election results that declared President Mamoud Ahmadinejad the winner. Ahmadinejad protesters expand fight in streets, shout opposition from Tehran’s rooftopsTEHRAN, Iran — Protesters battled police over Iran’s disputed election and shouted their opposition from the rooftops Sunday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest as little more than “passions after a soccer match” and drew his own huge rally of support. Tehran in turmoil: Anger over election fraud claims boils over into violenceTEHRAN, Iran — Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police in the heart of Iran’s capital Saturday, pelting them with rocks and setting fires in the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. They accused the hard-line president of using fraud to steal election victory from his reformist rival. John Brown’s fearsome pikes, made to arm a slave rebellion, remain high-priced collectiblesDARGAN, Md. — The spears that John Brown ordered for his abolitionist army were fearsome, primitive things. Nearly seven feet long, the pikes had 10-inch steel blades made for slashing and impaling those who resisted the slave rebellion Brown envisioned. Iran’s raucous election campaign falls silent, voters contemplate whether to oust AhmadinejadTEHRAN, Iran — 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. Iranians are set to vote on Friday on whether to re-elect President AhmadinejadTEHRAN, Iran — Tehran was quiet after a week of frenzied campaign activity as Iranians prepared to head to the polls Friday in a crucial presidential election that will be closely watched across the Middle East and Washington. Iran’s ruling powers warn reformists against seeking ‘revolution’TEHRAN, Iran — 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. Iran’s elite Guards say reformists trying to launch ‘velvet revolution,’ vow crushing responseTEHRAN, Iran — A top official of Iran’s hard-line elite Revolutionary Guards is accusing reformist opponents of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of seeking to launch a “velvet revolution” and vowing to crush any such attempts. Ahmadinejad lashes out at opponent during final public campaign rally 2 days before Iran voteTEHRAN, Iran — 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. Iran’s election brings street parties and renewed hopes for reformersTEHRAN, Iran — Persian hip-hop thumps from car speakers and young hipsters — men with spiked hair and women in spike heels — dance in the streets. Text of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University in EgyptText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Top deputy to British Prime Minister Brown tells rebel lawmakers to end their rebellionLONDON — A top deputy to Britain’s troubled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday warned lawmakers seeking his ouster to end their rebellion — or risk making the situation of the governing Labour Party more tenuous. Top deputy to UK’s Brown tells rebel lawmakers to think againLONDON — A top deputy to Britain’s troubled Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday warned lawmakers seeking his ouster to end their rebellion — or risk making the situation of the governing Labour Party more tenuous. Philippine troops seize Muslim rebel camp, kill 30 guerrillasMANILA, Philippines — Government troops seized a Muslim separatist rebel camp Saturday following three days of fighting that left 30 guerrillas dead, a Philippine military spokesman said. Ex-State Dept. official, wife accused of spying for Cuba for 30 years, meeting with CastroWASHINGTON — A retired State Department worker and his wife have been arrested on charges of spying for Cuba for three decades, using grocery carts among their array of tools to pass U.S. secrets to the communist government in a security breach one official described as “incredibly serious.” Text of Obama’s speech at Cairo University in EgyptText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Text of Obama’s speech in CairoText of President Barack Obama’s speech at Cairo University, as provided by CQ Transcriptions. Regaining freedom: Poland celebrates anniversary of its bloodless revolution of 1989WARSAW, Poland — It began in Poland at the ballot box: A season of revolutions that toppled communist regimes from Berlin to Bucharest was set in motion 20 years ago this week by the first semi-free elections ever to take place in the Soviet-dominated eastern bloc. Dark horse rally: Conservative rival chips away at Ahmadinejad’s base in IranTEHRAN, Iran — Some of the biggest election day tests for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may not just come from his pro-reform challengers, but from within the conservative ranks that pushed him to victory four years ago. Communist rebels attack Filipino troops on humanitarian mission; military says 3 deadMANILA, Philippines — Communist rebels threw two grenades at army troops helping treat villagers in the central Philippines, killing two soldiers and a civilian who covered a child with his body during the attack, the military said Sunday. Health official: 15 killed when Sri Lankan hospital hit by shells for second time in 2 daysCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Shells hit the only hospital in Sri Lanka’s northern war zone Wednesday, killing 15 people in the second such attack in two days, a doctor said, as a human rights group accused the government of breaking its pledge not to fire artillery into the tiny coastal strip. Health official says hospital in northern Sri Lanka hit by 2 shells, killing at least 15COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The only hospital in Sri Lanka’s war zone was shelled Wednesday for the second time in two days in an attack that killed at least 15 people, including a volunteer health worker, and wounded 40 others, a doctor at the facility said. |
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