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Iranians angered by election ‘fraud’
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Iran govt to block protests against
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TEHRAN: A tense Iran was gearing up on Monday for more street
protests against the disputed reelection of President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad after authorities banned a nationwide march by his
defeated rival.
Mir Hossein Mousavi, a wartime prime minister
who lost to Ahmadinejad by a wide margin in Friday’s vote, lodged
a formal appeal on Sunday calling for the results of what he has
branded a vote-rigged “charade” to be annulled.
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Pakistan pounds Taliban rebels in tribal
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Pakistani forces pounded militants in tribal
areas Monday, after vowing an all-out assault on a Taliban chief in
the lawless Afghan border region known to be an al-Qaeda and rebel
hideout.
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Obama’s economic team to unveil new financial regulatory system
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WASHINGTON, D.C: Faced with continued market weakness, President
Barack Obama’s administration will unveil this week a plan to
bolster the US financial regulatory system and give it global reach,
top presidential economic aides said Monday.
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Poor incur more traffic-related deaths, injuries than rich–WHO
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GENEVA: The poor are disproportionately victims of road crashes,
with the number of deaths set to nearly double in two decades,
according to the first global assessment of road safety released on
Monday.
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KUWAIT CITY: Lebanon has busted a key Al-Qaeda cell network that was
plotting attacks in a number of Arab countries, its army commander
said in comments published by Kuwaiti newspapers on Monday.
-- AFP
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