Iran reformists threaten presidential poll boycott Reuters.uk
Iran's main reformist party on Monday threatened to boycott June 17 presidential elections and denounced the disqualification of its candidate as an attempt by conservatives to strengthen their grip on power.
Reformist says fair election impossible AZ Central.com
Iranian candidates rejected Philadelphia Inquirer
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Socialist win Mongolia presidential election AsiaNews.it
Mr Nambaryn Enkhbayar win Sunday’s presidential elections. He polled 53,4% or the more 900,000 votes cast.
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Mongolia seeks stability from new president Reuters.uk
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Insurgent attacks kill 7 Iraqis, 4 US troops Reuters
Guerrillas seeking to topple Iraq's new government exploded a suicide truck bomb outside a mayor's office and shot a security official on Monday, killing at least seven people in an escalating campaign of violence.
Shiite figure urges halt to violence San Francisco Chronicle
Seven American and Iraqi Battalions Launch Baghdad Offensive New York Sun (subscription)
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Chileans lash out at army after blizzard Independent Online
Furious relatives of 45 soldiers thought to have frozen to death in the Chilean Andes have raged at military officers for leading dozens of ill-equipped teenage recruits into a blizzard.
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Chilean army finds more bodies in Andes tragedy Reuters
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Iraq counter-insurgency chief assassinated - cabinet office Forbes
The commander of Iraq's new counter-insurgency headquarters was gunned down while driving to work in Baghdad this morning, a cabinet office statement said.
Senior Iraqi security official gunned down in Baghdad Boston Globe
Murdered Iraqi aide was top security Ireland Online
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12 killed in Pakistani border clash ABC Online
At least 12 people, believed to be members of the Taliban, have been killed in a clash involving Afghan and United States forces near the Pakistan border.
US Rockets Reportedly Kill 5 Pakistanis Los Angeles Times
US forces kill 12 Afghan rebels Salt Lake Tribune
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Diplomacy | Iraq's government took the diplomatic offensive Sunday, joining the United States in its oft-repeated demands that Syria close its porous border to foreign fighters.
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Anti-US protest in Jakarta CNN International
Thousands of Indonesian Muslims marched in a well-planned and peaceful protest that concluded at the gates of the US embassy in Jakarta.
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US backs EU-Iran nuclear talks Sify
Washington: The United States, while backing European negotiations with Iran, has also kept up pressure to ensure they stay firm with Tehran, which wants to keep certain nuclear activities alive.
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Numerous Arrests for Muslim Brothers Zaman Online
The incarceration of members of the Muslim Brotherhood Organization continue ahead of the September presidential elections in Egypt.
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US Forces Kill 12 Rebels in Afghanistan ABC News
Afghan widows line up to get their monthly ration food stuff at a CARE International food distribution center in Kabul where Italian Clementina Cantoni worked on Sunday, May 22, 2005.
Humanitarian grabbed in Kabul Baku Sun
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Younger Indonesian twin now able to breathe on her own Channel News Asia
Indonesian twin Anjeli, who was separated from her conjoined twin on Saturday, has been taken off the ventilator. Doctors at Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore said this on Monday.
10-hour operation separates twins CNN International
Indonesian twins awake after Singapore separation Reuters India
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Time Running Out For Judges Deal CBS News
(CBS/AP) The long Senate showdown over President Bush's federal court nominations is inching closer to a showdown. Senators from both parties have scheduled a meeting for Monday, hoping to reach a compromise that would head off the so-called "nuclear option" of changing the rules on judicial nominees, reports CBS News Correspondent Thalia Assuras. Among those holding out hope for a deal is Democratic Sen. Joseph Lieberman. "I would predict that the odds are better than 50-50 that there will be a centrist compromise that will avoid the nuclear option," Leiberman told CBS News' The Early Show.
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Sharon: Jerusalem isn't for negotiations Al-Bawaba
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, speaking at a meeting with Jewish leaders in New York, stated he would refuse to compromise on Jerusalem in a peace deal with the Palestinians.
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Kirk to get vote on stem cell research, but there's a catch Chicago Sun-Times
Here is the backstory to a vote expected Tuesday on a contentious House bill to allow more federal funding for embryonic stem cell research, the pivotal role played by Rep. Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.
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Police: 'Miracle' girl rescued after being buried alive CNN
Police said Monday it was a miracle that a missing 8-year-old girl was alive after being buried in an abandoned landfill in Lake Worth, south of West Palm Beach.
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Abortion Parental-Notification Law Gets US High Court Review Bloomberg
The US Supreme Court will decide whether states that require parental notification before a minor can get an abortion must make an exception when the procedure is needed to protect the girl's health.
High court to weigh parental consent on abortions Houston Chronicle
Court Taking Up Abortion Notification ABC News
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Mass. Justice Defends Gay Marriage Ruling Washington Post
Judicial independence is vital to our nation, not a "problem to be solved," and leaders should steer away from anti-judicial rhetoric, the chief justice who wrote the decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Massachusetts told graduates.
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State calls for clamp on Viagra supply to sex offenders Newsday
State Comptroller Alan Hevesi said Sunday that he wants the federal government to stop allowing convicted, high-risk sex offenders to buy Viagra at taxpayers' expense.
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Warren Beatty Slams Schwarzenegger CBS News
In the latest salvo, the liberal actor and director told University of California graduates that his fellow thespian should raise taxes and drop plans for a special election.
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Koran story prompts Newsweek to curb use of unnamed sources Chicago Tribune
Responding to a week of criticism over a retracted story about the desecration of the Koran, Newsweek Chairman Richard Smith, said Sunday that the magazine is restricting its use of anonymous sources.
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Guards assault female inmates DetNews.com
Three years before prison guard Edmond Hook sexually assaulted and impregnated inmate T'Nasa Harris, officials at the Camp Brighton facility near Pinckney received an anonymous letter claiming he was a "sexual predator.
Report: 31 Michigan prison guards convicted in inmate sex cases Detroit Free Press
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Army Staff Sergeant’s Court-Martial Begins Monday At Fort Hood KWTX
The court-martial of 4th Infantry Division Staff Sgt. Shane Werst, who is charged with murder in the death of an Iraqi civilian, begins Monday at Fort Hood.
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Dean asserts DeLay `may end up in jail' Chicago Tribune
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean said Sunday that "there's a reasonable chance" House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) "may end up in jail.
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Atheists Gather in San Francisco Washington Post
To the uninformed, the gathering here may have seemed like a church revival, full of zeal and fervor. But worshipping God was most decidedly not part of the agenda.
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200 dead cats found at NJ animal shelter MSNBC
A woman who founded a “no-kill” animal shelter was charged with health code and animal welfare violations after 200 dead cats were discovered rotting in garbage bags in her backyard.
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She loses leg in hit & run New York Daily News
A woman lost half her leg yesterday when a luxury sedan speeding in reverse slammed into her on a Brooklyn sidewalk, then peeled away after witnesses lifted the car off her, police said.
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NH ice cream man jailed in sex rap Boston Herald
A jailed New Hampshire ice cream man is suspected of attempting to take advantage of more than just the one 14-year-old male customer he allegedly propositioned from his truck, police said yesterday.