Sydney Morning Herald
Terrorism threat brings aliens down to earth
By Garry Maddox, Film Reporter
June 28, 2005
Panicking crowds fleeing down streets. Buildings collapsing. A coat of grey dust on Tom Cruise's face. A crashed passenger jet. And the first thought when the explosions and killing starts: is it a terrorist attack?
It is not hard to see the references in director Steven Spielberg's epic new sci-fi movie to a world that changed with the September 11 attacks. But the enemies in War of the Worlds, which had its first Australian screening yesterday before an international release tomorrow, are aliens rather than terrorists.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/is-tom-out-of-this-world/2005/06/27/1119724577613.html
Aussies killed in US joy flight event
By Jano Gibson
June 28, 2005 - 4:50PM
Peter Walsh.
Photo: Cessna 182 Association of Australia.
A married couple from NSW were among four people killed in a plane crash in the US today, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said.
Peter Walsh, 62, and his wife Helen, 60, "quiet achievers" from Wagga Wagga in southern NSW, died when a single-engine Cessna 182 crashed into Long Island Sound on a flight from Maine to Connecticut about 2pm local time yesterday (5am AEST today).
Two other passengers from Arizona were also killed.
Wagga Wagga mayor, Kerry Pascoe, said the community had lost two of its finest citizens.
``The couple were well known throughout the city due to their generosity of spirit and involvement in the community,'' Mr Pascoe, who has known the couple for about 30 years, told smh.com.au.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/aussies-killed-in-us-joy-flight-event/2005/06/28/1119724616909.html
Belgian Boy Scouts to be banned from killing chickens
June 28, 2005 - 1:59AM
Belgium plans to stop Boy Scouts from slaughtering chickens and other small animals at summer camp, despite Scout leaders' defence of the practice as a lesson in wilderness survival.
The Health Ministry said in a statement on Monday that one Scout group had refused to stop teaching its scouts how to carry out the bloody task even after complaints from parents.
"These kids have to be taught how to kill an animal in order to feed themselves," the ministry quoted one of the group's representatives as saying.
However, the ministry took the view that the Scouts learnt nothing from using animals in this way.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/belgian-boy-scouts-to-be-banned-from-killing-chickens/2005/06/28/1119724588772.html
Plea to Chinese in Sydney to find 'killer'
By Jano Gibson
June 28, 2005 - 11:39AM
Jian Ping Wang ... police released this image today.
A man wanted in connection with the killing of a Chinese businessman at a Sydney park four years ago is hiding somewhere in Sydney, police believe.
Jian Ping Wang, a 50-year-old Chinese national, is wanted over the fatal shooting of Chinese businessman Jae Song at the Golden Jubilee Park in Turramurra on January 5, 2001, over a large debt.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/plea-to-chinese-in-sydney-to-find-killer/2005/06/28/1119724614535.html
Dizzy heights proving more difficult to reach
By Chloe Saltau in Birmingham
June 28, 2005
Warming up: Jason Gillespie admits he is taking a while to hit his straps on this Ashes tour.
Photo: Reuters
The joke started in 1997 when Jason Gillespie, the shy, goateed, earringed young quick on his first Ashes tour, was ribbed for his gypsy-like appearance by vocal England fans behind the fence.
Last week at Chester-le-Street he thought fleetingly about getting on the front foot and rigging up a sign for the fans on the fine-leg boundary that said: "Please don't ask again, the caravan is being repaired."
http://www.smh.com.au/news/cricket/dizzy-heights-proving-more-difficult-to-reach/2005/06/27/1119724580340.html
Arroyo
Arroyo admits lapse but denies rigging election
28.06.05
MANILA - President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo hasadmitted she talked to a Philippine election official, as detailed in recordings that have prompted calls for her to quit, but insisted she did not influence the vote count.
The opposition, which also accuses members of Arroyo's family of taking kickbacks from illegal gambling syndicates, has seized on the recordings of conversations as proof she cheated her way to a fresh term in May 2004.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10333077
Arroyo faces renewed attacks after admission
Opponents of President Arroyo stepped up calls for her to resign on Tuesday after she admitted talking to an election official during the May 10 elections, but analysts said she appeared safe for now.
Arroyo saying late on Monday she had a "lapse in judgment" looked set to embolden the opposition, which said the recordings of telephone conversations prove she cheated in last year's poll.
Analysts expressed doubt the opposition has the strength to impeach Arroyo or the popular support needed to stir up the kind of huge protests that forced Joseph Estrada from the presidency in 2001.
"Every sin needs an atonement. So when she admitted to being on the tapes, she had to resign," said opposition Sen. Panfilo Lacson, who came third in the presidential election.
In a carefully worded televised statement late on Monday, Arroyo said she spoke to an election official and was sorry, but denied she had tried to influence the election result.
http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/topofthehour.aspx?StoryId=9000
Financial markets largely unscathed after Arroyo apology
Posted: 4:32 PM Jun. 28, 2005
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FINANCIAL markets showed little reaction to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's admission that she made a "lapse in judgment" by calling an election official during last year's national polls but analysts warned that it was too early to say that political tensions in the country would now ease and that fallout from the controversy was over.
http://money.inq7.net/breakingnews/view_breakingnews.php?yyyy=2005&mon=06&dd=28&file=17
Philippine military, police assure support to Arroyo
www.chinaview.cn 2005-06-28 16:30:00
MANILA, June 28 (Xinhuanet) -- Despite President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's admission of her call to an election official during last elections, the Philippine military and police Tuesday assured their loyalty and support to the Arroyo's administration.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Arturo Lomibao said at a press conference that all PNP officers fully support President Arroyo in her courageous apology before the nation.
In view of more mass protest, Lomibao vowed to crush what they called "violent and armed actions" that could be launched in response to Arroyo's confession.
Likewise, Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) also said that they would join President Arroyo in rebuilding the nation and in doubling her efforts in serving the people,
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-06/28/content_3147462.htm
Arroyo sorry for election controversy
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo appears on a television screen as she addresses the country in a telecast from Manila's Malacanang palace June 27, 2005. Arroyo has apologized for talking with an election official about her hopes for a million-vote margin in last year's ballot.
Arroyo made the apology in a nationally televised speech on June 27, 2005.
Philippine President Gloria Arroyo has apologized for talking with an election official about her hopes for a million-vote margin in last year's ballot. Despite the apology, she says she did nothing wrong and will not step down.
http://english.people.com.cn/200506/28/eng20050628_192777.html
San Francisco Chronicle
Imagine the wharf without any boats
Fishermen might have to pay more to stay
Cecilia M. Vega, Chronicle Staff Writer
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
It would be like Disneyland without Mickey, the Statue of Liberty without the torch or the Grand Canyon without the canyon.
What's Fisherman's Wharf without the fishermen?
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/28/WHARF.TMP
THIS IS FOR YOU, Anderson !
Mary-Kate Olsen parties with Oasis; Scarlett Johansson reunited with dog; Lindsay Lohan avoids drama at De Beers protest
Daily Dish
Monday, June 27, 2005
MARY-KATE OLSEN PARTIES WITH OASIS
Mary-Kate Olsen was seen coming out of British rockers Oasis' dressing room in an inebriated state after attending their recent gig at New York City's Madison Square Garden.
The star, who found fame starring in TV shows with her twin sister Ashley Olsen, was reportedly carried out of the room by her bodyguard and taken to recover in the VIP bathroom.
The actress' representative tells Page Six, "Whatever the implication is, it's ridiculous. She was just hanging out with the band. Nothing went on whatsoever."
http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/dailydish/
Petaluma bust nets "date rape" drug
Chuck Squatriglia, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, June 27, 2005
Petaluma police and federal drug agents were amazed this morning by the size of a weekend drug bust that netted as much as 15 gallons of a substance believed to be the “date rape” drug GHB.
Thomas Miller, a 35-year-old personal trainer from Santa Rosa, remained jailed in Sonoma County this morning in lieu of $50,000 bail, charged with possession of a controlled substance with intent to sell.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/27/BAghb27.DTL
Results can pale next to splashy pledges
But governor's bold pronouncements have had influence
Mark Martin, Chronicle Sacramento Bureau
Monday, June 27, 2005
Sacramento -- Draped in a colorful tribal blanket and speaking in an ornate Sacramento auditorium, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced deals with five California casino-owning Indian tribes last summer that he said would bring the state $150 million to $200 million annually.
It was a triumphant moment for the image-conscious governor, who portrayed the new pacts as a campaign promise kept and one more step toward plugging the state's budget deficit.
This month, however, administration officials acknowledged that the state's take has been far less than advertised -- about $18 million, or only 9 to 12 percent of what had been projected. The higher numbers the governor touted were based on assumptions that turned out to be way off target.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/27/MNGDFDFFH21.DTL
SAN FRANCISCO
Pride parade celebrates causes from equal rights to spanking
Demian Bulwa, Chronicle Staff Writer
Monday, June 27, 2005
The only Christian evangelical church float in Sunday's gay pride parade in San Francisco sported a rainbow cross, disco music and a giant sign that declared, "Christian & Gay = OK."
"I tell people, 'No, baby, we're not trying to change you,' " said Pastor Maria Caruana of the Freedom in Christ Evangelical Church, which was founded in the Mission District in 1991 to bring the gospel to gays.
Sunday was no-judgment day as the 35th annual San Francisco Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Parade brought hundreds of thousands of people to Market Street to celebrate sexual self-expression.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/27/BAGTQDF9DU1.DTL
SAN FRANCISCO
Presidio's walls speak of past
From officer's quarters to Officers Club, building dates over 200 years
Slowly and very carefully, a team of archaeologists has been taking apart a room at the Officers Club at the Presidio of San Francisco to see if they can learn the secrets of what may be the oldest building in the Bay Area.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/06/27/BAGTQDF9DO1.DTL
FINDING MY RELIGION
Reverend Jeremy Taylor on how dreams are a gateway to the spiritual realm
David Ian Miller, Special to SF Gate
Monday, June 27, 2005
I have this dream from time to time. Maybe you do, too. I'm nearing the end of my final term in college, and suddenly I realize there's this class I've totally neglected. The final exam is happening the next day, and I'm completely unprepared. I start to panic. Then, just before all hell breaks loose, I wake up.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/g/archive/2005/06/27/findrelig.DTL
Iraq
THIS IS NO SURPRISE, IS IT?
Iraq reports corruption epidemic
By Jon Leyne
BBC correspondent in Baghdad
The former transport minister is one of those being sought
There is massive corruption in most Iraqi government ministries as a legacy of Saddam Hussein's era, the Iraqi anti-corruption commission has said.
Arrest warrants on fraud charges have been issued for two former ministers in the Iraqi interim government.
One ex-minister denied the charges and the second could not be contacted.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4627923.stm
Two U.S. Pilots Die in Iraq Helicopter Crash
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 27, 2005
Filed at 3:35 p.m. ET
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A U.S. Apache attack helicopter crashed Monday north of Baghdad, killing both pilots, after a witness said he saw the aircraft hit by a rocket that ''destroyed it completely in the air.''
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/international/AP-Iraq.html?hp
A critical moment for Bush Iraq policy
As war support ebbs, president expected to rally nation tonight
Marc Sandalow, Washington Bureau Chief
Tuesday, June 28, 2005
Washington -- The best clue to what President Bush wants to tell the American people about Iraq today can probably be found in his selection of the nation's largest Army base as a backdrop for his prime-time address.
Even as he tries to rally a nation increasingly skeptical about the war's progress, there is no signal from the White House that Bush plans to offer a new direction, acknowledge missteps or reach out to critics.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/06/28/BUSH.TMP
Iraq rebuilding fails to deliver
By Jon Leyne
BBC correspondent in Baghdad
It is a punishing experience to have no power in an Iraqi summer
On the outskirts of Baghdad, workmen have been toiling frantically to repair a huge broken water main.
It was blown up by insurgents at the weekend. They knew exactly where to place the charge for maximum damage. It has taken out the water supply for more than half of Baghdad.
"We've been affected badly," complained one man in the area. "We don't have any water to drink. What are we supposed to do? Sometimes they cut the power as well. It's all the fault of the Americans."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4118628.stm
US moots political solution to Iraq woes
June 28, 2005 - 9:34AM
US military officials are increasingly emphasising political solutions rather than military ones to Iraq's insurgency - a shift that acknowledges the difficulty they face in stopping the violence.
US President George W Bush is expected to ask the American people to be patient when he makes a national TV address on the Iraq situation.
A new opinion poll says a majority of Americans disapprove of Bush's handling of the war. Nearly 75 per cent of 1,004 adults quizzed said the Bush administration had underestimated the challenges involved.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/US-moots-political-solution-to-Iraq-woes/2005/06/28/1119724609107.html
Iraq's treasures still being looted
By James Menendez
Middle East reporter, BBC World service
The looting of the National Museum in Baghdad two years ago caused an international outcry.
Satellite photos show the extent of damage caused by looting
In the chaos that engulfed the city at the end of the war, thousands of pieces were either stolen or damaged.
The US marines who first captured Baghdad were accused of not doing enough to protect the museum's priceless collection of Mesopotamian art.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4114906.stm
ONE DAY IN IRAQ
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/middle_east/2005/day_in_iraq/default.stm
Suicide bomber kills Iraqi veteran MP
June 28, 2005 - 6:39PM
Iraq's oldest member of parliament, Dhari al-Fayadh, his son and three bodyguards have been killed in a suicide bombing north of Baghdad, while more bombs killed two and wounded 20 elsewhere.
Fayadh, 87, and his son were killed when "a vehicle packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber was detonated alongside his two-car convoy in Al-Rashidyah," an interior ministry source said.
Meanwhile US Marines have launched a major operation in western Iraq, dispatching 1,000 troops to root out suspected insurgents in the Euphrates river valley.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Suicide-bomber-kills-Iraqi-veteran-MP/2005/06/28/1119724631099.html
Two years enough to secure Iraq: PM
June 28, 2005 - 3:09PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari says two years will be "more than enough" to establish security in his country even though US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld believes may take up to 12 years.
Following talks with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Jaafari said such factors as building up Iraq's own security forces, controlling its porous borders and pushing ahead with the political process would all help end the violence.
"I think two years will be enough, and more than enough, to establish security in our country," he said.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Two-years-enough-to-secure-Iraq-PM/2005/06/28/1119724624084.html
Pentagon Stresses Political Action in Iraq
Monday June 27, 2005 11:31 PM
AP Photo DCHG103
By JOHN J. LUMPKIN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Top U.S. military officials are increasingly emphasizing political solutions rather than military ones to Iraq's insurgency, a shift acknowledging the difficulty they and the Iraqi government face in stopping the violence.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5102795,00.html
US commander says no talks yet with Iraq insurgents
27 Jun 2005 22:38:20 GMT
Source: Reuters
By Will Dunham
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Reuters) - U.S. forces have not held talks with insurgent leaders involved in attacks in Iraq but may do so soon, the U.S. commander in Iraq said on Monday in remarks that appeared to differ from those of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.
On Sunday Rumsfeld said meetings between U.S. representatives and insurgent commanders "go on all the time."
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N27300841.htm
US's dwindling options in Iraq
By Jon Leyne
BBC News, Baghdad
Bomb attacks have become a part of daily life in Iraq
The prediction by US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that it could take up to 12 years to defeat the Iraqi insurgency will come as no surprise to his own troops.
That is the sort of time-scale written into US military doctrine. So it is part of every officer's basic training.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4628695.stm
Suicide car bomb kills Iraqi MP
Car bombings happen almost daily in Iraq
A senior member of the Iraqi parliament has been killed by a suicide bomber.
Dhari al-Fayadh, 87 - a Shia who was Iraq's oldest MP - died with his son and three bodyguards when the car bomb hit their convoy in northern Baghdad.
He is the second MP to die in renewed violence following the installation of an elected government in April.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4629133.stm
Iraqi PM optimistic on security
Mr Jaafari sounded upbeat after his talks in London
Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari has said two years will be "enough" to establish security in his country, despite an upsurge in rebel attacks.
He was speaking after talks with his UK counterpart Tony Blair in London.
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said earlier that dealing with the insurgency could take up to 12 years.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4628803.stm
US to boost Iraq prison capacity
Abu Ghraib is currently operating at full capacity
The US military says it is expanding several Iraqi prisons, including Abu Ghraib jail in Baghdad, to cope with a sharp rise in detainees.
Abu Ghraib became notorious for prisoner abuse last year. It was due to be shut down but now it is nearly full.
The $50m construction programme will allow the US to hold 16,000 prisoners in Iraq, up from 10,000 currently.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4628057.stm
The Chicago Tribune
Grounds for disagreement
Historic value of cemetery in path of O'Hare expansion debated
By Virginia Groark
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 28, 2005
Beneath marble and granite grave markers etched with ivy and the words "ruhe in frieden" (rest in peace), the remains of hundreds of German immigrants who helped settle DuPage County lie yards from passenger jets roaring down an O'Hare International Airport runway.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280134jun28,1,2768347.story?coll=chi-news-hed
City warned of cargo hazards
New routes away from Loop urged
By Gary Washburn
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 28, 2005
An environmental activist told aldermen Monday that a terrorist act on a single rail car carrying chlorine near downtown Chicago could wreck havoc on the city, creating a toxic cloud from which thousands of people could not hide or flee fast enough to escape harm.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280158jun28,1,5258721.story?coll=chi-news-he
Oil free
IIT scientist's quest for a clean energy future
By Patrice M. Jones
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 28, 2005
With the summer driving season upon us, the loud, annual debate about the pain-in-the-neck pinch of gasoline prices has begun.
Some politicians are pushing an often-heard demand that major oil-producing nations such as Saudi Arabia boost output. Others want expanded drilling and exploration in regions such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/technology/chi-0506270241jun28,1,1201273.story?coll=chi-technology-hed
I AM NOT JOKING !!!
Lightning strike unexpected, deadly
Roselle family tells of bolt's devastation
By Claire Heininger
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 28, 2005
The lightning crackling in the steamy suburban air signaled that a storm was approaching, but nothing could have warned the Coopers just how fast.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280125jun28,1,2702811.story?coll=chi-news-hed
The HAVES and the HAVE NOTS.
Man shot in S. Side carjacking
Tribune staff reports
Published June 28, 2005, 9:06 AM CDT
Chicago police are seeking the assailants who shot and wounded a man in an overnight carjacking on the city's South Side, CLTV reported.
The incident happened shortly after 1 a.m. as the 25-year-old victim and a companion were sitting in a 1984 Chevrolet on the 8700 block of South Ashland Avenue, in the Gresham neighborhood, police said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-050628carjacking,1,6236317.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Prisoner escapes county lockup
1st in decade slips away undetected
By Tom Rybarczyk
Tribune staff reporter
Published June 28, 2005
A man awaiting trial on drugs and weapons charges broke out of the Cook County Jail complex Monday, making him the first prisoner to do so in a decade, sheriff's officials said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280132jun28,1,1981913.story?coll=chi-news-hed
2 banks are robbed in downtown area
Published June 28, 2005
Two downtown banks, located within blocks of each other, were robbed Monday afternoon.
At 12:40 p.m., a man handed a teller at U.S. Bank at 30 N. Michigan Ave. a note demanding money, Chicago Police Sgt. Robert Cargie said. The man, described as black, about 30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds, fled with an unknown amount of money.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280135jun28,1,3161564.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Man is sought in probe of killing
Oak Park releases description in case
By Ted Gregory, Tribune staff reporter. Freelance reporter Matt Baron contributed to this report
Published June 28, 2005
Oak Park police on Monday released a composite image of a "person of interest" in the murder of Peter D'Agostino, the same day about 150 people gathered to memorialize the university professor and author.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0506280152jun28,1,2899419.story?coll=chi-news-hed
Abused child finds her voice, justice as adult
Published June 28, 2005
Ten years ago, when Denise Phillips was 12, her stepfather molested her. Initially, she told no one.
But Phillips eventually revealed her secret--to school officials, to the police, to her mother.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/chi-0506280001jun28,1,2943308.column?coll=chi-news-hed
Iran
EU stands firm on Iran nuclear talks after polls
Tuesday, June 28, 2005 - ©2005 IranMania.com
LONDON, June 28 (IranMania) - The EU vowed to keep up pressure on Iran on its nuclear plans following the election of hardline president Mahmood Ahmadinejad, but the United States said it is skeptical on the chances for European diplomacy.
Leading the European pressure on the Islamic republic, British Prime Minister Tony Blair warned that the international community was not about to "go soft" with Tehran on the nuclear front after the election of Ahmadinejad, according to AFP.
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=32973&NewsKind=Current%20Affairs
Barbarism. As bad as ordering Rape to maintain social justice.
Iranian court orders man to be blinded
28.06.05 1.00pm
By Angus McDowall
TEHRAN - An Iranian court has sentenced a man to have his eyes surgically removed for a crime he committed as a teenager 12 years ago.
Amnesty International has condemned the sentence, reported in the Iranian daily Etemaad, but local human rights groups say these unusual punishments are hardly ever executed.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10333148
WHEN DOESN'T THE U.S. UNDER BUSH HAVE DOUBTS?
US 'has doubts' on EU Iran policy
Solana said any unilateral military action would be counterproductive
The United States doubts that European diplomacy will succeed in keeping Iran from developing nuclear weapons after Iran's election of a new president.
"We have reason to be sceptical," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said before a visit by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to Washington.
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana said earlier the union saw no reason to change its policy towards Tehran.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4626355.stm
Few clues for West on Iran's future
By Jonathan Marcus
BBC diplomatic correspondent
Mr Ahmadinejad waged a domestically-focused campaign
The surprise victory of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the Iranian presidential election means that religious conservatives now have a monopoly on power controlling all of the elected and appointed institutions that govern the country.
But what does Mr Ahmadinejad's victory mean beyond Iran's own borders and what does it imply for European Union-led efforts to halt Iran's nuclear enrichment programme?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4622547.stm
Iran loser blasts 'illegal' poll
Rafsanjani was the favourite going into the election
Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has reacted angrily to his surprise loss to hardline opponent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In his first public statement following the election result, the moderate cleric alleged that an illegal dirty tricks campaign had been mounted.
The US meanwhile said Iran was out of step with current trends in the region.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4622955.stm
Iran poll result: World reaction
Governments around the world are giving their reaction to the surprise landslide victory in Iran's presidential election of the ultra-conservative Mayor of Tehran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4623181.stm
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