Top story: A spokesman for Iran's authoritative Guardian Council has admitted that voter turnout in the country's July 12 presidential election exceed 100 percent in as many as 50 cities. The admission is likely to further inflame controversy over the election which has plunged Tehran into its worst unrest since the 1979 revolution.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei's warning to protesters last Friday proved ineffective as the opposition continued to clash with security forces throughout the weekend. At least 10 people were thought to have been killed in Saturday's protests. 457 people were reported arrested. At least 24 journalists, including correspondents from Newsweek and the BBC have also been detained.
The fatal shooting of a teenage girl named Neda, which was captured on video and went viral, has become a rallying point for the protests. Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards vowed to crack down today if protests continue. Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi has reportedly called for more demonstrations today.
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Asia
- The U.S. Navy is tracking a North Korean ship, possibly carrying prohibited materials to Burma
- Pakistani fighter jets attacked suspected insurgent hideouts in Northwest Pakistan.
- Chinese Internet users are calling for a Web boycott on July 1, to protest the debut of new filtering software.
Europe and Caucasus
- The president of the Russian region of Ingushetia was critically wounded in a suicide bombing.
- Nicolas Sarkozy will address France's parliament tonight, the first time a French president has done so in 136 tears.
- Greenland has taken a further step toward independence from Denmark as a new self-governance agreement goes into effect.
Middle East
- Another bombing hit Shiite areas of Baghdad as U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from the city next week.
- Documents from a lawsuit have shed light on murky process through which Israeli settlers are sold land in the West Bank.
- Israeli President Shimon Peres applauded this week's protests in Iran.
Africa
- Rwanda's former interior minister was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the 1994 genocide.
- Somalia's government has requested military assistance from its neighbors for fighting the Islamist insurgency.
- There were three attacks on Royal Dutch Shell facilities in Nigeria on Sunday.
Americas
- A U.N. probe found evidence of widespread extrajudicial killings by Colombia's military but cleared president Alvaro Uribe of complicity.
- The U.S. is expecting to restart migration talks with Cuba's government.
- President Barack Obama pledged an overhaul of the U.S. banking regulatory system in his weekly radio address.
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