Top story: In a setback for the opposition, though not an unexpected one, Iran's Guardian Council has ruled out an annulment of election results, saying it found no evidence of major fraud. The council had admitted yesterday that there were a number of irregularities, including at least 50 cities where turnout exceeded 100 percent.
Judicial officials announced that a special court is being created to try demonstrators and that anyone continuing to protest would be "considered a threat" and arrested.
Protesters again gathered in central Tehran on Monday, but were quickly overwhelmed by riot police using tear gas. Iranian security forces appear to be intensifying their crackdown on the demonstrators, though opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi is reportedly working on further actions, including calling for a general strike.
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Asia
- The U.S. navy continued to shadow a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons as it passed by Shanghai.
- A pro-government militant rival of Taliban leader Baithullah Mehsud has been killed in Pakistan.
- The U.S. and Kyrgyzstan have reached a deal over use of the Manas airbase.
Middle East
- The Hamas-affiliated speaker of the Palestinian parliament was freed after three years in an Israeli prison.
- Bomb attacks throughout Iraq killed at least 29 people yesterday.
- Tensions are building in Nineveh, Iraq where local Kurds are refusing to accept the authority of an Arab nationalist governor.
Europe and Caucasus
- The French Parliament has created a commission that could lead to the banning of the burqa.
- The president of the Russian region of Ingushetia remains in critical condition after being wounded in a suicide bombing yesterday.
- British lawmakers elected a new Speaker of the House of Commons.
Africa
- Zimbabwe's mining minister has been barred from visiting Britain.
- A failed prison break in Congo led to rioting and rape of 20 female prisoners.
- Kenya has rejected Somalia's request for troops to help fight its growing insurgency.
Americas
- Uruguay is compensating those taken as political prisoners during the country's military dictatorship in the 1970s and 80s.
- Mexican drug cartels are increasingly recruiting U.S. teens as hired guns.
- Tropical storm Andres is growing into the Pacific season's first hurricane and is expected to hit the coast of Mexico today.
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