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Iran’s supreme leader rules out electoral fraud
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TEHRAN: Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on
Friday the people had picked who they wanted in last week’s
presidential election as he made his first public appearance after
daily protests over the official results. Addressing the faithful at
the main weekly Muslim prayers in Tehran, Khamenei said the election
had also shown Iranians’ faith in the country’s Islamic system
and he ruled out fraud.
“The people have chosen whom they wanted,”
he said in the sermon, which was broadcast live across the nation
after a week of unrest that has unnerved the regime to cheers from
the massed ranks of the faithful.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Japan parliament expands Somalia anti-piracy mission
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TOKYO: Japan’s parliament passed an anti-piracy law Friday that
will allow the country’s military wider scope to use force and to
protect foreign-flagged ships off Somalia.
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FEATURE
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Schools out for killer flu, but teachers stay online
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HONG KONG: The closure of dozens of Hong Kong schools to try to halt
the spread of swine flu has kept thousands of children at home, but
new technology has meant they can no longer escape their teachers.
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Australian PM on crisis over car dealer ‘friend’
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SYDNEY: Australia’s Prime Minister Kevin Rudd faced the biggest
crisis of his premiership Friday as a senate inquiry heard explosive
evidence suggesting he lied to parliament.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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SEOUL: The third round of government-level talks between South Korea
and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea delegation was held
on Friday at the Kaesong Joint Industrial Complex, amid escalated
tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
-- Xinhua
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