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MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) — The United States may have been behind the killing of Neda Agha-Soltan, the 26-year-old Iranian woman whose fatal videotaped shooting Saturday made her a symbol of opposition to the June 12 presidential election results, the country’s ambassador to Mexico said Thursday. Full Story… The South Korean military plans to speed up efforts to deploy ground, air and naval weapons systems for use in strikes against key facilities in North Korea in the event of war, the Ministry of National Defense said Friday. Read more… Iran’s hard-line president lashed out again at the United States and President Barack Obama on Saturday Read more… North Korea threatened Saturday to shoot down any Japanese planes that enter its airspace, accusing Tokyo of spying near one of its missile launch sites. Read more… "My call to every senator, as well as to every American, is this," he said. "We cannot be afraid of the future. And we must not be prisoners of the past. Don’t believe the misinformation out there that suggests there is somehow a contradiction between investing in clean energy and economic growth." Full Story… […] UN Middle East Envoy Tony Blair says a deal on a two-state solution could be within reach if Tel-Aviv compromises on issues such as halting settlement expansion. Full Story… TRIESTE, Italy (AP) — The Quartet of Mideast negotiators, taking advantage of a "historic" opportunity for Mideast peace with the new Obama administration, urged Israel on Friday to freeze all settlement activity and to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip. Full Story… Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal has dismissed the terms for a demilitarized state laid out by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Full Story… TEHRAN — Despite new criticism from President Obama, the Iranian authorities showed no sign Friday of bending to domestic or foreign pressure, saying that the disputed presidential vote on June 12 was the “healthiest” in three decades Full Story… SEOUL, South Korea—Punching their fists into the air and shouting "Let’s crush them!" some 100,000 North Koreans packed Pyongyang’s main square Thursday for an anti-U.S. rally as the communist regime promised a "fire shower of nuclear retaliation" for any American-led attack. Full Story… |
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