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  1. This photo, taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, shows a female supporter of the Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi holding his poster after Friday prayers in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 17, 2009. The name of Mousavi is written on the poster. (AP Photo) EDITORS NOTE: AS A RESULT OF AN OFFICIAL IRANIAN GOVERNMENT BAN ON FOREIGN MEDIA COVERING SOME EVENTS IN IRAN, THE AP WAS PREVENTED FROM INDEPENDENT ACCESS TO THIS EVENT
    Ahmadinejad criticized over vice president choice AP - Sun Jul 19, 5:44 PM ET

    TEHRAN,Iran - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, already at the center of a post-election crisis, came under criticism from his own hard-line supporters Sunday for appointing a first vice president who once caused an outcry by saying Iranians were friends of Israelis.

  2. A Palestinian woman walks next to the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem, Sunday, July 19. 2009.  The U.S. has demanded that Israel suspend a planned housing project on the grounds of the hotel in east Jerusalem, senior Israeli officials said Sunday, the latest sign of a deepening conflict between the two allies over Israeli settlements. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
    Israel rejects US call to halt Jerusalem project AP - Sun Jul 19, 4:46 PM ET

    JERUSALEM - Israel on Sunday rejected a U.S. demand to suspend a planned housing project in east Jerusalem, threatening to further complicate an unusually tense standoff with its strongest ally over settlement construction.

  3. In this June 24, 2009 photo, author, performer and lesbian activist Staceyann Chin, from Jamaica, poses for a portrait at her home in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)
    Gays live — and die — in fear in Jamaica AP - 19 minutes ago

    KINGSTON, Jamaica - Even now, about three years after a near-fatal gay bashing, Sherman gets jittery at dusk. On bad days, his blood quickens, his eyes dart, and he seeks refuge indoors.

  4. File - A Mi-8 helicopter flies over the Chechen capital Grozny, Russia, in this Sept. 18, 2002 file photo. A civilian helicopter similar to the one pictured crashed at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday July 19, 2009, military officials said. Russia's air transportation agency reported 15 people died. NATO and U.S. officials did not immediately confirm the death toll. Russian news agencies Interfax and RIA Novosti reported that the Russian-made Mi-8 helicopter crashed on takeoff. (AP Photo/Musa Sadulayev)
    Helicopter crash at Afghan base kills 16 AP - 3 minutes ago

    KABUL - A Russian-owned civilian helicopter crashed and burst into flames shortly after takeoff at southern Afghanistan's largest NATO base Sunday, killing 16 civilians in the latest in a string of deadly aircraft crashes in the country.

  5. The burnt wreckage of a bus on a street in Urumqi on July 6. Chinese police shot dead 12 people during unrest in Xinjiang, the government said in a rare admission security forces opened fire in the worst ethnic violence in decades.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)
    China rioters planned attacks: state media AFP - Sun Jul 19, 7:55 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - Deadly ethnic unrest in China's Muslim Xinjiang region was planned and coordinated in a bid to ignite violence across the regional capital Urumqi, state media reported on Sunday.

  6. Why a 9/11 "Plotter" Deserves a Re-Trial Time.com - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

    Viewpoint: Zacarias Moussaoui may not be a likeable character but that doesn't mean American justice is served by putting him away after a farcical trial

  7. Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat, seen here in 2008, met with Iran's foreign minister in Egypt on July 16 for the first such talks since the 1993 Oslo accords.(AFP/File/Abbas Momani)
    Palestinian Authority in first talks with Iran FM AFP - Sun Jul 19, 11:40 AM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - Senior Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat met Iran's foreign minister in Egypt in the first such talks since the 1993 Oslo accords, a senior Palestinian official told AFP on Sunday.

  8. Iranian riot policemen stand guard outside the British embassy in Tehran as hardline students demonstrate in June 2009. Iran on Sunday freed on bail a British embassy local staffer, who was among a group of nine arrested following disturbances in the wake of the June 12 presidential election, his lawyer said.(AFP/File/Maryam Hasanzadeh)
    Iran bails British embassy staffer AFP - Sun Jul 19, 2:55 PM ET

    TEHRAN (AFP) - Iran on Sunday released on bail a British embassy staffer, who was among a group of nine arrested following disturbances after the hotly disputed June 12 presidential election, his lawyer said.

  9. Pope Benedict XVI delivers his Angelus prayer in Romano Canavese, northern Italy, Sunday, July 19, 2009. The pope blessed a few hundred faithful Sunday with his right arm in a cast during his first public appearance since undergoing surgery to set a wrist he fractured in a fall. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
    Pope seems at ease with cast in blessing faithful AP - Sun Jul 19, 1:03 PM ET

    ROMANO CANAVESE, Italy - A beaming Pope Benedict XVI raised his cast-encased right arm to bless thousands of faithful Sunday during his first public appearance since surgery to set a wrist fractured in a fall.

  10. Palestinians stand at the entrance of their home next to a placard that reads in English "We will never leave our homes" during a protest against the family's eviction from their house in East Jerusalem's Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood. Israel on Sunday rejected a United States demand to stop a building project in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, in the latest dispute between the close allies.(AFP/Gali Tibbon)
    Israel rejects US demand to halt east Jerusalem project AFP - Sun Jul 19, 3:32 PM ET

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel on Sunday rejected a United States demand to stop a building project in annexed Arab east Jerusalem, in the latest dispute between the close allies over the prickly issue of Jewish settlements.

  11. British backpacker Jamie Neale tries to walk past the media as he leaves the Blue Mountains hospital in Katoomba 100 km (62 miles) from Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 17, 2009. Neale was found alive on Wednesday July 15 after 12 days in the rugged bush land of the Blue Mountains.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
    Lost British backpacker says he was 'total idiot' AP - Sun Jul 19, 2:04 PM ET

    ADELAIDE, Australia - A British teenager who was found dehydrated and freezing after 12 wintry days lost in Australia's wilderness said he wrote farewell notes to his family and expected to die of starvation.

  12. Travellers wear protective masks as they arrive at Beijing airport in May 2009. Members of a British student group quarantined by Chinese authorities over swine flu were "shocked" by their detention but were being treated well, one of their teachers has told AFP.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)
    UK students 'shocked' at China quarantine: teacher AFP - Sun Jul 19, 5:13 AM ET

    BEIJING (AFP) - Members of a British student group quarantined by Chinese authorities over swine flu were "shocked" by their detention but were being treated well, one of their teachers said on Sunday.

  13. Image taken from a video posted online by the Taliban shows a visibly-shaken US soldier who was snatched by the militants on June 30.(AFP/AFP)
    Taliban release video of captured US soldier AFP - Sun Jul 19, 12:07 PM ET

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - The Taliban have released a video of a visibly-shaken captive US soldier who was snatched by the Islamist militants in Afghanistan late last month, officials and witnesses said Sunday.

  14. US golfer Stewart Cink celebrates winning the play-offs against US golfer Tom Watson on the 18th green, on the final day of the 138th British Open Championship at Turnberry Golf Course in Scotland. Watson's bid to make sporting history ended in heartbreak on Sunday as Cink emerged victorious from a play-off to deny his compatriot a sixth British Open title at the age of 59.(AFP/Peter Muhly)
    Stewart Cink wins British Open golf after play-off AFP - Sun Jul 19, 4:44 PM ET

    TURNBERRY, Scotland (AFP) - For Stewart Cink and his family it might be different but for everyone else, Turnberry 2009 will be remembered as the Open that Tom Watson and, to a lesser extent Lee Westwood, failed to win.

  15. Torrential rain has battered North Korea's capital and other regions over the weekend, amid concerns that flooding may aggravate the country's food shortages.(AFP Graphics)
    Heavy rains batter North Korea: state media AFP - Sun Jul 19, 6:23 AM ET

    SEOUL (AFP) - Torrential rain battered North Korea's capital and other regions over the weekend, state media said on Sunday amid concerns that flooding may aggravate the country's food shortages.

  16. A man holds up an Honduran flag during a meeting of supporters of Honduras' ousted President Manuel Zelaya in Tegucigalpa, Sunday, July 19, 2009. Talks to resolve Honduras' political crisis resumed with the two sides at odds over reinstating the ousted president Manuel Zelaya and creating a reconciliation government. (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco)
    Honduras talks break down over Zelaya's return AP - 1 hour, 37 minutes ago

    SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - Talks on resolving Honduras' leadership crisis broke off Sunday after the interim government rejected a proposed compromise, saying a provision calling for ousted President Manuel Zelaya to serve out his term was "unacceptable."

  17. In this Friday, July 17, 2009 photo cloned sniffer dogs go on their first mission to detect narcotics at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea.  South Korea has put duplicated dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs at customs.(AP Photo/Yonhap, Han Sang-kyun)
    South Korea deploys cloned drug-sniffing dogs AP - Sun Jul 19, 12:22 PM ET

    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea has put cloned dogs on patrol to sniff out drugs at customs. Six genetic duplicates of a single Labrador retriever have been working at the country's main Incheon international airport and three other customs checkpoints to deter drug smuggling after completing 16 months of training, the Korea Customs Service said in a statement Sunday.

  18. Madonna visits victims of French stage accident AP - Sun Jul 19, 6:06 PM ET

    MARSEILLES, France - Madonna on Sunday visited some of the eight workers who were injured in an accident in which two more were killed while assembling a music stage for the singer in the French port of Marseilles.

  19. A man hangs a no-smoking sign at the Karum shopping mall in Ankara, Turkey, Thursday, July 16, 2009. Turkey's government is setting up a 4,500-strong team to help enforce an upcoming no-smoking ban in bars, restaurants and coffeehouses in this country of heavy smokers, a Health Ministry official said Thursday. On July 19, a year-old ban on indoor public smoking will be widened to include bars, restaurants, and even smoky, hazy village coffeehouses and hookah bars, despite protests from owners who fear it will bring ruin to businesses already suffering from the effects of an economic crisis.(AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)
    Turkey extends smoke ban to bars, restaurants AP - Sun Jul 19, 10:53 AM ET

    ANKARA, Turkey - Patrons of a usually smoke-filled hookah bar stepped outside to light up Sunday as Turkey extended a ban on indoor public smoking to bars, restaurants and coffeehouses.

  20. Men, who fled a military offensive two months earlier, pass destroyed buildings as they enter the city of Mingora, in Pakistan's Swat Valley, about 260 km (161 miles) north west by road of Pakistan's capital Islamabad July 19, 2009. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN CONFLICT POLITICS SOCIETY)
    Pakistan: 5 security officers killed in northwest AP - 7 minutes ago

    PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Gunmen ambushed a police patrol in Pakistan's volatile northwest Monday, killing four officers, while a roadside bomb killed a member of another security unit elsewhere in the region, officials said.

  21. Drug Dealing for Jesus: Mexico's Evangelical Narcos Time.com - 1 hour, 25 minutes ago

    A quasi-religious, cult-like drug cartel lays siege to the police in western Mexico and shakes the national government

  22. US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,327 AP - Sun Jul 19, 7:50 PM ET

    As of Sunday, July 19, 2009, at least 4,327 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

  23. Indonesian police march outside the Ritz Carlton hotel in Jakarta. Indonesian police have confirmed that regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiyah were behind the twin suicide blasts that tore through luxury Jakarta hotels.(AFP/Adek Berry)
    Jemaah Islamiyah behind Jakarta blasts: police AFP - Sun Jul 19, 9:52 AM ET

    JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesian police on Sunday confirmed that regional terror outfit Jemaah Islamiyah were behind the twin suicide blasts that tore through luxury Jakarta hotels.

  24. An employee of the Arab news station Al-Jazeera packs equipment at the station's offices  in the West Bank city of  Ramallah, Wednesday, July 15, 2009. The Palestinian government suspended the West Bank operations of Al-Jazeera on Wednesday, alleging incitement and unbalanced reporting from the Palestinian territories. The move came one day after a talk show guest claimed, without presenting evidence, that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas played a role in the 2004 death of his predecessor, Yasser Arafat. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
    Ban on Al-Jazeera operations in West Bank lifted AP - Sun Jul 19, 7:03 AM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian authorities on Sunday allowed Al-Jazeera to resume operations in the West Bank, four days after banning the Arab satellite station over the airing of a claim linking President Mahmoud Abbas to the death of his legendary predecessor, Yasser Arafat.

  25. Mauritania coup chief wins vote amid fraud claims AP - Sun Jul 19, 6:48 PM ET

    NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - Nearly a year after seizing power in a military putsch that ousted Mauritania's first freely elected leader, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won the presidency Sunday in a landslide vote his opponents decried as a fraudulent "electoral coup."

  26. A mobile drilling rig digs a tunnel at Rio Tinto's Northparkes copper mine in Australia. Banquets, karaoke and drinks have long played a part in Chinese deals but the high-profile arrests of Rio Tinto executives may force companies to rethink how they do business, experts said.(AFP/Rio Tinto/Ho)
    Rio Tinto 'spy' case unsettles business community AFP - Sun Jul 19, 12:01 AM ET

    SHANGHAI (AFP) - Banquets, karaoke and drinks have long played a part in Chinese deals but the high-profile arrests of Rio Tinto executives may force companies to rethink how they do business, experts said.

  27. Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs Micheline Calmy-Rey smiles during a press conference on July 14, 2009 at Zurich airport. Calmy-Rey on Sunday defended Switzerland's decision to meet with a Hamas delegation, saying the militant Palestinian group is "an important player" in the Middle East.(AFP/Pool/File/Alessandro Della Bella)
    Swiss FM defends Hamas meeting AFP - Sun Jul 19, 5:21 PM ET

    ZURICH (AFP) - Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Sunday defended Switzerland's decision to meet with a Hamas delegation, saying the militant Palestinian group is "an important player" in the Middle East.

  28. Employees of the nuclear power plant Kruemmel work at the plant, in Geesthacht, northern Germany, in 2007. German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Swedish nuclear operator Vattenfall on Sunday over a series of problems at an ageing reactor near Hamburg.(AFP/DDP/File/Roland Magunia)
    German's Merkel slams Swedish nuclear operator AFP - Sun Jul 19, 3:47 PM ET

    BERLIN (AFP) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel hit out at Swedish nuclear operator Vattenfall on Sunday over a series of problems at an ageing reactor near Hamburg.

  29. South Africa tests AIDS vaccine AP - Sun Jul 19, 8:55 PM ET

    CAPE TOWN, South Africa - South Africa is launching clinical trials of the first AIDS vaccines created by a developing country, a feat by scientists who forged ahead even when some of their political leaders shocked the world with unscientific pronouncements about the disease.

  30. South Korean police officers stand guard while anti-U.S. protesters hold a rally demanding abort of sanctions against North Korea in front of Foreign Ministry where Kurt Campbell, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia and Pacific affairs, plans to meet with South Korean officials in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, July 20, 2009. Campbell will discuss how to handle an increasingly defiant North Korea in a standoff over its nuclear program when he meets with South Korean officials in a series of meetings Monday. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
    SKorea deciding how to inspect suspicious NK ships AP - 50 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's coast guard said Monday it is drawing up guidelines on how to inspect North Korean ships suspected of carrying banned items — a move expected to enrage Pyongyang, which has warned it would consider such inspections a declaration of war.