Hardline Iran editor calls for Mousavi to face trial
(Reuters)
Reuters - A newspaper editor seen as close to Iran's top authority said Saturday defeated election candidate Mirhossein Mousavi and a former pro-reform president had committed "terrible crimes" which should be tried in court.
AP - President Barack Obama sought to rally support for his domestic initiatives, while Sen. John McCain called for Americans to support Iranian election protesters. The one-time presidential rivals both cited the spirit of the nation's founders in their Fourth of July radio and Internet addresses.
Mousavi 'must face treason trial'
A conservative Iranian daily says the main protest leader should be tried for treason for inciting unrest after June's elections.
US soldiers killed in Afghanistan
The US military in Afghanistan says two of its soldiers have been killed in an explosion in eastern Paktika province.
Taliban assault
UK troops battle to turn the tide in key Afghan areas
Obama to Morocco: End Israel's isolation
US President Barack Obama called Saturday n Arab nations to embrace the Saudi peace initiative and end the isolation of Israel in the Middle East. SLIDESHOW: | World He specifically made a call to Morocco, an African Muslim state which was once home to a
Iran frees three more British embassy staff
Tehran, July 3 (IANS) Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday. All the eight staff members of the British embassy in Tehran who were
Serbia Jails 11 Muslims for Plotting Terror Attacks
Muslims to prison terms ranging from six months to 13 years for plotting to kill Serbia's top Muslim cleric and planning to attack a police station, a court spokeswoman said. 'They were arrested near the town of Novi Pazar in 2007 and were found guilty
British embassy staff to be released, says Iranian ambassador
Tehran - Iran's ambassador to Germany has voiced hope that the two detained Iranian staffers of the British embassy in Tehran would soon be released, official news agency IRNA reported Saturday. IRNA quoted Ali-Reza Sheikh-Attar as saying that, after the
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