{"id":5037,"date":"2009-06-22T14:12:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-22T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2009-06-22T14:24:35","modified_gmt":"2009-06-22T18:24:35","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links\/5037\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Bombs in Baghdad Ahead of U.S. Pullout, Support for Conservatives to Replace U.K.&#8217;s Labour Speaker"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian riot police <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8112812.stm\" target=\"_blank\">fire tear gas<\/a> to break up a new opposition rally in the center of Tehran, hours after a stern warning to protesters. At least <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/2009621182348210316.html\" target=\"_blank\">24 journalists covering the unrest are arrested<\/a>. The country\u2019s highest electoral authority, the Guardian Council, acknowledges that &#8220;<a href=\"\u2022 In two conservative provinces, Mazandaran and Yazd, a turnout of     more than 100% was recorded.\" target=\"_blank\">votes collected in 50 cities surpass the number of people eligible to cast ballots in those areas<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/2009\/06\/22\/Blasts-in-Baghdad-kill-more-than-20\/UPI-75981245672393\/\" target=\"_blank\">Four bombs explode in Baghdad<\/a>, killing at least 20 in mostly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/world\/story\/2009\/06\/22\/iraq-bombings022.html\" target=\"_blank\">Shia areas<\/a>, and continuing a rise in violence throughout Iraq as U.S. troops prepare to pullout from urban areas there by the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Insurgents <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2009\/jun\/22\/russia-ingushetia-yevkurov-assassination-attempt\" target=\"_blank\">attack the convoy of Yunus-Bek Yevkurov<\/a>, the president of Ingushetia, a tiny quasi-autonomous republic on Chechnya&#8217;s western border. Yevkurov is said to be in <a href=\"PageNum\" target=\"_blank\">stable condition<\/a>, but his country is less so as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mosnews.com\/politics\/2009\/06\/22\/yevkupd\/\" target=\"_blank\">separtists and Islamic fundamentalists<\/a> gain momentum.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">North Korea warns in an editorial published in the <em>Rodong Sinmun<\/em> newspaper that <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia-pacific\/2009\/06\/200962245115867381.html\" target=\"_blank\">it will strike at the US if it is attacked<\/a>, noting it is &#8220;proud nuclear power,&#8221; and the US should &#8220;take a correct look at whom it is dealing with.&#8221; The Japanese newspaper, Mainichi Shimbun reports the country&#8217;s heir apparent Kim Jong-un is <a href=\"http:\/\/english.chosun.com\/site\/data\/html_dir\/2009\/06\/22\/2009062200193.html\" target=\"_blank\">working as acting chairman of the National Defense Commission<\/a> to support his ailing father.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A conservative <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/mps-expenses\/5604027\/Speaker-election-John-Bercow-wins-first-round-as-four-candidates-eliminated.html\" target=\"_blank\">leads<\/a> the ongoing and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/newstopics\/mps-expenses\/5600204\/Government-in-skulduggery-row-over-election-of-new-Speaker.html\" target=\"_blank\">controversial<\/a> race to replace the U.K.&#8217;s House of Commons speaker who was ousted for excessive expense claims. Many Labour party members <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/politics\/8111887.stm\" target=\"_blank\">support the young Tory MP, John Bercow,<\/a> and his campaign for &#8220;reform, for renewal, for revitalisation and for the reassertion of the core values of this great institution in the context of the 21st century.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iranian riot police fire tear gas to break up a new opposition rally in the center of Tehran, hours after a stern warning to protesters. At least 24 journalists covering the unrest are arrested. 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