{"id":5043,"date":"2009-06-24T13:05:01","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5043"},"modified":"2009-06-24T13:10:01","modified_gmt":"2009-06-24T17:10:01","slug":"world-links-u-s-drones-strike-taliban-chinese-authorities-arrest-prominent-dissident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links-u-s-drones-strike-taliban-chinese-authorities-arrest-prominent-dissident\/5043\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: U.S. Drones Strike Taliban, Chinese Authorities Arrest Prominent Dissident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">Reformist Iranian presidential candidate <\/span>Mir Hossein Mousavi<span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">&#8216;s wife <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5jGSJEAPs_r2T2wxsL5G3t4z-jajQD9913DU82\" target=\"_blank\">says the country is in a &#8220;state of martial law.&#8221;<\/a> Supreme leader, <\/span>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/200962410633242687.html\" target=\"_blank\">vows<\/a><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"><a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/200962410633242687.html\" target=\"_blank\"> the government will not give in to mass protests<\/a> against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Khamenei <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtontimes.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/24\/us-contacted-irans-ayatollah-before-election\/?feat=home_cube_position1\" target=\"_blank\">says President Obama sent him a letter before the election<\/a> that called for an improvement in relations.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">A <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia\/2009\/06\/200962317958264507.html\" target=\"_blank\">US drone kills 45<\/a> at what authorities say is a &#8220;Taliban training centre&#8221;\u00a0in the South Waziristan tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan. A second drone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/04-suspected-us-drone-strikes-swaziristan-qs-03\" target=\"_blank\">strikes a funeral procession<\/a> for those killed in the first raid. Former Afghan detainees at Bagram military base make new allegations that <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/8116046.stm\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. soldiers abused them<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">North Korean dictator, Kim Jong Il, may be close to transferring power to his youngest son, Kim Jong Un, who he has <a href=\"http:\/\/english.chosun.com\/site\/data\/html_dir\/2009\/06\/24\/2009062401612.html\" target=\"_blank\">put in charge of the nation&#8217;s secret police<\/a>. Analysts say he may <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/apps\/news?pid=20601101&amp;sid=aX5XZmSEnKHk\" target=\"_blank\">lack support from the country&#8217;s elite<\/a>, which could cause a power struggle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Chinese authorities<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2009-06\/24\/content_8318518.htm\" target=\"_blank\"> arrest prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo<\/a>, for alleged agitation activities aimed at subversion of government. Liu has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upi.com\/Top_News\/2009\/06\/24\/Chinese-dissident-Liu-formally-arrested\/UPI-16121245851970\/\" target=\"_blank\">been under &#8220;residential surveillance&#8221; since Dec. 8<\/a>, the day before publication of a document he co-wrote calling for democracy in China.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">The U.S. announces it will <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/americas\/2009\/06\/200962451456809558.html\" target=\"_blank\">send an ambassador to Syria<\/a> for the first time in four years as part of an effort to rehabilitate relations in the Middle East.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ansa.it\/site\/notizie\/awnplus\/english\/news\/2009-06-23_123376005.html\" target=\"_blank\">denies paying female escorts for their company<\/a> and says his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/world\/europe\/article6565336.ece\" target=\"_blank\">accusers<\/a> fabricated their stories in order to scandalize him.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"> <\/span> <span class=\"DetaildSuammary\"> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reformist Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi&#8216;s wife says the country is in a &#8220;state of martial law.&#8221; Supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, vows the government will not give in to mass protests against the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. 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