{"id":5049,"date":"2009-06-25T13:56:56","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T17:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5049"},"modified":"2009-06-25T13:57:44","modified_gmt":"2009-06-25T17:57:44","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links\/5049\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Iran Arrests Dissidents and Pressures Mousavi, China Restricts Internet Access"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi says on his website that he is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ukpress\/article\/ALeqM5ju1DSIjIgAo73qS-jB3XxeMdYwxg\" target=\"_blank\">under pressure to withdraw his complaint<\/a> over the disputed re-election. Iranian authorities <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8118783.stm\" target=\"_blank\">arrest 70 professors<\/a> who previously met with Mousavi. <span>The U.S. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=98998&amp;sectionid=351020101\" target=\"_blank\">withdraws invitations to Iranian diplomats<\/a> to attend U.S. Independence Day celebrations on 4th of July.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>At least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5gU2bbARXngOhPW-g2jwqQ6t-kSMQ\" target=\"_blank\">seven bombs explode throughout Iraq<\/a> as a rise in violence continues ahead of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5iOhfGCMQ3jVoqzFIPqO693-A941AD991CBVO1\" target=\"_blank\">planned withdrawal of 133,000 U.S. troops<\/a> from Iraqi cities by June 30.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"body\">Air France says <a href=\"http:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/20090625-pilots-body-identified-after-jet-crash-af-447-france-brazil-investigation\" target=\"_blank\">the bodies of two crew members have been recovered<\/a> from the crash of the passenger jet that plunged into the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. Rescue teams have found about 50 bodies so far from the flight. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Health Ministry <a href=\"http:\/\/shanghaiist.com\/2009\/06\/25\/porn_crackdown.php\" target=\"_blank\">implements sharp restrictions<\/a> on Internet access to medical research papers on sexual subjects as part of an &#8220;anti-pornography campaign&#8221; that may lead to a broader crackdown on freedom of expression. <a href=\"http:\/\/english.people.com.cn\/90001\/90781\/90877\/6686196.html\" target=\"_blank\">Google access is also blocked overnight<\/a> in China.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/arts\/story\/2009\/06\/25\/russia-journalist025.html\" target=\"_blank\">overturns the acquittal<\/a> of four men accused of involvement in the murder of the investigative journalist Anna Politkovskaya and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/mediaNews\/idUSLP25690620090625\" target=\"_blank\">orders a new trial<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi says on his website that he is under pressure to withdraw his complaint over the disputed re-election. Iranian authorities arrest 70 professors who previously met with Mousavi. The U.S. withdraws invitations to Iranian diplomats to attend U.S. Independence Day celebrations on 4th of July. 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