{"id":5349,"date":"2009-08-03T11:10:05","date_gmt":"2009-08-03T15:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5349"},"modified":"2009-08-03T11:27:24","modified_gmt":"2009-08-03T15:27:24","slug":"world-links-ahmadinejad-begins-second-term-pakistani-christians-close-schools-amid-mob-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links-ahmadinejad-begins-second-term-pakistani-christians-close-schools-amid-mob-violence\/5349\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Ahmadinejad Begins Second Term, Pakistani Christians Close Schools Amid Mob Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader formally <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=z0neTPZ4W6w&amp;eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2Fnews%2Fmore%3Fpz%3D1%26ncl%3DddsYqVJiGO1z_yM_lqyG8lkd_vyXM%26topic%3Dh&amp;feature=player_embedded\" target=\"_blank\">endorses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term<\/a> as president in a ceremony that many prominent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/worldNews\/idUSL373426820090803\" target=\"_blank\">critics of the disputed election declined to attend<\/a>. The president vows Iran will have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=102371&amp;sectionid=351020101\" target=\"_blank\">stronger global presence<\/a> in his second term. A mass <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=102289&amp;sectionid=351020101\" target=\"_blank\">trial of protesters who opposed the contested election<\/a> between Ahmadinejad and Mir Hossein Mousavi began on Saturday. Nearly 3,000 people were arrested during the protests, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/ap\/article\/ALeqM5i-lWe-o6-be4VsK4DLdJ6tGw2UqgD99RF7UG0\" target=\"_blank\">advocates say their confessions are forced<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton <a href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/200908030827.html\" target=\"_blank\">begins a seven-nation visit to Africa<\/a>. Her first stop is Kenya for a forum on trade and investment with senior officials from 41 African nations.\u00a0 Experts say by next year, <a href=\"http:\/\/marketplace.publicradio.org\/display\/web\/2009\/08\/03\/am-clinton-africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">China will likely overtake the U.S. as the world&#8217;s largest investor in Africa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a scene that recalls her leadership during the Philippine democracy movement in the 1980&#8217;s, tens of thousands thousands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gmanews.tv\/story\/168896\/A-rousing-farewell-on-Corys-final-ride-down-Ayala-Avenue\" target=\"_blank\">attend a funeral procession for former President Corazon Aquino<\/a>. Thousands more <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.inquirer.net\/breakingnews\/breakingnews\/view\/20090803-218590\/On-the-Web-thousands-more-grieve-for-Cory\" target=\"_blank\">grieve online<\/a>. Aquino died Saturday of a cardiac arrest after suffering from colon cancer. She <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.gmanews.tv\/coryaquino\/2009\/07\/highlights-of-cory-aquino%E2%80%99s-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">defeated dictator Ferdinand Marcos in 1987<\/a> and is credited with restoring democracy to the Philippines.<\/p>\n<p>Christians in Pakistan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/04-pakistani-christians-shut-schools-qs-06\" target=\"_blank\">close their schools for three days<\/a> to protest the killings of at least seven members of their community by Muslims who <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/13+rioters+were+led+by+masked+men+from+jhang-za-15\" target=\"_blank\">stormed a Christian section of the eastern city of Gojra on Saturday<\/a>. Spurred by reports that Christians had desecrated a Quran, Muslims <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/13+negligence+of+officials+blamed+for+gojra+riots-za-14\" target=\"_blank\">burned burned dozens of houses as police failed to intervene<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>After returning from a fact-finding mission in Honduras, the head of a London-based media rights group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/latestCrisis\/idUSL3722931\" target=\"_blank\">says dozens of Honduran journalists and human rights activists have been attacked or threatened<\/a> with violence by the military and supporters of ousted President Manuel Zelaya. Three Zelaya supporters have been killed since the June 28 coup. More protests are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/hostednews\/afp\/article\/ALeqM5hyaPRwpeelU9r6Ed5INUnCSXrG4Q\" target=\"_blank\">planned this week<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran&#8217;s supreme leader formally endorses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for a second term as president in a ceremony that many prominent critics of the disputed election declined to attend. The president vows Iran will have a stronger global presence in his second term. 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