Day: June 14, 2009

Washington DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

DC – FBI: Holocaust Museum suspect expected to survive

“FBI Supervisory Special Agent Katherine Schweit said in a written statement Saturday that government lawyers told court officials that James von Brunn (vahn BRUHN’) ‘was in critical, but stable, condition with an expectation of survival.’ They made the statement Thursday when von Brunn’s case was called for an initial appearance hearing.”

UK: Suspected “Honor Killing” – Update on Shafilea Ahmed Case

(UK) Father fails in fight to change unlawful killing verdict
— Shafilea Ahmed
— “A few months earlier, she had refused an arranged marriage, and, during a visit to Pakistan to meet
a prospective husband, had drunk bleach and spent five weeks in hospital.”
— “After her death, police initially worked on the theory that she had been the victim of an honour killing
and arrested and questioned her parents, Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed, on suspicion of kidnapping”
— “But a Crown Prosecution Service investigation found there was no chance of anyone being convicted
on the evidence available”

—  Previous Reports:
— “A Muslim girl who had refused her family’s wish to have an arranged marriage was murdered,
a coroner ruled yesterday.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575306/Shafilea-Ahmed-was-murdered.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1575307/Shafilea-Ahmed-Timeline.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1455201/Teenagers-body-had-been-hidden.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafilea_Ahmed

Iran Reports – June 14, 2009

Iranian President Ahmadinejad celebrates win with show of brutality
— “Chanting ‘Allahu akbar’ — God is greatest — and ‘Ahmadi, we love you’ the army of hardliners poured into central Tehran in a massive show of strength for President Ahmadinejad.”
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6499534.ece
— Iran: “Congratulation messages pour in” — including leaders of Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and HAMAS
http://www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=545389&IdLanguage=3
— Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei  endorses vote outcome
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.election/index.html
— Ahmadinejad says victory is blow to ‘oppressive’ world
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5532492/Ahmadinejad-says-victory-is-blow-to-oppressive-world.html
— Disputed Iranian ballot complicates US diplomacy
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090614/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_us_iran
— More than 100 Iranian reformists arrested -reformer
http://geo.tv/6-14-2009/44169.htm
— Ahmadinejad: No guarantee on rival’s safety
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.election.rival/index.html
— Iran Puts Curbs on Media After Disputed Election
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,526273,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31357829/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa/

(Iran) Ahmadinejad crushes Iran’s reform hopes
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6498787.ece

(Iran) Exiled group says race on in Iran to build bomb
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsMaps/idUSTRE55C1QH20090613

(Iran) Anti-Ahmadinejad supporters to protest today
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25637237-23109,00.html
— Mousavi supporters to rally in Tehran
http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE55D04V20090615?rpc=401&
— Clashes in Iran reveal deep divide
— “Anti-Ahmadinejad protests appear to trigger counterreaction from his supporters”
— “International media prevented from covering demonstrations”
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html
— Protests around world
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/14/iran.protests.scene/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto
— Facebook Web Site
http://www.facebook.com/pages/IRAN/18297877889
— Ahmadinejad defends re-election as violence continues in Teheran
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/World/Story/STIStory_390466.html
— Defeated Iranian reformist Mir-Hossein Mousavi calls for more protest against Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran/5533782/Defeated-Iranian-reformist-Mir-Hossein-Mousavi-calls-for-more-protest-against-Mahmoud-Ahmadinejad.html
— Poll rioters rip Iran apart as Ahmadinejad rounds up opposition leaders while insisting election wasn’t rigged
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1192958/Poll-rioters-rip-Iran-apart-Ahmadinejad-rounds-opposition-leaders-insisting-election-wasnt-rigged.html
— Unrest challenges Iran’s republic
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8099884.stm
— ‘Anti-Ahmadinejad protests will die out’
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1244371097557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull