{"id":4901,"date":"2009-06-04T13:27:29","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T17:27:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=4901"},"modified":"2009-06-04T13:35:29","modified_gmt":"2009-06-04T17:35:29","slug":"world-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links\/4901\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Police Prevent Commemorations in Tiananmen Square, Opposition Accuses Iranian President of Tainting Country&#8217;s Image"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama calls for &#8220;a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world&#8221; in a long-awaited <a id=\"bpc9\" title=\"speech\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eEXioD7pjAg\">speech<\/a> to the Muslim world delivered at Cairo University in Egypt. <a id=\"hjih\" title=\"Reactions\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hurriyet.com.tr\/english\/world\/11796692.asp?gid=244\">Reactions<\/a> from leaders in the Muslim world are largely positive, with many calling the speech a good start, but awaiting action from the new American president.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/06\/05\/world\/asia\/05beijing.html?ref=global-home\">police<\/a> are deployed in Beijing&#8217;s Tiananmen Square on the 20th anniversary of the violent crackdown on a pro-democracy demonstration that left hundreds dead, preventing any protests or memorials, and <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/video\/#\/video\/world\/2009\/06\/03\/vause.chang.tiananmen.anniv.cnn\">barring foreign journalists<\/a> from entering the square. In largely autonomous Hong Kong, <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/asia-pacific\/8083569.stm\">150,000 people<\/a> attend a candlelit vigil to mark the anniversary, the only such commemoration in China.<\/p>\n<p>Another 20th anniversary is <a href=\"http:\/\/polskieradio.pl\/thenews\/news\/artykul109525_international_leaders_hail_1989_polish_revolution.html\">marked in Poland<\/a>, where international leaders gather to commemorate the first democratic elections in communist Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/politics\/2009\/jun\/04\/european-parliamentary-elections-guide\">Voting begins<\/a> in European Union elections; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/europe\/eu\/5437502\/EU-elections-to-be-marred-by-historically-low-turnout.html\">turnout<\/a> is expected to be low, with voters more focused on local rather than Europe-wide issues.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presstv.ir\/detail.aspx?id=97014&amp;sectionid=351020101\">televised debate<\/a>, Iranian presidential candidate Hossein Mousavi accuses President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2009\/WORLD\/meast\/06\/04\/iran.election.debate\/index.html\">tainting the country&#8217;s image<\/a> with his Holocaust denial and other extremist views.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Barack Obama calls for &#8220;a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world&#8221; in a long-awaited speech to the Muslim world delivered at Cairo University in Egypt. 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