{"id":5017,"date":"2009-06-16T11:58:25","date_gmt":"2009-06-16T15:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=5017"},"modified":"2009-06-16T11:58:25","modified_gmt":"2009-06-16T15:58:25","slug":"world-links-iranian-clerics-ponder-recount-afghanistan-begins-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/wa-blog\/world-links-iranian-clerics-ponder-recount-afghanistan-begins-presidential-campaign\/5017\/","title":{"rendered":"World Links: Iranian Clerics Ponder Recount, Afghanistan Begins Presidential Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kcna.co.jp\/index-e.htm\" target=\"_blank\">state-run news agency KCNA<\/a> gave further information on the charges against Current TV journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee, saying the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/aponline\/2009\/06\/16\/world\/AP-AS-NKorea-Journalists-Held.html?ref=world\" target=\"_blank\"> journalists confessed to illegally entering North Korea<\/a> to film &#8220;an anti-DPRK smear campaign over its human rights issue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prodded by the largest protest in Tehran since the Iranian revolution of 1979, Iran&#8217;s top clerics <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/middleeast\/2009\/06\/2009616135112133473.html\" target=\"_blank\">mull a recount<\/a> of last Friday&#8217;s presidential election, but stop short of agreeing to a new vote.<\/p>\n<p>The campaign for <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/south_asia\/8102805.stm\" target=\"_blank\">Afghan president begins today<\/a>. Incumbent Hamid Karzai faces dwindling popularity and a challenge from 40 disparate candidates, but is still considered the top contender.<\/p>\n<p>Tens of thousands <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngrguardiannews.com\/africa\/article06\/\/indexn3_html?pdate=160609&amp;ptitle=Protesters%20rally%20against%20constitutional%20vote%20in%20Niger&amp;cpdate=160609\" target=\"_blank\">march in Niger<\/a> to protest President Mamadou Tandja&#8217;s plans to hold a referendum that would allow him to run for a third term.<\/p>\n<p>Italy&#8217;s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi agrees to <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/europe\/8102267.stm\" target=\"_blank\">take three Guantanamo detainees<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan&#8217;s military <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/13+mehsuds+evade+as+game+on+to+isolate+baitullah-za-08\" target=\"_blank\">prepares for battle against Baitullah Mehsud<\/a> in South 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