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Iranian supporters of presidential candidate Mir Hussein Mousavi<\/span> ignore prohibitions by the Ahmadinejad<\/span> regime and rally for the fifth straight day<\/a> in Tehran.<\/p>\n

Meeting with his South Korean counterpart at the White House, U.S. President Barack Obama voices strong support for sanctions<\/a> aimed to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons, while South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak states that “under no circumstances should North Korea be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons.”<\/p>\n

Peru’s Prime Minister Yehude Simon announces his decision to resign<\/a> in light of his handling of indigenous protests against a law making it easier for the government to take land for resource exploitation in the Amazon. Scores of protesters and police have been killed in the protests.<\/p>\n

Ali Sa’id Sheik Hassan, Mogadishu’s chief of police is killed<\/a> along with seven civilians amid continuing fighting between the Somali government and Islamic insurgent groups in the capital city.<\/p>\n

Russia vetoes extending the United Nations monitoring force<\/a> in the breakaway Georgian republic of Abkhazia. The 16-year mission will expire at the end of this month.<\/p>\n

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter meets with Hamas<\/a> in Gaza, urging the group to take steps to end its international isolation.<\/p>\n

The remainder of the Tamil Tigers announce they will regroup<\/a> as a transnational government focused on increasing the strength of the Tamil diaspora with the same goal of creating a separate Tamil state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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