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The bill also <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bangkokpost.com\/news\/asia\/146397\/japan-votes-to-lift-ban-on-child-organ-transplants\" target=\"_blank\">changes the definition of legal death<\/a> to brain death. Until now, a person was eligible to donate their organs only after their heart and lungs had stopped functioning.<\/p>\n<p>The Burmese Army <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/asia-pacific\/2009\/06\/20096185344614827.html\" target=\"_blank\">goes on the offensive<\/a> against Karen rebels, forcing thousands of civilians to flee the fighting into Thailand.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian protesters <a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/middle_east\/8107192.stm\" target=\"_blank\">continue to gather<\/a> in the streets of Tehran, coming together to mourn the seven killed in clashes with Iranian militia members after last Friday&#8217;s presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman <a href=\"http:\/\/www.haaretz.com\/hasen\/spages\/1093701.html\" target=\"_blank\">rejects U.S. demands<\/a> to halt the expansion of West Bank settlements.<\/p>\n<p>A suicide bomber <a href=\"http:\/\/english.aljazeera.net\/news\/africa\/2009\/06\/200961810154483156.html\" target=\"_blank\">kills Somalia&#8217;s security minister<\/a> in the town of <span class=\"DetaildSuammary\">Beledweyne, just north of the capital, Mogadishu. Ten others, including Somalia&#8217;s ambassador to South Africa, were also killed. The government blamed Al-Shabab, an Islamist insurgent group with purported ties to Al Qaeda, for the attack. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Police in Pakistan <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dawn.com\/wps\/wcm\/connect\/dawn-content-library\/dawn\/news\/pakistan\/11-police-track-mastermind-of-attack-on-lankan-cricket-team--il--04\" target=\"_blank\">arrest a suspect<\/a> in the March, 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team. Six policeman and a driver were killed in that attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan&#8217;s lower house votes to allow organ transplants for children under the age of 15. The bill also changes the definition of legal death to brain death. Until now, a person was eligible to donate their organs only after their heart and lungs had stopped functioning. 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