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5 | Brussels TURNING POINT Conservative parties from France to the Netherlands celebrated victories in the four-day elections for the European Parliament. While not all conservative groups notched gains, some analysts called the broader trend part of a backlash over recent government spending to fund company bailouts and stimulus packages...
3 | Peru Riots in the Amazon Dozens were killed in Peru's Bagua province as police clashed with indigenous groups incensed by energy developments on their ancestral land. After months of protests, the riots erupted when policemen attempted to clear thousands of demonstrators from a highway. Peru's Congress has...
8 | Detroit Fiat Takes Control of Chrysler Chrysler's planned alliance with Italian carmaker Fiat was cemented on June 10 after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the deal brought by Chrysler's creditors and concerned consumer groups. The White House--backed arrangement gives Fiat a...
9 | Washington Holocaust Museum Shooting On June 10, a gunman opened fire at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, killing a security guard before the assailant was struck by return shots. Law-enforcement officials said the 88-year-old suspect, James Von Brunn, had ties to white-supremacist groups. He served...
As protesters took to the streets despite threats of bloodshed from Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei, Mir-Hossein Mousavi - the candidate the government says lost the election to Ahmadinejad - released statements via his website, saying he was prepared for martyrdom but at the same time calling the groups tormenting his...