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Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent (AP)

FILE - In this Tuesday, June 9, 2009 file photo, a supporter of main challenger and reformist candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi, standing next to a poster of him, whistles as she films the event with her mobile phone, amidst a festive atmosphere at an election rally at the Heidarnia stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.





Six die in London tower block blaze: emergency services (AFP)

A burnt out tower block is pictured in Camberwell, south London. Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.(AFP)AFP - Six people including a newborn baby died Friday in a massive fire at a tower block in London, the city's emergency services said.





6 people killed in London high-rise blaze (AP) AP - Six people, including a 3-week-old baby, were killed and 30 people had to be rescued when fire ripped through a high-rise apartment building in London on Friday, emergency services said.


Airline BA to cut capacity, delay new planes (AP) AP - British Airways PLC announced Friday it will ground aircraft, slash seat numbers and postpone taking delivery of a dozen new Airbus A380 superjumbos as it faces a recession-driven decline in passengers.


Pygmy hippo born at Edinburgh Zoo (AFP)

One of London zoos' two pygmy hippo opens wide to have his teeth brushed and checked by a keeper in their enclosure at the zoo in 2006. A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials said Friday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - A rare pygmy hippopotamus has been born at Edinburgh Zoo, officials said Friday.





British Airways says will slash spending (AFP)

A British Airways passenger plane comes in to land at Gatwick Airport in March 2009. BA said that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Troubled British Airways said Friday that it would slash capital expenditure by one fifth in the current financial year after posting another sharp drop in monthly passenger numbers.





Iran cleric threatens trial for British embassy staff (AFP)

Iranian worshippers chant anti US and Israel slogans during the weekly Friday prayers at Tehran University. A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.(AFP/Behrouz Mehri)AFP - A powerful Iranian cleric said on Friday that British embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests from European governments.





Oil brokerage loses $10 mln on rogue trades (AP) AP - PVM Oil Associates, the world's biggest over-the-counter oil brokerage, says it lost nearly $10 million this week because of unauthorized trades that caused a temporary spike in Brent crude markets.


British troops expand major Afghan operation (Reuters)

A U.S. soldier shakes hands with a local elder, Mohammad Akbar, in the village of Sorkhdoz in Helmand River Valley in Afghanistan July 2, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war. Locals expressed cautious reactions to the arrival of the U.S. forces. REUTERS/Baris AtaymanReuters - Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new U.S.-led operation to wrest the initiative from insurgents.





Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff may face trial (Reuters)

An Iranian cleric prays during Friday prayers in Tehran July 3, 2009. A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest. REUTERS/Morteza NikoubazlReuters - A senior Iranian cleric suggested on Friday that detained local staff from the British embassy in Tehran would be put on trial in the Islamic Republic for their alleged role in post-election unrest.





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