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Most popular news on 15 June 2009 |
Ahmadinejad opponents shout protests from rooftops
AP - Protesters battled police over Iran's disputed election and shouted their opposition from the rooftops Sunday, but President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dismissed the unrest as little more than "passions after a soccer match" and drew his own huge rally of support.
S. Korean leader heads to US for summit with Obama
AP - South Korea's president said Monday that the country's alliance with the United States is key to resolving North Korea's nuclear and missile threats as he flew to Washington for a summit with President Barack Obama.
Alaska's Rat Island rat-free after 229 years
Reuters - Alaska's Rat Island is finally rat-free, 229 years after a Japanese shipwreck spilled rampaging rodents onto the remote Aleutian island, decimating the local bird population.
Netanyahu endorses Palestinian independence
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed a Palestinian state beside Israel for the first time on Sunday, reversing himself under U.S. pressure but attaching conditions such as having no army that the Palestinians swiftly rejected.
Bryant, Lakers reign once more
AP - Kobe Bryant pulled Phil Jackson close, embracing his coach and looking him straight in the eyes. After all they'd been through, this was their moment, their championship, their time. This was the one to top all the others.
PROMISES, PROMISES: Indian health care needs unmet
AP - Ta'Shon Rain Little Light, a happy little girl who loved to dance and dress up in traditional American Indian clothes, had stopped eating and walking. She complained constantly to her mother that her stomach hurt.
Argentine glacier advances despite global warming
AP - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.
Hundreds honor David Carradine at LA funeral
AP - Hundreds gathered to honor David Carradine at a sprawling hillside cemetery on Saturday during a funeral that was attended by family, former co-stars and other Hollywood friends.
'Hangover' hangs on as No. 1 movie with $33.4M
AP - Hollywood nursed another big weekend hangover.
"Hangover" gives Murphy headache at box office
Reuters - The party kept rocking for "The Hangover," the first big surprise hit at the North American box office this summer, while Eddie Murphy suffered a headache with his second consecutive flop.
Romancing the Douglas
E! Online - Greed has definitely been good for Michael Douglas.
Celebrities tweet for Suu Kyi's release in Myanmar
AP - Hollywood star Julia Roberts and detained Chinese activists are among celebrities and political prisoners tweeting and signing petitions for the release of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi as she approaches her 64th birthday — her 14th spent in detention — organizers said Sunday.
Springsteen, Phish, Al Green jam at Bonnaroo
AP - The eighth annual Bonnaroo Music Festival offered, if nothing else, an expanded view of what it means to jam.
Netanyahu bows to Obama, accepts Palestinian "state"
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded on Sunday to uncommon pressure from Washington by finally giving his endorsement -- with conditions -- to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Disputed Iranian ballot complicates US diplomacy
AP - The crackdown on dissent following the disputed elections in Iran puts the Obama administration in a tougher spot, as it sticks with diplomacy as the best way to end that country's nuclear weapons program.
Analysis: NKorean nuclear moves tied to succession
AP - The widening scope of North Korea's defiance — a rocket launch, a nuclear blast and signs of more long-range and atomic tests to come — suggests there's more to it than the usual brinkmanship.
Mich. town mourns as 5-year-old girl laid to rest
AP - Mourners embraced family members Saturday as they filed past the closed casket of a 5-year-old found buried along a river, paying final respects to a girl described by one of them as "Monroe's little angel."
Mark Martin wins NASCAR race in Michigan
AP - The most surprised person to find Mark Martin in Victory Lane at Michigan International Speedway was the driver himself.
Plain Talk May Help Friend Who Has Trouble Listening
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Hiker falls to his death from Yosemite's Half Dome
AP - A male hiker fell to his death on Saturday while climbing Yosemite's famed Half Dome, park rangers said.
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