Voting Closes in Iran Presidential Election -- Voice of America
Polling stations have closed across most of Iran, where officials extended voting by several hours to accommodate what they described as a large turnout in the country's presidential election. State-run news agencies say the vote count is underway, with results expected to be announced in several hours.
Millions of Iranians voted Friday to choose a successor to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Western news agencies reported long lines at some polling stations even as the vote was scheduled to end.
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MIDDLE EAST
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over weapons charge.
US: Syria's Assad crossed 'red line'
with chemical weapons.
Syria: US chemical weapons charges
'full of lies'. Syria, Russia push back over
U.S. chemical weapons claims.Syrian rebels say they need heavy weaponry,
not small arms, from U.S..U.S. arms vow draws skepticism
from Syria rebels.
Erdogan makes conciliatory move
to end Turkish protests.
Thousands protest Yemen
security force 'excesses'.
Yemen struggles to keep the lights on
amid frequent power line sabotage.
Deadly virus spreading
from the Middle East.
ASIA
Chinese paper: Snowden
could be useful to China.
India Maoists: Three die in attack
on train in Bihar.
Japan's Defense Ministry to fortify SDF with
a special island assault unit.
Three Chinese ships in
disputed waters: Japan.
India to become world's most populous nation
around 2028: UN.Crackdown filling N. Korean prisons
with defectors.South Korean former spy chief accused
of election meddling.
Host sacked for asking if
Australia PM's partner gay.
AFRICA
South Sudan 'preventing aid
to Jonglei victims'.
Mali
'suicide-vest workshop found’.Egypt says citizens free
to join fight in Syria.
TV channel offices attacked
in Libya's Benghazi.
US military pays close attention
to Boko Haram militants.
Analysts: West Africa attractive
Hezbollah destination.
Wife of ousted Madagascar leader stands
by bid for power.Anti-Mugabe hackers attack website of
South Africa's ruling ANC.Mugabe calls elections – and Tsvangirai
rejects them as illegal.EUROPE
Anti-G8 activists rally
in London banking district.Merkel tells young Europeans
to move to find work.
Pope Francis tells Archbishop of Canterbury to stand firm
on traditional family values.
Euro zone inflation off three-year lows,
fall in employment deepens.
Czech prosecutors charge seven in
scandal threatening PM.Thousands protest in Greece
over ERT shutdown.Spain's public debt
hits record high.
EU seeks to ease French fears over Hollywood
in U.S. trade talks.Russians flee the
Caucasus anyway.AMERICAS
Killer Colorado wildfire feeding off
wind, lightning as thousands flee.
City of Detroit
defaults on it's loans.
Argentine ex-president jailed
for arms deals.
U.S. agencies said to swap data
with thousands of firms.Residents flee as historic Colorado wildfire
burns out of control.
Nicaraguan assembly OKs $40 billion Chinese canal
to rival Panama's.
Brazil: Sao Paulo transport fare protest
turns violent.Argentina train crash leaves
hundreds of casualties.
Commander in SS-led unit
living in US.
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to get chemical weapons.Guantanamo judge orders first closed session
of Obama war court.
Terrorists could use fire as new tactic
against United States.Terrorists change behavior after leaks,
lawmaker says.
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IMF urges repeal of
'ill-designed' U.S. cuts.
Analysis: Bombardier gambles on
big order payoff with new jet.
Airbus A350 makes
maiden test flight.
US Supreme Court says human DNA
cannot be patented.
