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Iran’s security council tells Moussavi to back off

Members of Iran’s influential National Security Council have told opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi that his repeated demands for the annulment of the June 12 election results are "illogical and unethical," state media reported. Esmaeel Kowsari told the government-run Iranian Labor News Agency in an interview Friday that the council met with Moussavi, former presidential candidates Mehdi Karrubi and Mohsen Rezaie, and former Iran President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, who now chairs the Assembly of Experts

Twittering Air Pollution Levels in Beijing

Anyone stepping outside in Beijing around midday on June 18 would have noticed something slightly amiss.

UK lawmakers slammed over expenses secrecy

Anti-secrecy campaigners have criticized a decision by UK lawmakers to censor a report on their expenses claims, some of which was leaked earlier amid huge public outcry. The online publication on Thursday is the result of a newspaper filing a freedom of information request to see the claims by MPs, but some of the information is blacked out. The redaction prompted criticism from campaigners seeking transparancy.

Billy Joel, wife separating

Billy Joel and his wife, Katie Lee Joel, are separating.

White House report warns of climate change effects

Man-made climate change threatens to stress water resources, challenge crops and livestock, raise sea levels and adversely affect human health, according to a report released by the Obama administration on Tuesday.

Europe Stumbling in Efforts to Battle Internet Piracy

Internet piracy is costing the U.K. alone almost $300 million a year, according to technology analysis group Jupiter Research.

In Russia, a Recession-Plagued Town Revolts

After waiting half an hour in a line of 20 people at the dusty ATM, Eduard Markov finally walks away with his old leather wallet bulging with rubles. Like thousands of others in the northern Russian industrial town of Pikalyovo, the 44-year-old clay quarry worker had not been paid in three months. But now he at least has enough to buy the basics — meat, vodka, noodles, oil and fruit — from shops that just a few days ago were empty of customers.

What’s SUP? A Surf Sport That’s Bucking the Recession

Stand-up paddle surfing may sound like a scene from a screwball comedy, but no one’s laughing in a sports and fitness industry that has hit the recession skids as hard as any other business. SUP, as it’s called for short, looks exactly as it sounds: you stand on a large surfboard and propel yourself forward with a paddle. But, unlike traditional surfing, you don’t have to wait for the waves.

Hamas official: After the talk, can Obama walk the walk?

Most people across Muslim and Arab lands viewed President Obama’s speech in Cairo, Egypt, as "excellent," a spokesman for the hard-line Palestinian movement Hamas said. But the official, Ahmed Yousef, interviewed on CNN’s “American Morning” from Gaza City, said there’s a question on the street: Is the American president “ready to walk the way he talks” “This is the question,” said Yousef, the senior adviser for former Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya.

The Hangover: A Bro-Magnon Bromance

You want to make a comedy about guys who learn the true meaning of bromance on a horrible weekend in Vegas, but you can’t spend a lot of money on talent.