More Iran election protesters go on trial

The mass trial of a third round of detainees arrested in the aftermath of Iran’s disputed presidential election began on Sunday. Prosecutors read out charges against more than two dozen detainees who are being tried in the Revolutionary Court. The defendants are among more than 1,000 people arrested after the government cracked down on days of street protests following the June 12 election

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Cricket banker charged in ‘global fraud’

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has charged businessman Robert Allen Stanford with orchestrating an $8 billion fraudulent investment program. Stanford is the tycoon who bankrolled the Twenty20 Super Series cricket competition in the West Indies last year

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