Ghasia za kikabila zaua tisa Tanzania

Mapigano kati ya makabila mawili nchini Tanzania kugombea mifugo yamesababisha vifo vya watu tisa katika siku chahce zilizopita.
Mapigano kati ya kabila la Luo na Wakurya mkoani mara yamesababisha mamia ya watu kukimbia makazi yao.
Baadhi ya taarifa zinasema idadi ya watu waliokufa huenda ikawa watu arobaini.
Msemaji wa polisi amesema nyumba zimechomwa moto na ngombe kuibwa.
Waandishi wa habari wanasema wizi wa mifugo katika eneo hilo limekuwa la kawaida kwa miaka mingi, lakini mapigano sasa yanaonekana kuwa makubwa zaidi.

Ukraine seeks help paying its gas bill

Ukraine and Russia are in talks with international lenders and the European Union to hammer out a loan deal to help Kiev pay for Russian gas.
Ukraine transports the bulk of Russian gas supplies to Europe and was seeking up to three billion euros in funds to stockpile gas before winter.
But donors say they are only prepared to come up with half that amount.
The International Monetary Fund, The European bank for Reconstruction and Development, the European Investment bank, Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom and Ukrainian state energy firm Naftogaz are meeting in Brussels.
The aim of the talks is to avert a new crisis that could cut off European supplies as happened in January of this year.
Ukraine’s political leadership is badly divided and Kiev’s relations with Moscow are tense – increasing European leaders’ fears that Russia could again turn off the taps.
But banks are wary of pouring money into Naftogaz without assurances it will be radically restructured to cope with Ukraine’s severe economic crisis.

Jackson was probably killed! 911 call in Michael Jackson death released, caller number discovered deleted from list.....

LOS ANGELES – A 911 caller seeking help for Michael Jackson told an emergency operator that only a personal physician had seen what happened, and an ambulance was urgently needed because resuscitation efforts weren't working.
The Los Angeles Fire Department on Friday released a redacted audio recording of the call made Thursday by a person who only referred to Jackson as a 50-year-old man. It appeared that a mention of the phone number was deleted from the recording.
"I need an ambulance as soon as possible, sir," the caller said urgently but politely. "We have a gentlemen here that needs help and he's not breathing yet. He's not breathing and we need to — we're trying to pump him, but he's not, he's not."
The caller reported that Jackson was on a bed and the emergency operator began to instruct him to do CPR, but stopped when the caller said that the personal physician was there.
"Oh, OK. We're on our way there. If your guy is doing CPR and you're instructed by a doctor, he's a higher authority than me. And he's on the scene," the 911 operator said.
The operator asked if anyone witnessed what happened.
"No, just the doctor, sir, the doctor was the only one there," the caller said.
"Did he see what happened?" the operator asked.
"Doctor, did you see what happened, sir?" the caller asked someone in the room. Only an urgent mumbling can be heard on the recording.
"We're on our way. It's less than a mile away from Cedars," the operator said, referring to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Paramedics, however, took Jackson to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead.

crowd questions on the death of Michael Jackson Jackson attorney says death not completely unexpected

Mystery surrounds Michael Jackson's sudden deathReuters, Jun 26, 2009 6:38 am PDT
One day after Michael Jackson's sudden death, speculation was already turning on Friday to what killed the 50-year-old "King of Pop" just weeks before his long-awaited series of comeback concerts.
Jackson, a former child star who became one of the best-selling pop artists of all time before a descending into a strange and reclusive lifestyle, died on Thursday afternoon at a Los Angeles hospital, where he had been rushed in full cardiac arrest after collapsing at his nearby rental home.
His passing was front page news around the world, airwaves were filled with his greatest hits from "Thriller" to "Billie Jean," social networking sites were bombarded with messages and tributes from fans and musicians continued to pour in.
"It's so sad and shocking," said former Beatle Paul McCartney. "I feel privileged to have hung out and worked with Michael. He was a massively talented boy man with a gentle soul. His music will be remembered forever."
Few details were known about the circumstances surrounding Jackson's death, but the entertainer was reportedly unconscious and not breathing by the time he arrived at UCLA Medical Center, and doctors were unable to revive him.
His body was flown by helicopter from the hospital to the coroner's office late on Thursday.
Brian Oxman, a spokesman for the Jackson family, told CNN on Thursday the family had been concerned about his health and had tried in vain to take care of him for months.
"Michael appeared at rehearsals a couple of times, he was very seriously trying to be able to do those rehearsals," Oxman said of Jackson's preparations for a series of 50 concerts that were scheduled to begin in London in July.
"His use of medications had gotten in the way, his injuries which he had sustained performing, where he had broken a vertebrae and he had broken his leg from a fall on the stage, were getting in the way," Oxman told CNN.
Authorities have scheduled an autopsy for Friday. But they cautioned it could take weeks to determine a cause of death, which will likely have to wait for the return of toxicology tests. Those tests will determine if Jackson had any drugs, alcohol or prescription medications in his system.
Detectives from the Los Angeles Police Department's Robbery Homicide division searched Jackson's home in the upscale Holmby Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles at the behest of Chief William Bratton. But they called the investigation an "every day" event.
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Jackson dominated the charts in the 1980s and is considered one of the most successful entertainers of the past century, with a lifetime sales tally estimated at 750 million records, 13 Grammy Awards and several seminal music videos to his name.
"Michael was and will remain one of the greatest entertainers that ever lived," said Motown Records founder Berry Gordy, Jackson's first label boss.
"He was exceptional, artistic and original. He gave the world his heart and soul through his music."
But Jackson's reputation as a singer and dancer was overshadowed in recent years by his increasingly abnormal appearance, and bizarre lifestyle, which included his friendship with a chimp and a preference for the company of children.
He named his estate in the central California foothills Neverland Valley Ranch, in tribute to the J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories, and filled it with amusement park rides and a petting zoo.
Jackson was twice accused of molesting young boys and was charged in 2003 with child sexual abuse. He became even more reclusive following his 2005 acquittal and vowed he would never again live at Neverland.
Facing a battered reputation and mountain of debts the Wall Street Journal reported ran to $500 million, Jackson had spent the last two months rehearsing for the London concerts, including Wednesday night at the huge Staples Center arena, home to the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team.
Despite reports of Jackson's ill-health, the promoters of the London shows, AEG Live, said in March Jackson passed a 4-1/2 hour physical examination with independent doctors.
"I can't stop crying over the sad news," Madonna said in a statement. "I have always admired Michael Jackson. The world has lost one of the greats but his music will live on forever."
Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana, the seventh of nine children and first performed with his brothers as a member of the Jackson 5.
His 1982 album "Thriller" yielded seven top-10 singles. The album sold 21 million copies in the United States and at least 27 million internationally.
The following year, he unveiled his signature "moonwalk" dance move, gliding across the stage and setting off an instant trend, while performing "Billie Jean" during an NBC special.
In 1994, Jackson married Elvis Presley's only child, Lisa Marie, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996.
"I'm so very sad and confused with every emotion possible. ... This is such a massive loss on so many levels, words fail me," Presley said in statement.
Jackson married Debbie Rowe the same year and had two children, before splitting in 1999, and he later had another child with an unidentified surrogate mother.
He is survived by three children named Prince Michael I, Paris Michael and Prince Michael II, known for his brief public appearance when his father held him over the railing of a hotel balcony, causing widespread criticism.

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Iran expels 2 British diplomats, refuses new vote

CAIRO – Iran expelled two British diplomats Tuesday after bitterly accusing Britain of meddling and spying. The government also dealt a fresh blow to the opposition by making clear it will not hold a new vote despite charges of fraud.
State TV said hard-line students protested outside the British Embassy in Tehran, where they burned U.S., British and Israeli flags, pelted the building with tomatoes and chanted: "Down with Britain!" and "Down with USA!" Witnesses said about 100 people took part.
Iran's Foreign Ministry said it expelled the two Britons for "unconventional behavior," state television reported, and Britain announced it was sending two Iranian diplomats home in retaliation.
Tensions between Iran and Britain, which has urged the Islamic regime to respect human rights, have soared in recent days.
During Friday prayers at Tehran University, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out against Western countries he said were displaying their "enmity" against the Islamic state, "and the most evil of them is the British government." And Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki has accused Britain of sending spies to manipulate the June 12 election.
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi claims he was the true winner of the June 12 election, but the electoral commission declared President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won by a landslide.
Mousavi has been out of sight in recent days and there were no reports of violent clashes Tuesday, possibly a measure of the effectiveness of the crackdown.
However, protesters came up with new techniques, such as turning on the lights in their cars at certain hours of the day and honking their horns or holding up posters.
"People are calmly protesting, more symbolically than with their voices," a Tehran resident said in a telephone interview, speaking on condition of anonymity for fear of government retribution.
In recent days, members of the elite Revolutionary Guard, the Basij militia and other security forces in riot gear have been heavily deployed across Tehran, preventing any gatherings and ordering people to keep moving. A protest of some 200 people Monday was quickly broken up with tear gas and shots in the air, while helicopters hovered overhead.
A short message posted on Mousavi's Web site asserted that "all the reports of violations in the elections will be published soon."
Another opposition figure, reformist presidential candidate Mahdi Karroubi, called for a day of mourning for the at least 17 people killed in protests since the election.
Across the world, governments and diplomats were increasingly lining up on opposite sides in the Iranian showdown, the strongest challenge to the rule of Islamic clerics in 30 years.
In a boost for the embattled regime, Russia said Tuesday that it respects the declared election result. But France summoned Iran's ambassador to express concern about what it called "brutal repression" of protesters in Tehran.
The U.S. and many European countries have refrained from challenging the election outcome directly, but have issued increasingly stern warnings against continuing violence meted out to demonstrators. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has demanded an immediate end to "arrests, threats and use of force."
Iran's official news agency, IRNA, reported that the Iranian Foreign Ministry rejected Ban's remarks and accused the U.N. chief of meddling.
However, the Iranian regime appeared determined to crush the post-election protesters, rather than compromise.
Mousavi has charged massive vote fraud and insisted he is the true winner. However, Iran's top electoral body, Guardian Council, found "no major fraud or breach in the election," a spokesman, Abbas Ali Kadkhodaei, was quoted by Press TV as saying Tuesday. "Therefore, there is no possibility of an annulment taking place."
The 12-member council has the authority to annul or validate the election. On Monday, it acknowledged in a rare step that it found voting irregularities in 50 of 170 districts, including vote counts that exceeded the number of eligible voters. Still, it said the discrepancies, involving some 3 million votes, were not widespread enough to affect the outcome.
Iran has 46.2 million eligible voters, one-third of them under 30. The final tally was 62.6 percent of the vote for Ahmadinejad and 33.75 percent for Mousavi, a landslide victory in a race that was perceived to be much closer. The huge margin went against the expectation that the record 85 percent turnout would boost Mousavi.
In another sign of the regime's crackdown, Ebrahim Raisi, a top judicial official, confirmed Tuesday that a special court has been set up to deal with detained protesters.
"Elements of riots must be dealt with to set an example. The judiciary will do that," he was quoted as saying by the state-run radio, which gave no further details. The judiciary is controlled by Iran's ruling clerics.
Ahmadinejad, meanwhile, won crucial backing from Russia on Tuesday, with the Foreign Ministry in Moscow saying it respects the declared election result. In a statement on its Web site, the ministry said that disputes about the vote "should be settled in strict compliance with Iran's Constitution and law" and are "exclusively an internal matter."
Russia, a permanent member of the U.N. Security Council, has longtime political and economic ties with Iran where it is helping build a nuclear power plan at Bushehr. In his only trip abroad since the vote, Ahmadinejad traveled to Russia last week for a conference where he was seen prominently shaking hands with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
Many Western democracies, including the U.S., have criticized Iran's campaign to crush dissent.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called on Iran to recount the votes, but stopped short of alleging electoral fraud. French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been outspoken in his criticism of Iran's response to the demonstrations, but said doors must remain open to continue talks on the country's nuclear program.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on a visit to Rome, praised the courage of Iranian protesters "in facing bullets in the streets."
Two prominent Iranian opposition figures took their case to Europe on Tuesday.
Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi asked EU officials in Brussels not to negotiate or hold meetings with Iranian leaders until the crackdown stops.
In Rome, Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf held a news conference, saying he had been asked by Mousavi's aides to spread the word on what is happening in Iran. Makhmalbaf said that even if Ahmadinejad manages to govern for the next four years, "he will not have one day of quietness." He said protesters would resort to general strikes and what he called civil resistance.
Iranian leaders have accused the West of meddling in its affairs. Press TV said Tuesday that despite such complaints, the government refused to grant a permit for a protest by university students outside the British embassy in Tehran.
Opposition protests have become smaller, after a huge opposition rally a week ago, though demonstrators have been more willing to confront Iranian troops.
On Monday, Tehran riot police fired tear gas and live bullets to break up about 200 protesters paying tribute to those killed in the protests, including a young women, Neda Agha Soltan, whose apparent shooting death was captured on video and circulated worldwide. Witnesses said helicopters hovered overhead.
Caspian Makan, a 37-year-old photojournalist in Tehran who identified himself as Soltan's boyfriend, said she had not been deterred by the risk of joining protests.
"She only ever said that she wanted one thing, she wanted democracy and freedom for the people of Iran," he told an Associated Press reporter during a telephone call from Tehran.
Severe restrictions on reporters have made it almost impossible to independently verify reports on demonstrations, clashes and casualties. Iran has ordered reporters for international news agencies to stay in their offices, barring them from reporting on the streets.
A number of journalists have been detained since the protests began, though there have been conflicting accounts. The Paris-based Reporters Without Borders put the figure of reporters detained at 34.
The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists said 13 were still in custody, including Newsweek correspondent Maziar Bahari.
The Iranian government must release all journalists and halt "unreasonable and arbitrary measures that are restricting the flow of information," the committee said. "Detaining journalists for reporting news and commentary indicates the government has something to hide."

Uingereza yatoa msaada zaidi kwa Zimbabwe.

Uingereza imeahidi kutoa paundi milioni tano zaidi kama msaada kwa Zimbabwe leo Jumatatu, na kusifu hatua za maendeleo zilizofikiwa na serikali mpya ya umoja wa kitaifa, lakini imehimiza mageuzi zaidi baada ya mazungumzo muhimu kati ya viongozi wa nchi hizo mbili.
Akizungumza baada ya mazungumzo na waziri mkuu, Morgan Tsvangirai , ikiwa ni mazungumzo ya kwanza ya aina hiyo na kiongozi wa Zimbabwe kwa muda wa miongo miwili, waziri mkuu, Gordon Brown, ameahidi msaada zaidi, iwapo mpango wa mageuzi utapata kasi zaidi.
Fedha hizo za ziada dola milioni 8.2 zinafikisha kiasi cha paundi milioni 60, ikiwa ni msaada wa mpito kwa serikali ya Zimbabwe mwaka huu, Brown amesema , ambaye serikali yake ilikuwa inapingana na utawala wa rais Robert Mugabe kwa muda mrefu.
Lakini katika ishara nyingine ya kuchukua tahadhari, Brown amesema kuwa msaada huo wa ziada utapitia katika mashirika ya kutoa misaada badala ya kwenda katika serikali ya Zimbabwe moja kwa moja.

Kiongozi wa Somalia atangaza hali ya hatari..

Rais wa Somalia , ambaye madaraka yake yako hatarini akiwa katika jumba la rais mjini Mogadishu, ametangaza leo hali ya hatari katika juhudi za kupambana na mashambulizi makali ya wiki sita ya wapiganaji.
Tangazo hilo la rais Sharif Sheikh Ahmed limekuja huku kukiweko majadiliano juu ya kuchukuliwa hatua mpya ya kuingilia kati kuyaondoa makundi ya wapiganaji wa Kiislamu, miezi sita tu baada ya majeshi ya Ethiopia kufikisha mwisho hatua yao iliyodumu miaka miwili ya kuingilia kati.
Wiki sita baada ya kuzuka mapigano makali ambayo yamesababisha vifo vya zaidi ya watu 300, udhibiti wa serikali hiyo katika baadhi ya maeneo ya mji mkuu, Mogadishu, unapungua. Akizungumzia kuhusu hali nchini Somalia makamu wa rais wa Kenya Kalonzo Musyoka amesema.
Umoja wa Afrika umeeleza tena leo wasi wasi wake na kuidhinisha wito wa hapo kabla uliotolewa na Somalia wa kuomba usaidizi wa kijeshi kutoka nje.
Mwenyekiti wa halmashauri ya Umoja wa Afrika, Jean Ping, amesema katika taarifa kuwa serikali ya Somalia ina haki ya kuomba msaada kutoka kwa mataifa wanachama wa Umoja wa Afrika pamoja na jumuiya ya kimataifa, kwa jumla.

Waziri wa zamani wa rwanda afungwa jela miaka 30.

Mahakama ya umoja wa mataifa inayowahukumu wale waliopanga mauaji ya kimbari nchini Rwanda mwaka 1994 imemhukumu kwenda jela miaka 30 waziri wa zamani wa mambo ya ndani anayeshutumiwa kuwadanganya maelfu ya watu kujificha mlimani kabla ya kuuwawa.
Mahakama hiyo ya kimataifa ya uhalifu wa kivita, yenye makao yake nchini Tanzania, imesema callixte Kalimanzira, mshirika wa karibu wa rais na waziri mkuu wakati wa mauaji, alipatikana na hatia ya mauaji ya kimbari na kula njama ya kufanya mauaji.
Wanamgambo wa Kihutu waliwauwa Watutsi walio wachache wapatao 800,000 pamoja na Wahutu waliochukua msimamo wa kati katika siku 100 za mauaji ambayo yaliishtusha Afrika na dunia kwa jumla.

Merkel atoa wito wa kuhesabiwa upya kura Iran

Chombo kinachohusika na uchaguzi nchini Iran , baraza la wadhamini, limekiri kuwapo na hitilafu katika uchaguzi wa rais ambao umemrejesha rais Mahmoud Ahmadinejad madarakani.
Msemaji wa baraza hilo ameiambia televisheni ya taifa ya Iran kuwa kura kadha zilizopigwa katika majimbo 50 zimepindukia idadi ya watu wenye haki ya kupiga kura.
Wagombea watatu waliokuwa wakigombea kiti hicho pamoja na Ahmadinejad wanalalamika kuwa hadi majimbo 170 kutoka jumla ya majimbo 366 ya uchaguzi yamekumbwa na hitilafu hizo.
Wakati huo huo , kiongozi wa upinzani nchini Iran, Mir Kossein Musavi, amewataka wanaomuunga mkono kuendelea na maandamano dhidi ya madai ya udanganyifu.
Mousavi amewaambia wanaomuunga mkono kuwa wanapaswa kupuuzia marufuku dhidi ya maandamano, lakini wanapaswa kuonyesha uvumilivu baada ya maafisa kuwakamata zaidi ya waandamanaji 450 mwishoni mwa juma.
Mapambano katika mitaa ya Tehran imesababisha watu kumi kuuwawa na zaidi ya wengine 100 kujeruhiwa siku ya Jumamosi. Serikali ya Iran inalaumu ghasia hizo kuwa zinaungwa mkono na mataifa ya magharibi.

Italia yasema itafungua ubalozi wake kuwasaidia waandamanaji

Taarifa kutoka mji mkuu Tehran zinasema polisi wa kupambana na fujo wametumia gesi ya kutoa machozi kuwatawanya waandamanaji wa upinzani wa mgombea aliyeshindwa katika uchaguzi wa juni 12,Mirhousein Mousavi. Kiasi cha waandamanaji 1000 wanasemekana wamesanyika katika uwanja wa Haft-e Tir ,ulioko katikati ya mji mkuu Tehran.
Maandamano hayo yanafanyika licha ya jeshi la mapinduzi linalomuunga mkono rais Mahmoud Ahmedinejad kutoa kitisho cha kuwatia adamu watakaoendelea na maamndamano hayo ya upinzani.Jeshi hilo limetoa taarifa likiwataja waandamanaji hao kama ni watu wanaozusha ghasia na wenye njama ya uhaini dhidi ya nchi hiyo jambo ambalo jeshi hilo limesema litakuwa tayari pamoja na polisi,vikosi vya usalama,ulinzi pamoja na jeshi la Basij kukabiliana nalo kwa hali zote.
Kiongozi wa upinzani Mir Hossein Moussavi hapo jana usiku aliwaambia wafuasi wake waendelee na maandamani lakini wajizuie kufanya ghasia.Hata hivyo taarifa ya Mousavi imedai kwamba kuna wafuasi wengine wasiokuwa kutoka kambi yake ambao wanajiingiza katika maandamano ya ghasia na ambayo serikali inadai yanafanywa na watu waliotumwa na nchi za magharibi kuzusha hali ya mtafaruku nchini Iran.
Wafuasi wa Mousavi hii leo wamerifu kwamba wanataka kuwasha taa za magari katika miji ya nchi hiyo kati ya saa 5 na saa 12 jioni ili kuonyesha imani yao kwa wahanga wa maandamano ya jumamosi,aidha imerifiwa katika tovuti ya Mosavi kwamba waandamanaji hao pia watabeba mishumaa ya rangi nyeusi iliyofungwa kitambaa cha kijani kuwakumbuka wahanga hao,hii ikiwa ni alama ya Mousavi ya kuonyesha harakati za mageuzi.
Hata hivyo kwa upande mwingine msemaji wa baraza kuu linalohusika na masuala ya uchaguzi Abbas Ali Kadkhodaeai amesema kwamba dosari za uchaguzi zilizozungumziwa na wagombea watatu walioshindwa katika uchaguzi Mir Hossein Mosuavi,Mehdi Kurroubi na Mohsen Rezaei hazijakubaliwa na baraza kuu.Shirika la habari la Iran IRNA ambalo linamuunga mkono rais Mahmoud AhmedNejad limezishutumu baadhi ya nchi za magharibi na vyombo vya habari vya kiarabu kwa kuyatafsiri vibaya matamshi ya msemaji wa baraza hilo.Bildunterschrift:
Kwa upande mwingine nchi za kiarabu zimevunja ukimya wake juu ya mzozop huo wa Iran umoja wa falme za kiarabu Emarati imejitokeza kumuunga mkono rais wa Iran.Waziri wa mambo ya nje wa nchi hiyo Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al Nahayan amekubaliana na madai ya Iran kwamba nchi za magharibi zinaingilia mzozo wa ndani wa Iran na kwamba hatua hiyo haikubaliki.
Akizungumza kuhusu msimamo wa Umoja wa Ulaya juu ya mzozo huo wa Iran waziri wa mambo ya nje wa Uswisi ambayo imechukua uwenyekiti wa umoja huo,Carl Bildt amesema serikali ya Tehran lazima ikomeshe matumizi ya nguvu dhidi ya waandamanaji.Nchi za Magharibi kama vile Italia zimeshasema kwamba ziko tayari kwasaidia waandamanaji wa upinzani.Italia inasema kwamba itafungua ubalozi wake mjini Tehran kuwapokea waandamanaji waliojeruhiwa katika ghasia hizo ikishirikiana na nchi nyingine za Umoja wa Ulaya.Harakati hizo za Italia zinafuatiwa na hatua ya Uswisi ya kuataka kuangalia ikiwa nchi za Umoja huo wa Ulaya zinaweza kuandaa mpanago wa kufungua ofisi zao za kibalozi kwa ajili ya waandamanaji hao wa upinazni nchini Iran.Kansela Angela Merkel wa Ujerumani pia ametoa matamshi makali dhidi ya utawala wa Iran ambapo ametaka waliokamatwa waachiwe huru.
Leo serikali ya Ujerumani imemualika balozi wa Iran nchini humo kujieleza baada ya Tehran kuzishutumu nchi za magharibi kwamba zinaingilia kati masuala ya ndani ya jamhuri hiyo ya kiislamu.Viongozi wa Iran wamezikosoa zaidi nchi za Marekani na Uingereza pamoja na vyombo vya ahabari vya kigenia ambavyo tayari yamezuiwa kuripoti matukio ya ndani ya Iran.

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Iran threatens harsh crackdown against opposition

TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's government threatened harsh action Saturday if opposition supporters take to the streets again to demand a new election in open defiance of the country's supreme leader.
Web sites run by supporters of opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi called for street protests at 4 p.m. (7:30 a.m. EDT, 1130 GMT) but the candidate himself issued no public statement.
Firetrucks took up positions in Revolution Square, the site of the planned gathering, and riot police surrounded Tehran University, the site of recent clashes between protesters and security forces, one witness said.
Mousavi did not attend a meeting of the country's top election authority but one of his sites said he planned to issue a statement "soon." It did not elaborate.
The decision to rally or stay off the streets will be crucial for the opposition movement and the unprecented threat it poses to Iran's cleric-led government. Rallying could spark a bloody crackdown on Mousavi's supporters, or greatly weaken the government by forcing it back away from its threat of violence. If the opposition heeds the official warnings and cancels, it could give the government the opening it needs to suppress its greatest internal challenge since the 1979 Islamic Revoultion.
It was not clear if Mousavi has the power to halt street demonstrations even if he orders his supporters to stay inside. The government appeared to be preparing for a confrontation.
Police and members of the pro-government Basij militia were out in force on the streets on Tehran, particularly in central commercial districts.
Tehran Province Police Chief Ahmad Reza Radan said "police forces will crack down on any gathering or protest rally which are being planned by some people."
English-language state TV said the country's highest national security body had ordered security forces to deal with the situation. It did not elaborate.
The government statements were the most explicit warnings yet of force against protesters who gathered in massive rallies last week to demand the government cancel and rerun elections that ended with a declaration of overwhelming victory for hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Mousavi says he won but Ahmadinejad stole the election through widespread fraud.
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei sided firmly with Ahmadinejad Friday, saying the result reflected popular will and ordering opposition leadersto end street protests or be held responsible for any "bloodshed and chaos" to come.
The statement effectively closed the door to Mousavi's demand for a new election, ratcheting up the possibility of a confrontation.
Iran's Interior Ministry raised the possibility of directly punishing the 67-year-old former prime minister, saying he would "be held responsible for the consequences of any illegal gatherings." The ministry accused him of supporting protests that "have lead to the disruption of security and public order," State Security Council secretary, Abbas Mohtaj, said in a statement on the ministry's Web site.
Mousavi and reformist candidate Mahdi Karroubi did not attend a meeting with Iran's Guardian Council on Saturday, state TV said. The council, an unelected body of 12 clerics and Islamic law experts close to Khamenei, investigates voter fraud claims.
A conservative candidate, former Revolutionary Guard commander Mohsen Rezaei, did attend, state TV said.
The state's English-language channel said the Guardian Council had agreed to a recount of 10 percent of the votes, without providing details.
State TV also said the Association of Combatant Clerics, a reformist group linked to former President Mohammad Khatami, a Mousavi ally, had told supporters to stay off the streets. The report could not immediately be confirmed.
Since the June 12 election, Mousavi has become the figurehead for a broad collection of demonstrators — from the most liberal-leaning reformists to religious conservatives. Some could be prepared to take their protests to the limit, but many others have no interest in an all-out mutiny against the country's Islamic system.
A first sign of possible resistance to Khamenei's orders to cease came shortly after nightfall in Tehran Friday. Cries of "Death to the dictator!" and "Allahu akbar" — "God is great" — rang from rooftops in what's become a nightly ritual of opposition unity.
A spokesman for Mousavi said Friday the opposition leader was not under arrest but was not allowed to speak to journalists or stand at a microphone at rallies. Iranian filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf told the AP from Paris it's even becoming difficult to reach people close to Mousavi. He said he has not heard from Mousavi's camp since Khamenei's address.
Iranian authorities have interfered with the Internet and mobile phone networks and placed strict limits on the ability of foreign media to cover recent events, banning reporting from the street and allowing only phone interviews and information from officials sources such as state TV.
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other European Union leaders have expressed dismay over the threat of a crackdow and both houses of the U.S. Congress approved a resolution Friday condemning "the ongoing violence" by the Iranian government and its suppression of the Internet and cell phones.
In an interview taped Friday with CBS, President Barack Obama said he is very concerned by the "tenor and tone" of Khamenei's comments. He also said that how Iran's leaders "approach and deal with people who are, through peaceful means, trying to be heard" will signal "what Iran is and is not."

Mbunge Shibuda alishutumu baraza la Mawaziri kwa kubariki ufisadi

Ahoji uzalendo wao, asema nchi inapoteza dira,mwelekeo
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HALI inazidi kuwa mbaya kwa Baraza la Mawaziri baada ya mbunge wa Maswa kwa tiketi ya CCM, John Shibuda kuliangukia tena akihoji uzalendo wake na kueleza kuwa mikataba yote mikubwa ya kifisadi imepitishwa kwa baraka za chombo hicho.

Kauli ya Shibuda, ambaye ameweka bayana nia yake ya kugombea urais mwakani, imetolewa siku moja baada ya mbunge wa Nzega, Lucas Selelii kulishushia tuhuma nzito kuwa limejaa watu wabinafsi, wasiowatakia mema wabunge wenzao na kumwomba Mungu awalaani.
Kama kawaida yake akitumia lafudhi ya Pwani, Shibuda alihoji ni kipimo gani kinaweza kutumika kupata tafsiri ya uzalendo kwa mawaziri wakati mambo hayaendi vizuri nchini?

Shibuda, ambaye alikuwa akizungumza kwa mfano na vielelezo huku akinukuu katiba, alisema mambo mengi ambayo yanaonekana kuvurugika nchini, ikiwemo mikataba mikubwa, mibovu na ya kifisadi imepitishwa na baraza la mawaziri.

“Iko wapi tafsiri ya uzalendo kwa mawaziri wetu, mambo mengi tunayaona makubwa, ikiwemo mikataba mibovu kwa nchi inapitishwa na baraza la mawaziri?” alihoji.

Mbunge huyo machachari, alifafanua kwamba, mikataba mikubwa mibovu kama ya madini yote ilipata baraka za baraza la mawaziri.

Alisema watu hawana budi kurejea katika Azimio la Arusha na TANU ambayo iliweka dira ya maendeleo ya wananchi na kujitegemea.

“Ukisoma katiba yetu inasema ni nchi ya ujamaa na kujitegemea, lakini hadi sasa hakuna misingi yoyote ya kujitegemea. Wananchi wa kawaida wanazidi kuwa maskini,” aliongeza.
Kuhusu bajeti na wakulima, alisema serikali imeshindwa kutumia mitaji iliyopo kwa kushindwa kuwekeza kwa wakulima wa pamba na sekta ya mifugo.

Alisema wafugaji na wakulima wangewekewa misingi mizuri, nchi ingeweza kupiga hatua kubwa ya maendeleo na kuachana na utegemezi wa misaada ya nje ambayo ni ya mabepari ambao huleta unyonyaji.

Mbunge huyo machachari alisema ndiyo maana hadi sasa uchumi mkubwa umeshikwa na wageni na kuhoji: “Tulipigania uhuru ili iweje?”

Shibuda pia alizungumzia mradi wa vitambulisho vya taifa, akisema umefika wakati sasa mradi ukahamishiwa Wizara ya Mambo ya Ndani kwa kuwa hakuna maendeleo yoyote zaidi ya malumbano.

Alisema vitambulisho vya taifa ni muhimu kwani ungewezesha nchi kuwa na mfumo ambao ungetambua walipakodi kutoka sekta rasmi na isiyo rasmi.
Naye mbunge wa Kishapu (CCM), Fred Mpendazoe, alihoji watuhumiwa wa ufisadi wa kampuni ya Richmond Development (LLC) kuendelea kuwepo hadi sasa bila kuchukuliwa hatua huku wakizidi kutengewa fungu la bajeti.

Alisema mafisadi wanakwamisha maendeleo ya uchumi wa nchi, pamoja na kusababisha umaskini kwa Watanzania.

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TEHRAN, Iran – Protesters set fires and smashed store windows Sunday in a second day of violence as groups challenging President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election tried to keep pressure on authorities. Anti-riot police lashed back and the regime blocked Internet sites used to rally the pro-reform campaign.
Ahmadinejad dismissed Tehran's worst unrest in a decade as "not important," comparing it to passions after a football match. He insisted Friday's vote was "real and free" and the results showing his landslide victory were fair and legitimate. Along Tehran's Vali Asr street — where activists supporting rival candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi held a huge pre-election rally last week — tens of thousands marched in support of Ahmadinejad, waving Iranian flags and shouting his name.
Mousavi sent a letter to the Guardian Council — a powerful clerical group — calling for the election to be canceled. He has claimed that he was the real winner.
"Fraud is evident and review and nullification is requested," said the letter posted on Mousavi's Web site. Mousavi also met Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to discuss his fraud allegations. Shahab Tabatabaei, a prominent activist in Mousavi's pro-reform camp, said Mousavi called on Khamenei to order cancellation of the election results.
Mousavi earlier released a statement said canceling the election is the only way to restore public trust. He urged supporters to continue their "civil and lawful" opposition to the results and advised police to stop violence against protesters.
The violence has pushed Iran's Islamic establishment to respond with sweeping measures. They have deployed anti-riot squads around the capital and cut mobile phone messaging and Internet sites used by Mousavi's campaign.
There is little chance the youth-driven movement could immediately threaten the pillars of power in Iran — the ruling clerics and the vast network of military and intelligence forces at their command. But their discontent raises the possibility that a sustained and growing backlash could complicate Iran's policies at a pivotal time.
President Barack Obama has offered to open dialogue after a nearly 30-year diplomatic freeze. Iran also is under growing pressure to make concessions on its nuclear program or face possible more international sanctions.
Vice President Joe Biden said Sunday he has doubts about whether the election was free and fair. He said the U.S. and other countries need more time to analyze the results before making a better judgment.
In Paris, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said his country is "very worried" about the situation in Iran and criticized authorities' "somewhat brutal reaction" to the protests.
Mahdi Karroubi, a moderate former parliament speaker who also ran in the election, also challenged the election result.
"The results for the election are illegitimate and the government lacks national dignity and social competence," he said in a statement. "So I do not recognize Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as president of Iran."
In a second day of clashes, scores of young people shouted "Death to the dictator!" and broke the windows of city buses on several streets in central Tehran. They burned banks and set first to trash bins and piles of tires, using them as flaming barricades to block police.
Riot police beat some of the protesters with batons while dozens of others holding shields and motorcycles stood guard nearby. Shops, government offices and businesses closed early as tension mounted.
Ahmadinejad called the level of violence "not important from my point of view," speaking at a news conference.
"Some believed they would win, and then they got angry," he said. "It has no legal credibility. It is like the passions after a football match. ... The margin between my votes and the others is too much and no one can question it."
"In Iran, the election was a real and free one," said Ahmadinejad. "The election will improve the nation's power and its future," he told a packed room of Iranian and foreign media.
About a mile away from Ahmadinejad's news conference, young Iranians set trash bins, banks and tires on fire as riot police beat them back with batons.
Ahmadinejad accused foreign media of launching a "psychological war" against the country, repeating a charge he also made on Saturday.
Iranian authorities have asked some foreign journalists — in Iran to cover the elections — to prepare to leave.
Nabil Khatib, executive news editor for Dubai-based news network Al Arabiya, said the station's correspondent in Tehran was given a verbal order Sunday from Iranian authorities that the office will be closed for one week. No reason was given for the order, but the station was warned several times Saturday that they need to be careful in reporting "chaos" accurately.
Iran restored cell phone service that had been down in the capital since Saturday. But Iranians could not send text messages from their phones, and the government increased its Internet filtering in an apparent attempt to undercut liberal voices. Social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter were also not working.
The restrictions were likely intended to prevent Mousavi's supporters from organizing large-scale protests. But smaller groups assembled around the city. About 300 Mousavi supporters gathered outside Sharif University, chanting "Where are our votes?"
About a dozen riot police used batons to disperse about 50 Mousavi supporters standing outside his campaign quarters.
On Saturday, Mousavi, a 67-year-old former prime minister, released a Web message saying he would not "surrender to this manipulation." Authorities responded with targeted detentions, apparently designed to rattle the leadership of Mousavi's "green" movement — the trademark color of his campaign.
The detentions include the brother of former reformist President Mohammad Khatami and two top organizers of Iran's largest reformist party, the Islamic Iran Participation Front: the party's secretary-general and the head of Mousavi's youth cyber campaign. Mohammad Reza Khatami and the two party activists were released Sunday.
Several others linked to Mousavi's campaign remained in custody, but the full extent of the arrests were not known.
Tehran deputy prosecutor, Mahmoud Slarkia, told the semi-official ISNA news agency that fewer than 10 people were arrested on the charge of "disturbing public opinion" through their "false reports" on Web sites after the election. He did not mention any names.
Iran's deputy police chief, Ahmad Reza Radan, told the official Islamic Republic News Agency that about 170 people have been arrested for their involvement in Saturday's protests. He said 10 of those arrested were "main planners" and 50 were "rioters." The others were arrested for being at the site of the clashes, he said. Some of the detained were active in Mousavi's campaign headquarters or had relations with foreign media, he said.
"Police will not allow protesters to disturb the peace and calmness of the people under the influence of foreign media," Radan said on state television, which showed footage of the protests for the first time Sunday.
Mousavi's newspaper, Kalemeh Sabz, or the Green Word, did not appear on newsstands Sunday. An editor, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the situation, said the paper never left the printing house because authorities were upset with Mousavi's statements.
The paper's Web site reported that more than 10 million votes in Friday's election were missing national identification numbers similar to U.S. Social Security numbers, which make the votes "untraceable." It did not say how it knew that information.
"Don't worry about freedom in Iran," Ahmadinejad said at his news conference after a question about the disputed election. "Newspapers come and go and reappear. Don't worry about it."
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has closed the door for a possible compromise. He could have used his near-limitless powers to intervene in the election dispute. But, in a message on state TV on Saturday, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment."

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JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu endorsed an independent Palestinian state beside Israel for the first time on Sunday, dramatically reversing himself in the face of U.S. pressure but attaching conditions the Palestinians swiftly rejected.
A week after President Barack Obama's address to the Muslim world, Netanyahu said the Palestinian state would have to be unarmed and recognize Israel as the Jewish state — a condition amounting to Palestinian refugees giving up the goal of returning to Israel.
Netanyahu, in an address seen as his reponse to Obama, refused to heed the U.S. call for an immediate freeze of construction on lands Palestinians claim for their future state. He also said the holy city of Jerusalem must remain under Israeli sovereignty.
Senior Palestinian officials Saeb Erekat said the plan "closed the door" to negotiations.
Still, it was a dramatic transformation for a man raised on a fiercely nationalistic ideology and who has spent a two-decade political career criticizing peace efforts.
"I call on you, our Palestinian neighbors, and to the leadership of the Palestinian Authority: Let us begin peace negotiations immediately, without preconditions," he said, calling on the wider Arab world to work with him.
Since assuming office in March, Netanyahu has been caught between American demands to begin peace talks with the Palestinians and the constraints of a hardline coalition. With his speech, he appeared to favor Israel's all-important relationship with the U.S. at the risk of destabilizing his government.
Netanyahu laid out his vision in a half-hour speech broadcast nationwide during prime time. He spoke at Bar-Ilan University, known as a bastion of the Israeli right-wing establishment, and his call for establishing a Palestinian state was greeted with lukewarm applause.
As Netanyahu spoke, two small groups of protesters demonstrated at the entrance to the university.
Several dozen hard-liners held up posters showing Obama wearing an Arab headdress and shouted slogans against giving up West Bank territory. Across from then, a few dozen dovish Israelis and foreign backers chanted slogans including "two states for two peoples" and "stop the occupation."
Police kept the two groups apart.
The Palestinians demand all of the West Bank as part of a future state, with east Jerusalem as their capital. Israel captured both areas in the 1967 Mideast war.
Netanyahu, leader of the hardline Likud Party, has always resisted withdrawing from these lands, for both security and ideological reasons. In his speech, he repeatedly made references to Judaism's connection to the biblical Land of Israel.
"Our right to form our sovereign state here in the land of Israel stems from one simple fact. The Land of Israel is the birthplace of the Jewish people," he said.
But Netanyahu also said that Israel must recognize that millions of Palestinians live in the heart of the West Bank, and continued control over these people is undesirable. "In my vision, there are two free peoples living side by side each with each other, each with its own flag and national anthem," he said.
Netanyahu has said he fears the West Bank could follow the path of the Gaza Strip — which the Palestinians also claim for their future state. Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005, and Hamas militants now control the area, often firing rockets into southern Israel.
"In any peace agreement, the territory under Palestinian control must be disarmed, with solid security guarantees for Israel," he said.
"If we get this guarantee for demilitarization and necessary security arrangements for Israel, and if the Palestinians recognize Israel as the state of the Jewish people, we will be willing in a real peace agreement to reach a solution of a demilitarized Palestinian state alongside the Jewish state," he said.
Netanyahu gave no indication as to how much captured land he would be willing to relinquish. However, he ruled out a division of Jerusalem, saying "Israel's capital will remain united."
Netanyahu also made no mention of uprooting Jewish settlements in the West Bank. Nearly 300,000 Israelis live in the West Bank, in addition to 180,000 Israelis living in Jewish neighborhoods built in traditionally Arab east Jerusalem. He also said that existing settlements should be allowed to grow — a position opposed by the U.S.
"We have no intention to build new settlements or expropriate land for expanding existing settlements. But there is a need to allow residents to lead a normal life. Settlers are not the enemy of the nation and are not the enemy of peace they are our brothers and sisters," he said.
Netanyahu also said the Palestinians must recognize Israel as a Jewish state. The Palestinians have refused to do so, saying it would amount to giving up the rights of millions of refugees and be discriminatory to Israel's own Arab minority.
Erekat said Netanyahu's plan was unacceptable since it effectively imposes a solution on the core issues of the conflict.
"Netanyahu's speech closed the door to permanent status negotiations," he said. "We ask the world not to be fooled by his use of the term Palestinian state because he qualified it. He declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel, said refugees would not be negotiated and that settlements would remain."
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, another Palestinian official, called on the U.S. to challenge Netanyahu "to prevent more deterioration in the region."
"What he has said today is not enough to start a serious peace process," he added.
Netanyahu also came under criticism from within his own government — a coalition of religious and nationalistic parties that oppose Palestinian independence.
Zevulun Orlev, a member of the Jewish Home Party, said Netanyahu's speech violated agreements struck when the government was formed. "I think the coalition needs to hold a serious discussion to see where this is headed," he told Israel Radio.
Israeli media speculated that Netanyahu might turn to the centrist Kadima Party, which heads the parliamentary opposition, to shore up his government if the coalition falls apart.
Kadima, the largest party in parliament, issued a statement denying a report that there had been secret talks with Netanyahu over the matter ahead of the speech.

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TEHRAN, Iran – Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities declared the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. Opponents responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade and charges that the result was the work of a "dictatorship."
Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, closed the door on any chance he could use his limitless powers to intervene in the disputes from Friday's election. In a message on state TV, he urged the nation to unite behind Ahmadinejad, calling the result a "divine assessment."
But Ahmadinejad's main challenger, Mir Hossein Mousavi, has rejected the result as rigged and urged his supporters to resist a government of "lies and dictatorship."
The clashes in central Tehran were the more serious disturbances in the capital since student-led protests in 1999 and showed the potential for the showdown over the vote to spill over into further violence and challenges to the Islamic establishment.
Several hundred demonstrators — many wearing the trademark green colors of Mousavi's campaign — chanted "the government lied to the people" and gathered near the Interior Ministry as the final count was announced. It gave 62.6 percent of the vote to Ahmadinejad and 33.75 to Mousavi, who served as prime minister in the 1980s and has become the hero of a youth-driven movement seeking greater liberties and a gentler face for Iran abroad.
The turnout was a record 85 percent of Iran's 46.2 million eligible voters. Two other candidates received only a fraction of the vote.
Protesters set fire to tires outside the Interior Ministry and anti-riot police fought back with clubs and smashed cars. An Associated Press photographer saw a plainclothes security official beating a woman with his truncheon.
In another main street of Tehran, some 300 young people blocked the avenue by forming a human chain and chanted "Ahmadi, shame on you. Leave the government alone."
Mousavi's campaign headquarters urged people to show self-restraint.
Interior Minister Sadeq Mahsouli, who supervised the elections and heads the nation's police forces, warned people not to join any "unauthorized gatherings." Earlier, the powerful Revolutionary Guard said it would not tolerate any challenges by Mousavi's "green" movement — the color adopted by Mousavi's campaign.
"I'm warning that I won't surrender to this manipulation," said a statement on Mousavi's Web site. "The outcome of what we've seen from the performance of officials ... is nothing but shaking the pillars of the Islamic Republic of Iran's sacred system and governance of lies and dictatorship."
He warned "people won't respect those who take power through fraud."
The headline on one of Mousavi's Web sites: "I wont give in to this dangerous manipulation." Mousavi and key aides could not be reached by phone.
It was even unclear how many Iranians were even aware of Mousavi's claims of fraud. Communications disruptions began in the later hours of voting Friday — suggesting an information clampdown. State television and radio only broadcast the Interior Ministry's vote count and not Mousavi's midnight press conference.
Nationwide, the text messaging system remained down Saturday and several pro-Mousavi Web sites were blocked or difficult to access. Text messaging is frequently used by many Iranians — especially young Mousavi supporters — to spread election news.
At Tehran University — the site of the last major anti-regime unrest in Tehran in 1999 — the academic year was winding down and there was no sign of pro-Mousavi crowds. But university exams, scheduled to begin Saturday, were postponed until next month around the country.
The state-run Islamic Republic News Agency reported that Ahmadinejad plans a public address later Saturday in Tehran.
Even before the count began, Mousavi declared himself "definitely the winner" based on "all indications from all over Iran." He accused the government of "manipulating the people's vote" to keep Ahmadinejad in power and suggested the reformist camp would stand up to challenge the results.
"It is our duty to defend people's votes. There is no turning back," Mousavi said, alleging widespread irregularities.
Mousavi's backers were stunned at the Interior Ministry's results after widespread predictions of a close race — or even a slight edge to Mousavi.
"Many Iranians went to the people because they wanted to bring change. Almost everybody I know voted for Mousavi but Ahmadinejad is being declared the winner. The government announcement is nothing but widespread fraud. It is very, very disappointing. I'll never ever again vote in Iran," said Mousavi supporter Nasser Amiri, a hospital clerk in Tehran.
Bringing any showdown into the streets would certainly face a swift backlash from security forces. The political chief of the powerful Revolutionary Guard cautioned Wednesday it would crush any "revolution" against the Islamic regime by Mousavi's "green movement."
The Revolutionary Guard is directly under the control of the ruling clerics and has vast influence in every corner of the country through a network of volunteer militias.
In Tehran, several Ahmadinejad supporters cruised the streets waving Iranian flags out of car windows and shouting "Mousavi is dead!"
Mousavi appealed directly to Iran's supreme leader, Khamenei, to intervene and stop what he said were violations of the law. Khamenei holds ultimate political authority in Iran. "I hope the leader's foresight will bring this to a good end," Mousavi said.
Iran does not allow international election monitors. During the 2005 election, when Ahmadinejad won the presidency, there were some allegations of vote rigging from losers, but the claims were never investigated.
The outcome will not sharply alter Iran's main policies or sway major decisions, such as possible talks with Washington or nuclear policies. Those crucial issues rest with the ruling clerics headed by the unelected Khamenei.
But the election focused on what the office can influence: boosting Iran's sinking economy, pressing for greater media and political freedoms, and being Iran's main envoy to the world.
Before the vote count, President Barack Obama said the "robust debate" during the campaign suggests a possibility of change in Iran, which is under intense international pressure over its nuclear program. There has been no comment from Washington since Ahmadinejad was declared the winner.
In Israel, the deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, said "the re-election of Ahmadinejad demonstrates the increasing Iranian threat."
Former President Jimmy Carter said he expects no major change in Iran's policies.
"I think this election has bought out a lot of opposition to his policies in Iran, and I'm sure he'll listen to those opinions and hopefully moderate his position," said Carter after meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad in the West Bank city of Ramallah.

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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran's interior ministry said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took nearly 70 percent of the early votes counted, but his pro-reform rival countered that he was the clear victor and warned of possible fraud in the election. The dispute rose up even before polls closed early Saturday, heightening tensions across the capital where emotions have been running at a fever pitch. Mir Hossein Mousavi, the reformist candidate, suggested he might challenge the results.
The messy and tense outcome capped a long day of voting — extended for six hours to accommodate a huge turnout. It raised worries that Iran's Islamic establishment could use its vast powers to pressure backers of Mousavi.
During the voting, text messages were blocked — a key campaign tool for reformers — as well as some pro-Mousavi Web sites. Security officials warned they would not tolerate political gatherings or rallies before the final results were known.
Even before the first vote counts were released, Mousavi held a news conference to declare himself "definitely the winner" based on "all indications from all over Iran." But he gave nothing more to back up his claim and alleged widespread voting irregularities without giving specifics — suggesting he was ready to challenge the final results.
Moments after Mousavi spoke, however, Iran's state news agency reported that Ahmadinejad was the victor. The report by the Islamic Republic News Agency also gave no details.
With more than 15 million votes counted, Ahmadinejad had 67.7 percent and Mousavi had 30.3 percent, said Kamran Daneshjoo, a senior officials with the Interior Ministry, which oversees the voting.
It was not reported whether the results were from locations considered Ahmadinejad strongholds or where Mousavi hoped to make headway.
The turnout was not immediately known, but election officials had predicted a possible record among the 46.2 million eligible voters.
During the voting, some communications across Iran were disrupted — Internet connections slowed dramatically in some spots, affecting the operations of news organizations including The Associated Press, and some pro-Mousavi Web sites were blocked. It was not clear what had caused the disruptions.
A high turnout was expected to help Mousavi, who is counting on an outpouring from what's been called his "green tsunami" — the signature color of his campaign and the new banner for reformists seeking wider liberties at home and a gentler face for Iran abroad.
The president does not have the power to direct high-level policies, which are dictated solely by the ruling clerics. But the election focused on what the office can influence: boosting Iran's sinking economy, pressing for greater media and political freedoms, and being Iran's main envoy to the world.
Voters streamed to polling sites from the early morning until midnight — with balloting extended by at least four hours. Some waited for hours in temperatures that hit 113 degrees in Iran's central desert or in nighttime downpours that lashed many parts of the country. In Tehran, a bride in her wedding gown cast her ballot. Families making traditional Friday visits to relatives' graves filed into polling stations in the capital's sprawling cemetery.
Results are expected Saturday. But worries about the volatile atmosphere were already clear. The Interior Ministry — which oversees voting — said all rallies or political gatherings would be banned until after the formal announcement of results.
In Washington, President Barack Obama said the "robust debate" during the campaign suggests a possibility of change in Iran, which is under intense international pressure over its nuclear program.
"Ultimately the election is for the Iranians to decide," said Obama, who has offered to open dialogue with Iran's leaders after a nearly 30-year diplomatic freeze. "But ... you're seeing people looking at new possibilities. And whoever ends up winning the election in Iran, the fact that there's been a robust debate hopefully will help advance our ability to engage them in new ways."
There were sporadic claims by Mousavi's aides of voting irregularities, including ballots running out in some provincial sites, but they could not be independently verified. About a dozen Ahmadinejad supporters pelted a Mousavi office in Tehran with tear gas canisters, but no one was injured, said Saeed Shariati, head of Mousavi's Web campaign. The attack could not be independently confirmed.
In a possible complication for Mousavi's backers, Iran's mobile phone text messaging system was down. Many Iranians, especially young voters, frequently use text messages to spread election information quickly to friends and family.

Obama ateua balozi mpya tanzania

RAIS Barack Obama wa Marekani amemteua Alfonso Lenhardt kuwa balozi wake nchini Tanzania.
Kwa mujibu wa taarifa iliyotolewa na Ubalozi wa Marekani jijini Dar es Salaam jana, Rais Obama alimteua Alfonso baada ya mashauriano na kupata ridhaa ya Baraza la Seneti kwa mujibu wa Katiba ya nchi hiyo.
Akizungumza wakati wa kutangaza mabalozi wapya watakaoiwakilisha Marekani kwenye nchi mbalimbali, Obama alisema Wamarekani watafaidika na wawakilishi hao katika nchi za nje kutokana na vipaji, uzoefu na kujitoa kwao.
Aliongeza kuwa ni imani yake watatoa mchango mkubwa hasa katika kipindi hiki muhimu cha kuimarisha ubia kati ya Marekani na mataifa mbalimbali duniani kote.
"Wamarekani watafaidika sana kwa kuwa na watumishi wao hawa waliotukuka na ambao ni wawakilishi wao kwa kutumia vipaji, uzoefu na kujitoa kwao kikamilifu, watatoa mchango mkubwa sana tunapoendelea kuimarisha ubia kati ya Marekani na Mataifa mbalimbali duniani kote na kukabiliana na changamoto kubwa za karne ya 21. Ninashukuru kwa utumishi wao, nina shauku kubwa ya kufanya kazi na kila mmoja wao,"alisema Obama.
Mei 2004, Lenhardt aliwahi kuwa Rais na Afisa Mtendaji Mkuu wa Baraza la Kitaifa la Kuzuia Uhalifu (National Crime Prevention Council - NCPC)nchini Marekani ambalo ni taasisi isiyo ya Kiserikali na isiyozalisha faida.
Aliwahi pia kuwa Makamu wa Rais wa Kundi la Makampuni ya Shaw akishughulikia Uhusiano na Serikali, Septemba 4, mwaka 2001 aliteuliwa kuwa Mpambe wa Bunge (Sergeant-at-Arms), wa 36 wa Bunge la Seneti la Marekani na kuwa Mmarekani wa Kwanza mwenye asili ya Kiafrika kuhudumu katika wadhifa huo ndani ya Bunge la Marekani.
Aidha, alihudumu kama Makamu wa Rais na Afisa Mwendeshaji Mkuu wa Baraza linaloshughulikia Wakfu Mbalimbali (Council on Foundations) na Lenhardt alistaafu kutoka katika Jeshi la Marekani August 1997 akiwa na cheo cha Meja Jenerali, baada ya kulitumikia jeshi hilo kwa zaidi ya miaka 30 katika ngazi mbalimbali za uongozi.
Wadhifa wake wa mwisho jeshini ulikuwa ni Mkuu wa Kamandi ya Uajiri, yenye makao makuu yake huko,Fort Knox, KY, ambako aliongoza na kusimamia taasisi iliyojumuisha zaidi ya watu 13,000 waliokuwa katika vya kazi 1,800.
Aidha, aliwahi kudumu kama Afisa Mwandamizi wa Polisi Jeshi (Senior Military Police Officer) katika oparesheni zote za kipolisi na masuala ya usalama katika Jeshi la Marekani sehemu mbalimbali duniani.
Lenhardt alizaliwa katika jiji la New York, ana Shahada ya Kwanza ya Sayansi ya Sheria kuhusu Makosa ya Jinai kutoka katika Chuo Kikuu cha Nebraska, Shahada ya Pili ya Sanaa Katika Utawala kutoka katika Chuo Kikuu cha Central Michigan na Shahada ya Pili ya Sayansi ya Utawala katika Sheria kutoka katika Chuo Kikuu cha Serikali cha Wichita.
Lenhardt pia ni mhitimu wa awamu ya 94 Katika Chuo cha Kitaifa cha Mafunzo ya Usalama cha FBI,
programu ya Viongozi wa Upepelezi wa Makosa ya Jinai ya Jeshi la Marekani na mhitimu wa Chuo cha Kitaifa cha Mafunzo ya Kivita (the National War College) na Chuo Kikuu cha Mambo ya Kijeshi na Usalama (National Defence University).

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BANGKOK – Actor David Carradine, star of the 1970s TV series "Kung Fu" who also had a wide-ranging career in the movies, has been found dead in the Thai capital, Bangkok.

A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, Michael Turner, confirmed the death of the 72-year-old actor. He says Carradine died either late Wednesday or early Thursday, but he could not provide further details out of consideration for his family.

The Web site of the newspaper The Nation cited unidentified police sources as saying Carradine was found Thursday hanged in his luxury hotel room and is believed to have committed suicide.

Carradine was a leading member of a venerable Hollywood acting family that included his father, character actor John Carradine, and brother Keith.

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President Obama Job Approval (Na Tedy Mwarabu)

Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	Approve	Disapprove	Spread
RCP Average	05/06 - 06/02	--	60.4	33.0	+27.4
Gallup	05/31 - 06/02	1547 A	63	29	+34
Rasmussen Reports	05/31 - 06/02	1500 LV	55	44	+11
USA Today/Gallup	05/29 - 05/31	1015 A	61	34	+27
CNN/Opinion Research	05/14 - 05/17	1010 A	62	35	+27
FOX News	05/12 - 05/13	900 RV	60	30	+30
Democracy Corps (D)	05/10 - 05/12	1000 RV	59	33	+26
CBS News	05/06 - 05/12	1874 A	63	26	+37

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Polling Data

Poll	Date	Sample	Approve	Disapprove	Spread
RCP Average	05/06 - 06/02	--	60.4	33.0	+27.4
Gallup	05/31 - 06/02	1547 A	63	29	+34
Rasmussen Reports	05/31 - 06/02	1500 LV	55	44	+11
USA Today/Gallup	05/29 - 05/31	1015 A	61	34	+27
CNN/Opinion Research	05/14 - 05/17	1010 A	62	35	+27
FOX News	05/12 - 05/13	900 RV	60	30	+30
Democracy Corps (D)	05/10 - 05/12	1000 RV	59	33	+26
CBS News	05/06 - 05/12	1874 A	63	26	+37
Ipsos/McClatchy	04/30 - 05/03	1004 A	65	31	+34
Quinnipiac	04/21 - 04/27	2041 RV	58	30	+28
Diageo/Hotline	04/23 - 04/26	800 RV	62	33	+29
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	04/23 - 04/26	1005 A	61	30	+31
CNN/Opinion Research	04/23 - 04/26	2019 A	63	33	+30
CBS News/NY Times	04/22 - 04/26	973 A	68	23	+45
ABC News/Wash Post	04/21 - 04/24	1072 A	69	26	+43
FOX News	04/22 - 04/23	900 RV	62	29	+33
Marist	04/21 - 04/23	975 RV	55	31	+24
Pew Research	04/14 - 04/21	1507 A	63	26	+37
Associated Press/GfK	04/16 - 04/20	1000 A	64	30	+34
National Journal/FD	04/08 - 04/14	1200 A	61	28	+33
Cook/RT Strategies	04/08 - 04/11	833 RV	60	30	+30
Ipsos/McClatchy	04/02 - 04/06	1138 A	63	33	+30
CNN/Opinion Research	04/03 - 04/05	1023 A	66	30	+36
CBS News/NY Times	04/01 - 04/05	998 A	66	24	+42
Pew Research	03/31 - 04/06	1506 A	61	26	+35
Marist	04/01 - 04/03	928 RV	56	30	+26
Newsweek	04/01 - 04/02	1003 A	61	27	+34
FOX News	03/31 - 04/01	900 RV	58	32	+26
Quinnipiac	03/24 - 03/30	2326 RV	58	31	+27
USA Today/Gallup	03/27 - 03/29	1007 A	64	30	+34
ABC News/Wash Post	03/26 - 03/29	1000 A	66	29	+37
Diageo/Hotline	03/26 - 03/29	800 RV	63	31	+32
Democracy Corps (D)	03/25 - 03/29	1000 RV	58	34	+24
CBS News	03/20 - 03/22	949 A	64	20	+44
CBS News	03/12 - 03/16	1142 A	62	24	+38
CNN/Opinion Research	03/12 - 03/15	1019 A	64	34	+30
NPR - POS/GQR	03/10 - 03/14	800 LV	59	35	+24
Pew Research	03/09 - 03/12	1308 A	59	26	+33
Ipsos-McClatchy	03/05 - 03/09	1070 A	65	29	+36
Newsweek	03/04 - 03/05	1203 A	58	26	+32
FOX News	03/03 - 03/04	900 RV	63	26	+37
Gallup	03/01 - 03/03	1500 A	61	28	+33
Rasmussen Reports	03/01 - 03/03	1500 LV	60	38	+22
Diageo/Hotline	02/28 - 03/02	803 RV	67	27	+40
Quinnipiac	02/25 - 03/02	2573 RV	59	25	+34
Cook/RT Strategies	02/27 - 03/01	880 RV	57	28	+29
NBC News/Wall St. Jrnl	02/26 - 03/01	1007 A	60	26	+34
ABC News/Wash Post	02/19 - 02/22	1001 A	68	25	+43
CBS News/NY Times	02/18 - 02/22	1112 A	63	22	+41
CNN/Opinion Research	02/18 - 02/19	1046 A	67	29	+38
FOX News	02/17 - 02/18	900 RV	60	26	+34
Associated Press/GfK	02/12 - 02/17	1001 A	67	24	+43
Rasmussen Reports	02/11 - 02/13	1500 LV	60	39	+21
Gallup	02/10 - 02/12	1500 A	66	21	+45
Democracy Corps (D)	02/09 - 02/10	1000 LV	58	27	+31
Ipsos/McClatchy	02/06 - 02/09	1042 A	69	26	+43
CNN	02/07 - 02/08	806 A	76	23	+53
Pew Research	02/04 - 02/08	1303 A	64	17	+47
Gallup	02/05 - 02/07	1500 A	64	22	+42
Rasmussen	02/03 - 02/05	1500 LV	61	36	+25
CBS News	02/02 - 02/04	864 A	62	15	+47
Gallup	02/02 - 02/04	1012 A	65	20	+45
Democracy Corps (D)	01/26 - 01/29	1000 LV	55	20	+35
FOX News	01/27 - 01/28	900 RV	65	16	+49
Gallup	01/25 - 01/27	1500 A	64	16	+48
Rasmussen	01/25 - 01/27	1500 LV	62	36	+26
Hotline/FD	01/21 - 01/24	800 RV	63	9	+54
Gallup	01/21 - 01/23	1591 A	68	12	+56

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