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Monday, June 15, 2009, TEHRAN: Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has told the top election supervisory body to examine defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi's complaints, state television said on Monday.Mousavi lodged a formal protest with the Guardians Council calling for it to annul the result of Friday's presidential election which he lost to hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, complaining of vote-rigging."The Guardians Council has been advised to precisely examine the letter," state television quoted Khamenei as telling Mousavi during a meeting on Sunday.A spokesperson for the council, said the 12-member body would meet on Tuesday with Mousavi to discuss the complaint."The results of the presidential election were sent today by the ministry of interior and we will exmamine them."Tomorrow the council will hold a meeting with these people (Mousavi and candidate Mohsen Rezai) to hear their views and we will inform them the way we wo...

Monday, June 15, 2009,LONDON: Pakistan easily defeated Ireland by 40 runs in their final Super Eights encounter of the World Twenty20 Cup 2009 here at The Oval on Monday.Set 160 runs by Pakistan, Ireland batsmen never succeeded to chase the target due to intelligent bowling from spinners Saeed Ajmal andShahid Afridi and pacer Umar Gul and finished at 120-9 in the allotted 20 overs.

Monday, June 15, 2009, DHAKA: Bangladeshi Home Minister Sahara Khatun said the United States would provide support to Bangladesh in holding the trial of war criminals and combating global terrorism.She stated this to reporters after a meeting with visiting US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake at the home ministry.The home minister told the State Department senior official that the people want the trial of the war criminals, one of the main election pledges of the present government. She said Blake assured her of the US support in this regard.Sahara said during her meeting with Blake, the issue of Bangladesh Rifles, community police and training of Bangladesh law enforcement agencies came up for discussion.The US wants to support the strengthening of the BDR, she said, but did not elaborate what would be the nature of the support.The home minister said Blake agreed on her proposal to increase training of Rab, police and other law enforcement a...

Monday, June 15, 2009 RAMAT GAN: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state, provided it was demilitarised, after weeks of pressure from Washington.The White House called his speech "an important step forward." But Netanyahu also said the Palestinians must recognise the Jewish character of Israel, a condition Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas has long rejected. He also ruled out a halt to all Jewish settlement activity as demanded by the United States."If the Palestinians recognise Israel as the state of the Jewish people, then we arrive at a solution based on a demilitarised Palestinian state alongside Israel," Netanyahu said. "The Palestinian territory will be without arms, will not control airspace, will not be able to have arms enter, without the possibility of striking alliances with Iran or (the Lebanese Shiite militia) Hezbollah." Netanyahu also ruled out a complete stop to s...

Monday, June 15, 2009 WASHINGTON: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech endorsing the creation of a Palestinian state was "an important step forward," the White House said Sunday.President Barack Obama "welcomes the important step forward in Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said in a statement.In the speech, Netanyahu endorsed for the first time the creation of a Palestinian state, provided it was demilitarized, after weeks of pressure from Washington.

Monday, June 15, 2009 LONDON: England restricted Sri Lanka's run chase to 69-8 as they comfortably won their World Twenty20 encounter to reach the semi-finals of the competition.Claire Taylor hit an undefeated 75 as England posted 140-7. Isa Guha returned figures of 2-4 with two maidens from her four overs as Sri Lanka fell 72 runs short of victory. Australia restricted West Indies to 135-8 before Shelley Nitschke hit 58 as her team won by eight wickets. Deandra Dottin struck 53 off just 25 deliveries at the top of the innings for the West Indies, with nine fours in her belligerent knock.But Sarah Andrews and Lisa Sthalekar both took two wickets as Australia ensured they had a manageable target to chase. And after Nitschke fell with the score on 83, Rene Farrell and Sthaleker saw the Australian team home, with both woman scoring undefeated 30s. The result also means that unbeaten New Zealand are guaranteed to reach the semi-finals.

Monday, June 15, 2009 LONDON: Defending champions India bowed out of the World Twenty20 after losing to hosts England by three runs in a key Super Eights match at a packed Lord's here on Sunday.India restricted England to 153-7 after electing to field in good batting conditions, but then fumbled their reply to be stopped at 150-5 despite scoring 56 runs in the last five overs.Needing 15 off the last three deliveries, Yusuf Pathan smashed Ryan Sidebottom straight for six off the first, but managed only a single of the next before skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni hit the last ball for four.Dhoni (30 not out) and Yusuf (33 not out) added 63 for the unbroken sixth wicket after half the side was back in the pavilion by the 14th over with only 87 on the board.India paid dearly for conceding 16 extras in England's innings, including 14 wides as two deliveries from off-spinner Harbhajan Singh went for boundaries behind the wicketkeeper.England, who also lost their first match to South Afr...

Sunday, June 14, 2009 LONDON: Sri Lanka preserved their unbeaten record at the World Twenty20 with a nine run Super Eights win over Ireland at Lord's on Sunday but only after they'd been given a huge fright by the minnows.Chasing 145, Ireland openers provided a solid start of 59 runs in 9.1 overs but the Sri Lankan spinning pair of Muttiah Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis controlled the situation and Ireland wickets were falling at regular intervals. However, Ireland were on 135 for seven when 20 overs were completed.Their top scorers were captain William Porterfield, Niall Obrien and John Mooney. They all made 31 runs each.For Sri Lanka, pacer Lasith Malinga and off-break bowler Mendis claimed two wickets for 19 and 22 runs, respectively. Muralitharan took one wicket.Earlier, minnows Ireland bowlers restricted Sri Lanka to 144-9 in the allotted 20 overs.Only former Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene's 78 prevented complete collapse in an innings where the next best score...