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Sunday, June 28, 2009 TEHRAN: Eight Iranian employees of the British embassy in Tehran have been detained on accusations of involvement in post-election unrest in the Islamic Republic, a local news agency reported on Sunday. "Eight local employees at the British embassy who had a considerable role in recent unrest were taken into custody," the news agency said, without giving a source. "This group played an active role in provoking recent unrest," the news agency said. Iran has accused Western powers -- Britain and the United States in particular -- of inciting street protests and violence that rocked the country after its disputed June 12 presidential election. Britain has rejected the accusations. Last Tuesday, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Britain was expelling two Iranian diplomats after Iran forced two British diplomats to leave.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 BERNE: A Swiss adventurer, Bertrand Piccard has unveiled a solar-power aircraft theoretically capable of flying at night yesterday as he announced plans to circumnavigate the globe using alternative energy.Bertrand Piccard said that he would take science and aviation to a new frontier with the €66 million (£56 million) project revealed at a Swiss military airfield.“Yesterday it was a dream. Today it is a plane. Tomorrow it will be an ambassador of renewable energy,” he said as he stood beside the Solar Impulse prototype, which has the wingspan of an Airbus A340, the weight of a family car and the motor power of a scooter.At least 800 aviation enthusiasts, including Prince Albert of Monaco and Moritz Leuenberger, the Swiss Transport Minister attended the ceremony at Dubendorf airport.After that Mr. Piccard and André Borschberg, his partner, will need to check that the lithium polymer batteries store sufficient energy to stay airborne at night and that the ultra-li...

Sunday, June 28, 2009 TEHRAN: Political deadlock continued in Iran as opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi on Saturday rejected a panel set up to hold a partial recount of votes in the disputed presidential election. Refusing to be cowed by a raid on the offices of a party that backed him or by an aide turning against him and blaming him for deaths during protests, Mousavi again demanded a full re-run of the election. "Limiting the probe into complaints about electoral irregularities to recounting 10 percent of the ballot boxes cannot attract people's trust and convince public opinion about the results," the moderate candidate said on his campaign website. Top political arbitration body the Expediency Council urged all candidates to cooperate with the panel, set up by electoral watchdog the Guardians Council. But Mousavi said, "Reaching a just judgement is not within the domain of the Guardians Council and above all a board which is appointed by this council. ...

Sunday, June 28, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Michael Jackson’s family is seeking a second and independent autopsy on the singer’s body, according to US media reports.The family is believed to have a series of questions about Jackson’s death, which remained unanswered by the initial autopsy on Friday.The Rev Jesse Jackson, a close friend of the family, told Good Morning America Jackson’s relatives “ought” to press for the autopsy.He said, "When did the doctor come? What did he do? Did he inject him? If so, with what? Was he on the scene twice? Did he use the Demerol? It's a very powerful drug. Was he injected once? Was he injected twice?"The Los Angeles Coroner’s Office said yesterday that there was no evidence of foul play or external trauma in Jackson’s death.But after a three-hour examination of the star’s body doctors deferred cause of death while they await the results of further tests.The toxicology test results could take up to six weeks. Meanwhile, Jackson’s body has been h...