The streets of Iran’s capital erupted in the most intense protests in a decade as riot police officers clashed with demonstrators who accused Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of stealing the election.
Iran’s election ended with smoldering anger, crushed hopes and punctured illusions on the ground in Tehran and in the policy centers of Western capitals.
AP - Opponents of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police in the heart of Iran's capital Saturday, pelting them with rocks and setting fires in the worst unrest in Tehran in a decade. They accused the hard-line president of using fraud to steal election victory from his reformist rival.
AP - Standing on a chair with his arms raised as if he were being crucified, ousted Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich opened a comedy show Saturday evening lampooning the rise and fall of his own political career.
AP - The U.S. on Saturday refused to accept hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's claim of a landslide re-election victory in Iran and said it was looking into allegations of election fraud.
Phones at help centers across the country rang Saturday, a day after broadcasters halted the transmission of analog signals long depended on by many people without cable or satellite television. Friday's switch to digital television by 971 full-power stations had prompted hundreds of thousands of calls for help "but caused no widespread disruption of free, over-the-air television broadcasts," according to the FCC.
The man charged with killing a security officer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum is expected to survive being shot by other security officers, the FBI said in a statement released Saturday. James von Brunn is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Stephen Tyrone Johns, who police say opened a museum door for the 88-year-old reputed white supremacist.
Theme-park chain Six Flags announced Saturday that it was filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to shed $1.8 billion in debt. The filing will not affect the operation of the company's 20 parks, a spokeswoman said. President and CEO Mark Shapiro said Six Flags actually performed well in 2008, attracting 25 million visitors and making $275 million.
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