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Protesters in Tehran, Iran, on 17 July 2009
Iran bails UK embassy employee
Iran releases on bail the last of nine British embassy employees arrested in Tehran over election protests.
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Q&A: Iran election aftermath
Iran: facts and figures

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The Pentagon identifies a US soldier shown in a Taliban video as a 23-year-old private captured in Afghanistan last month.

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