#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_election">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.0765cff5ca8c4fb08caea38263611734.aptopix_mideast_iran_election_vah102.jpg?x=109y=130q=85sig=GR65dbH5qmyh_tQBFHpEOA--" align="left" height="130" width="109" alt="Top Iranian cleric Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati, delivers a sermon during Friday prayers at the Tehran University campus, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, July 3, 2009. Jannati, who is the head of the Guardian Council, a powerful body in Iran#039;s ruling clerical hierarchy that stands above the elected government, said Friday that some of the detained Iranian staffers of the British Embassy in Tehran will be put on trial, and he accused Britain of a role in instigating widespread protests that erupted over the country#039;s disputed presidential election. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - EDITOR#039;S NOTE: Iranian authorities have barred journalists for international news organizations from reporting on the streets and ordered them to stay in their offices. This report is based on the accounts of witnesses reached in Iran and official statements carried on Iranian media.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090703/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090703/capt.1b56ce73bb4a4d4fb4cec3abdadae2b6.afghanistan_xdg105.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=l04IKZttJ4obL4PfFjBoAQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="U.S. Marines from the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade, 1st Battalion 5th Marines takes positions along a tree line in the Nawa district in Afghanistan#039;s Helmand province Friday, July 3, 2009. U.S. forces have encountered little resistance in the initial phase of a massive operation by some 4,000 Marines in Taliban-controlled areas of southern Afghanistan, but that#039;s a common tactic by insurgents. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - U.S. Marines moved into villages in Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan on Friday, meeting little resistance as they tried to win over local chiefs on the second day of the biggest military operation here since the fall of the Taliban government in 2001.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

AP - Russia will allow the U.S. to ship weapons across its territory to Afghanistan, a top Kremlin aide said Friday in a gesture aimed at bolstering U.S. military operations and improving strained ties between Washington and Moscow.