TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resoundingly won Iran's election, preliminary official results showed on Saturday, but his moderate challenger alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea for its nuclear test may do little to change the ways of the reclusive state and could prod Pyongyang to stoke tensions with military moves, analysts said on Saturday.

AP - NASA delayed the launch of space shuttle Endeavour on Saturday because of a hydrogen gas leak similar to one that cropped up three months ago.

AP - The U.N. Security Council imposed punishing new sanctions on North Korea Friday, toughening an arms embargo and authorizing ship searches on the high seas in an attempt to thwart the reclusive nation's nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Reuters - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resoundingly won Iran's election, preliminary official results showed on Saturday, but his moderate challenger alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.

Reuters - U.N. Security Council sanctions imposed on North Korea for its nuclear test may do little to change the ways of the reclusive state and could prod Pyongyang to stoke tensions with military moves, analysts said on Saturday.

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was heading for a thumping victory in Iran's fiercely-contested presidential race, official results showed, in a major upset for his moderate rival.

AFP - UN chief Ban Ki-moon hailed fresh sanctions against North Korea over its nuclear and missile programmes, but the United States warned the measures could prompt Pyongyang to retaliate.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resoundingly won Iran's election, preliminary official results showed on Saturday, but his moderate challenger alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday threatened military action if the United States tried to isolate it after the U.N. Security Council imposed widened sanctions against the reclusive communist state for a nuclear test in May.

LECCE, Italy (Reuters) - The world's rich nations are expected on Saturday to commission a study on how to unwind policies to rescue their economies, though officials are still cautious about the speed of a recovery.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani warplanes struck a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday, hours after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to wage war against militancy 'to the end.'

AP - North Korea vowed on Saturday to embark on a uranium enrichment program and 'weaponize' all the plutonium in its possession as it rejected the new U.N. sanctions meant to punish the communist nation for its recent nuclear test.

AP - The Obama administration has begun shipping newly cleared Guantanamo Bay inmates abroad, including three sent at week's end to Saudi Arabia, to regain momentum in its effort to close the prison camp at the U.S. naval base in Cuba.

AP - President Barack Obama is lauding the passage of historic anti-smoking legislation that gives the government sweeping authority to regulate tobacco products, pledging to quickly sign the measure into law.

Reuters - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad resoundingly won Iran's election, preliminary official results showed on Saturday, but his moderate challenger alleged irregularities and claimed victory for himself.

Reuters - North Korea on Saturday threatened military action if the United States tried to isolate it after the U.N. Security Council imposed widened sanctions against the reclusive communist state for a nuclear test in May.

Reuters - The world's rich nations are expected on Saturday to commission a study on how to unwind policies to rescue their economies, though officials are still cautious about the speed of a recovery.

AFP - A defiant North Korea vowed to build more nuclear bombs and start enriching uranium for atomic weapons after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear test last month.

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was set for a landslide victory in Iran's presidential race, crushing his moderate rival and Western hopes of change in the Islamic republic.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran's election by a thumping margin, according to official results which his moderate challenger rejected on Saturday as a 'dangerous charade' that could lead to tyranny.

LECCE, Italy (Reuters) - The world's rich nations have started to consider how they will unwind emergency steps to rescue their economies once a recovery is certain, a draft statement from a meeting of Group of Eight finance ministers said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani warplanes struck a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday, hours after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to wage war against militancy 'to the end.'

AP - Anti-riot police guarded the offices overseeing Iran's disputed elections Saturday with the count pointing to a landslide victory by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, while his opponent denounced the results as 'treason' and threatened a challenge.

AP - Sidney Crosby lifted the Stanley Cup, injured knee and all, with a smile of satisfaction as wide as a goal crease. A few handoffs later, the silver trophy was passed to Mario Lemieux, and how fitting. Two stars, two generations, two captains joined together by one Stanley Cup that took some bad teams and the good drafts that followed them, a tremendous comeback and one unlikely Game 7 goal scorer to accomplish.

AP - The Taliban claimed responsibility Saturday for recent suicide attacks in Pakistan, including the assassination of a leading moderate cleric and the bombing of a Peshawar hotel frequented by foreigners.

AP - The search for bodies and debris from Air France Flight 447 took on renewed urgency as experts questioned how much longer efforts would prove fruitful, even as six more bodies were pulled from the Atlantic Ocean.

AP - Phish might technically be a Bonnaroo rookie, but the band's first performance at the Tennessee music festival had the feeling of a homecoming.

Reuters - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won Iran's election by a thumping margin, according to official results which his moderate challenger rejected on Saturday as a 'dangerous charade' that could lead to tyranny.

Reuters - The world's rich nations have started to consider how they will unwind emergency steps to rescue their economies once a recovery is certain, a draft statement from a meeting of Group of Eight finance ministers said.

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Saturday set for a landslide victory in Iran's presidential race, crushing his moderate rival and Western hopes of change in the Islamic republic.

AFP - A defiant North Korea on Saturday vowed to build more nuclear bombs and to start enriching uranium for a new weapons programme after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions over last month's nuclear test.

LECCE, Italy (Reuters) - The world's rich nations have started to consider how they will unwind emergency steps to rescue their economies once recovery is certain, according to a draft statement from a meeting of Group of Eight finance ministers on Saturday.

DAMASCUS (Reuters) - U.S. envoy George Mitchell discussed on Saturday Washington's Middle East peace efforts with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, marking a further thaw of relations between the two countries.

AP - Iranian riot police clashed with supporters of the main opposition candidate in disputed presidential elections as incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was declared the winner by a landslide on Saturday.

AP - North Korea vowed Saturday to step up its atomic bomb-making program and threatened war if its ships are stopped as part of new U.N. sanctions aimed at punishing the nation for its latest nuclear test.

Reuters - The world's rich nations have started to consider how they will unwind emergency steps to rescue their economies once recovery is certain, according to a draft statement from a meeting of Group of Eight finance ministers on Saturday.

Reuters - U.S. envoy George Mitchell discussed on Saturday Washington's Middle East peace efforts with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, marking a further thaw of relations between the two countries.

Reuters - Pakistani warplanes struck a stronghold of Pakistani Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud on Saturday, hours after President Asif Ali Zardari vowed to wage war against militancy 'to the end.'

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Saturday poised for a landslide win in Iran's presidential race, crushing his moderate rival and Western hopes for change in the Islamic republic.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election by a thumping margin, official figures showed Saturday, but his moderate challenger rejected the tally as a 'dangerous charade' that could lead to tyranny.

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea on Saturday threatened military action if the United States tried to isolate it after the U.N. Security Council imposed widened sanctions against the reclusive communist state for a nuclear test in May.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Saturday proposed an additional $313 billion in cuts to Medicare, Medicaid and other programs to pay for healthcare reforms expected to cost about $1 trillion over the next decade.

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations has asked NATO defense ministers to review how special forces are deployed in Afghanistan in a bid to reduce civilian casualties that risk jeopardizing Western efforts to stabilize the country.

AP - The big goals of the new American general taking charge of the war in Afghanistan start with fixing a problem that bedeviled the man he is replacing: the repeated, inadvertent killing of civilians.

AP - An American student charged with murdering her British roommate in 2007 told an Italian court Saturday that a 'crescendo' of police pressure led her to finger an innocent man in the case.

AP - The Group of Eight industrialized nations have begun preparing for an economic recovery, acknowledging on Saturday 'signs of stabilization in our economies' and agreeing to ask the International Monetary Fund to investigate ways to unwind hefty stimulus packages.

AP - Bobby Koger was deer hunting on a Kentucky hillside when a black bear gave him the fright of his life.

Reuters - North Korea on Saturday threatened military action if the United States tried to isolate it after the U.N. Security Council imposed widened sanctions against the reclusive communist state for a nuclear test in May.

Reuters - The United Nations has asked NATO defense ministers to review how special forces are deployed in Afghanistan in a bid to reduce civilian casualties that risk jeopardizing Western efforts to stabilize the country.

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won a crushing victory in Iran's hotly-disputed presidential vote, according to official results on Saturday that triggered mass opposition protests.

LECCE, Italy (Reuters) - The world's rich nations, heartened by signs the credit crisis is easing, have started to consider how to unwind rescue steps for their economies once recovery is certain, their finance ministers said on Saturday.

AP - Supporters of the main election challenger to Mahmoud Ahmadinejad clashed with police and set up barricades of burning tires Saturday as authorities claimed the hard-line president was re-elected in a landslide. The rival candidate said the vote was tainted by widespread fraud and his followers responded with the most serious unrest in the capital in a decade.

AP - North Korea responded to new U.N. sanctions with more defiance, promising Saturday to step up its nuclear bomb-making program by enriching uranium and threatening war on any country that dares to stop its ships on the high seas.

AP - It's happened before in tens of thousands of games, a simple popup for the final out.

Reuters - Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranians Saturday to respect Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's victory in a presidential election that his closest challenger described as a 'dangerous charade.'

Reuters - The world's rich nations, heartened by signs the credit crisis is easing, have started to consider how to unwind rescue steps for their economies once recovery is certain, their finance ministers said on Saturday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of people clashed with police Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

AP - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accused the foreign media of coverage that harms the Iranian people after authorities claimed he was re-elected in a bitterly disputed vote.

AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Saturday the U.S. hopes the outcome of the contested Iranian presidential election reflects the 'genuine will and desire' of the Iranian people.

AP - At the end of the 81-year marriage, the Isaksons said goodbye by turning off the lights. The partnership was over.

AP - Sarah Palin would no doubt be horrified by the idea, but there's a chance she could become the same boon to David Letterman's career that Hugh Grant was to Jay Leno's.

Reuters - Thousands of people clashed with police Saturday after the disputed election victory of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sparked the biggest protests in Tehran since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

AFP - Hardline incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was on Saturday declared winner by a landslide in Iran's hotly-disputed presidential vote, triggering riots by opposition supporters and furious complaints of cheating from his defeated rivals.

AFP - A defiant North Korea vowed Saturday to build more nuclear bombs and to start enriching uranium for a new atomic weapons programme after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear test.

AP - Nearly 700,000 calls were received by a federal hot line this week from people confused about the nationwide switch from analog to digital TV broadcasts that occurred Friday.

AP - Foreign governments looking to kick the tires of fighter jets and cargo planes at this week's air show in Paris will likely hear a clear message from U.S. defense contractors: We need your business now more than ever.

Reuters - North Korea said on Saturday it would start a uranium enrichment program and weaponize all its plutonium in response to fresh U.N. sanctions, which the United States said it would work vigorously to enforce.

AFP - A defiant North Korea vowed Saturday to build more nuclear bombs and start enriching uranium for a new atomic weapons programme after the UN Security Council imposed sanctions for its nuclear test.

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 - 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.

AP - When undercover detectives busted Jose and Maximo Colon last year for selling cocaine at a seedy club in Queens, there was a glaring problem: The brothers hadn't done anything wrong.

AP - Cody Ross homered and doubled twice, leading rookie Sean West and the Florida Marlins over the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 Saturday.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Thousands of protesters clashed with police after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an election which his reformist challenger called a 'dangerous charade.'

AP - Albert Pujols hit two home runs and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 on Saturday.

Reuters - Thousands of protesters clashed with police after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won an election which his reformist challenger called a 'dangerous charade.'

AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has heaped praise on the military as his country defies United Nations sanctions by vowing to increase its nuclear arsenal, state media said.

AP - Hundreds gathered to honor David Carradine on Saturday at a funeral that was attended by family, former co-stars and other Hollywood elite.

AP - Miguel Cotto gave thousands of his cheering fans exactly what they hoped for on the eve of the national Puerto Rican Day parade.