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The international media's attention may have mostly turned elsewhere, but demonstrators in Iran are keeping up the fight: According to The New York Times, the Association of Researchers and Teachers of Qum—what the Times calls “The most important group of religious leaders in Iran”—called the disputed election results and the new government illegitimate on Saturday. “This crack in the clerical establishment, and the fact they are siding with the people and [Mir Hossein] Mousavi, in my view is the most historic crack in the 30 years of the Islamic republic,” Abbas Milani, director of the Iranian Studies Program at Stanford University, tells the Times, which notes that “The government has tried to paint the opposition and its top presidential candidate, Mir Hossein Mousavi, as criminals and traitors, a strategy that now becomes more difficult—if not impossible.” Still, the government will continue trying: The announcement came on the same day that Mousavi released documents detailing Ahmadinejad’s election fraud, and a close associate of Khamenei called both Mousavi and former president Mohammad Khatami “foreign agents,” who should be prosecuted as criminals.

Ousted President Manuel Zelaya was not allowed to fly into his home country on Sunday as military tanks blocked the runway and police fired into a crowd of Zelaya supporters, killing at least one. Though Zelaya was accompanied by the U.N. General Assembly president, Honduran officials diverted the plane carrying their deposed leader into Nicaragua after the aircraft made two sweeps over the crowd of protesters, who cheered. Police used tear gas on the thousands of protesters gathered at the airport to welcome Zelaya. The Organization of American States voted on Saturday to suspend Honduras from its 34-member group, and Nicaraguan military carried out troop movements near the Honduran border as a show of support for leftist Zelaya. If Zelaya does succeed in re-entering the country, the violence is expected to escalate.

Cross this possibility off the list: a federal official said Saturday that Sarah Palin is not under federal investigation. After the Alaska governor and political firebrand resigned suddenly on Friday, rumors were swirling that the FBI might be investigating her for a scandal she was preempting with her resignation."There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said. Palin recently criticized the media for its speculation on her resignation on Facebook. "And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make," she wrote.

Just because Sarah Palin will soon no longer be governor doesn’t mean she won’t stop being a bully: “Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney threatened Saturday to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish ‘defamatory’ stories relating to whether Palin is under federal investigation,” according to Politico. In a four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein wrote, “This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law.” Meanwhile, Palin hinted in a Facebook message on Saturday that she might run for president in 2012 by following her “higher calling.” She wrote, "I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint.”

After a grueling match opposite American underdog Andy Roddick at Wimbledon this afternoon, Roger Federer claimed his 15th Grand Slam title and surpassed the record previously held by Pete Sampras. Although not quite as thrilling as last year’s epic match-up of Nadal and Federer, the duo were forced to play five sets before Federer won 5-7, 7-6 (6), 7-6 (5), 3-6, 16-14. This was Federer’s seventh consecutive Wimbledon final and 20th Grand Slam final overall.

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Megan Fox apparently didn’t know what she was signing up for when she agreed to star in the Transformers films: The 23-year-old actress criticized director Michael Bay for relying on special effects instead of acting in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. Now Bay has hit back: "She says some very ridiculous things because she's 23 years old, and she still has a lot of growing up to do," Bay told the Wall Street Journal. "You roll your eyes when you see statements like that and think, 'Okay Megan, you can do whatever you want.'" He went on, "Nobody in the world knew about Megan Fox until I found her and put her in Transformers. I like to think that I've had some luck in building actors' careers with my films." Back to you, Megan.

Hillary Clinton may have bungled her first attempt at hitting the “reset” button with Russia; now President Obama will give it a try. He leaves on Sunday night for a trip to Moscow—the first U.S.-Russia summit in seven years. On Monday, Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will declare their determination to reduce nuclear arsenals and repair their countries’ relationship, before moving onto trickier issues like Georgia and Iran. Later in the week, Obama will meet with the G8 leaders in Italy to discuss climate change and also have his first meeting with the pope.

Just in case President Obama is curious as to what presidential trips to Italy used to be like, before he travels there later this week: The Times of London reports that “Several European publications are bidding for photographs by Antonello Zappadu, who took 5,000 pictures of Berlusconi’s guests at Villa Certosa in Sardinia in 2007 and 2008.” What does Berlusconi have to fear? “The images show Berlusconi, who was leader of the opposition at the time, with five young women in a gazebo. Two of them are sitting on his lap. He grins approvingly as Angela Sozio, 36, a red-headed former Big Brother contestant, sits on the knees of another young woman and kisses her on the lips.” A source tells the Times that the plan is to publish the photos right before the G8 summit, for “maximum impact.”

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Is swine flu spreading around Hogwarts? Actor Rupert Grint, who plays red-headed Ron Weasley in the Harry Potter films, had to take a break from filming the latest sequel after he came down with swine flu. “He has now recovered and is looking forward to joining his fellow cast members at the junket and premieres this week and will then return to filming directly afterwards,” his publicist said. No one else on the set is believed to have been infected.

"It felt like being electrocuted," says the 12-year-old girl who survived last week's Yemenia Airways plane crash. Bahia Bakari is the only survivor of the crash, which went down with 153 people on board as it was nearing the Comoros Islands. Bakari doesn't know how to swim, but she stayed afloat for 13 hours by clinging to a piece of fuselage. As the time passed, she grew weak and thirsty and "felt hot and cold," she told her family in Paris. At one point, she saw a ship passing on the horizon, but it was too far away to see her. She's currently being treated in a Paris hospital for a broken collarbone, bruises, cuts, and burns as well as exhaustion. Bakari and her mother, who died in the crash, were on their way to a beach vacation on the islands.

The wife of Britain's new Secret Intelligence Service chief may have lost a few friends—virtual and otherwise—over the past few days. After publishing personal details and photos on Facebook of Sir John Sawers, who is set to become the new head of MI6 in November, spouse Shelley is being blamed for causing a major security breach and leaving their family and friends exposed. Sawers's role would include overseeing all of Britain’s spying operations abroad, but the information revealed may have compromised his position. To make matters worse, Sawer's wife put almost no privacy controls on her account, making the information available to more than 200 million users. Meanwhile, MI6 agents are advised to reveal their true role only to their closest family. Oops.

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Bet your Fourth of July stomachache wasn’t worse than this guy's: Joey Chestnut won his third consecutive title at the Coney Island Hot Dog Eating contest by eating 68 dogs in 10 minutes—a new world record. The 218 lb. 25-year-old professional eater beat Takeru Kobayashi by four hot dogs. "After the second minute I knew my body was cooperating," Chestnut said. "It was such a good day. I've never eaten that many before." 40,000 fans turned out for the contest. Chestnut won $20,000 and the mustard belt.