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IRAN
Trial Announced for British Embassy Staff
A powerful cleric said Friday that Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial for fomenting post-election turmoil.
The announcement fueled calls in Europe for tougher action against Iran. Britain is pressing for members of the European Union to pull their ambassadors out of Tehran to protest the staffers' arrests last week.
The standoff is a test of how far Iran's clerical rulers are willing to go to shore up their position after the wave of protests -- even if they risk wrecking possibilities for dialogue between the country and the West, a major policy goal of President Obama's that Tehran cautiously welcomed.
-- Associated Press
MEXICO
Election Tests Leader
President Felipe Calderón and his drug war will get their biggest test of support yet when Mexico holds midterm elections Sunday amid growing frustration over cartel violence and a shrinking economy.
Calderón's National Action Party, or PAN, has been campaigning as the one party tough on crime and drug trafficking ahead of the elections for 500 congressional seats, 565 mayors and six governorships.
But many Mexicans are fed up with the violence that has left decapitated bodies on the streets, and that mounting frustration could lead to a comeback for the Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI.
-- Reuters
