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• Senate immigration bill could exclude many immigrant women workers
• Navajo community, activists push for transition to solar energy in Arizona
• New York residents rally at Capitol to press for moratorium on fracking
• Wisconsin investigative journalism center fights eviction led by Republican lawmakers

• Supreme Court strikes down Arizona voter ID law; rules on 5th Amendment right to remain silent
• Iran’s President-elect Hassan Rouhani pledges economic reform after avoiding run-off in election
• Millions of Americans could be denied coverage as some states refuse health care funding
• Mumia Abu-Jamal on the NSA, FBI surveillance program: "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

Today, Iran’s president-elect Hassan Rouhani said that improving the country’s economy would be a top priority for his administration. Speaking in Tehran, Rouhani also pledged greater openness of Iran’s nuclear program, but said suspending enrichment would not be an option.

Rouhani won the election with just over 52 percent of the vote, thus avoiding a run-off, according to Iran’s Interior Minister who announced the results Saturday.

• Obama Administration plans more military aid to Syrian opposition amid push for arms trade treaty
• US lawmakers, rights groups push for privacy protections after government surveillance programs revealed
• Supreme Court strikes down aspects of clean truck program at Los Angeles port
• Youth, religious leaders call for end to Islamophobia, attacks on Muslims after killing of British soldier

• Supreme Court rules against private company’s patent on human gene, but opens possibility for synthetic gene patents
• In Washington, survivors of gun violence call for background checks, push lawmakers to confirm ATF head
• Presidential election in Iran narrows as restrictions on activists, media continue
• Washington students rally at Board of Regents to get school to divest in oil and gas stocks

• In Senate immigration debate, advocates push for inclusion of LGBT couples in path to citizenship
• Lawmakers dispute claims by Obama Administration on NSA surveillance program as ACLU files lawsuit
• Week two of Bradley Manning trial: prosecution seeks to establish timeline of leaks
• As public weighs Gulf restoration plan, lack of funding leaves projects dormant in Louisiana
• In Mississippi, activists commemorate legacy of Medgar Evers on 50th anniversary of murder

• Farmers score partial victory in court case against Monsanto GMO crops
• Guantanamo hearing for defendant with history of torture draws scrutiny of military commissions
• Police raid Taksim Square, breaking barricades and using tear gas
• Activists in Turkey use social media to organize, evade crackdown
• In Cameroon, residents and conservation groups push authorities to stem killing, illegal trade of elephants