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 FBI called in on Wikileaks issue
San Diego News.Net
The FBI has been asked to look into how Wikileaks got hold of more than 90,000 classified US military documents.
 Pakistan poll finds Taliban support
San Diego News.Net
The US polling group, Pew Research Centre, has done a survey in Pakistan to determine how Pakistanis view the Taliban and other terrorist groups.
Floods kill at least 430 in Pakistan
Washington Times
Pakistan reached more than 300 on Friday, rescue and government officials said, as rains bloated rivers, submerged villages, and triggered landslides. (AP Photo/
New Mexico governor considers pardon for Billy the Kid
Washington Times
Susannah Floyd Garrett, left, and her brother Jarvis Patrick Garrett, grandchildren of frontier lawman Pat Garrett, pose for photos Thursday, July 29, 2010 at the La Posada Hotel in Santa Fe, N.M. New...
Arizona sheriff not relenting after court ruling
Washington Times
Giornia Sanchez march in protest Thursday, July 29, 2010, in Phoenix to rally against Arizona's new immigration law, SB1070. Opponents of Arizona's immigration crackdown went ahead with protests Thurs...
Soldier accused of leaking secrets flown to U.S.
Washington Times
U.S. military official, shows a group of men in the streets of the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad just prior to being fired upon by the helicopter July 12, 2007. In a series of online chats
Doctors: Transplant advance in windpipe cancer
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
By COLLEEN BARRYASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ROME -- Doctors have successfully transplanted windpipes into two cancer patients in an innovative procedure that uses stem cells to allow a donated trachea ...
Will Moldova Be The Next Ukraine?
RadioFreeEurope
Less than a year after the country's last elections, the Republic of Moldova finds itself at a crossroads once again. The "Twitter revolution" in Chisinau last April that made waves in the i...
Judge’s ruling on cigarette regs expected in NY
New York Post
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Seneca Indians in the mail-order cigarette business are awaiting a judge’s ruling on whether they’ll have to comply with a new federal law. About 140 western New York...
Nike to offer sneakers with NYC boro colors, logos
New York Post
New Yorkers can now pay allegiance to their borough with their shoes. Nike is offering limited-edition sneakers featuring different colors, logos and identifying laces for each of the city’s fiv...
Floods Kill at Least 430 in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune
An aerial view of flooded hit areas after heavy monsoon rains on the outskirts of Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Friday. PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- The death toll from three days of flooding in Pakist...
Mexican Drug Lord Killed
International Herald Tribune
MEXICO CITY — Mexican soldiers have killed a leader of the powerful Sinaloa drug cartel in a shootout, providing a badly needed victory to President
China opposes EU's Iran sanctions
Jerusalem Post
sanctions the European Union is imposing on Iran over its disputed nuclear program, saying it supports Iran's renewed efforts to hold talks on a possible swap of nuclear fuel, a spokeswoman for Beijin...
Coffee libel in Egypt
Jerusalem Post
Boycotts. Old motives, new tactics Within a few days, on June 6, a brand-new protest action took place in front of one of Cairo’s Starbucks branches. The hot and humid Cairo weather didn’t preve...
Labor of Love: Interview with Isaac Herzog
Jerusalem Post
It never ends, the work never ends,” exclaims Minister of Welfare and Social Services Isaac Herzog, moving aside a high stack of papers from the center of his desk, as we sit down in his Jerusalem...
Politics: The press against Netanyahu – again
Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu must have had a horrible feeling of deja vu on Monday when Yohanan Locker, his military aide, told him that a Yasour helicopter carrying six IAF airmen had crashed ...
Two British women killed in Jordan bus crash
The Independent
Two Britons were killed when their bus overturned in Jordan, the Foreign Office confirmed today. The women died with three Iraqi women while taking part in a UN-sponsored training course, acc...
Opinion: Arizona can win on immigration
CNN
Immigration Reform Law Institute , the legal affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. He helped draft Arizona's SB 1070, the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act.
'Bikini killer' loses Nepal court battle
C News
Nihita Biswas, who claims to be the wife of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, and a friend leave the Supreme Court in Kathmandu July 30, 2010. The court upheld the life sentence verdict handed dow...
Bristol City capture keeper James
BBC
Bristol City have signed England goalkeeper David James following his release from Portsmouth.James, who turns 40 next week and lives in Exeter, has signed a one-year deal at Ashton Gate, but has the ...
Vettel heads Alonso in practice
BBC
Venue: Hungaroring Dates: 30 July-1 August 2010 Coverage: Comprehensive live coverage of Friday practice, Saturday qualifying and Sunday's race - which starts at 1300 BST - across BBC TV, radio and on...
Charges follow quad bike deaths
BBC
Charges follow quad bike deaths Two men, 21 and 23, will face charges after a raid on a Cardiff shop ended with the deaths of two others on quad bikes.
Military kills Mexico drug lord
BBC
Military kills Mexico drug lord The Mexican government says security forces have killed leading drug trafficker Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel.
Terror Group: 'We'll Make Greece A War Zone'
Sky News
In the middle of a busy holiday season, the left-wing group, calling itself Sect of Revolutionaries, said in a statement: "Tourists must learn that Greece is no longer a safe haven for capitalism. "W...
Goldman Sachs Bans Swearing In Emails
Sky News
All 34,000 traders, investment bankers and other Goldman employees will no longer be allowed to use swear words or even asterisks to denote oaths. Computer software will screen all messages to detect...
Man dies following S. Ind. plane crash
WISH TV8
near a rural airport in southern Indiana. The Jefferson County coroner's office says 69-year-old Charles Lunceford of Lewisport, Ky., died Wednesday at University Hospital in Louisville. Deputy Corone...
Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska
Reuters
ANCHORAGE Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Air Force s...
Four killed in Air Force plane crash in Alaska
Reuters
ANCHORAGE Alaska (Reuters) - All four crew members were killed in a U.S. Air Force cargo plane that crashed in flames while practicing for an aviation show at Elmendorf Air Force Base, the Air Force s...
Search Resumes in After Pakistan Plane Crash
International Herald Tribune
Wednesday’s airplane crash that killed 152 people, rescue workers continued the search for body parts and the aircraft’s black box under clear skies on Friday here in
Russian president's top rights advisor quits
IOL
The head of the council advising Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on rights unexpectedly quit Friday, in a blow for the Kremlin chief who has made developing civil society a priority of his rule. ...
White House warns Wikileaks on war papers
IOL
The White House is imploring the website Wikileaks not to post any more classified documents about the Afghanistan war, saying US national security and Afghan lives are at risk. Press secretary Rob...
Twenty dead as forest fires consume Russia
IOL
Forest fires raged across Russia on Friday, destroying villages, surrounding one southern city and killing at least 20 people, including three firefighters, officials said. The fires have spread qu...
UN rights body calls for end to Gaza blockade
IOL
Israel must lift its military blockade of the Gaza Strip and invite an independent, fact-finding mission to investigate its raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, a United Nations rights body said on Frid...
Ex-top cop jailed for sex crimes
IOL
Stockholm - A former Swedish police chief was on Friday sentenced to six and a half years in jail for sex crimes including three rapes, in a case that garnered intense media scrutiny in Sweden. Goe...
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