World News FBI called in on Wikileaks issue
The Africa 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
The Africa 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 threaten first global warming islands
The Africa News.Net
Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean.
 Japan executes two men by hanging
The Africa News.Net
Kazuo Shinozawa, 59, and Hidenori Ogata, 33, faced the hangman's noose after being convicted of multiple murders.
 People beat porn movie teacher to death
The Africa News.Net
The Times of India has reported that an Indian teacher has been beaten to death by an angry mob after making a homemade porn film with one of his students.
White House breaches no-bid contracts vow
Washington Times
Joseph R. Biden Jr. pledged to end abuse of no-bid contracting and require competitive bidding on nearly all contract orders for more than $25,000 across the
Gingrich: Crucial radical Islamist battlefield is U.S.
Washington Times
Newt Gingrich on Thursday said the greatest threat to national security is radical Islam, but the greatest battlefront for that threat is at home."This is not a war on terrorism ... this is a struggle...
Plane crash probe will be transparent: Malik
The News
Friday, July 30, 2010 Does not rule out terrorism aspect ISLAMABAD: Federal minister for Interior Rehman Malik on Thursday confirmed that 66 bodies had been handed over to their heirs after their ...
Bill to aid sick 9/11 responders fails in House
New York Post
The House has rejected a bill that would pay up to $7.4 billion in aid to people sickened by toxic dust from the World Trade Center.The measure on Thursday night failed to win the needed two-thirds ma...
Police after con-man impersonating cops
New York Post
Police are hunting a con-man who pretends to be a cop while stealing from at least seven businesses in four boroughs, cops said. Bension Mamedov, 36, sports an imitation police shield and NYPD jacket ...
Taliban Exploit Openings in Neglected Province
International Herald Tribune
Taliban have decreed that the cellphone signals go down at night so the main cellphone companies switch off the signals from dusk to dawn. Men with guns and rocket-propelled grenade launchers guard i...
NYPD seeking 8 men involved in Times. Sq. brawl
New York Post
Police are seeking the public's assistance in identifying eight men involved in a melee outside a Times Square nightclub that left one man fatally stabbed and two others wounded.Kenyatta Cotterell, 22...
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Reports
International Herald Tribune
WikiLeaks , asserting that the security breach had endangered lives and damaged the ability of others to trust the United States government to protect their secrets.
Turkey Softens Terror Law That Jailed Young Kurds
International Herald Tribune
BATMAN, Turkey — Berivan Sayaca, a vivacious 15-year-old Kurdish girl, dreamed of escaping her life as a seamstress and studying law. Instead, she was convicted of supporting terrorism by attend...
'Gaza blockade bred radicals'
Jerusalem Post
Amplifying British Prime Minister David Cameron’s criticisms of Israel’s Gaza policies, the outgoing British Ambassador to Israel, Sir Tom Phillips, has told
Holocaust museum unveils returned art
Jerusalem Post
NEW YORK – The 1912 “Portrait of Wally” oil painting by Egon Schiele was unveiled in the Museum of Jewish Heritage Thursday, marking the conclusion of 13 years of legal wrangling and internation...
HONDURAS: Rights Situation Deteriorates
IPS
WASHINGTON, Jul 29, 2010 (IPS) - Six months after the inauguration of President Porfirio Lobo, the human rights situation in Honduras continues to deteriorate, according to two major New York-based ...
Leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang killed in raid
Channel News Asia
MEXICO CITY: A top leader of Mexico's Sinaloa drug gang was killed Thursday while resisting arrest in a military raid, the defence ministry said, in a rare victory for authorities battling the co...
Fiji newspaper on the block
New Zealand Herald
The Fiji Times is up for sale. Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has called for expressions of interest from parties wanting to acquire interest in the Times from its owners, Rupert Murdoch's Ne...
Body of second US sailor found in Afghanistan
New Zealand Herald
The discovery of the body of a second US sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week has only deepened the mystery of the men's disappearance nearly 60 miles (97 km) from their base in a dangerous ar...
Al-Qaeda plants flag, burns bodies
New Zealand Herald
Militants flew an al-Qaeda flag over a Baghdad neighbourhood on Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of their bodies in a brazen afternoon attack that served as a grim reminde...
Obama urges a dialogue on race after Sherrod case
USA Today
President Obama speaks at the 100th anniversary convention of the National Urban League on July 29 in Washington, D.C. In a speech to the National Urban League, the president talked about race relatio...
Afghan strategy: Fight hard, be a good guest
USA Today
Those improvements ("metrics" in military parlance) include protection from terrorists, electricity and schools, jobs and corruption-free government. Before any of that can happen, the strategy hinges...
Police: Ex-NBA player shot in homicide
CNN
(CNN) -- A body found in southeast Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday has been identified as that of former professional basketball player Lorenzen Wright, Memphis police said Thursday.
Drug lord killed in raid, officials say
CNN
Mexico City, Mexico (CNN) -- Ignacio "Nacho" Coronel Villareal, a principal leader of the Sinaloa drug cartel, was killed Thursday during a military raid in a suburb of Guadalajara, Mexico's...
Ellen DeGeneres to leave 'Idol'
CNN
(CNN) -- Ellen DeGeneres is calling it quits after spending one season with the Fox hit "American Idol," according to a statement from the star and the network.
Lou Gehrig's victim: Kill me for organs
CNN
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A Georgia man suffering from Lou Gehrig's disease says he wants to die by having his organs harvested rather than wait for his degenerative nerve ailment to kill him.
Borger: For Dems, optimism so last year
CNN
On this, all sides can agree: It's not a great time for the Democrats to be heading into an election. But there's no avoiding it. And the Democratic optimism of the winter of 2009 seems like a mirage ...
US seizes marijuana worth $1.7bn
BBC
Fresno County Sheriff Margaret Mims said the marijuana plantations were a danger to local residents, as the organised crime gangs behind them "don't just grow marijuana on our public lands&q...
Finding a job in Puerto Rico
BBC
People who live in Puerto Rico are US citizens, but they can't vote for President. The economic downturn has hit the island hard. Unemployment stands at 17%. The job prospects look particularly bleak ...
Pick up a Penguin
BBC
But as current Penguin chief executive and chairman John Makinson chats about the brand, he touts Sir Allen as the man who changed the reading habits of a nation.
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...
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