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Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan
France News.Net
A senior US security official has reportedly said that al-Qaeda is regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
Aghan official says US strikes killed 22 civilians
New York Post
Nuristan's Gov. Tamim Nuristani said, however, 22 civilians were killed in the Waygal district of Nuristan province. "This afternoon (Friday), two civilian vehicles were hit by airstrikes," Nuristani...
Man arrested over student murders
BBC
A man has been arrested in connection with the murder of two French students in south London. Police said a 21-year-old man was arrested in the street in south-east London in the early hours. ...
DNA frees another US inmate
France News.Net
Patrick Waller has become a free man in the US after being wrongly convicted and imprisoned for more than 15 years.
U.S. and Israeli militaries discuss attack on Liberty
France News.Net
Leading defense officials from the United States and Israel, meeting in Israel this week, raised the controversial attack on the U.S. ship USS Liberty, by Israel, in June 1967.
Verdict soon on World Trade Center third tower
France News.Net
US experts, investigating the collapse of the third tower at the World Trade Center, say building fires on several different floors probably caused the collapse.
North Korea refuses to complete de-nuclear work
France News.Net
North Korea has refused to take further steps to dismantle its nuclear program.
Iran nuclear position
BBC
Iran has said its position on its nuclear programme remains unchanged. The announcement comes a day after it delivered a formal response to an EU offer of incentives in exchange for halting uranium...
Israelis prepare to pull down Palestinian homes
France News.Net
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has asked for demolition orders for two homes belonging to Palestinians behind recent deadly attacks against Israelis.
Mugabe makes conditions for talks
France News.Net
An angry Robert Mugabe, after flying home from an African Union summit, has told thousands of his supporters that opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai should not think he will renounce the presidency.
Afghan parliamentarian assassinated - Update
Earth Times
Kandahar/Kabul - An Afghan parliamentarian and renowned chieftain from the southern Kandahar province was assassinated overnight by unknown gunmen, an official said Saturday. Confirming the...
Firefighters prepare for busy weekend
France News.Net
California firefighters appear to be holding two bushfires burning along the California coast.
Mukherjee joins US Independence Day celebrations
KeralaNext
NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee joined in the celebrations on the US Independence Day as he attended a reception here hosted by Ambassador David Mulford.
Betancourt undergoes health tests
BBC
Ingrid Betancourt, the former hostage sprung from the grip of Colombia's Farc rebels this week, has checked into a hospital in Paris for medical tests. The checks are to establish whether she is...
US removes uranium from Iraq
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
... a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete...
Foreclosures to rise whoever wins White House
New York Post
Lawrence Summers, a treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, predicted that more than 2 million foreclosures are coming over the next two years and that as many as 15 million homeowners will...
Democrats hit GOP on support for Medicare cuts
New York Post
Bush and Senate Republicans don't like the bill because it includes offsetting cuts to insurance companies that use Medicare money to offer private health care coverage to about 20 percent of seniors.
Egypt uncovers three tunnels on border with Gaza strip
Haaretz
Egyptian police uncovered three tunnels near the Rafah crossing on its border with the Gaza Strip Saturday and seized weapons and explosives in the strategic Sinai peninsula, according to security...
Spitzer call girl drops
New York Post
The call girl involved in a scandal that brought down New York's former governor has dropped a lawsuit claiming "Girls Gone Wild" founder Joe Francis exploited her image and name on the...
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
New York Post
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the...
Venus Williams wins 5th Wimbledon title
CNN
Venus Williams has won five Wimbledon singles championships Venus did not lose a set in any match on the way to the title Serena is 2-1 vs. Venus in Wimbledon...
Two fires raging along Calif.
New York Post
A pair of out-of-control wildfires roared along California's central coast Friday, chewing through opposite ends of a parched forest and threatening a total of more than 4,500...
Obama, Clinton to hold joint fundraisers in NY
New York Post
Now that they're allies, Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton will help each other raise money in a series of fundraisers in New York next week.

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