World News
- Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic 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
Dominican Republic News.Net
California firefighters appear to be holding two bushfires burning along the California coast.
- US marks Independence Day with fireworks, revelry
New York Post
The nation's largest fireworks display exploded in a spectrum of color over the East River, temporarily stealing the spotlight from New York's world-famous skyline and helping to...
- Lara Jackson sets American record in 50 free
KeralaNext
Dara Torres was back in the pool at the U.S. Olympic trials Saturday, easily advancing out of the 50-meter freestyle preliminaries but seeing Lara Jackson break her American record in...
- US removes uranium from Iraq
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
... a huge stockpile of concentrated natural uranium - reached a Canadian port Saturday to complete...
- Felix, Gay advance easily at Olympic trials
KeralaNext
If things keep going the way they did Friday, it won't be hard work. Felix coasted to a victory in her 200-meter preliminary heat, leaving her three races away from earning the Olympic spot that...
- 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.
- 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...
- 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...
- 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.
- 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...
- Real, Man Utd bosses to meet over Ronaldo saga
KeralaNext
Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon and Manchester United chief executive David Gill will hold talks in Switzerland next week over Portuguese star Cristiano Ronaldo, the Spanish sports...
- Williams sisters await another Wimbledon showdown
New York Post
Venus and Serena Williams have a busy schedule Saturday. First they'll be on opposite sides of the Centre Court net, each trying to beat the other for the Wimbledon singles...
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