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Obama makes pledge to Israel
St Petersburg News.Net
In Israel, as part of his Middle East/European tour, Barack Obama has hailed Israel as a miracle.
US House passes home legislation
St Petersburg News.Net
The US House has pushed through legislation which is designed to help 400,000 distressed homeowners avoid foreclosure.
US/North Korea talks described as good
St Petersburg News.Net
The US and North Korea have held their highest level meeting in four years over the dismantling of Pyongyang's nuclear program.
Execution location found for Indonesian terrorists
St Petersburg News.Net
A site for the execution of three Indonesian men, convicted over the 2002 Bali bombings, has been surveyed by prison officials.
Scotland Yard foils 13 terrorist groups
St Petersburg News.Net
The BBC has revealed that Scotland Yard has disrupted 13 terrorist networks in London in the last financial year.
Edge of Hurricane Dolly lashes Texas coast
New York Post
Hurricane Dolly's leading edge blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands as it hit the Gulf Coast on either side of the...
Earthquake shakes northern Japan
St Petersburg News.Net
A powerful earthquake shook northern Japan early Thursday, injuring at least 90 people.
English husband and wife team jailed for fraud
St Petersburg News.Net
A British man who staged his own disappearance to collect the life insurance has been sentenced to over six years' imprisonment.
Karadzic to fight extradition to Holland
St Petersburg News.Net
Radovan Karadzic will try to block his extradition to the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague.
Major Iraq military assault timed for early August
St Petersburg News.Net
A military assault in Iraq’s Diyala province, timed for will involve around 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen.
Hugo Chavez invites Russia to be protector against US
St Petersburg News.Net
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has asked Russia to align itself with the Venezuela as protection from the United States.
Solar Thermal Power Coming to a Boil
IPS
Heliostats, like the one pictured above, collect solar energy for power tower plants. About 5,000 of these would be used in a 100-MW commercial plant.
Beaconsfield wants to move on
The Australian
TWENTY-SEVEN months after the Beaconsfield mine disaster, and multiple reports by investigators who have gathered thousands of pages of evidence, the people of the Tasmanian town just want to move on.
Carla croons her way to No. 1
The Australian
... and released under the first lady's maiden name Carla Bruni, hit the shelves on in a blaze of publicity.The SNEP, an industry group that tracks record sales, said that in the week starting...
Britain cracks down on foreign brides
The Australian
The age of sponsorship will be upped from the current 18 to 21, the Home Office said, outlining proposals aimed at strengthening the safeguards against the practice. The government's Forced Marriage...
Ahmadinejad praises U.S. for sending rep to nuclear talks
Haaretz
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that the United States' participation in the latest round of nuclear talks is a step toward recognizing Tehran's right to acquire nuclear...
Turkey slap ended Big Brother
The Australian
MANY of us who watched Big Brother over the past eight years believe the turkey slap incident was the turning point for the reality television phenomenon, which aired for the last time on Ten on...
Bhutto aide shot to death in street
The Australian
The murder of 45-year-old Khalid Shahanshah comes only days after UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon agreed to set up an international investigation into who was responsible for Bhutto's death. The...
McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price
New York Post
WILK- Republican John McCain on Wednesday credited the recent $10-a-barrel drop in the price of oil to President Bush's lifting of a presidential ban on offshore drilling, an...
McCanns’ lawyers on standby as book on case published
The Herald
Sam Marsden Kate and Gerry McCann were consulting lawyers yesterday after the publication by a former senior Portuguese detective containing allegations against them. Goncalo Amaral, former head of...
Obama vows to tighten Israel ties as marathon talks begin
Channel News Asia
White House hopeful Barack Obama vowed on Wednesday to tighten US bonds with Israel as he began an intense day of talks with Israeli and Palestinian leaders, a key moment in his...
Worse to come as ad dollars dry up
The Australian
The fears have emerged despite the approaching Olympics Games, which generally cause advertising spending to spike due to increased sponsorship advertising. Several of the world's top advertisers...
Obama tells Israel he
New York Post
From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama on Wednesday professed "an unshakable...

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