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Weissglas: PM mistaken in not publicly endorsing road map Jerusalem Post Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is making a mistake in not explicitly endorsing the road map, with its monitored sequence of phases toward Palestinian statehood, and risks placing Israel in a situation where the Obama administration ... Activists Held by Israel for Trying to Break Gaza BlockadeNew York Times UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crimeReuters Settlements issue "blown out of proportion": Israeli FMXinhua Ynetnews -The Associated Press -AFP all 1,981 news articles »

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Trial of Myanmar's Suu Kyi adjourned for a week Reuters YANGON (Reuters) - The court hearing the case of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi adjourned her trial for another week on Friday, citing an administrative error, her lawyer said. "The Supreme Court did not send the case files to the lower ... Suu Kyi trial delayed againAljazeera.net UN chief arrives in Yangon on official visitHindu UN chief Ban Ki-moon has arrived in Burma in a bid to seek the ...BBC News GulfNews -Xinhua -AFP all 455 news articles »

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Gardai arrest 80 as crackdown smashes two drugs networks Irish Independent TWO major drugs distribution networks have been smashed by a five-month garda operation, which netted 80 suspected street dealers of heroin and cocaine. More than a hundred premises were searched by gardai over the past two days as part of ... Garda? smash two drug gangs and arrest 80 dealersIrishExaminer.com Six held over drugs seizuresIrish Times Drug gang lose ?1.5m as gardai swoop on home cocaine factoryHerald.ie RTE.ie -The Press Association -Belfast Telegraph all 61 news articles »

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Council says flooding not caused by inadequate pipes Irish Times THE FLOODS that resulted in overflowing drains and damage to houses, including collapsed boundary walls and overflowing toilets, were not caused by inadequate pipes or water mains, Dublin City Council has said. Roadside gullies overflowed in the early ... Extensive flooding in Co MayoRTE.ie Search Search GoBelfast Telegraph Washed out: Two weeks rain falls on Dublin in just one hourHerald.ie BBC News -The Press Association -4ni.co.uk all 50 news articles »

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India media hails gay sex ruling BBC News The Indian media has hailed a ruling by a court ruling decriminalising homosexuality in the country. The ruling on Thursday overturns a 148-year-old colonial law which describes a same-sex relationship as an "unnatural offence". ... Judgment on Section 377 welcomedHindu India gays win landmark ruling decriminalizing homosexual sexLos Angeles Times Court decriminalizes gay sex in Indian capitalThe Associated Press Washington Post -Times of India -Hindu all 756 news articles »

Inquest told toddler died by hanging on cord Irish Times THE FATHER of a two-year-old child who accidentally hanged himself from a Venetian blind cord in his own home has appealed to other families to ensure that no similar tragedy occurs again. Shane Malley spoke out yesterday after a jury at Cork Coroner's ... Don't let others dieIrishExaminer.com Over 200 infants die worldwide from accidental stranglingIrish Times all 6 news articles »

Los Angeles Times

US Soldier May Be Held By Taliban, Military Fears New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan ? A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in a volatile region of eastern Afghanistan has been captured and is believed to be in the hands of the Taliban network led by Sirajuddin ... Marines suffer casualties in new Afghan campaignThe Associated Press US Marines Suffer First Casualties in Afghan OffensiveVoice of America Early success as US Marines flood into HelmandTimes Online Los Angeles Times -Bloomberg -Reuters all 3,631 news articles »

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Air France flight 447 crashed belly-first into the Atlantic ... Times Online The pilots of the Air France aircraft that crashed off Brazil may have fought to control their stricken aircraft to the end, because it was intact when it hit the Atlantic ocean, investigators indicated yesterday. In a first report on the disaster that ... Piecing together fate of Air France jetBBC News Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel riskThe Associated Press Air France jet made hard landing and broke up, investigators sayLos Angeles Times Mirror.co.uk -New York Times -AFP all 1,399 news articles »

North Korea test-fires six short range missiles in an apparent act of defiance on 4 July, American Independence Day.

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Preventing a Honduran Bloodbath Washington Post The United States Ambassador to Honduras, Hugo Llorens, an extremely competent diplomat, tried very hard to keep Honduras's Congress from ousting President Manuel Zelaya. After his arguments and pressures were exhausted, and faced with something that ... OAS chief to seek resolution in HondurasCNN International Envoy to take demand to HondurasBBC News Zelaya Seeks Support Abroad as OAS Backs His Return to HondurasBloomberg Xinhua -The Press Association -Los Angeles Times all 11,107 news articles »

The British Foreign Office says it is trying to verify reports that one of its embassy employees held in Iran has been charged.

Nine Chechen police are killed in Russia's volatile republic of Ingushetia in one of the deadliest attacks in recent months.

Times Online

Bahraini officials pay first visit to Israel-report Reuters JERUSALEM, July 3 (Reuters) - Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli official said. ... Bahraini delegation visits Israel to collect 'Free Gaza' detaineesJerusalem Post Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custodyThe Associated Press Gaza girl killed in border clashBBC News AFP -Ynetnews -RTE.ie all 2,300 news articles »

Kiev questions future of damaged Lenin statue

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New Lisbon headache for German chancellor Irish Times GERMAN CHANCELLOR Angela Merkel is facing a last-minute Lisbon Treaty headache after her conservative Bavarian allies vowed to make ratification dependent on agreeing ?maximum? parliamentary influence over future EU policy. ... We need real debate on Europe's futureIrish Independent Lisbon Treaty will get us back on track - CEOsRTE.ie No Lisbon vote despite changesScotsman EurActiv -World Socialist Web Site -Malta Independent Online all 11 news articles »

Profile of Alaska's maverick governor Sarah Palin

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New York Times

With Palin Leaving Office, the Spotlight on Alaska Is Likely to Go ... New York Times The latest on President Obama, the new administration and other news from Washington and around the nation. Join the discussion. Long before she became governor, Sarah Palin startled fellow Republicans when she called out the state's ... Sarah Palin resigns as Alaska governorAFP Alaska Governor Palin to resignBBC News FACTBOX - Palin among possible Republican presidential candidatReuters Washington Post -The Associated Press -Anchorage Daily News all 2,016 news articles »

Phone giant BT offers staff the chance of long holidays in return for a big pay cut, in a bid to cut costs during the downturn.

Tickets for a memorial service for Michael Jackson in Los Angeles will be made available via the internet, organisers reveal.

RTE.ie

Workers will have to take further pay cuts -- Cowen Irish Independent WORKERS will need to be prepared to make further voluntary cuts in their take-home pay, Taoiseach Brian Cowen signalled last night. "There is no avoiding the difficult adjustment that needs to take place in the ... Cowen defends record in FinanceIrish Times Cowen defends his minsterial recordRTE.ie Dail to debate economic reports from OECD and IMFBelfast Telegraph An Phoblacht -Fingal Independent -Irish Independent all 41 news articles »

British forces on a major operation in Afghanistan say they have encountered little resistance from the Taliban.

Reuters South Africa

Irish aid worker kidnapped from Darfur compound Irish Independent TWO women, one Irish and the other Ugandan, working with the aid group Goal, were kidnapped in Sudan's western Darfur region yesterday. Goal chief John O'Shea identified the Irish woman last night as Sharon Commins ... Aid workers kidnapped in DarfurThe Press Association Irish aid worker is kidnapped by armed men in Darfur regionIrish Times Aid workers kidnapped in DarfurAljazeera.net BBC News -AFP -Xinhua all 178 news articles »

Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.

Honduras' high court rejects a demand by the Organization of American States to reinstate ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

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UK seeks Iran trial clarification BBC News British diplomats are trying to establish whether Iran intends to act on its threats to prosecute staff from the UK's embassy in Tehran. On Friday, a top cleric said some staff members would be tried for inciting protests over Iran's disputed election. ... EU resolve hardens as British workers face Iran show trialTimes Online Trial Announced for British Embassy StaffWashington Post Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be triedThe Associated Press The Press Association -AFP -Mirror.co.uk all 7,146 news articles »

Burma's military ruler refuses to let visiting UN chief Ban Ki-moon meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Investigations begin into the cause of a tower block fire which left six people, including three children, dead.

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Brazilian Air Force denies mistakes in Air France Flight 447 case Xinhua RIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Brazil's Air Force released a statement on Friday in which it denies any errors in the Air France Flight 447 case, and said it warned the Senegalese air traffic control that the Air France's Flight 447 was heading to. ... Dispute deepens on who controlled Flight 447The Associated Press Air France flight 447 crashed belly-first into the Atlantic ...Times Online Air crash victim's body recoveredBBC News CNN International -Reuters -Times of India all 1,704 news articles »

The number of pensioners filing for bankruptcy has increased threefold over the past five years, research shows.

Aljazeera.net

Myanmar Denies UN Chief a Meeting New York Times UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon waved upon his arrival at a hotel in Yangon, Myanmar on Friday. Mr. Ban said he had asked the generals to free their many political prisoners, including Mrs. Aung San Suu Kyi, but there was no sign ... Myanmar denies UN chief's request to see Suu KyiThe Associated Press UN secretary-general defends his approach to the jobLos Angeles Times Brown urges Myanmar to halt Suu Kyi trialReuters South Africa Voice of America -BBC News -The Age all 1,068 news articles »

Twelve alleged Serbian Muslim radicals are jailed for up to 13 years for plotting attacks.

Government officials refuse to name dozens of prisoners who have escaped from an open prison.

FOXNews

Honduras Court Rebuffs OAS on Zelaya's Return Voice of America The Honduran Supreme Court has rejected a call from the head of the Organization of American States to return deposed leader Manuel Zelaya to the presidency. OAS Secretary-General Jose Miguel Insulza flew Friday to Tegucigalpa for his ... Defiant Honduras coup leaders pull out of OASAFP Honduras' new leaders reject appeal for Zelaya's returnCNN International Honduran interim Govt announces to quit OASHindu BBC News -New York Times -Reuters all 12,104 news articles »

UK teenagers take up Japan's fashion rebellion

Republican ex-vice-presidential hopeful Sarah Palin is to quit as Alaska governor amid speculation about a possible presidential bid.

MiamiHerald.com

A look at North Korea's missile arsenal The Associated Press A look at North Korea's missile arsenal: TAEPODONG: This group of rockets is the pinnacle of North Korea's missile technology. Pyongyang claims they are space launch vehicles (SLVs) to launch satellites as part of a peaceful space program. ... North Korea 'tests more missiles'BBC News Korean Test of Ballistic Missiles Is ReportedNew York Times North Korea raises stakes with new missile launchWashington Post AFP -CNN International -The Associated Press all 3,192 news articles »

Bridget Jones is not alone in turning to self-help mantras to boost her spirits, but a study warns they may have the opposite effect.

An Obama administration official says Russia has agreed to let US troops bound for Afghanistan fly through its airspace.