World News
Kassam damages building in Negev
Jerusalem Post
A Kassam rocket was fired into southern Israel from the Gaza strip on Saturday caused serious damage to a public building in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council area. No one was injured in the attack....
Haiti moves towards first post-quake election
Channel News Asia
PORT-AU-PRINCE : Election candidates in Haiti are jockeying this week ahead of a registration deadline for key November polls, the first since January's deadly earthquake. The vote is seen as a k...
Colombia denies war launch as Chavez dispatches troops
Channel News Asia
BOGOTA : Colombian President Alvaro Uribe denied Saturday that he planned to launch a military attack on neighboring Venezuela, denouncing President Hugo Chavez after Caracas ordered troops to the bor...
Kashmir streets in lockdown
New Zealand Herald
INDIA - Violence continued to rage in Indian Kashmir on Saturday with one person shot dead and three others wounded after police opened fire on protesters who attacked their camp. An indefinite curfe...
Italy building collapse kills 3
New Zealand Herald
ROME - An apartment building has collapsed in southern Italy, and rescue workers say they have pulled the bodies of three people from the wreckage, including a little girl. Police said the building f...
Child murderer sues over prison attack
New Zealand Herald
LONDON - One of Britain's most notorious murderers is suing prison authorities for failing to protect him after his throat was slashed by another inmate. Ian Huntley is serving life for killing 10-ye...
3 convicted killers escape in Arizona
CNN
The Arizona Department of Corrections and the Flagstaff Police said on Saturday that the three disappeared from a medium-security facility and are considered to be armed and dangerous.
Woman finds husband's other wife on Facebook
C News
A Cleveland woman plans to file for divorce after finding Facebook photos of her husband marrying another woman at Disney World. WESH news in Orlando reports that the Ohio woman, who didn't want to b...
Theme park hotels cordon off rooms for sex
C News
A British theme park has designated a section of "family friendly" rooms as well as an area of "adults only" suites at their two hotels after families complained that they couldn't sleep after hearing...
Cop hurt trying to break up staged brawl
C News
An Indianapolis police officer is recovering after trying to stop a fight that turned out to be fake. Local news channel WTHR reports that the officer was invited to give a presentation to a church g...
Farah claims second European gold
BBC
Mo Farah pulled off a stunning double at the European Championships, winning the 5,000m final to add to his 10,000m gold from the opening day.Farah became the first runner to do the Euro distance doub...
GB pair win hurdles gold & silver
BBC
Welsh pair Dai Greene and Rhys Williams secured a one-two finish for Britain in the men's 400m hurdles final at the European Championships in Barcelona.Greene, 24, won in a time of 48.12 seconds, with...
Wenger puts pressure on Fabregas
BBC
Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has said it is now up to captain Cesc Fabregas to end speculation over his future.Fabregas, 23, continues to be linked with Barcelona, who had a bid of £29m rejecte...
Opposition figures held in Moscow
BBC
The means by which the authorities in Moscow prevent the opposition from even gathering for protests are becoming ever more bizarre, the BBC's Richard Galpin reports from Moscow.
Bogota denies Venezuela war plan
BBC
A spokesman for the Colombian government called President Chavez's remarks "deceptive" and said Bogota had never even considered an attack.
[VIDEO] Over 900 dead as floods sweep Asia
IOL
Peshawar - Floods sweeping Asia have killed more than 900 people, officials said on Saturday, washing away thousands of homes and destroying infrastructure in some of the worst scenes in living memory...
Police free reporters nabbed by drug gang
IOL
Mexico City - Federal police rescued two kidnapped cameramen in northern Mexico on Saturday, five days after they were nabbed by drug traffickers. Javier Canales of Multimedios Television and Aleja...
Brazilians Switched at Birth Work, Live Together
CBS News
(AP) Two years back, Dimas Aliprandi and Elton Plaster didn't know of each other's existence. Then they learned they had been accidentally switched at birth more than 20 years ago. The discovery di...
Crowd on VIP Alert at Clinton Wedding Site
CBS News
(AP) Chelsea Clinton was poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of secrecy and buildup that had celebrity watchers flocking to the smal...
Apple opens first Phila. store
Philadelphia Daily News
The tall 20-something stood at the corner of 16th and Walnut Streets, squinting at his surroundings in the bright morning sun. "Do you know where the new Apple store is?" he asked the man n...
Ariz. governor considers changing immigration law
Philadelphia Daily News
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio gives a news conference Friday, July 30, 2010 to announce the arrest of 22 people on his office's 17th crime and immigration sweep. Arpaio said three of those arrest...
Hobbs: "Riley gets riled up"
Philadelphia Daily News
BETHLEHEM, Pa. -- The first fight of Eagles training camp broke out today and it was a doozy. Under beautiful skies, in cool temperatures and in front of 8,328 fans, Riley Cooper and Ellis Hobbs mixe...
Phils lose to Nats, 8-1, in OswaltÂ’s debut
Philadelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON - Roy Oswalt's flight from Houston arrived here at 11 p.m. Thursday. He settled into the team hotel about two hours before the rest of the Phillies and went to bed knowing he would pitch Fr...
Russian Police Arrest Kremlin Critic At Rally
RadioFreeEurope
Police in Moscow have arrested a leading Kremlin opponent and several other activists at a demonstration demanding freedom of assembly. Several hundred protesters gathered in a Moscow square for a ral...
Police Disperse Opposition Rally In Baku
RadioFreeEurope
BAKU -- Police dispersed an unsanctioned opposition rally in the center of Baku on July 31, reportedly arresting around 100 people. The antigovernment protest was organized by the opposition Musavat a...
'A Woman Without Hijab Is Like A Chair With Three Legs'
RadioFreeEurope
Reply "A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs". Really! If the statemant above is correct, then my mother must be the president ot the French Republic.Men who run the Islamic Republic a...
Many Indigent Refugees to Lose Federal Assistance
International Herald Tribune
Social Security Administration is about to terminate cash assistance for thousands of indigent refugees who are severely disabled or over the age of 64. “You will lose your Supplemental Securit...
In Information War, Documentary Is Latest Salvo
International Herald Tribune
Hitler and Stalin. He has political opponents killed, journalists silenced and elections rigged in the film, all while keeping his faltering country locked in a Soviet time warp. For years, human rig...
'I welcome US public's support'
Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted positively during a closed meeting to discuss a Gallup poll that showed that the American public's support for Israel at it's highest level since the First Gu...
TA rally to remember gay club murders
Jerusalem Post
A rally to commemorate the murder of two gay youth at a Tel Aviv community center a year ago and protest violence against gays in Israeli society was ready to begin in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Channel...
Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well
Channel News Asia
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana : Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm. As ...
Rains kill 800 in Pakistan
New Zealand Herald
NOWSHERA - Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, ...
The young girl and the sea
New Zealand Herald
Young Australian sailor Jessica Watson left Sydney Harbour on October 18 last year and for the next 210 days braved storms, loneliness and a collision with a ship as she fought to become the youngest ...
Websites help dieters keep weight off, study finds
USA Today
People who shed pounds and then consistently logged on to a specially designed Internet site for weight maintenance were better able to maintain a significant portion of their weight loss than people ...
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