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  • 5.6 magnitude quake hits Iran

    5.6 magnitude quake hits Iran

    Houston News.Net

    A strong earthquake shook parts of Iran Friday injuring many and burying scores.

  • Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

    Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

    Houston News.Net

    Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such claims.

  • Church in Florida hosting Quran burning party

    Church in Florida hosting Quran burning party

    Houston News.Net

    A US-based religious group calling for everyone to burn a copy of the Quran in remembrance of 9/11 victims has been slammed by groups across the US.

  • Major overhaul of bushfire response plan following report

    Major overhaul of bushfire response plan following report

    Houston News.Net

    A royal commission which heard testimony from more than 400 people has found Australia's system for responding to bushfires deficient and has called for major changes.

  • Boy shoots playmate with gun left on kitchen table

    Boy shoots playmate with gun left on kitchen table

    Houston News.Net

    A young boy accidentally shot dead his friend after playing with unattended gun in Indianapolis.

  • Military to supply fuel to Greece as strike continues

    Military to supply fuel to Greece as strike continues

    Houston News.Net

    The Greek government has announced that the military will step in to supply fuel to critical sectors of the economy to ease the pressure created by a crippling lorry driver strike.

  • Runway destroyed and several injured following Israeli airstrikes

    Runway destroyed and several injured following Israeli airstrikes

    Houston News.Net

    The Israeli military has attacked parts of the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire on Friday.

  • King of Saudi Arabia and president of Syria call for unity in Lebanon

    King of Saudi Arabia and president of Syria call for unity in Lebanon

    Houston News.Net

    The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria, both major regional powers, have visited Lebanon to throw their support behind the fractured unity government.

  • Death toll climbs from wildfires across Russia

    Death toll climbs from wildfires across Russia

    Houston News.Net

    Fire fighters across central Russia have been battling to contain runaway fires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed many.

  • Police break up of protest in Paris didn't go well

    Police break up of protest in Paris didn't go well

    Houston News.Net

    Police filmed dragging a women along the pavement with her baby slung round her back are accused of brutality.

  • The Radiation Boom: After Stroke Scans, Patients Face Serious Health Risks

    International Herald Tribune

    Only later would Mr. Reyes learn what had caused him so much physical and emotional grief: he had received a radiation overdose during a test for a

  • From Taxis to Textiles, Italy Chooses Tradition Over Growth

    International Herald Tribune

    “THIS tradition is finita,” says Luciano Barbera, as he opens the door to an underground warehouse. Dozens of large wooden boxes are stacked to the ceiling, containing nearly 80 tons of co...

  • 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...

  • Black box found at Pakistan plane crash site: officials

    Vancouver Sun

    Pakistani investigators search for evidence in the wreckage of an Airblue passenger plane at the Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad on July 31, 2010.

  • 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...

  • The Midwood Mouth! Weiner explodes on the floor of Congress!

    New York Post

    Rep. Anthony Weiner unleashed his Brooklyn bravado in the revered halls of Congress this week, lacing into Republicans in a frenetic tirade that cemented the salamander-svelte-pol as a Beltway cobra.T...

  • Fire crews winning battle against huge L.A.-area brush blaze

    New York Post

    PALMDALE, Calif. — Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the high desert...

  • India Digs Under Top of the World to Match Rival

    International Herald Tribune

    Traveling on the Rohtang Pass road in northern India, can be treacherous, with various natural and animal obstacles, so India is building a tunnel.

  • 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 ...