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Al-Qaeda re-grouping in Pakistan
Manila News.Net
A senior US security official has reportedly said that al-Qaeda is regrouping itself in tribal areas along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.
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
Manila 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
Manila 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
Manila 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
Manila 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
Manila 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
Manila 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
Manila News.Net
California firefighters appear to be holding two bushfires burning along the California coast.
Rescue video shows duped rebels, elated hostages
New York Post
Military intelligence agents posing as aid workers and a film crew flew to the jungle aboard a white helicopter, staging a mock humanitarian mission that rebels were told...
Media response to Iraq remarks overblown
New York Post
Barack Obama said Saturday that he was surprised at how the media has "finely calibrated" his recent words on Iraq, and denied that he intends to anything but end the war if he is...
Grief leads father to create bomb-defusing robot
New York Post
Brian Hart didn't channel his grief quietly. Committed to "preventing the senseless from recurring," he railed against the military on his blog for shortcomings in supplying armor to soldiers. The...
Venus Williams wins 5th Wimbledon title
CNN
Venus Williams has won five Wimbledon singles championships Venus did not lose a set in any match on the way to the title Serena is 2-1 vs. Venus in Wimbledon...
$32,000 for Queen Mother
CNN
Collectors paid thousands for letters from British royalty to a trusted servant Letters included note from Queen Mother requesting aide pack bottles of gin 700 lots valued collectively at...
Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy
Reuters
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week...
Mississippi River reopens as flooding wanes
Reuters
The Mississippi River, the most important U.S. commercial waterway, reopened to water navigation on Saturday after much of it was closed for nearly a month due to the worst...
Man flying lawn chair lifted by helium balloons
New York Post
Riding a green lawn chair supported by a rainbow array of more than 150 helium-filled party balloons, Kent Couch took off Saturday in a third bid to fly from central Oregon all the...
A lawn chair, 150 balloons and dreams of Idaho
CNN
Kent Couch in third bid to fly from central Oregon to Idaho by lawn chair Gas station owner travels at 20 mph; each balloon gives 4 pounds of lift Couch pops balloons to control height with a BB gun...
Public tipsters help foil fugitive murder suspect
New York Post
The television image of fugitive murder suspect Nicholas Sheley's mug shot was fresh in Samantha Butler's mind as she ventured out to get dinner for the family, warning her...
Iran indicates it has no plans to halt enrichment
New York Post
Iran indicated Saturday that it has no plans to meet a key Western demand that it stop enriching uranium, a day after Tehran sent the European Union a response to an...
Twin fires raging along California
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...

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