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The Saturday Profile: An Unabashedly Sexy Celebrity Gets Political
Since returning to Indonesia, Julia Perez has quickly become one of this nation’s most sought-after celebrities. And now, she’s seeking office.
Recovery Effort Resumes in Pakistan After Plane Crash
Teams continued the search for body parts and the aircraft’s black box under clear skies on Friday. The crash on Wednesday killed 152 people.
U.N. Removes 5 Taliban From Its Sanctions List
The move — though those removed were not seen as a threat — was a nod toward the kind of reconciliation that President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has been calling for.
China Imprisons 3 Men Who Maintained Uighur Web Sites
The sentences are the latest indication that Beijing is intensifying its crackdown on any dissent that questions Chinese rule in Xinjiang.
July’s Toll Worst for U.S. Troops in Afghanistan
The 63 deaths have made July the deadliest month for American troops in the nine-year war in Afghanistan, according to a Web site that tracks casualties.
Expert Says China’s Oil Spill Figure May Be Much Too Low
Rick Steiner of Greenpeace said that the figure of 11,000 barrels of crude released into the Yellow Sea after an explosion in Dalian could in fact be more than 430,000 barrels.

Arizona immigration law appeal set for November (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. court denied a request for an expedited hearing on Friday and instead set a November date for Arizona's appeal to a federal court ruling that blocked key parts of a state law cracking down on illegal immigration.

Obama urges Iran to release three U.S. hikers (Reuters)

Reuters - President Barack Obama on Friday called on Iran to immediately release three Americans who were detained a year ago after straying across the border while hiking in the mountains of northern Iraq.

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