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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.
World Briefing | Europe: Greece: Truckers and Police Clash Over Plan to Extend Strike
Truck drivers are striking over plans to cut the price of licenses to own and operate trucks in an effort to open up their historically closed profession.
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.
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.
Fires and Storms Kill at Least 28 in Russia
Wildfires burned down several villages in the central part of the country as forests and swamps turned into tinderboxes under a record-breaking heat wave.
World Briefing | Africa: South Africa: Students Are Fined for Racist Video of Black Workers
A court ordered four white former students to pay a fine of $2,720 each for a video they made humiliating black university employees.

U.S. worried more secret documents may be released (Reuters)

Reuters - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday.

Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher (AP)

AP - Tropical Storm Bonnie left crews working to plug the Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.

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Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims (AP) 31 Jul 2010 | 3:18 am Yahoo! News: Top Stories
River punting gets fast and physical 31 Jul 2010 | 3:17 am BBC News - Home
Punting would normally be seen as a tranquil way to pass a summer day on the river, but race punting…
Israeli air strike kills Hamas commander in Gaza 31 Jul 2010 | 3:12 am Reuters: Top News
GAZA (Reuters) - An Israeli air strike has killed a Hamas military commander and rocket maker in the Gaza Strip,…
Thousands to join Love Parade memorial 31 Jul 2010 | 2:51 am CNN.com
Thousands of people are expected to gather Saturday for a memorial service a week after a stampede at a German…
Arizona's New Immigration Law: Cops vs. CopWatchers 30 Jul 2010 | 6:00 pm TIME.com: Top Stories
Hardline law enforcement vowed to continue their sweeps of Latino communities but the operations have so far been stymied by…
Rapid Fire: 2010-07-30 29 Jul 2010 | 5:37 pm Defense Industry Daily
Incredible Shrinking Budgets: Facing tightening defense budgets at home, European defense firms are looking to expand into service and support…
REINTEGRATING THE TALIBAN 31 Dec 1969 | 6:00 pm Natochannel RSS-feed
In Afghanistan, a major programme is underway aimed at reintegrating the Taliban. It’s hoped that the process will persuade more…

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