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1 hr ago | WGN-TV Chicago

Thousands march in annual gay pride march in Jerusalem, dozens counter-demonstrate

Thousands of Israelis marched calmly Thursday in Jerusalem's longest gay pride parade despite opposition from anti-gay demonstrators.

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1 hr ago | CBC News

Frenchwoman charged in baby deaths

A Frenchwoman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged with manslaughter, a prosecutor said Thursday.

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1 hr ago | WMBF News

Poll: Nearly 6 in 10 Pakistanis view US as enemy

Despite billions in aid from Washington and a shared threat from extremists, Pakistanis have an overwhelmingly negative view of the United States, according to results of a Pew Research Center poll released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Asia, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, US Senate, Democrat

3 hrs ago | Hampshire Chronicle

Ambulance patient killed by car

An assault victim was hit by a car and killed when he got out of an ambulance taking him to hospital, it has emerged.

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5 hrs ago | edition.cnn.com | lwisser

80 Die in Congo Ferry Accident

Eighty people were killed late Tuesday in a ferry accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman confirmed Thursday.

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5 hrs ago | edition.cnn.com | lwisser

Recent Study Finds: Climate Change 'Undeniable'

International scientists have injected fresh evidence into the debate over global warming, saying that climate change is "undeniable" and shows clear signs of "human fingerprints" in the first major piece of research since the "Climategate" controversy.

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5 hrs ago | WBZL-TV Hollywood

Arab League leaves timing of restarting Israel talks up to Palestinians, rebuffing US pressure

Arab nations on Thursday backed the Palestinian president's refusal to immediately restart direct talks with Israel despite heavy U.S. pressure.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Barack Obama,

10 hrs ago | WHDH

2nd US sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan

A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.

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10 hrs ago | Local6

Relatives Search For Bodies At Pakistan Air Crash

Relatives desperate to find the bodies of loved ones joined emergency teams Thursday at the scene of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, but recovery work was badly hampered by thick mud, rain and slippery hillsides.

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13 hrs ago | Andover Advertiser

PM defends remarks on Pakistan

David Cameron insisted he had a duty to say what he thought as he rejected claims he had damaged relations with Pakistan.

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14 hrs ago | Andover Advertiser

'No Tobin crimes' at seaside house

Police have ruled out any crimes linked to serial killer Peter Tobin at a second seaside property where he used to live.

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Wed Jul 28, 2010

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Tonga to send 275 troops to Afghanistan

Tonga's government has agreed to deploy 275 soldiers to Afghanistan over the next two years to help guard a British garrison at the request of Britain.

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Salon.com

Floods wash chemicals into northeast China river

In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, locals look at the scene of a landslide in Hanyuan County, southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

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WWUP-TV Cadillac

7/28/2010 - Galapagos removed from UNESCO endangered list

The island chain, about 620 miles off Ecuador's coast, is home to unique animal species that inspired Charles Darwin's ideas on evolution.

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KHQ-TV Spokane

Documents Detail Search For Idaho Soldier Captured By The Taliban

Leaked military documents on the war in Afghanistan appear to provide details of the U.S. Army's search for an Idaho soldier captured last year by the Taliban.

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Mirror.co.uk

Bodies of eight newborn babies found in French home

A French couple were in custody today after police found the bodies of eight newborn babies on their property in a village in northern France, a judicial official said.

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www.examiner.com | Iria

Foxconn closes India plant as 250 sickened by pesticides

Foxconn's latest SNAFU thankfully does not involve workers falling off of buildings, or China either, but it's still an amazing story of another company screw-up. About 250 workers at the company's Chennai, India plant were hospitalized, and the illnesses "may have been caused by the routine spraying of pesticide at the production facility." The ...

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Fox 8 - WJW

Jolie tells South Koreans: 'I'm very concerned' about the people of North Korea

Angelina Jolie says she's worried about the people of North Korea, particularly the persecution defectors face when repatriated to the reclusive state.

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edition.cnn.com | lwisser

Plane with 152 on Board Crashes in Pakistan; No Survivors

No one survived the crash of a Pakistani passenger plane that went down in the outskirts of the capital Islamabad Wednesday morning with 152 people on board, officials said.

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Related Topix: Pakistan, Asia, Travel, Pakistan Travel, Islamabad, Pakistan Travel,

Lethbridge Herald

Sandstorm downs Iraqi helicopter, killing 5; Baghdad bombing kills 6, officials say

A worker clears away blood and debris after a suicide attack on Shiite pilgrims in Karbala, 80 kilometers south of Baghdad, Iraq,Tuesday, July 27, 2010.

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