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7 hrs ago | www.msnbc.msn.com | Iria

Sub hears signal from Yemenia black boxes

A submarine scouring the Indian Ocean on Sunday picked up the signal beacons of the two black boxes of a Yemenia Airways flight that crashed off the Comoros Islands, the French aviation agency said.

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9 hrs ago | 680News

Showdown looms in Honduras as deposed President Zelaya vows return

Honduras braced for confrontation Sunday as ousted President Manuel Zelaya insisted on coming home to reclaim his post, urging his supporters to mass at the airport for a showdown with the interim government in power since the army sent him into exile a week ago.

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Related Topix: Honduras, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Roman Catholic Church, Religion, Rafael Correa

14 hrs ago | The China Post

2 British soldiers killed in southern Afghanistan

A roadside bomb and a rocket-propelled grenade in southern Afghanistan killed two British soldiers, while gunmen in the east abducted 16 mine-clearing personnel working for the United Nations, officials said Sunday.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)

18 hrs ago | Boston.com

16 dead, about 320,000 flee homes in China floods

In this photo distributed by the Xinhua news agency, local residents transfer to safe places on a handmade raft in the flood in Liuzhou, southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Saturday July 4, 2009.

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Related Topix: China, Asia, Natural Disasters, Flood, Weather

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Reuters

VIDEO: Protests over India gay ruling

Jul. 4 - Politicians and clerics march in New Delhi in protest over a court's ruling that legalises same-sex relations.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, India,

News Observer

Soldier who fought in pink boxers home for 4th

The soldier who was photographed fighting the Taliban in his boxer shorts says he's glad to be back home in Texas after his yearlong deployment to Afghanistan - especially on the Fourth of July.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Fort Worth, TX, Fort Worth Metro, Dallas Metro

WAND-TV Decatur

Israeli defense minister, Mitchell to meet again

An Israeli defense official says Defense Minister Ehud Barak is to hold a second round of talks with U.S. special Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell next week in an effort to resolve differences between the two sides on Jewish settlements in the West Bank.

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Related Topix: Israel, Middle East, Palestinian Territories

Salisbury Journal

Questions asked over escape routes

Questions are being asked about whether escape routes and fire prevention measures were "adequate" at a block of flats where a fire left six people dead, Harriet Harman said.

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Related Topix: Essex County, England, United Kingdom, Greater London County, England

Irish Examiner

UN chief dismayed at Suu Kyi visit ban

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is "deeply disappointed" after the Burma junta rejected his second and final request to meet jailed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

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Related Topix: Aung San Suu Kyi, Than Shwe

Fri Jul 03, 2009

News.com.au

N Korea test-fires two missiles

NORTH Korea has test-fired two more missiles, South Korea's defence ministry says, further stoking tensions sparked by its nuclear standoff with the international community.

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WHDH

Interim Honduras leader hints open to early vote

Honduras' interim leader said he was open to early elections if it resolves an impasse with the world community, as a top diplomat headed to the Central American nation to demand he restore the president ousted by a coup.

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Related Topix: Honduras, Central America, Honduras Travel, Manuel Zelaya,

Penticton Herald

Michael Jackson moonwalk tribute draws hundreds of fans in South Africa

Several hundred South Africans gathered on Friday for a moonwalking tribute to the King of Pop that reflected the diversity of the rainbow nation.

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Related Topix: Black Entertainment, Pop/Rock, Michael Jackson, South Africa, Africa,

ClipSyndicate

VIDEO: North Korean Missile Launch on July 4th?

North Korea fired a barrage of short-range missiles off its east coast in a possible prelude to the launch of a long-range missile toward Hawaii over the U.S. Independence Day holiday.

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Related Topix: Asia, North Korea, Science / Technology, Video

ABC News

Marines Suffer Casualties in Afghan Offensive

The Associated Press 2 comments 4,000 U.S. marines clear the Taliban from remote areas ahead of elections.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps

Thu Jul 02, 2009

680News

UN chief heads to Myanmar to lobby for Suu Kyi's release

Heilprin, John - YANGON, Myanmar - The U.N. secretary-general said he would lobby Myanmar's junta chief directly Friday for the release of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, acknowledging that his high-profile mission will be "very difficult." Shortly after U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar, the court presiding over Suu ...

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Related Topix: Burma, Southeast Asia, Aung San Suu Kyi, National League for Democracy, Falcon, MO

Daily Express

Commander dies in Helmand blast

THE most senior British officer killed by the Taliban was named yesterday as the commanding officer of the Welsh Guards.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, Explosion

WTNH

White House: VP Biden visiting Iraq

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Iraq on Thursday to visit U.S. soldiers, just two days after all American combat troops withdrew from Baghdad and all of Iraq's cities and towns.

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Related Topix: Iraq, Middle East, US Politics, US News, Joe Biden, Jalal Talabani, Barack Obama

WTNH

American soldier feared captured

An American soldier, who disappeared after walking off his base in eastern Afghanistan with three Afghan counterparts, is believed captured, officials said Thursday.

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Related Topix: Asia, Afghanistan, US Military, US Marine Corps

KRQE Albuquerque, New Mexico

Police: 6 dead in suicide blast

A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle slammed into a bus carrying defense department employees on Thursday, killing at least six people, police said.

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WGN-TV Chicago

Court decriminalizes consensual gay sex in India's capital

A court in India has made a groundbreaking ruling to decriminalize consensual gay sex in the capital of the deeply conservative society.

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