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US forces pull out of Iraq's cities
Aljazeera.net
Iraqi forces have assumed formal control of the capital, Baghdad, and other cities, six years after US-led coalition forces invaded Iraq. US troops began withdrawing from the country's major cities and towns as the midnight deadline passed on Tuesday ...
Iraq steps into precarious but sovereign unknownReuters
Cracks show as US leaves Iraq citiesguardian.co.uk
US soldiers leaving Iraq's citiesBBC News
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Yemeni Airliner with 153 People Crashes in Comoros
Voice of America
By VOA News A Yemeni airliner has crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of the Comoros, with 153 people on board. Officials from Yemenia Air say the plane crashed early Tuesday morning while flying from the Yemeni capital of Sanaa to Moroni on the ...
Yemeni plane with 150 on board crashes in Indian Oceanguardian.co.uk
Yemen: Comoros-bound plane had 153 on boardWashington Post
Bodies recovered from Indian Ocean crashABC Online
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'Mistimed coup' in Honduras?
BBC News
Last Saturday night, when President Manuel Zelaya went to bed in his official residence, he must have felt at least an inkling of the loneliness of power. In the few days previously, the Supreme Court had twice accused him of acting ...
Ousted leader announces bid to return to Hondurasguardian.co.uk
Honduran president says he will be backPRESS TV
Honduras crisis shows Latin America's institutional weaknessesMiamiHerald.com
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Discrimination case raises questions for Sotomayor
Washington Post
AP WASHINGTON -- Foes of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor celebrated the high court's reversal of her decision in a reverse discrimination case. The 5-4 ruling Monday, backing of reverse discrimination claims by white ...
Supreme Court overturns discrimination rulingSan Francisco Chronicle
Supreme Court Finds Bias Against White FirefightersNew York Times
Supreme Court decision overturns her previous rulingPhiladelphia Inquirer
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Freight train derails, kills 6 in Italy
The Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Two cars filled with liquefied natural gas exploded when a freight train derailed in the middle of a small Italian town, setting off an inferno that killed at least six people and injured 50 others, officials said Tuesday. ...
Italian Freight Train Blast Kills at Least 10 at Tuscan StationBloomberg
Italy gas train derails and explodes, killing 13Reuters India
10 dead in Italian rail horroreuronews
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Karen Heller: Sanford set himself up for the fall
Philadelphia Inquirer
Reading the florid e-mail of South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, it's possible to feel a bit sorry for the Grand Old Party as its dignitaries get charred like so much Argentine grilled meat. For a while, Democrats ruled on this front. ...
Lt. Gov. Bauer: Let's move forwardThe State
SC gov scandal changes landscape for 2010 raceThe Associated Press
Gov's `other woman' fiercely private, no pushoverKansas City Star
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The march of gay politics
BBC News
New York's Stonewall riot in 1969 are credited with launching the gay rights movement - and 40 years on, its impact is still being felt by politicians in the UK. It seems a world away from modern-day Westminster, where openly gay MPs and ...
Obama asks for patience, promises more progress on gay rightsBoston Globe
On Gay Issues, Obama Asks to Be Judged on Vows KeptNew York Times
Obama Pledges to Move on Gay-Rights AgendaWall Street Journal
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In the West Bank, Suburb or Settlement?
Washington Post
MODIIN ILLIT, West Bank, June 29 -- Chaim Hanfling knows a lot about this settlement's population boom. Six of his 11 siblings have moved here from Jerusalem in recent years to take advantage of the lower land prices, and at age 29, ...
Dealing with ObamaHa'aretz
Israel permits new settlement homesAljazeera.net
Right of Reply: We're not Israel-bashersJerusalem Post
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In Pyongyang's crosshairs
Jerusalem Post
In a frantic race with high winds, bone-chilling ice storms and rattled political nerves, the American defense establishment has been rushing to meet the threat now faced by Hawaii, Guam, Alaska and possibly the West Coast of the US ...
Pyongyang's True IdeologyWall Street Journal
South Korea getting US missiles to boost defences: reportWashington Post
Russia Open to Further Nuclear Talks Without North KoreaVoice of America
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AP Source: 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe
Washington Post
AP NEW YORK -- In one of the highest-profile financial fraud cases in history, a judge firmly sided with Bernard Madoff's thousands of victims when he gave the disgraced financier a sentence long enough for him to die ...
Madoff's prison term cheeredDetroit Free Press
Madoff Cursed by Victims Who Mourn Lost Savings, Blame SECBloomberg
Ruth Madoff breaks silence after husband Bernard's sentencingLos Angeles Times
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