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Russian Police Arrest Kremlin Critic At Rally
RadioFreeEurope
Police in Moscow have arrested a leading Kremlin opponent and several other activists at a demonstration demanding freedom of assembly. Several hundred protesters gathered in a Moscow square for a ral...
Police Disperse Opposition Rally In Baku
RadioFreeEurope
BAKU -- Police dispersed an unsanctioned opposition rally in the center of Baku on July 31, reportedly arresting around 100 people. The antigovernment protest was organized by the opposition Musavat a...
'A Woman Without Hijab Is Like A Chair With Three Legs'
RadioFreeEurope
Reply "A woman without hijab is like a chair with three legs". Really! If the statemant above is correct, then my mother must be the president ot the French Republic.Men who run the Islamic Republic a...
Many Indigent Refugees to Lose Federal Assistance
International Herald Tribune
Social Security Administration is about to terminate cash assistance for thousands of indigent refugees who are severely disabled or over the age of 64. “You will lose your Supplemental Securit...
In Information War, Documentary Is Latest Salvo
International Herald Tribune
Hitler and Stalin. He has political opponents killed, journalists silenced and elections rigged in the film, all while keeping his faltering country locked in a Soviet time warp. For years, human rig...
'I welcome US public's support'
Jerusalem Post
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu reacted positively during a closed meeting to discuss a Gallup poll that showed that the American public's support for Israel at it's highest level since the First Gu...
TA rally to remember gay club murders
Jerusalem Post
A rally to commemorate the murder of two gay youth at a Tel Aviv community center a year ago and protest violence against gays in Israeli society was ready to begin in Tel Aviv Saturday night, Channel...
Engineers prepare to seal ruptured oil well
Channel News Asia
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana : Engineers Saturday readied a plan to permanently seal a damaged Gulf of Mexico well, despite delays to the process caused by debris left behind by a recent tropical storm. As ...
Rains kill 800 in Pakistan
New Zealand Herald
NOWSHERA - Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, ...
The young girl and the sea
New Zealand Herald
Young Australian sailor Jessica Watson left Sydney Harbour on October 18 last year and for the next 210 days braved storms, loneliness and a collision with a ship as she fought to become the youngest ...
Websites help dieters keep weight off, study finds
USA Today
People who shed pounds and then consistently logged on to a specially designed Internet site for weight maintenance were better able to maintain a significant portion of their weight loss than people ...
3 convicted killers escape in Arizona
CNN
The Arizona Department of Corrections and the Flagstaff Police said on Saturday that the three disappeared from a medium-security facility and are considered to be armed and dangerous.
Chavez orders troops to border
CNN
(CNN) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has deployed troops to areas near the Colombian border and says he is reviewing plans for a potential war as tension between the two nations rises.
Abducted journalists freed in Mexico
CNN
(CNN) -- Two journalists kidnapped earlier this week by armed gunmen in Gomez Palacio, Mexico, were freed by their captors unharmed Saturday, according to the state-run news agency Notimex.
Conrad Black writes about freedom
C News
Former media mogul Conrad Black was released from prison on bond pending the outcome of his appeal, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision on the "honest services" law, an appeals court ruled. (John ...
NASA robot to tweet from space
C News
Kanye West isn't the only celebrity that joined Twitter this week. NASA's Robonaut 2, or R2, is getting ready to work on the International Space Station in November but it's already tweeting about pr...
Pakistan plays down Cameron row
BBC
Pakistan says it expects "fruitful" talks between its president and David Cameron despite the prime minister's comments over its alleged terror links.
Prior guides England towards win
BBC
England are on course for a resounding victory in the first Test after a century from Matt Prior and three early wickets in Pakistan's second innings.Prior, who came to the crease at 72-5, made 102 no...
Blackpool promise to pay bonuses
BBC
Blackpool's players have been reassured that they will be paid bonuses they were promised for winning promotion to the Premier League.Some players are believed to have been promised as much as £...
More civilian deaths in Kashmir
BBC
Protesters gathered in several places to defy an indefinite curfew imposed by the Indian authorities in all major towns across the Kashmir valley.
Labour 'could be out for years'
BBC
The five candidates are David and Ed Miliband, Diane Abbott, Ed Balls and Andy Burnham Voting takes place from 16 August to 22 September Winner announced at party conference on 25 September Labo...
Silent march for Love Parade dead
BBC
A silent march and mass balloon release have taken place in Duisberg to honour 21 people who died, and the more than 500 injured at last weekend's Love Parade dance festival.
Calif. Wildfire Two-Thirds Contained
CBS News
(AP) Latest Update 12:23 p.m. ET Fire crews working through the night beat back flames and built containment lines around a two-day old wildfire that charred nearly 22 square miles of brush in the ...
Russian Army to Battle Deadly Wildfires
CBS News
(AP) Russia sent the army on Saturday to battle wildfires that have killed at least 28 people and were threatening dozens of towns and villages. Thick smoke and ash slowed firefighting efforts and tho...
Salazar Tours Rigs in Gulf, Keeps Drill Ban
CBS News
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, looks at blowout preventer controls as he tours the Murphy Front Runner deep water oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana on Wednesday.
FDIC Shuts Banks in Fla., Ga., Ore., Wash.
CBS News
(AP) Regulators on Friday shut banks in Florida, Georgia, Oregon and Washington, lifting to 108 the number of U.S. banks to fail this year as the industry has struggled to cope with mounting loan defa...
Black box found in Pak plane crash wreckage
Daily Star
Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder yesterday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said.An analysis of the d...
Bad first impressions for Phils, Oswalt
Philadelphia Daily News
WASHINGTON - No doubt, Roy Oswalt heard a lot of great things about the Phillies during the long-distance sales pitch he got by telephone from Brad Lidge, a teammate for seven years with the Houston A...
Pair kidnapped and tortured him, Kensington bizman says
Philadelphia Daily News
Arek Krol peered at the trembling, shirtless man who was trying to get his attention about noon yesterday outside Andy's Auto Service in Holmesburg. Probably just a crackhead, Krol thought to himself...
Eagles Notebook: Eagles trade Mays to Broncos
Philadelphia Daily News
BETHLEHEM - After the draft and free agency, it was hard to see how Joe Mays fit into the Eagles' crowded linebacking picture. Turns out he didn't. The Eagles traded Mays to the Denver Broncos last ...
Snooki arrested in Seaside Heights for disorderly conduct
Philadelphia Daily News
"Jersey Shore" cast member Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi leaves the Seaside Heights Police Department after being detained Friday. Police Chief Thomas Boyd said Polizzi was arrested at around 3:25 p.m. and ...
Man stabbed to death saving little bro
New York Post
A Queens man was stabbed in the heart last night while trying to rescue his little brother from a group of knife wielding thugs on a J train platform.Dario Paiva, 27, raced to his brother Khristian&rs...
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