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Seven bombs explode in Bangalore business district
Barcelona News.Net
Seven bombs have gone off in the southern Indian city of Bangalore.
Rice says Pakistan needs to work more against Taliban
Barcelona News.Net
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has told reporters that Pakistan should do a lot more to prevent Taliban militants launching attacks on Afghanistan.
US security agency investigates nuclear breach
Barcelona News.Net
National Security Agency experts in the US are looking into why three ballistic missile crew members in North Dakota fell asleep this month, while in charge of nuclear devices.
Qantas flight makes emergency stop in Philippines
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
In this photo released by the Media Affairs Division of the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Manila, Qantas pilot Capt. John Francis Bartels looks at the right wing damaged fuselage of Qantas...
Obama says Europeans have anti-US feelings
Barcelona News.Net
Barack Obama has asked European leaders to refocus on the campaign against terrorism.
Iraq bomber targets friends of the US
Barcelona News.Net
In Iraq, a female suicide bomber has blown herself up in Baquba, killing at least eight people and wounding another twenty four.
US State Department employee accuses Karzai of drug involvement
Barcelona News.Net
A former US narcotics official has accused Afghan President Hamid Karzai of obstructing efforts to tackle his country's drugs problem.
US House fails to pass oil bill
Barcelona News.Net
The US House of Representatives has not passed the legislation which would have required the government to sell 70 million barrels of light sweet crude oil from the national stockpile.
Concern builds on Jewish plans for housing on West Bank
Barcelona News.Net
There is deep concern over Israeli plans to construct a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank.
US shifts anti-terrorism push in Pakistan
Barcelona News.Net
The United States has said it will be shifting hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan.
Indian struggle for religious structure leads to violence
Barcelona News.Net
In India, at least three people have been killed and dozens injured when an eviction drive by government officials turned into a communal clash.
New home sales drop 0.6 percent in June
New York Post
Sales of new homes fell in June for the seventh time in the past eight months, more proof that the worst housing slump in decades is getting deeper.
Stocks advance on upbeat economic reports
New York Post
Upbeat economic data lifted stocks Friday, placating a market pummeled a day earlier by concerns about housing and the financial sector.
South Texas begins cleanup after Hurricane Dolly
New York Post
Business at reopened restaurants was humming, grocery store parking lots were packed and residents of south Texas were venturing out on the newly dry roads again as the...
Olympic ticket sale in Beijing starts stampede
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Thousands of eager fans who had waited for up to two days swarmed sales windows Friday for the final batch of tickets to next month's Olympic Games, knocking people to the ground and...
Qantas jet lands with gaping hole in fuselage
New York Post
A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent...
Housing rescue on track to pass Senate by Saturday
New York Post
The Senate cleared the last hurdle Friday to passing a housing rescue aimed at sparing hundreds of thousands of homeowners from foreclosure and bolstering troubled mortgage giants...
We must deal with settler
Haaretz
The outgoing commander of the Samaria Brigade, Col. Amir Baram, last month told Israel Defense Forces and legal officials that efforts should be made to "deal with provocateurs" among settlement...
China says has more people surfing the Web than US
New York Post
China's booming Internet population has surpassed the United States to become the world's biggest, with 253 million people online despite government controls on Web use, according to...
Paparazzi, guards, fight at Jolie chateau
New York Post
French police say camouflaged paparazzi who managed to get onto the grounds of Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt's chateau in southern France on Thursday fought with the Hollywood couple's guards. Both...
A race that can only be won at a snail
New Zealand Herald
Photo / Northern Advocate This may be the world's slowest race, but there is no shortage of competitive zeal when it comes to snail racing. Cries of excitement erupt from the crowd as the competitors...
Swedish company pulls baby bikini
KeralaNext
STOCKHOLM, Swedish clothing company Ellos has pulled two-piece bikinis designed for baby girls and apologized for the products after widespread protests.
Net-savvy before age 6
New Zealand Herald
Children in one in five Australian households are surfing the net before their 6th birthday and 30 per cent of young people are never supervised online, says a report on internet use. The Sensis...

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