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Hole in Fuselage Forces Qantas Jet to Land (25 July 07:35) |
| A Qantas airliner en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne was forced to land in Manila when the cabin decompressed after what passengers described as a loud bang.
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At Least 47 Dead in Congo Boat Accident (25 July 06:50) |
| At least 100 people are still missing after a motorized boat sank in Congo, officials said.
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Damaged Qantas Jet Makes Emergency Stop in Manila (25 July 05:24) |
| A Qantas flight to Australia from London stopped in Manila after a hole appeared in the Boeing 747-400’s fuselage.
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Blasts Kill 1 in Bangalore (25 July 04:56) |
| Police said it was too early to speculate on who was responsible for at least seven low-intensity roadside explosions that went off in this southern Indian city.
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Labor Party Suffers Defeat in Scotland (25 July 01:15) |
| In one of its worst electoral setbacks in years, Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s Labor Party suffered a huge and surprising defeat in a Scottish by-election.
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Boy Kills 9-Year-Old at Suriname School (25 July 12:35) |
| Police say a boy stabbed and killed a 9-year-old girl in front of her classmates and teacher at an elementary school in Suriname.
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British Judge Rules Tabloid Report Tying Grand Prix Boss to ‘Orgy’ Violated Privacy (25 July 11:35) |
| A judge ruled for Max Mosley, the overseer of grand prix motor racing, in his privacy suit over a British tabloid’s story about a sadomasochistic “orgy” with a Nazi theme.
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News Analysis: Obama, Vague on Issues, Pleases Crowd in Europe (25 July 11:12) |
| Many Europeans see Barack Obama’s candidacy as a sign of hope for a more flexible, less ideological America. Governments and politicians are not so sure.
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News Analysis: Obama, Vague on Issues, Pleases Crowds in Europe (25 July 09:28) |
| Many Europeans see Barack Obama’s candidacy as a sign of hope for a more flexible, less ideological America. Governments and politicians are not so sure.
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Afghan Soldiers Battle Taliban as NATO Leader Warns of Perils to Nation’s Stability (25 July 09:12) |
| Fierce fighting broke out in southern Afghanistan when scores of Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan Army convoy on the main highway south of the capital.
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1976 Hijacker Returns to Freedom in Croatia, Leaving a Wake of Outrage (25 July 08:52) |
| Zvonko Busic led a group that planted a bomb at Grand Central Terminal that later exploded, killing a city police officer.
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World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Troops to Leave Separatist Region in Georgia (25 July 08:05) |
| Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it would remove by August 400 soldiers sent to repair railroads in Abkhazia, a separatist region in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Reuters repor... |
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: New Case of Fast-Moving Polio Is Found (25 July 08:04) |
| The confirmation that the strain of polio was found in an 8-month-old boy in the southern port city of Karachi brings the total cases in the country this year to 18.
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World Briefing | Asia: China: 3 Quakes Rattle Western Region, Killing One (25 July 08:03) |
| The earthquakes struck the same region where an earthquake killed nearly 70,000 people two and a half months ago.
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World Briefing | United Nations: South African Judge Is Named for Human Rights Post (25 July 08:02) |
| The United Nations secretary general named a South African judge, Navanethem Pillay, as the next high commissioner for human rights.
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World Briefing | Africa: Zimbabwe: Negotiations Begin Between Rival Parties (25 July 07:59) |
| Two senior opposition officials and two Zimbabwean cabinet ministers were leading the negotiations after the opposition boycotted the June election because of violence.
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U.S. Expands Visa Program for Iraqi Allies (25 July 07:39) |
| The 10-fold expansion of a system to help threatened Iraqi employees obtain U.S. visas and ultimately citizenship comes after criticism over delays.
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News Analysis: Obama Gets Europe’s Ear, Pleasing Crowds Without Specifics (25 July 07:38) |
| Many Europeans see Barack Obama’s candidacy as a sign of hope for a more flexible, less ideological America. European governments and politicians are not so sure.
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British Tabloid Loses Suit Over Nazi ‘Orgy’ Article (25 July 07:36) |
| A judge ruled for Max Mosley, the overseer of grand prix motor racing, in his privacy suit over a British tabloid’s story about a sadomasochistic “orgy” with a Nazi theme.
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Serb Leader’s Capture Brings Little Solace at Site of Killings in Bosnia (25 July 07:36) |
| In Srebrenica, locals said they had little faith in a legal process undertaken by the United Nations tribunal 13 years after the hunt for Radovan Karadzic began.
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Obama, in Berlin, Calls for Renewal of Ties With Allies (25 July 07:20) |
| Senator Barack Obama introduced himself as a leader who could summon other nations to join the United States in confronting the world’s next challenges.
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State Department Inspector to Investigate Texas Oil Company’s Deal in Kurdistan (25 July 07:19) |
| The department’s internal watchdog will investigate allegations that officials did nothing to stop a deal that undermined both American policy and the Iraqi central government.
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House Passes Broader Plan to Fight AIDS (25 July 07:10) |
| The House voted Thursday to triple financing to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, giving new life to a program credited with saving or prolonging millions of lives in Africa alone.
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4 Fall to Deaths Near Mont Blanc (25 July 07:10) |
| A Dutch woman watched her husband and three children fall to their deaths on Thursday while they were climbing near Europe’s highest peak, Italian rescuers said.
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Argentine Ex-Army Chief Gets Life Sentence in ‘Dirty War’ Crimes (25 July 07:10) |
| Luciano Benjamín Menéndez was sentenced for atrocities committed in 1977 at a clandestine torture center where only 17 of more than 2,200 political prisoners survived.
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8 Die in Iraq in Suicide Bombing, Apparently by Woman (25 July 07:07) |
| The huge blast on one of Baquba’s main thoroughfares that killed a pro-American Sunni militia leader among others was initially thought to be the result of a car bomb.
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From the Erotic Domain, an Aerobic Trend in China (25 July 06:52) |
| A growing number of Chinese women are experimenting with the country’s news, and most controversial, fitness activity: pole dancing.
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Israel Moves Toward Building More Settler Homes (25 July 05:33) |
| An Israeli defense committee has approved the construction of 22 homes in a barely populated West Bank settlement, a move that angered Palestinians.
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Iraqi Athletes ‘Unlikely’ to Be at Olympics (25 July 04:43) |
| Iraq’s refusal to reinstate its official Olympic committee in time to officially submit the names of Iraqi competitors has left most its athletes without a shot of participating in the gam... |
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Israel Moves Closer to Building More Settler Homes (25 July 03:31) |
| An Israeli Defense Ministry-linked committee has approved the construction of 22 new homes in a barely populated West Bank settlement, a move that angered Palestinians.
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In Gray Gaza, New Museum Will Display Dazzling Past (25 July 03:29) |
| The opening of Gaza’s first museum of archaeology will show how the increasingly poor and isolated coastal strip was once a thriving multicultural crossroad.
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Obama Speaks to Germany on European Ties (25 July 01:19) |
| In Berlin, Senator Barack Obama implored America and Europe to bridge differences and rekindle old alliances to restore global stability and security.
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Battle in Southern Afghanistan Leaves 35 Dead (25 July 12:39) |
| Fierce fighting broke out in southern Afghanistan when scores of Taliban insurgents attacked an Afghan Army convoy on the main highway south of the capital.
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Suicide Bomber Kills 8 Guards in Iraq (25 July 12:28) |
| Iraqi police say at least eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a checkpoint manned by U.S.-allied Sunni guards northeast of Baghdad.
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Israel Approves More Settler Homes (24 July 11:03) |
| An Israeli Defense Ministry-linked committee has approved the construction of 22 new homes in a barely populated West Bank settlement, a move that angered Palestinians.
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Mosley Wins Suit Against Tabloid (24 July 07:10) |
| A judge ruled for Max Mosley, the overseer of grand prix motor racing, in his privacy suit over a British tabloid’s story about a sadomasochistic “orgy” with a Nazi theme.
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China Presses Hush Money on Grieving Parents (24 July 06:28) |
| Local governments have begun a campaign to buy the silence of parents whose children died in the earthquake.
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Plan Would Use Antiterror Aid in Pakistan on Attack Jets (24 July 06:15) |
| The Bush administration plans to shift nearly $230 million to upgrading Pakistan’s F-16s, which critics say are not used in counterterrorism efforts.
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China Presses Grieving Parents to Take Hush Money (24 July 04:40) |
| Local governments in Sichuan Province have begun a coordinated campaign to buy the silence of angry parents whose children died during the May earthquake.
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Turkey Bombs 13 Kurdish Targets in Northern Iraq (24 July 04:20) |
| The warplanes attacked rebel targets late Wednesday in the Zab region, near the Turkish border, the military said in a statement posted on its Web site.
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Max Mosley Wins Privacy Case (24 July 02:45) |
| The motor racing boss Max Mosley won a landmark case when a judge ruled that The News of the World had violated his privacy with a story about his part in an orgy.
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Sudanese Leader Mounts Charm Offensive (24 July 01:56) |
| Sudan’s president returned to the scene of his alleged Darfur genocide on an uncharacteristic charm offensive.
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Explosion on Philippine Bus (24 July 11:30) |
| A Philippine military spokesman says a bomb has exploded in a bus in the country’s south, killing at least three people.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Argentina: Cabinet Chief Replaced (24 July 10:25) |
| Argentina’s embattled president, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, replaced her cabinet chief after a crushing defeat last week over farm policy.
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World Briefing | Europe: Switzerland: Libya Trips Discouraged (24 July 10:23) |
| Switzerland warned its citizens not to travel to Libya, saying the country had been retaliating since the Swiss police arrested the son of the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.
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World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Pair Sentenced in Faked Death (24 July 10:22) |
| A court in northern England imposed jail terms on a canoeist and his wife who faked the canoeist’s death to pay off $500,000 in property debts with fraudulent life insurance and pension cl... |
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World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Venezuela Offers to Host Bases (24 July 10:21) |
| President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela said his country would be willing to host Russian bases there, the Russian news agency Interfax reported.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Guatemala: Stolen Girl Tied to Adoption (24 July 10:19) |
| Adoption officials said DNA tests indicated that a Guatemalan baby reported stolen from her mother was being adopted by an American couple.
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Bush Ex-Official Says Corrupt Afghans and a Hesitant Military Hinder Drug Fight (24 July 09:59) |
| The combined failure of Afghan and American efforts to fight narcotics has turned Afghanistan into a virtual narco-state, according to a former Bush administration official.
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St.-Émilion Journal: Ruling Turns a Village of Winemakers on Itself (24 July 09:15) |
| Families in a village that produces some of Bordeaux’s finest wines has been have been set against one another by a court ruling challenging the way their wines were classified.
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