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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page The US News.com http://www.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:06:13 -0400 30 The US government is concerned a Supreme Court ruling about the legal rights of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, could see suspected terrorists walking free. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378410/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:17 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378410/cs/1/ At least eight policemen have been in a Taliban insurgent attack on a check post in southern Afghanistan, while three suspected rebels were held for weapons smuggling in the southwest. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378409/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:14:15 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378409/cs/1/ The most senior judge in the UK, Lord Phillips has inflamed an existing controversy by saying that Muslims in Britain should be able to live according to Sharia law. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378408/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:12:43 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378408/cs/1/ The Chinese government has told the Dalai Lama they will not hold further talks with him unless he publicly declares that the activists of Tibetan Youth Congress should not disturb the Beijing Olympic Games. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378407/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:10:41 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378407/cs/1/ Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has become a controversial figure almost overnight with his latest comments on Iraq. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378249/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:25:34 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378249/cs/1/ People magazine in the US has reported that Thomas Beatie, who was born a woman but lives as a man due to hormone treatment, has given birth to a girl at an Oregon hospital. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378251/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:40:11 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378251/cs/1/ US President George Bush has said he will attend the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378250/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:30:32 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378250/cs/1/ U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain is meeting with Mexican President Felipe Calderon Thursday on the final leg of a three-day trip to Latin America. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378227/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:41:23 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378227/cs/1/ Michael Scheuer’s new work “Marching Toward Hell” is very clear with its overall purpose of exposing where American interests have gone wrong in their interactions with the various peoples, beliefs, and religions of the Middle East. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378245/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 21:30:02 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378245/cs/1/ Around two hundred Zimbabweans have sought refuge at the US embassy in Harare. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378248/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:23:11 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378248/cs/1/ In the US, an internal State Department report suggests celebrities may have had their privacy breached by employees. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378247/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:19:42 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378247/cs/1/ A car bomb has exploded near one of Baghdad's major hospitals, killing four people and wounding 10. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378246/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:17:37 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378246/cs/1/ A British minister says Muslims in Britain 'feel like the Jews of Europe' and related how he has been targeted for physical attacks. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378466/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:01:04 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378466/cs/1/ All nine defendants in Austria's biggest banking scandal BAWAG fraud case were given prison terms Friday, with the bank's former CEO getting the maximum sentence of nine and a half years in jail. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378431/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:01:11 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378431/cs/1/ Zimbabwe Friday voluntarily offered to withdraw from the World Twenty20 tournament to be held in England in 2009, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC) Friday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378391/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:00:24 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378391/cs/1/ Singer Annie Lennox is the latest artist linked to the next James Bond movie's title song. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378355/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:01:11 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378355/cs/1/ Oscar winning actor Forrest Whitaker was mobbed at the Eiffel Tower and the security was forced to shut it down so that he could see it in peace. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378348/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:57 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378348/cs/1/ Country singer Kenny Chesney was so depressed after his brief marriage to Renee Zellweger ended that he couldn't write songs or perform for fans. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378347/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:54 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378347/cs/1/ The Oasis lead singer Noel Gallagher was upset when his partner Sara McDonald told him that the title he wanted to give to his new album was a Geri Halliwell hit. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378340/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:26 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378340/cs/1/ Troubled supermodel Naomi Campbell was snubbed by rapper Jay-Z at a party thrown in London to launch the champagne Armand De Brignac. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378338/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:16 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378338/cs/1/ Minsk/At least 50 people were injured when a bomb went off early Friday in Belarus' capital Minsk during a concert celebrating Independence Day, officials said. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378306/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:01:16 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378306/cs/1/ Ministers from eight South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) countries have resolved to work together to build regional capacity for mitigating the impacts of climate change and consult each other before international negotiations. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378298/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:00:37 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378298/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 (Xinhua) US Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has said that he will 'refine' his Iraq policy, but pledged not to change his basic policy position on the issue. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378283/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:00:56 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378283/cs/1/ The Williams sisters lined up in a third Wimbledon final while veteran outsider Rainer Schuettler won a marathon to reach a semi-final against Rafael Nadal at the Wimbledon Championships Thursday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378256/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 22:00:44 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378256/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : An international team of researchers has determined that species over the years have come and gone at different rates than previously believed. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378467/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:01:06 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378467/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has been branded a "flip-flopper" by the rival Republican Party in the context of the timetable withdrawal of American troops from Iraq. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378453/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:00:26 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378453/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : A new research into the creation of Kankakee Sand Islands of Northwest Indiana is lending support to evidence that the first humans to settle the Americas came from Europe, a discovery that overturns a previous theory that hypothesized that the Americans had come from Asia. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378337/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:00:10 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378337/cs/1/ Washington, July 4 : Actor Morgan Freeman has been roped in to play former South African leader Nelson Mandela in a new film about the 1995 Rugby World Cup. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378327/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:20 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378327/cs/1/ London, July 4 : An Indian woman has become the world's oldest mother after giving birth to twins - at the age of 70. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378324/cs/1/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:13 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378324/cs/1/ Police in London have been shocked at a frenzied attack on two French students. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378244/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:15:57 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378244/cs/1/ Britain says it will double assistance to Pakistan to secure the trouble-plagued border, which is shared with Afghanistan. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378243/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:13:12 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378243/cs/1/ Eight people have been arrested in Cuba, in an action against opponents of the communist government. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378242/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:09:34 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378242/cs/1/ Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on says he will establish anti-corruption legislation by next year. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378241/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:07:49 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378241/cs/1/ India's Leander Paes and his Czech partner Lukas Dlouhy moved to the semi-finals of the Wimbledon men's double event here Thursday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378238/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:36 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378238/cs/1/ International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday named former West Indies captain Clive Lloyd as the new chairman of the high-profile ICC Cricket Committee. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378235/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:00:29 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378235/cs/1/ The family of a 30-year old East Jerusalem man who went amok Wenesday with a bulldozer, killing three people, say he was not a terrorist. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378228/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:06:31 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378228/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) failed to reach consensus Thursday on the fate of Zimbabwe's membership and decided to take a last call Friday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378225/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:42 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378225/cs/1/ Four-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams cleared the penultimate hurdle towards a possible return to the trophy as she defeated fifth seed Elena Dementieva 6-1, 7-6 (7-3) in their Thursday semi-final. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378224/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:40 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378224/cs/1/ The International Cricket Council (ICC) is awaiting a security report of the ongoing Asia Cup in Pakistan before it can take any decision on holding the Champions Trophy there in September. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378208/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:01:01 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378208/cs/1/ Top Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, chasing for a British Open berth, got off to a flying start at the European Open with a superb card of four-under 68 for a tied second after the first round at the London Golf Club here Thursday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378206/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:54 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378206/cs/1/ In a major victory for Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the International Cricket Council (ICC) Thursday changed the result of the controversial Oval Test in 2006 from an England win to a draw. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378205/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:00:40 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378205/cs/1/ It was a proud and unthinkable moment for about two score women scavengers from remote parts of India who staged a catwalk with prominent fashion models in front of the representatives of over 150 countries at the United Nations headquarters here Wednesday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378178/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:01:00 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378178/cs/1/ Pakistan's hockey chief Thursday promised to host an international tournament next summer in the memory of former premier Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated last year. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378186/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:28 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378186/cs/1/ India's long distance runners won three gold medals at the BMC Gold Race meet held at Watford on the outskirts of London. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378172/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:50 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378172/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 (Xinhua) Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Shah Qureshi would visit the UN headquarters in New York Tuesday for consultations with the world body for probe into the assassination of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, an official said Thursday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378158/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:00:17 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378158/cs/1/ Warsaw, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Poland and the US have reached an agreement on the deployment of an American missile base in Poland, a Polish TV channel reported. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378150/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:50 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378150/cs/1/ India and the Arab League Thursday discussed issues relating to the Middle East in a meeting External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee held with Arab League chief Amr Moussa. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378149/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:46 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378149/cs/1/ Indian companies are in the top league of foreign investors in Britain, according to government figures published Thursday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378147/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:04:34 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378147/cs/1/ London, July 3 (DPA) With his Wimbledon over and the US Open less than two months away, Lleyton Hewitt is determined to find a solution to the left hip tear problem that has compromised his season - even if it means missing several months through a possible operation. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378138/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:03:51 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378138/cs/1/ London, July 3 (DPA) Methodical Swiss champion Roger Federer is taking a long-term view about his Wimbledon chances. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378137/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:03:46 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378137/cs/1/ The Colombian security forces may have freed Ingrid Betancourt from the captivity of Colombia's largest leftist insurgency group, but French President Nicolas Sarkozy seems to have won a political victory from the undercover operation. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378135/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:03:35 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378135/cs/1/ Moscow, July 3 (RIA Novosti) Russia has said it is ready to talk with Japan over territorial issues but insisted that its sovereignty over the southern Kuril islands north of Japan is unquestionable. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378127/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:02:38 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378127/cs/1/ The pressure had built at this edition of Wimbledon for Andy Murray. But it's all a part of the game now for no-stress home hero. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378117/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:01:20 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378117/cs/1/ By Sandeep Datta http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378112/cs/1/ Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:00:09 -0400 The US News.com http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/378112/cs/1/ Seven killed, five others missing after two canoes ran over dam in Slovenia Two people swam ashore after boats broke up but one died Friday in hospital Accident happened near Sevnica, 90 km southeast ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966195/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:02 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966195/ told reporters at the conclusion of the council's executive board meeting. "There was not even a discussion on the issue of Zimbabwe's membership," he said. The ICC Executive B... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966046/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:42 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966046/ The Dubai Institute of Technology, a new member of the International Network for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (INSME) will host the 2009 INSME Annual Meeting in http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966067/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:22:42 -0400 Select Property http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966067/ An international delegation has found that complaints about logging near Tasmania's south-west Wilderness World Heritage Area are largely unfounded. In March the United Nations World Heritage Centre ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964994/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:51:50 -0400 ABC Australia http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964994/ The rockets and closure are violations of a June 19 cease-fire. Since then, the army says 11 rockets and mortars have been fired toward Israel. The cargo crossings have been closed for a total of seve... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966361/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:26 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966361/ PARIS (AP) — Ingrid Betancourt, freed from captivity and humiliation in the jungles of Colombia, returns to her beloved France and a hero's welcome Friday in the gilded halls of the presidential ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966362/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:27 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966362/ 100 years after explosion in Siberia, no conclusions what caused it Theories include meteor, UFO or angry gods No conclusive evidence to support any theory http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966196/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:42:01 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966196/ in a mouthwatering semi-final with an historic sixth successive Wimbledon title tantalisngly within his grasp. It should be a stroll. After all he is the world number one and top seed while Safi... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966068/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:30:41 -0400 Yahoo! News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15966068/ But with finance ministers and central bankers absent, they will probably make little headway. A German government source said while inflation was on the agenda, the G8 chiefs would not make interest ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965365/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:49:10 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965365/ PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Al Qaeda-linked militants have abducted two Pakistani journalists who the militants accused of snooping on their members and positions near the Afghan border. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965367/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:49:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965367/ BAGHDAD (AP) — Syria has returned a marble artifact to Iraq that was stolen from one of the country's archaeological sites. The marble block roughly 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall and 1 1/2 feet (ha... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964998/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:47:17 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964998/ Joe Calzaghe has vacated his WBC super-middleweight title to free him up for a potential fight with Roy Jones Jr at light-heavyweight later in the year. He has given up the title rather than take t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964992/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:16:15 -0400 BBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964992/ FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Democrat Barack Obama has found himself struggling to explain how his upcoming trip to Iraq might refine, but not basically alter, his promise to quickly remove U.S. combat troops. ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964996/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:41:06 -0400 K8 http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964996/ BAGHDAD — The Iraqi government on Thursday ordered that campaign materials in upcoming provincial elections can only feature pictures of candidates, in an apparent attempt to keep followers of a... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964993/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:26:13 -0400 The Seattle Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964993/ Jul 4 2008 Media Wales GUNMEN have killed eight police officers at a checkpoint in southern Afghanistan. Kandahar’s police chief Sumanwal Matiullah said the gunmen threw a grenade at the ch... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964473/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:20 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964473/ LONDON -- Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. The daily said ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964990/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:39:26 -0400 Inquirer http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964990/ Berlin - Speaking just hours before the inauguration of a new US embassy in Berlin, Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier called Friday for the United States and Europe to unite on new is... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964975/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:29:31 -0400 Earth Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964975/ Anti-World Youth Day t-shirts are selling fast, following the NSW government's ban on 'annoying' pilgrims. Take a look at some of the most popular slogans. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963257/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:19 -0400 SBS http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963257/ LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks slipped back towards this week's five-month low on Friday as oil prices near record highs kept inflation concerns alive a day after the European Central Bank raised int... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964988/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:59 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964988/ Jul 4 2008 Media Wales AN Illinois woman says her beloved miniature dachshund gnawed off her right big toe while she was asleep. Linda Floyd told the Alton Telegraph for a story Wednesday that he... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964471/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:17 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964471/ LiveGambler, an online casino based out of Jaco Beach, Costa Rica scoured the world for the best partners to help them launch and grow their business. “When it came to affiliate marketing there ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964995/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:54 -0400 PR Web http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964995/ A U.S. report said 43 U.S. soldiers of Native Hawaiian or Pacific Island origin have been killed in the Iraq war, Radio New Zealand International reported on Friday. The report, compiled by the U.S. S... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963186/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:07:39 -0400 People's Daily http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963186/ Jul 4 2008 Media Wales RELATIVES of an Irishman killed by police in the US state of Oregon viewed the body and said he was shot at least seven times. Andrew James Hanlon’s brother-in-law sa... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964472/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:10:18 -0400 IC Wales http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964472/ WASHINGTON - An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed and urges new ac... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963924/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:01:56 -0400 MSNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963924/ WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday that a shake-up in the leadership of his campaign was part of a "natural evolution" as the organization becomes more ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965736/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:20:22 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15965736/ MOSCOW - Bloomberg Russian President Dmitry Medvedev plans to lock up rights to ship natural gas from three Caspian Sea nations that control 3.3 percent of the world's reserves as competition for the ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963215/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:57:09 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963215/ FARGO, N.D. – Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying Thursday that he would consult with military... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963254/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:11:46 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963254/ The manuscript of the song whose lyrics were written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831 could be worth tens of thousands of dollars, said the owner, art collector Keya Morgan. He said he bought it from t... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963240/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:51:18 -0400 CNN http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963240/ ANKARA - Turkish Daily News The United States' second highest ranking military officer yesterday held meetings with Turkish military officials at the General Staff and discussed a number of issues inc... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963258/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:58:31 -0400 Turkish Daily News http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963258/ Popular online gambling community WassOnline has expanded its potential audience and become one of the first online gambling communities to make its site fully W3C compatible. Basford, England ( http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964999/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:21:58 -0400 PR Web http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964999/ MOSCOW (Reuters) - Georgia's breakaway republic of South Ossetia on Friday mobilized reservists and threatened to use heavy weapons against Georgian forces after two people were killed in heavy exchan... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963765/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 05:06:38 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963765/ FARGO, North Dakota (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama waded into controversy on Thursday over his plans to withdraw U.S. combat troops from Iraq, first saying he might "refine... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963253/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:42:08 -0400 Reuters http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963253/ Sgt. Brian Bernardi of the Louisville Metro Police Department talks about the department's new crime tip text messaging system at the tip center in Louisville http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964306/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:40:40 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964306/ WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal State Department investigative report suggests that employees may have been snooping on the passport records of celebrities far more than previously disclosed. It ur... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964307/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:40:39 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15964307/ Stephano Balcer deals a hand during the first day of the main event at the World Series of Poker at the Rio hotel and casino in Las Vegas. More than 1,000 players paid the $10,000 seat charge for a ch... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963260/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:36:29 -0400 MSNBC http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15963260/ THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dispatched a team of detectives abroad to track the N19.5 billion Aviation Fund which is now subject of probe in the Senate. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960562/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:02:46 -0400 All Africa http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960562/ Ten thousand smelly sneakers were cause for celebration in Washington July 2. They set a world record for the longest chain of shoes, while teaching kids about recycling. A national children's magaz... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960660/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:26 -0400 VOA http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960660/ WASHINGTON -- The White House confirmed Thursday that President Bush would attend the Beijing Olympics opening ceremonies next month, despite human rights concerns that have led to boycotts by his co... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962731/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:13 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962731/ New Zealand's monthly commodity price gauge remained near record high levels in June, despite further declines for world dairy prices.The ANZ Commodity Price Index was virtually unchanged in terms of ... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960661/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:40:37 -0400 New Zealand Herald http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960661/ The Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, after ruling that the Congolese rebel militia leader accused of recruiting child soldiers... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962409/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:02 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962409/ MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian health officials say more than 50 people have been injured in a bomb explosion at an outdoor concert in the capital of Minsk. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960621/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:29:46 -0400 USA Today http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960621/ A 69-YEAR-OLD former prostitute dubbed the "Black Widow" by the German press has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of four wealthy but frail elderly male companions. Lydia Lassen-Berge... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961594/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:39:33 -0400 News.com.au http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961594/ By Crispian Balmer Paris - A French judge has ordered US carrier Continental Airlines and five individuals to stand trial for the 2000 crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people, a pros... http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962118/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:27:29 -0400 IOL http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15962118/ NEW DELHI: India's top women's shuttler Saina Nehwal received a major boost ahead of the Beijing Olympics in August as she cracked the top-20 singles ranking for the first time in her career. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960674/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:33:07 -0400 KeralaNext http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15960674/ YANGON, Myanmar (AP) -- A ferry sank in a river in Myanmar's cyclone-battered Irrawaddy delta, killing nearly 40 people, state-media reported Friday. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961729/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:22:55 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961729/ QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) -- A bomb exploded on a busy street in the southwestern Pakistan city of Quetta on Friday, killing a 4-year old girl and wounding 11 other people. http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961732/ Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:22:50 -0400 Tampa Bay Online http://story.theusnews.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/15961732/