The police are due to release images of 14 people they want to speak to in connection with rioting in north Belfast.

The first session of Friday's practice is about to get under way for the Hungarian Grand Prix.

The UK's leading music festival promoter is to give extra safety information after two alleged rapes at this month's Latitude Festival.

Violence erupts in the Bangladeshi capital as thousands of garment workers protest over a government-backed wage increase that fell short of their demands.

A consortium headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing agrees to buy the UK arm of French power group EDF for £5.8bn ($9.1bn).

BA reveals a steep quarterly loss of £164m after being hit by cabin crew strikes and disruption caused by the volcanic ash cloud.

Ha'aretz
Palestinians Hold to Preconditions for Peace Talks
TIME
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, left, talks with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassem al-Thani during an Arab foreign ministers meeting at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
French Baby Killer: Daughters In Shock
Sky News
The two adult daughters of a Frenchwoman who confessed to suffocating eight of her newborn babies and hiding their bodies have said they are in shock and "didn't notice anything". To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your ...
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Two 12-year-old boys who were swept out to sea and an 18-year-old who tried to rescue them are pulled to safety.

Hundreds of amateur musicians have set the sights and sounds of Yorkshire to music.

Samsung Electronics reports record quarterly profits thanks to higher sales of smartphones and components such as memory chips.

msnbc.com
Lebanon hosts rare Arab leader summit
AFP
BEIRUT — Lebanon on Friday hosts a rare summit of regional leaders aimed at defusing tensions over reports of an impending indictment against Hezbollah members for the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri. The meeting between Lebanese President Michel ...
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Syrian and Saudi leaders pledge support for LebanonBBC News
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Boston Globe
Officials: Floods Kill At Least 267 In Pakistan
NPR
by AP Enlarge AP Pakistani villagers move to a safe place from a flood hit village near Nowshera, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. Rivers burst their banks during monsoon rains, washing away streets, battering a dam and killing at least 60 people ...
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Los Angeles Times
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban 'hunting down informants'
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The Taliban has issued a warning to Afghans whose names might appear on the leaked Afghanistan war logs as informers for the Nato-led coalition. By Robert Winnett in Washington In an interview with Channel 4 News, Zabihullah Mujahid, ...
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The family of a soldier killed in Afghanistan pay tribute ahead of his funeral, calling him "brave, courageous and loyal".

Animal welfare groups in Greece are calling for the closure of the country's first dolphinarium and urging schools not to visit the attraction.

Andy Murray survives a second-set wobble to beat Tim Smyczek 6-1 4-6 6-2 and book his place in the Farmers Classic quarter-finals in Los Angeles.

The singapore trial of UK author Alan Shadrake - for defamation and contempt of court over a book on the death penaly - opens and is adjourned.

Globe and Mail
'Abbas to give negotiations green light by September'
Ynetnews
Western diplomats estimate Palestinian president to reverse position, agree to direct talks within month. 'What he says in public is not necessarily what he says in private,' official source states Even though the Arab League agreed in principle to ...
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The Guardian
I murdered 8 babies because I had too many kids
Mirror.co.uk
To neighbours in their tiny, idyllic French village they were pillars of the community - polite, courteous, helpful and kind. Mum-of-two Dominique Cottrez, 45, cared for the sick and dying through her job as a nursing ...
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