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. ...
'Abbas to give negotiations green light by September'Ynetnews
Arab League Supports Abbas on TalksNew York Times
Arab League endorses direct talksJerusalem Post
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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 ...
Baby killings shock FranceAljazeera.net
Details emerge in French baby killing caseBBC News
French woman said to confess to killing 8 babiesLos Angeles Times
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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 ...
Key events in Lebanon-Syria ties since 2005GulfNews
Syrian and Saudi leaders pledge support for LebanonBBC News
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit Beirut for Arab mini-summitThe Guardian
Ha'aretz -Reuters -Daily Star - Lebanon
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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 ...
Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in PakistanThe Associated Press
Pakistan Steps Up Rescue Effort as Flash Floods Kill 275, Strand ThousandsBloomberg
Officials: Floods kill at least 267 in PakistanWXIA-TV
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Los Angeles Times
Wikileaks Afghanistan: Taliban 'hunting down informants'
Telegraph.co.uk
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, ...
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of ReportsNew York Times
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: WikiLeaks release endangers troops, AfghansWashington Post
Pentagon Partners with FBI to Investigate Leaked Military DocumentsVoice of America
The Hindu -Financial Times -The Associated Press
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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 ...
Arab League Supports Abbas on TalksNew York Times
MESS Report / From lynch to escort - cooperating with the PA is bearing fruitHa'aretz
Arab League endorses direct talksJerusalem Post
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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 ...
French woman said to confess to killing 8 babiesLos Angeles Times
Prosecutors: French Mother Confesses to Killing Her 8 NewbornsVoice of America
Details emerge in French baby killing caseBBC News
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Reuters
Thousands of more classified documents missing: Gates
The Hindu
PTI "It could be a substantial additional number of documents. And we have no idea what their content is, either," The US Defense Secretary said. Days after the WikiLeaks went onto release more than 92000 classified documents pertaining to the war ...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: WikiLeaks release endangers troops, AfghansWashington Post
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of ReportsNew York Times
Pentagon Partners with FBI to Investigate Leaked Military DocumentsVoice of America
Hindustan Times -The Associated Press -Los Angeles Times
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AFP
Japan Growth to Slow as Unemployment Rises, Production Drops
Bloomberg
Pedestrians walk through a street in Tokyo, Japan, on Wednesday, July 14, 2010. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg Japan's unemployment unexpectedly rose for a fourth straight month and ...
Japan Output Unexpectedly Falls; Economy May Enter LullWall Street Journal
Japan's jobless rate in June rises, while job availability improvesKyodo News
Japan's unemployment rises, output fallsAFP
Monsters and Critics.com -Reuters -Xinhua
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The Guardian
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 ...
Syrian and Saudi leaders pledge support for LebanonBBC News
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to visit Beirut for Arab mini-summitThe Guardian
Israel TV: Hezbollah official implicated in Hariri murderHa'aretz
Reuters -Press TV -Daily Star - Lebanon
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CBC.ca
China's Environmental Disasters On the Rise -- Quietly
TIME
A massive explosion in a southern Chinese city is only the latest in a series of industrial accidents to hit China in recent weeks. While the country's economic boom has always been dogged by ...
Flood kills 29, brings fear of water contamination in northeast China provinceXinhua
Flooding traps 30000 in Chinese townBBC News
Floods Trap Thousands in Northeast ChinaVoice of America
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msnbc.com
US military exercises and sanctions threaten N. Korea
The Militant
In a show of force against North Korea, Washington is conducting its largest military exercises in years off the coast of the Korean Peninsula. The US government also announced additional economic sanctions against the country. ...
U.S. Says Joint Military Drills Sent Strong Message To North KoreaRTT News
North Korean Opera Draws Acclaim in ChinaNew York Times
North Korea, US-led UN Command meet to discuss deadly sinking of SKorean warshipThe Canadian Press
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CBC.ca
Flood kills 29, brings fear of water contamination in northeast China province
Xinhua
CHANGCHUN, July 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 29 people were killed and 7 missing in a flood that hit northeast China's Jilin Province from Sunday to Wednesday, according to the latest death toll updated by the provincial authorities Thursday night. ...
Floodwater Traps 30000 In Northeastern China CityRTT News
Flooding traps 30000 in Chinese townBBC News
Floods Trap Thousands in Northeast ChinaVoice of America
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Telegraph.co.uk
Gates Assails WikiLeaks Over Release of Reports
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates on Thursday denounced the disclosure this week of 75000 classified documents about the Afghanistan war by the Web site WikiLeaks, asserting that the security breach had endangered lives ...
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: WikiLeaks release endangers troops, AfghansWashington Post
Thousands of more classified documents missing: GatesThe Hindu
Karzai attacks 'shocking' leak of filesFinancial Times
Voice of America -The Associated Press -Hindustan Times
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The Hindu
Karzai says WikiLeaks war logs endanger informants
CBC.ca
Afghan President Hamid Karzai says the release of secret US military documents have endangered the lives of Afghan citizens who have co-operated with NATO forces. (Musadeq Sadeq/Associated Press) Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned the leak of ...
US has no plans to send combat forces to PakHindustan Times
Afghan president calls data leaks shockingBoston Globe
Karzai suggests West not acting over Pakistan TalibanBBC News
Independent -The Guardian -Daily Mail
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Telegraph.co.uk
Soldiers wander into Nablus, return safely
Ha'aretz
Two reservists en route to their Israel Defense Forces base in the West Bank make a wrong turn and find themselves in the heart of a Palestinian city. They run into Palestinian policemen, who demand that they turn ...
Arab leaders back Palestinian Authority president on Israel talksWashington Post
AL endorses Palestinians on direct talks with IsraelXinhua
Arab League endorses direct talksJerusalem Post
Voice of America -Telegraph.co.uk -The Guardian
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Malaysia Star
Thailand ends emergency rule in 6 provinces, but not in Bangkok
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- The Thai government has ended emergency rule in six provinces, but not in Bangkok, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva imposed it in April, shortly after Red Shirt ...
Emergency Lifted In Six More Thai ProvinceRTT News
Thailand to end emergency rule in six provincesAFP
Thai PM approves to lift emergency decree in 6 provincesXinhua
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Telegraph.co.uk
Prosecutors: French Mother Confesses to Killing Her 8 Newborns
Voice of America
Photo: AP French prosecutors have charged a woman in her 40s with murder, saying she confessed to killing her eight newborn babies and burying their remains. Prosecutors say Dominique Cottrez did not want any more children and did not want to visit a ...
French woman said to confess to killing 8 babiesLos Angeles Times
French infanticide shocks publicXinhua
Details emerge in French baby killing caseBBC News
TIME -Irish Times -The Guardian
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The Hindu
How the CIA Got It Wrong on Iran's Nukes
Wall Street Journal
In 2007, US intelligence said Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program. Analyst policy bias and disinformation from Iranian double agents may explain the mistake. By EDWARD JAY EPSTEIN In a stunning departure from a decade of assessments, ...
Iran starts feeling heatWashington Post
US envoys to set off for anti-Iran tourPress TV
Obama Turns to China, Mideast to Bid to Get Iran Sanctions `Globalized'Bloomberg
AFP -The Associated Press -Telegraph.co.uk
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Globe and Mail
Deadly assault exposes Iraq's delicate state of security
Los Angeles Times
Insurgents kill 16 people, including 10 Iraqi security force members, and raise a militant group's flag in a Sunni neighborhood of Baghdad. By Liz Sly and Raheem Salman, Los Angeles Times Insurgents briefly raised the black flag of Al Qaeda in Iraq ...
At Least 15 Members of Iraq's Security Forces KilledVoice of America
Violence targeting Iraqi military kills at least 21 peopleCNN
Al-Qaida plants flag in Baghdad as 23 die in IraqThe Associated Press
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