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 Floods threaten first global warming islands
China News.Net
Residents of the Carteret Islands off Papua New Guinea have been pleading for help from the international community since their homes began sinking into the ocean.  People beat porn movie teacher to death
China News.Net
The Times of India has reported that an Indian teacher has been beaten to death by an angry mob after making a homemade porn film with one of his students. D.C. sniper claims co-conspirators, more shootings
Washington Times
** FILE ** In a Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004, photo, convicted sniper Lee Boyd Malvo enters a courtroom in the Spotsylvania Circuit Court in Spotsylvania, Va. Malvo, convicted in the deadly sniper attacks t... Obama defends education plans
Washington Times
Mr. Obama credited the $4 billion strategy with turning around failing schools across the country by providing federal grants to states that implement major education reforms. Race to the Top has draw... French woman admits to suffocating newborns
Washington Times
Reporters are seen in front of the house where French police found the corpses of eight newborn babies, in Villers-au-Tertre, northern France, Thursday, July 29, 2010. A judicial official said they ha... Obama talks race, pop culture on 'The View'
Washington Times
Mr. Obama pinned much of the blame for the incident on a media culture that he said seeks out conflict and doesn't always get the facts right. But he added, "A lot of people overreacted, including peo... Senator says 6,600 graves at Arlington could be wrong
Washington Times
Associated Press photographers Army Spc. Matthew Burt, 25, of Titusville, Penn., with the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, known as "the Old Guard," places flags on the graves at Arlington National Cemete... Russia foils passenger plane hijacking
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MOSCOW -- A man briefly hijacked a plane at a Moscow airport on Thursday, holding 105 passengers hostage on the ground until police disguised as medics overpowered him and deta... TOEFL Testing Reinstated in Iran
RadioFreeEurope
that it is resuming registrations in Iran for its TOEFL and GRE (Graduate Record Examination) tests.“The brief suspension was the indirect result of tighter UN Security Council restrictions on f... Ousted USDA employee Sherrod plans to sue blogger
New York Post
SAN DIEGO — Ousted Agriculture Department employee Shirley Sherrod said Thursday she will sue a conservative blogger who posted a video edited in a way that made her appear racist.Sherrod was fo... DC sniper claims co-conspirators, more shootings
New York Post
RICHMOND, Va. — Convicted DC sniper Lee Boyd Malvo tells actor William Shatner on a cable TV special that he and his partner tried to recruit fellow shooters for their 2002 spree and that his ac... Pitino, defense attorney have testy court exchange
New York Post
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The trial of a woman accused of trying to extort Rick Pitino began its fourth day with a heated exchange Thursday between the Louisville basketball coach and the woman's attorn... FAA: Chelsea Clinton’s wedding is a no-fly zone
New York Post
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — Chelsea Clinton’s wedding along the Hudson River will be under a no-fly zone. The Federal Aviation Administration says local airspace will be restricted from 3 p.m. Satur... Obama: America needs to hear Sherrod's full story
New York Post
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says Shirley Sherrod "deserves better than what happened last week" when the black Agriculture Department official was ousted in a racial firestorm over selec... Iraqi Insurgents Plant Qaeda Flag in Baghdad
International Herald Tribune
BAGHDAD — In a brazen late-afternoon attack in the heart of this city’s most prominent Sunni neighborhood, gunmen attacked two police checkpoints on Thursday before a series of roadside bo... Planned NY tunnel will increase property value
New York Post
A planned railroad tunnel between New York and New Jersey will increase property values in both states and double the number of people who can quickly get to Manhattan. That’s according to a stu... French Woman Charged With Killing 8 Babies
International Herald Tribune
Dominique Cottrez. VILLERS-AU-TERTRE, France (AP) -- A French woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and garage of her home has been charged... 'US soldier suspected in Wikileaks case'
Jerusalem Post
Evidence was found linking the Wikileaks release of 76,000 classified documents on the Afghanistan war to one Pfc. Bradley Manning, according to a Supreme Court OK's anti-Salah protest
Jerusalem Post
The Supreme Court granted permission Thursday for a right wing protest against Raed Salah and the Islamic Movment in Umm el-Fahm, although it did not allow demonstrators to protest in front of Islamic... Afro-Chileans Seek Recognition in Census
IPS
SANTIAGO, Jul 29, 2010 (IPS) - Concentrated mainly in the arid northern region of Arica y Parinacota, Chile's small black population is seeking formal recognition as an ethnic group and inclusion on t... 4 killed in plane crash at Alaska military base
The Seattle Times
Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base, sending a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, military authorities and witnesses said. Protests, prayers as immigration law takes effect
CNN
Phoenix, Arizona (CNN) -- The day after a federal judge halted parts of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect, opponents of the legislation are hitting the streets with mixed expressions of... Source: Jessica Simpson met with 'Idol'
CNN
Simpson is one of "dozens" who've been considered for an "Idol" gig, source says The network may be looking for more than a replacement for the departing Simon Cowell Fox's dream s... Facebook wants you to ask 'Questions'
CNN
Facebook has begun the rollout of a new feature, Facebook Questions Questions will allow users to get answers to their queries from the Facebook community Feature will roll out to a limited group of b... Russian special forces foil plane hijacker
C News
Aircraft are seen at the Domodedovo international airport, some 50 km southeast of Moscow, July 28, 2010. Russian special forces staged a lightning strike on Thursday to detain a man who had seized an... Toyota recalling over 416,000 cars in U.S., Canada
C News
Toyota will voluntarily recall older Avalons in Canada and the U.S. to replace steering column brackets. (REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao) Toyota will voluntarily recall about 4,200 older Avalons in Canada to re... I am not a number two, says Massa
BBC
Felipe Massa insists he is not playing second fiddle to Fernando Alonso in the wake of the 'team orders' controversy at the German Grand Prix.The Italian team appeared to give Massa a coded order to a... Live - European Championships day three
BBC
606 or text us on 81111 (UK) or +44 7786200666 (worldwide) with ATHLETICS before your message. (Not all contributions can be used. Messages charged at your standard operator rate.) Beckham denies West Ham contact
BBC
David Beckham has "no interest" in leaving American team LA Galaxy and has had no contact with West Ham, according to his spokesman.West Ham co-owner David Gold claims to have held talks wit... Missing man buried 25 years ago
BBC
A man who went missing on Christmas Eve in Glasgow more than 25 years ago was buried in an unmarked grave months after he disappeared, it has emerged. Maze site set to be redeveloped
BBC
There is also likely to be an announcement on a Maze Development Corporation to oversee the development of the entire site and it is hoped the anchor tenant will be the Royal Ulster Agricultural Socie... 'Major changes' to S4C on the way
BBC
Major changes will be made in the way S4C is run after the sudden departure of its chief executive, says the chair of the body overseeing the channel. Paraguay rebel 'dies in shootout'
BBC
The reputed rebel was accused of involvement in the kidnapping and murder of the daughter of the country's former president, Raul Cubas, in 2004. Gun and bomb attacks hit Baghdad
BBC
Iraq is on high alert for militant attacks following elections in March which produced no clear winner and created political uncertainty in the country.
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