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An unidentified mother, center, and other family members of Sim Sung-min, one of the South Korean hostages in Afghanistan, cry after watching television news about him in Sungnam, south of Seoul, South Korea. Police in central Afghanistan at daybreak discovered the body of a second South Korean hostage slain by the Taliban. (Photo by AP)

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Rescue mission underway to find kidnapped Koreans

A military operation to rescue the remaining 21 Korean hostages held by Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan has begun, hours after a Taliban deadline expired, a provincial official said.

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South Korea asks U.S. for 'flexibility' in hostage crisis

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International Herald Tribune

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Families losing hope for hostages

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CNN

Rice visiting Israel and West Bank

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has begun a 24-hour visit to Israel and the West Bank, carrying a Saudi pledge of support for a Middle East peace conference proposed by Washington.

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Reuters

U.N. votes to send troops to Darfur

The United Nations security council voted for an Anglo-French proposal to deploy a 26,000-strong international force to Darfur.

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Guardian

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The perils of peacekeeping in Darfur

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TIME

Sunni bloc quits Iraq gov't; bombings kill 73

The main Sunni Arab political bloc quit the Iraqi government in a blow to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's shaky coalition as suicide bombers killed more than 70 people in three attacks across Baghdad.

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Reuters

Cheney: Congressional probe of attorneys' firings 'a witch hunt'

Vice President Dick Cheney dismissed congressional investigations into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys as "a bit of a witch hunt."

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CNN

Study: child abuse, neglect rise after U.S. soldiers deploy to combat zone

New research shows that incidents of child abuse and neglect among U.S. military families rise significantly when a parent is deployed to a combat zone.

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CBC

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Battle at home for military families

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NATION

British Airways fined £121.5 million for price fixing

British Airways is to pay a record fine of £121.5 million after admitting price fixing on fuel surcharges on its long-haul flights.

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Best airlines for summer travel

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69 trapped Chinese miners rescued after 3 days

All 69 Chinese coal miners trapped underground by flood waters for more than three days emerged in broad daylight blindfolded and soaked, but safe, state media said.

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CNN

Forest fires on Canary Islands force evacuation of 10,000

Huge plumes of smoke drifted across the skies of the Canary Islands as two big forest fires forced 10,000 people out of their homes to seek safety away from the spreading flames.

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Guardian

POLITICS

Lawmakers, Bush aides target eavesdropping law

Congress and President Bush's aides worked to expand the government's surveillance authority without jeopardizing citizens' rights, aides to lawmakers and the White House said.

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Forbes

House OKs bills to expand vets' care

The House took steps to improve counseling and care for the tens of thousands of military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with brain injuries and post-traumatic stress.

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BUSINESS

GM earns $891 million in second quarter

General Motors' global business helped lift the company to a profit in the second quarter, but problems in North America continued to act as a drag.

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International Herald Tribune

Bancroft family accepts News Corp. deal: DJ executive

Dow Jones & Co. Inc.'s controlling Bancroft family "has accepted" News Corp.'s $5 billion offer to buy the publisher of the Wall Street Journal, an executive of a Dow Jones unit said.

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Reuters

SPORTS

Yankees tie home-run record

While A-Rod remained stalled on 499 home runs, seven different Yankees went deep against the White Sox a total of eight times, as the Bombers thrashed Chicago 16-3.

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New York Daily News

Mets acquire Castillo from Twins

The NL East-leading New York Mets neatly filled a big hole at second base, acquiring three-time All-Star Luis Castillo from the Minnesota Twins for a pair of prospects.

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Sports Illustrated

HEALTH

Reprieve urged for risky diabetes drug

A panel of medical experts has recommended keeping a controversial diabetes drug on the market, but has advised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to add safety warnings.

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Toronto Star

The 'atypical' dilemma

Skyrocketing numbers of kids are being prescribed a class of powerful antipsychotic drugs, called "atypicals," designed for adults. How safe is the practice? Nobody knows.

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St. Petersburg Times

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Study: Religious doctors not likelier to treat poor

U.S. physicians who identify themselves as religious are no more likely to care for poor, underserved patients than those who have no religious affiliation, researchers have found.

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MSNBC

Archdiocese offers daily text messages from pope

Organizers of Pope Benedict XVI's visit to Austria next month are offering the faithful a foretaste: daily cell phone text messages with quotes from the pontiff.

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GOOD NEWS

88-year-old earns Eagle Scout ranking

Walter Hart, 88-years-old, has had a dream to become an Eagle Scout, and more than a half-century after he finished the requirements, he realized his dream.

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Iran unveils vast handmade carpet

Iran has unveiled what it says is the world's largest handmade carpet, a vast green and red floor covering that is larger than a football pitch.

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Army censures retired general over Tillman case

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Joint Chiefs nominee: draw down troops

"No amount of troops in no amount of time will make much of a difference" in Iraq, according to the nominee to be the next Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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MSNBC

Roberts leaves hospital, says he's fine

U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts assured President George W. Bush that he was doing well, and a Supreme Court spokeswoman said he was leaving the hospital a day after suffering a seizure.

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Reuters

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Supreme Court scare

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ENVIRONMENT

Solar power makes tiny village beam

In Gudda, a village with very little, residents are literally beaming. Two years ago, villagers had never seen light after dark, until solar light arrived and changed everything.

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CNN

EU wrangling on carbon emissions moves into courts

Latvia became the latest country to challenge regulators at European-level courts, arguing that strict limits on carbon dioxide pollution would hurt economic growth.

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International Herald Tribune

California pigeons to get contraceptives

Birth control is to be used on pigeons in California in an effort to combat the "unmanageable" mess their increasing numbers are causing.

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BBC

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Bird birth control

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LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

'No one made films like him'

Swedish film-maker Ingmar Bergman transfixed and inspired generations of cinema-goers. Here, some of his greatest admirers explain why he mattered.

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Guardian

As immigration status divides families, 'you can feel the fear'

Fear of detention and deportation is forcing some illegal immigrants to make arrangements with family and friends to care for their children if they are forced to leave the country.

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St. Petersburg Times

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Alter egos in a virtual world

As the saying goes, "in the virtual world you can be anything you want to be." Now cyberanalysts and virtual ethnographers are inquiring into human behavior when they are playing online games.

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NPR

FCC embraces open access for 700MHz auction

The Federal Communications Commission set the conditions on a chunk of valuable wireless spectrum to be auctioned by early next year, putting open-access rules on a third of the spectrum.

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PC World

EDUCATION

No-sex lesson rules Florida

In Florida, teenagers are likely to hear the following message over and over: abstain from sex.

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St. Petersburg Times

No Child Left Behind law up for revision

A revised No Child Left Behind law should include merit pay for teachers and new ways of judging schools, the chairman of the House Education Committee said.

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Houston Chronicle

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

China aims for the moon this year

China plans to launch a lunar orbiter in the second half of 2007, in a first step toward a lunar probe, Xinhua news agency quoted the director of the National Space Administration as saying.

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An Afghan woman wearing a burqa carries a pan of bread on her head in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo by Farzana Wahidy / AP)

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