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British police officers walk past tourists in the pouring rain in central London. Police mounted increased patrols in a jittery London as detectives conducted an intense hunt for a man seen running from an explosives-packed car in the heart of the city's entertainment district. (Photo by Max Nash / AP)

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130 reported killed in Afghanistan

The U.S.-led coalition and the Afghan government are investigating reports that as many as 130 people were killed in an attack by coalition forces in southern Afghanistan.

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CNN

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U.S. probes Afghan civilian deaths

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BBC

How Dick Cheney abused his power in the war on terror

Vice President Dick Cheney was personally responsible for policies that subjected terrorist suspects to cruelty and denied them the right to a fair trial, according to senior U.S. government officials.

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Sunday Telegraph

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Cheney survives vote to cut funds

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Denver Post

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Security heightened at U.S. airports

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CNN

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NYPD increases efforts after London, Glasgow attacks

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NY1

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London terrorists: Attempts may show change of tactics

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London Independent

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Yahoo! News

2 U.S. soldiers charged with murder

Two U.S. soldiers were charged with the premeditated murder of three Iraqis, while 26 people died in American raids in Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood.

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CBS News

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In pictures: Sadr City raids

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BBC

iPhone activation causes headaches

The giddy waiting in all those lines for a new iPhone? That has nothing on all the anxious waiting to get them activated.

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San Jose Mercury News

Intel inside the Third World

Is getting computers to poor kids charity—or big business?

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BusinessWeek

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Violinist Mayuko Kamio of Japan performs at the closing ceremony in the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in Moscow. (Photo by Sergey Ponomarev / AP)	A transsexual poses during a kissing festival in front of La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago. (Photo by Santiago Llanquin / AP)	Uruguay's Cristian Rodriguez, left, fights for the ball with Bolivia's Leonel Reyes during their group A Copa America soccer match in San Cristobal, Venezuela. (Photo by Fernando Llano / AP)

NATION

Bush bans 'anti-Lebanese' officials

President George W. Bush banned Syrian and Lebanese officials whom Washington accuses of undermining the Lebanese government from entering the United States, the White House said.

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Sydney Morning Herald

Refugees flood in from Zimbabwe

The number of Zimbabweans seeking asylum in South Africa has increased dramatically since Robert Mugabe's police assaulted the country's opposition leaders in March, experts say.

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Observer

Middle East 'violations' condemned

Israel has launched a series of deadly air raids on Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as a human rights group said both sides had shown an "insufficient regard for civilian life."

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Al Jazeera

POLITICS

Presidential race becomes a cash dash

Crunch time is coming for all the U.S. presidential candidates as they prepare to file their second-quarter fund-raising results.

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The Age

Senators want probe of weapons, systems delays

Two senior senators have asked the secretary of defense to investigate what they call unwarranted delays in sending weapons and protection systems to troops in Iraq.

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It's the people vs. the government, new poll suggests

How do people think the Democratic Congress is doing after six months? Lousy. But better than the alternative.

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CNN

BUSINESS

What if everything is ‘Made in China?’

A one-week attempt to avoid products from there meets with little success.

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MSNBC

A Hamptons for hedge funds

The rise of Caribbean tax havens coincides with recent calls by American legislators for greater oversight and taxation of hedge funds.

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Ledger

WSJ editorial line-up deal thrashed out

If Dow Jones is sold to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, The Wall Street Journal’s managing editor and the head of the paper’s editorial page would keep their jobs under a proposal drafted by the companies.

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Financial Times

SPORTS

Silencing angry fans

Those creating signs about Barry Bonds, home runs and steroids are finding their message can be tough to get across.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Swiss get a second wind

Defending champions Alinghi have won the sixth flight in the America's Cup, 28 seconds ahead of Team New Zealand.

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Sydney Morning Herald

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

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Scientists in raptures over flightless Fred

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Reuters

DNA traces 5 matriarchs of 600 million domestic cats

Five subspecies of wildcat spread across the Old World. The DNA of all house cats and fancy cats falls within the Near Eastern wildcat cluster, making clear that this subspecies is their ancestor.

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International Herald Tribune

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Web space where religion and social networking meet

Religious-themed social networking groups like HisHolySpace.com are now online, allowing users to create prayer groups and find potential significant others.

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CNET News

Pope urges Catholics in China to unite

Pope Benedict XVI urged all Roman Catholics in China to unite under his authority.

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International Herald Tribune

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The Daily Quote

“Persistence prevails, like a stream that is temporarily blocked by boulders and then collects force enough to overflow onward.”

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Columns And Op-Ed

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Column (Matt McCarten):

Blair's move from warmonger to peacemaker a vain delusion

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New Zealand Herald

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Free speech for the rich and powerful

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Salon.com

Column (Jonathan Hari):

Iraq from another point of view

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Column (Chris Patten):

Hong Kong will not sleep

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Guardian

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Forget Paris

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Slate

Eating the iPhone

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International Herald Tribune

As Clinton flip-flops, where does she stand?

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Times-Union

America could do with a few feral beasts

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London Independent

A tooth and a little DNA

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United around racial diversity

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Christian Science Monitor

On Murdoch

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Huffington Post

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Biofuels: David Rothkopf June 29 at 11 a.m.

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U.S. State Department

Politics: Lyndsey Layton June 29 at 11 a.m.

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Washington Post

iPhone: Steven Levy June 29 at noon

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NBA: Michael Lee, Ivan Carter June 29 at 2 p.m.

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GOOD NEWS

Amputee becomes New Jersey firefighter

Isaac Feliciano realized his dream when he graduated from the Passaic County Public Safety Academy in Wayne, N.J.

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WABC

Missing Igloolik elder found alive

An 81-year-old elder and hunter from Igloolik was found alive, after four weeks of air and ground searches.

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CBC

NATION

Police flood New York City streets after Brit terror scare

Cops in riot gear were dispatched to key spots around the city, while others set up vehicle checkpoints; the number of officers in subways dramatically increased.

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New York Daily News

More say 'I don't' to kids

The percentage of Americans who consider children "very important" to a successful marriage has dropped sharply since 1990, and more now say that the sharing of household chores is pivotal.

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3 men die in fast-moving Utah wildfire

A fast-moving wildfire burning in eastern Utah killed three men who were working in a hay field, authorities said.

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Examiner

ENVIRONMENT

GM unveils new environmental initiative in Europe

General Motors Corp.'s European division announced a push on to make its model line more environmentally friendly.

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International Herald Tribune

Gore urges '7 Point Pledge' ahead of Live Earth

Al Gore called on people around the world to sign a "7 Point Pledge" promising personal action in curbing global warming.

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MSNBC

Indian plan to lease degraded forests sparks anger

A plan to lease out India's degraded jungles to paper companies has sparked criticism from activists who say the scheme will leave millions of poor forest dwellers homeless and with no livelihood.

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Environment News Network

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

Wedding trashers

America may be in the midst of full-on wedding mania, but a new craze for gown wrecking has tapped into a rich vein of bride rage.

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Salon.com

Special of the day: Remy's 'Ratatouille'

Like the best French cuisine, Ratatouille is ambitious and delightful. It blends a savory stew of ingredients that, when whisked together, create a wondrously tasty and visually stunning dish.

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USA Today

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'Ratatouille' trailer

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HEALTH

Designer enzyme cuts HIV from cells

Scientists have constructed an enzyme that reverses the process by which the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) inserts its genetic material into host DNA.

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Scientific American

5 types of alcoholics identified

New alcoholism research identifies five types of alcoholics and shows that young adults account for more than half of U.S. alcoholics.

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WebMD

Free of trans fats in NYC, but it’s not all good news

New York City begins its ban of artificial trans fats in fried foods. Already 83 percent of restaurants are reporting the switch, but to what?

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iTWire

EDUCATION

Teachers target Bush's no-child law

The largest U.S. teachers' union is urging the Democratic-controlled Congress to fix "serious flaws" in the No Child Left Behind law.

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Bloomberg

University for deaf put on probation

The nation's only liberal arts university for the deaf has been put on probation by its accrediting agency.

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Forbes

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Study: Doing good makes you feel good

There's a new incentive to doing good things for others: it makes you happier. A new study found that the more people participated in meaningful activities, the more purposeful their lives felt.

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BITS AND PIECES

Photo of the Day

A white peacock in background with only its feathers seen displays its plumage, to attract a peahen, at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad, India. (Photo by Mahesh Kumar / AP)

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