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An Israeli soldier looks on, as blindfolded Palestinians, believed to be Fatah supporters who fled the fighting in the Gaza Strip and crossed into Israel, stand near the Nahal Oz military base. (Photo by Edi Israel / AP)

Hamas arrests men sent back to Gaza

About 30 pro-Fatah Palestinians who fled to Israel after fierce clashes in the Gaza Strip were sent back to the Hamas-controlled enclave and Hamas said its forces immediately detained them.

Reuters

Israel allows in Gaza fugitives

BBC

Violence erupts in Gaza City

CNN

Gaza infighting

CNN

Beijing Olympics: the spying games

Aides and officials accompanying British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to the Olympics were told they must take no laptops and all mobile phones must contain no contact numbers or other information.

Times Online

Dress rehearsal for Olympic opening ceremony

YouTube

Temple stampede kills at least 133 in India

At least 133 Hindu worshippers were killed and 48 injured in a stampede at a shrine in India's northern state of Himachal Pradesh, officials said.

Monsters and Critics

Taliban deny Zawahri death report

A Pakistani Taliban spokesman denied a report that al-Qaida number two, Ayman al Zawahri, was killed in a U.S. missile strike.

MSNBC

Obama open to offshore drilling as part of Senate 'compromise'

Bloomberg

Anthrax suspect threatened coworkers

In July, Bruce Ivins told members of his counseling group that he bought a bulletproof vest and a gun, contemplating killing co-workers at the U.S. Army research laboratory.

International Herald Tribune

Anthrax case raises concerns about lab security

NPR

The World in Photos .........................................................................
Jacques Villeneuve drives through a puddle during the NASCAR Nationwide Series' NAPA Auto Parts 200 race in Montreal. The race was called 26 laps early due to heavy rain and poor visibility. (Photo by Tom Boland / The Canadian Press / AP)	Hindu protestors shout slogans in Jammu, India, while rallying to protest a recent government decision to cancel the transfer of 99 acres of land to a Hindu shrine. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)	Fireworks light up the National Stadium also known as the "Bird's Nest" during the dress rehearsal for the opening ceremony of the Olympics in Beijing, China. (Photo by Bullit Marquez / AP)

NATION

CDC understated number of new HIV infections in US

At least 56,000 people become infected with the AIDS virus every year in the U.S. — 40 percent more than estimated, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Bloomberg

AIDS treatment in question

CNN

Firefighters close to containing wildfire near Yosemite

Firefighters were getting closer to containing a 53-square-mile wildfire that had destroyed more than 20 homes in the mountains outside Yosemite National Park.

CBS News

Kidnap suspect dad arrested

A man accused of kidnapping his 7-year-old daughter during a supervised visit in Boston was taken into custody in Baltimore, and the girl was safe, authorities said.

TIME

POLITICS

Bush hammers Democrats on energy

President Bush said that if Democrats refuse to hold a vote on offshore drilling when they return from the August recess they will “owe families across America an explanation.”

The Hill

McCain gains in 3 battleground states

In Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Florida, John McCain, the likely GOP nominee closes in on rival Obama, poll shows.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama Return, McCain Ads Cap Week In Campaign

NPR

Obama calls McCain campaign cynical, not racist

YouTube

BUSINESS

Shipping costs crimp globalization

Cheap oil, the lubricant of inexpensive transportation links, may not return soon, upsetting the logic of diffuse global supply chains.

International Herald Tribune

Employers in US cutting jobs, hours, signaling slower growth

Employers in the U.S. fired workers in July for a seventh straight month and cut hours for remaining staff to a record low, signaling economic growth weakened at the start of the second half of the year.

Bloomberg

Macro-economic data on the economy

Financial Times

Welcome, Mr. President: Here's the tab

The federal government's 2009 deficit is projected to rise to $482 billion. That's not great news for the next president, no matter who wins on Election Day.

CNNMoney

ENVIRONMENT

Revealed: the beach polluters

The water quality of Britain’s beaches is being jeopardized by thousands of unregulated overflow pipes that dump raw sewage into coastal waters and rivers, an investigation has revealed.

Times Online

America's most polluted beaches

Environment News Service

Russia trying to tap into Arctic riches

Russia has begun a push to claim a vast chunk of disputed Arctic territory in an aggressive campaign to win control of the region's oil and gas resources.

Times Online

China's 'rapid renewables surge'

China's rapid investment in low carbon technologies has catapulted the nation up the global renewable energy rankings, a report shows.

BBC

Idaho gladly accepts new Uranium enrichment plant

PlanetSave.com

HEALTH

Oral pill turns slacker mice into athletes

U.S. researchers have come up with a pill that promises to give a typical junk-food snacking couch potato the silhouette and endurance of a marathon runner.

AFP

Exercise in a pill

CBS News

Frankincense 'can ease arthritis'

A herb known as "Indian Frankincense" can reduce the symptoms of arthritis, U.S. researchers have suggested.

BBC

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

A beginning for global Christian-Muslim compatibility at Yale meeting

In a three-day conference, Christian and Muslim leaders from around the world began shaping their own role in reducing tensions and restoring a sense of hope among their respective followers.

Christian Science Monitor

In Egypt, Muslim-Christian divide seems getting wider

The increase in violence has been so bad that one prominent Egyptian writer has worried it had become "open season" on the nation's Christians. Does Egypt face a sectarian problem?

International Herald Tribune

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Francis Bacon

English philosopher & essayist

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GOOD NEWS

Girl survives 14-story fall down chimney

A 12-year-old girl fell into a chimney on the roof of her apartment building, plummeted 14 stories down the flue and landed almost unscathed in a pile of furnace soot.

MSNBC

Nonprofit lets teens produce 3 films

The nonprofit Media Arts Center San Diego gathers teens from “under-represented” segments of the community who are interested in learning to make short documentaries.

San Diego Union-Tribune

WORLD

Algeria car bomb wounds 21

A car bomb exploded near a police station in a town east of Algiers wounding 21 people including six policemen, the government of the OPEC member country said.

International Herald Tribune

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT