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A woman sits on a heap of potatoes at a wholesale market in Jammu, India. India's finance minister promised action to curb price rises after inflation in early June hit a 13-year high of 11.05 percent annually. (Photo by Channi Anand / AP)

Dozens of Europeans have trained in terror camps in Pakistan

Dozens of white Europeans have trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan, U.S. intelligence sources said, in what officials fear may be the beginnings of a new breed of al Qaida-affiliated terrorism.

ABC News

Zimbabwe: Mugabe's troops using rape as a weapon

Telegraph.co.uk

Interview:

Rice: UN must act on Zimbabwe elections

NPR

Street View captures private moments

Google Street View, the eye-level mapping service that lets billions of Web users peek into gardens and through front windows, has its sights set on you.

Telegraph.co.uk

Security fears over food and fuel crisis

Western countries have upgraded the food and fuel crisis into a national security concern as they fear record high energy and agriculture commodity costs are destabilizing developing regions.

Financial Times

Obama raised $21.9 million in May

Reuters

McCain brought in just $400,000 less than Obama in May

MSNBC

Interview:

Interview: Michelle Obama

Guardian

Barack’s big bounce

Newsweek

IMF says US economy is set to ‘stagnate’

The U.S. economy is likely to “stagnate” in the second half of this year, the International Monetary Fund warned, as stock markets in the U.S. and Europe fall and U.S. bank shares hit a five-year low.

Financial Times

Arms sales rise as economy slows

International Herald Tribune

Clean coal: pipe dream or next big thing?

CBS News

NATION

Floods create economic catastrophe in Midwest

The floods that submerged the Midwest could turn out to be the region’s biggest economic disaster in decades, with ramifications that will be felt by consumers across the country.

MSNBC

Ariel views of Midwest flooding

CNN

Preventing the next natural disaster

NPR

Teen girls made pact to get pregnant

A pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together is at least partly behind a sudden spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School, school officials said.

Newsweek

SC execution halted at last minute

Within minutes of the time he was scheduled to die in the electric chair, a South Carolina man was given a reprieve when a federal court ordered his execution halted, saying his case deserved review.

CNN

POLITICS

Republicans lambaste McClellan at Judiciary Committee hearing

Even before ex-White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan raised his right hand, swore to tell the truth, and uttered a single word, Republicans went straight for his throat.

US News & World Report

McClellan details Libby talk

CNN

Obama, Clinton to campaign together

Sen. Clinton will join Sen. Obama on the campaign trail next week for the first time since Sen. Obama emerged as the presumptive Democratic nominee.

Reuters

Special section:

VP hot sheet

CBS News

Overhaul of wiretap laws approved

The House approved a plan to overhaul the nation's wiretapping laws, breaking an impasse with Bush over whether to protect telecommunication companies that took part in a program critics call illegal.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

US 'homemaker' Martha Stewart is banned from entering Britain

Lifestyle guru Martha Stewart has joined the radical Islamic preacher Yusuf al-Qaradawi and rap star Snoop Dogg on the list of high-profile figures to be denied entry to the UK by the Home Office.

Independent.co.uk

'The Love Guru' crude yet funny

Mike Myers, who stars as a second-tier Deepak Chopra in "The Love Guru," is a real comic chameleon and yet, no matter how many disguises or facial prosthetics he fits into, he remains himself.

Christian Science Monitor

HEALTH

Salmonella outbreak linked to tomatoes from Mexico, Florida

An outbreak of salmonella poisoning linked to certain raw tomatoes has been traced to farms in Mexico and Florida. Officials will send teams of investigators there.

ABC News

Bacteria thrive on summertime foods

The summer heat and outdoor cooking can cause food contamination and several illnesses.

Reuters

Toxic chemicals in food packaging

In 2006, DuPont promised to phase out a cancer-causing chemical used for food packaging. But an investigation finds no evidence that the replacement chemicals are safer.

Environmental News Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Latin days are here again?

Pope Benedict wants to revive the Latin Mass in Roman Catholic worship. But what exactly does that mean?

Newsweek

'Constantine's Sword' stabs at religion

"Constantine's Sword" is based on James Carroll's book which advocates clarity on the history of the relationship between Christian's and Jews.

Baltimore Sun

Suit filed over SC 'I Believe' plates

A group that advocates separation of church and state filed a federal lawsuit to prevent South Carolina from issuing "I Believe" license plates.

USA Today

Columns And Op-Ed

The opinions in the items below are not necessarily those of DailySource or our editors. Read more.

Column (Michael T. Klare):

Anatomy of the oil price surge

The Nation

Column (Jonathan Chait):

Why 9/11 won't defeat Obama

The New Republic

Column (John Avlon):

How the party of Lincoln was left behind on civil rights

Real Clear Politics

Editorial:

Unfinished business in Afghanistan

International Herald Tribune

Editorial:

Midwest floods bring despair and resolve

USA Today

Column:

General Taguba knew the detainees scandal would go high

McClatchy Newspapers

Column (Keith Naughton):

The car of the future

Newsweek

Column:

Barack Obama is a Muslim, and other stories with misinformation

Salon.com

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GOOD NEWS

Youths trade regular summer activities for sandbags

A football team worked out by lifting sandbags instead of weights in a gym. A teenage girl and her 8-year-old sister filled sandbags. All were happy to be helping those in need.

CNN

Games help aging brains get fit

The brain fitness boom makes its way to the software market with games such as Nintendo's "Brain Age" and puzzles such as Sudoku.

Detroit Free Press

WORLD

British court rules that radical Muslim preacher should be extradited to US

Britain's High Court ruled that a radical Muslim preacher accused of helping to set up a terrorist training camp in rural Oregon should be extradited to face terrorism charges in the United States.

International Herald Tribune

South American leaders protest EU immigration rules

Venezuela's President Chavez protested the EU directive that stipulates that illegal immigrants to Europe can be held from six to eighteen months in detention camps.

Spiegel International

BUSINESS

China faces tough decisions as it raises fuel prices

The decision by the Chinese government to raise consumer fuel prices by 16 percent illustrates the balancing act Beijing is compelled to perform before the Olympics.

International Herald Tribune

China's property bubble is about to burst

Economist

Ford cuts production of its trucks, SUVs to aid fuel efficiency

Ford Motor Co. said it would further cut production of its big trucks and SUVs — while making more small cars, crossovers and fuel-efficient powertrains.

Detroit Free Press

Oil rebounds on word Israel practiced Iran attack

Oil futures rebounded as Pentagon officials said a Israeli military exercise in the Mediterranean was intended as a demonstration of Jerusalem's ability to attack Iranian nuclear facilities.

Forbes

SPORTS

Euro soccer finals are terror target

Security officials said that they have identified threat information pointing to a possible terror attack in Austria or Switzerland during the ongoing European Championship soccer tournament.

ABC News

Passion for Cubs-White Sox showdown threatens to boil over

This weekend's series between the Cubs and the White Sox is just about everything that Bud Selig dreamed interleague play would be.

Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Future hybrids could be worth waiting for

Time was when hybrid gas-electric vehicles appealed only to the greenest car consumers. Gas prices hitting $4 a gallon have changed all that.

MSNBC

Life in outer space? Astronomers on the hunt for aliens

Japan's biggest astronomical observatories are teaming up for an unprecedented quest to find out whether there is life in outer space.

Reuters

ENVIRONMENT

Global business leaders urge huge cuts in emissions

Detailed climate change recommendations to the Group of Eight leaders, backed by an influential group of CEOs from many of the world’s largest companies, were delivered today.

Environmental News Network

Changing climate will lead to more extreme weather

The U.S. Climate Change Science Program released an analysis of observed and projected changes in weather and climate extremes in North America and U.S. territories.

Environmental News Network

EDUCATION

Struggling Twin Cities Catholic schools given $10 million grant

The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has been given a $10 million grant for 15 of its elementary schools in urban neighborhoods of Minneapolis, St. Paul and a handful of inner-ring suburbs.

Star Tribune

BYU arts-education programs get $4.5M

Salt Lake Tribune

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