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WORLD

US 'preparing the battlefield' in Iran

The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, journalist Seymour Hersh said.

CNN

Cost of a meal driven higher by hoarding

At least 29 countries have sharply curbed food exports in recent months, to ensure that their own people have enough to eat, at affordable prices.

International Herald Tribune

Israel swaps militants for remains

Israel agreed to swap five jailed Hezbollah militants, including a notorious terrorist, for the remains of two soldiers whose abduction sparked the 2006 invasion of Lebanon.

Times Online

Festive welcome awaits prisoners in Lebanese towns

Haaretz

BUSINESS

America's shrinking food packaging

Faced with a choice between raising prices or quietly putting fewer ounces in the bag, carton or cup, manufacturers are choosing the latter.

TIME

Election could delay Fed rate rise

The Federal Reserve may be hesitant to raise interest rates ahead of the U.S. election, although there is no hard evidence to support the widely held view that politics influences monetary policy.

Reuters

SPORTS

Jankovic dismissed in straight sets; Federer advances past Hewitt

Second-seeded Jelena Jankovic was ousted in the fourth round by Tamarine Tanasugarn, leaving the women's draw without its top three players.

Sports Illustrated

Torres' goal wins Euro 2008 for Spain

The festival of football finished in style, settled by stylish finisher Fernando Torres. In ending 44 years of hurt, Spain possessed too much heart and too much invention for Germany.

Telegraph.co.uk

Spain's winning goal

ESPN

No no-no

The Dodgers became the fifth team in modern major league history to win without getting a hit. However, because they didn't have to bat in the ninth, the game doesn't qualify as a no-hitter.

Sports Illustrated

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

The miracle of life 520 light-years away

At this moment, in the constellation Taurus, a planet is forming in the dust and debris surrounding the star HL Tau. The protoplanet, named HL Tau b, may be the youngest yet discovered.

Popular Science

Windows XP begins its long goodbye

Barring a last-minute reprieve, Windows XP will start to fade away, when Microsoft stops selling the seven-year-old operating system to retailers and major PC makers.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Birds of a feather revealed in evolutionary tree

The world of birds is aflutter because a gene study shows that iridescent daytime hummingbirds evolved from drab nocturnal nightjars, and falcons are not closely related to hawks, among other things.

Telegraph.co.uk

HEALTH

Red wine may make meat healthier

Having a meaty meal? Drinking a little red wine may make it healthier, thanks to compounds in red wine, according to an Israeli study.

WebMD

Organ donation: an advancing science hindered by supply shortages

More than 98,000 Americans are clinging to life this very second, and their only chance for survival is a dead person's generosity.

U.S. News & World Report

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