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IAF strikes Gaza strip; response to Ashkelon missile attack
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF IDF spokesperson says Hamas-linked targets identified; Foreign Ministry issues complaint to UN following Grad missile launched from Gaza into Ashkelon. The Air Force hit several Hamas-linked targets in Gaza overnight on Friday, ...
Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza StripCNN
Israeli airstrikes on Gaza wound 9Xinhua
Israel retaliates with air strikes in GazaTelegraph.co.uk
BBC News -Aljazeera.net -Ynetnews
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US worried more secret documents may be released
Reuters
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange holds up a copy of the Guardian newspaper during a press conference at the Frontline Club in central London, July 26, 2010. By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US officials are worried about what other secret ...
Wikileaks denies 'blood on hands'BBC News
WikiLeaks 'has blood on its hands' over Afghan war logs, claim US officialsThe Guardian
WikiLeaks, the Pentagon and the War in AfghanistanVoice of America
The Australian -New York Times -Sydney Morning Herald
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Putin takes control of wildfire crisis
RIA Novosti
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has ordered a total of 5 billion rubles ($165 million) to be disbursed from the federal budget to the central Russian areas worst affected by wildfires, his spokesman said on Friday. Over the last 24 hours, ...
Wildfires in Russia become political issueXinhua
Fires and Storms Kill at Least 28 in RussiaNew York Times
Dozens die as Russian fires spreadAljazeera.net
Telegraph.co.uk -The Associated Press -ABC Online
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Flood havoc in Pakistan
The Hindu
A Pakistani child sits and eats outside as his house was flooded by heavy monsoon rains in Dera Ismail Khan, on Friday. Photo: AP. Over 400 people are feared dead and thousands stranded after three days of incessant rainfall caused widespread flooding ...
Over 400 killed in Pakistan floodsSify
Hundreds of thousands uprooted, time running out for rescueDaily Times
Over 100 killed in Pak floodsIBNLive.com
Toronto Sun -Hindustan Times -BBC News
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Pakistan thinks India bigger threat than Taliban or Al Qaeda
Hindustan Times
Torn apart by terror attacks within its borders, three in four Pakistanis still think India is their biggest threat, not the Taliban or Al Qaeda. One in four sees the Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT), the group behind 26/11, favourably. Terror itself appears to ...
For most Pakistanis, India more dangerous than al-QaedaEconomic Times
Poll: Majority of Pakistanis View US as EnemyVoice of America
Leaks highlight Pakistan's Afghan questFinancial Times
Christian Science Monitor -Sydney Morning Herald -Times of India
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Silvio Berlusconi in peril as old ally and 33 MPs desert him over scandals
The Guardian
Silvio Berlusconi's third term as Italian prime minister was in crisis today after one of his main allies and 33 MPs deserted him, stripping his party of its parliamentary majority. The move by the supporters of Gianfranco Fini to set up a new group ...
CORRECT:3rd UPDATE:Italy Crisis Grows As Speaker Rejects PM Call To ResignWall Street Journal
Silvio Berlusconi loses parliamentary majority as Fini leaves partyTelegraph.co.uk
Berlusconi moves on rebelsFinancial Times
The Associated Press -Irish Times -New York Times
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Changing times
BBC News
It was mightily short on public statements and lasted only a few short hours, but the unprecedented joint visit to Lebanon by two of the most influential Arab leaders produced images that few would have thought possible ...
Beirut holds emergency summit as crisis with Hezbollah loomsToronto Star
Syria and Saudi leaders in mission to avert warIndependent
Arab leaders seek to avert violence in LebanonIrish Times
Xinhua -Reuters -AFP
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SC upholds life term for Sobhraj
Indian Express
The Supreme Court of Nepal on Friday convicted Charles Gurumukh Sobhraj, popularly known as the 'bikini killer', in the sensational murder of an American tourist, and sentenced him to life. Rejecting Sobhraj's appeal in the 1975 murder case of US ...
Life term for Sobhraj upheldThe Hindu
Endgame: Sobhraj life sentence upheldHindustan Times
'Bikini killer' Charles Sobhraj convicted for US woman's murderTimes of India
AFP -Calcutta Telegraph -BBC News
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North Korea's failed World Cup footballers undergo public mauling
The Guardian
England's failed footballers should count themselves lucky that their ignominious World Cup exit was met with little more than a public mauling by the media. Their counterparts from North Korea, who lost all three of their group games, ...
North Korean football team shamed in six-hour public inquiry over World CupTelegraph.co.uk
North Korea shames its World Cup losersUSA Today
North Korea soccer coach fears for his lifeToronto Star
The Chosun Ilbo -New York Times -The Canadian Press
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