| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 05:31 AM |
| Germany: memorial service for Love Parade victims
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AP - Germany held a memorial service Saturday for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured in a tunnel that was the only entrance to the event.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 05:14 AM |
| Pakistan spy scraps UK talks after PM's comments
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AP - A diplomatic spat with implications for international counterterrorism escalated Saturday, when Pakistan's spy chief canceled a visit to London after the British leader suggested that Pakistan exports terrorism.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 04:27 AM |
| UN says deadly floods affect 1 million Pakistanis
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AP - Rescuers trying to reach thousands of Pakistani flood victims were hampered by deluged roads and damaged bridges Saturday, while fears of disease rose as some evacuees showed signs of diarrhea, fever and other illnesses.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 05:06 AM |
| 5.8 quake shakes Iran, no word on casualties
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AP - A magnitude 5.8 earthquake jolted southeastern Iran on Saturday, the country's state television reported. There was no word on casualties or damage.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 05:29 AM |
| Russia begins to localize fires, others rage
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AP - Russia's armed forces mobilized Saturday to fight hundreds of wildfires that have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland. Officials said the worst blazes were under control, but evacuations continued.
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| Story posted on: 07/30/2010 at 02:55 PM |
| A Shady Resume Sparks Debate Over Honesty in China
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Time.com - After the former head of Microsoft China's academic credentials have come under scrutiny, a nationwide debate is raging on the place of integrity in Chinese society
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 05:31 AM |
| Love Parade victims mourned in Germany
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AFP - Thousands of mourners paid their respects Saturday in Duisburg to 21 people who died at a techno festival a week before, with many saying the city will take a very long time to heal.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 03:23 AM |
| Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker
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AP - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza overnight, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group and the military said Saturday.
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| Story posted on: 07/30/2010 at 10:42 PM |
| Mexico's TV channel cancels show after kidnappings
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AP - Mexico's biggest television network canceled a popular news show to protest the kidnapping of four reporters, abductions that media advocates called an escalation of a campaign by drug gangs to control information.
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| Story posted on: 07/31/2010 at 03:28 AM |
| Sudanese head to Canada to learn referendum lessons
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AFP - Senior MPs from north and south Sudan are heading for Canada this weekend to learn from Quebec's independence referendums, officials said Friday, as the African state prepares to vote on southern secession.
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