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Updated : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13:25 GMT
Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run (AP)
AP - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has defied political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:51:37 GMT
Rescuers find debris of Yemenia aircraft: government (Reuters)
Reuters - Search crews have located a large piece of debris from a Yemeni jet that crashed into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros islands last week and are working to retrieve it, the Yemeni transport ministry said Saturday.
Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:23:42 GMT
2 US troops die in attack on base in Afghanistan (AP)
AP - Taliban militants fired rockets and mortars at a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing two American troops and wounding several more in a two-hour battle, officials said.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:13:42 GMT
N.Korea test-fires seven missiles: S.Korea (AFP)
AFP - North Korea test-fired seven missiles off its east coast on Saturday, South Korean officials said, in an act of defiance apparently timed for the US Independence Day holiday.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:01:09 GMT
Serena tops Venus again for third Wimbledon title (AP)
AP - Serena Williams fell to her knees on the grass, eyes closed, arms raised, and threw back her head.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:51:14 GMT
Myanmar snubs UN chief over Suu Kyi visit (AFP)
AFP - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Saturday that he was "deeply disappointed" after the reclusive head of Myanmar's military junta refused to let him meet pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:13:13 GMT
VP Biden celebrates July 4 with US troops in Iraq (AP)
AP - Vice President Joe Biden celebrated the Fourth of July with his son and other American troops in Iraq on Saturday, a day after warning Iraqi leaders that U.S. assistance will be jeopardized if the country reverts to ethnic and sectarian violence.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:33:43 GMT
Obama's trip: 3 more countries, 1 broad mission (AP)
AP - Determined to change the way the world views the United States, Barack Obama is onto his next foreign mission: rebuilding relations with Russia, proving to global leaders that America is serious about climate change, and outlining his vision for Africa, his father's birthplace.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 16:13:25 GMT
Palin resigning as Alaska governor in surprise move (Reuters)
Reuters - Sarah Palin, the brash, deeply conservative governor of Alaska who crashed onto the U.S. national political scene last year as the Republican candidate for U.S. vice president, announced abruptly on Friday she was resigning as governor.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:01:33 GMT
SKorea says North fires 7 missiles off east coast (AP)
AP - North Korea fired seven ballistic missiles off its eastern coast Saturday, South Korea said, a violation of U.N. resolutions and an apparent message of defiance to the United States on its Independence Day.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:49:36 GMT