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Updated : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:03:22 GMT
Putin rejects Obama criticism before meeting (Reuters)
Reuters - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Friday rejected U.S. President Barack Obama's charge that he was mired in Cold War thinking, setting the scene for a stormy first meeting at a Moscow summit next week.Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:49:49 GMT
Iranian hardliner calls opposition leader US agent (AP)
AP - A top aide of Iran's supreme leader called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation in an editorial Saturday.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:57:42 GMT
OAS set to suspend Honduras as it renounces charter (Reuters)
Reuters - The Organization of American States prepared to suspend Honduras on Saturday after a caretaker government refused to restore ousted President Manuel Zelaya and defiantly renounced the OAS charter in an apparent preemptive move.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:49:39 GMT
Palin resignation leaves questions on 2012 run (AP)
AP - Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:00:25 GMT
Powerful sedative found in Michael Jackson's home (AP)
AP - Questions about Michael Jackson's use of prescription drugs are intensifying after a powerful sedative was found inside his home.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:11:26 GMT
North Korea defies U.S. with new missile launches (Reuters)
Reuters - North Korea fired five ballistic missiles on Saturday, South Korea's defense ministry said, in an act of defiance toward the United States that further stoked regional tensions already high due to its nuclear test in May.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:37:03 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
2 US troops killed in Afghanistan blast, 4 injured (AP)
AP - A blast outside a U.S. base in eastern Afghanistan killed two American troops and wounded four others Saturday, a military spokesman said.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:25:23 GMT
SC serial killer conjures memory of 60s murderer (AP)
AP - A terrified rural South Carolina community hunkered down over the Fourth of July after the sheriff said a serial killer was on the loose, and longtime residents were reminded of a murderer who terrorized the town in the 1960s.Publ.Date : Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:32:14 GMT
U.S. sounds out Arabs on Israel gestures: diplomats (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States and its Western allies are sounding out Arab governments to see if they might ease sanctions on Israel if it stopped building Jewish settlements on Palestinian territory, diplomats said on Friday.
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