 Telegraph.co.uk | Palin Resigning Governor's Job; Future Unclear New York Times Robert DeBerry/The Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman, via AP Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announced that she is stepping down from her position as Governor in Wasilla, Alaska on Friday. By ADAM NAGOURNEY and JIM RUTENBERG Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska abruptly ... Palin resigns as governor, leaves plans secret Palin to call it quits as Alaska's governor Palin's Resignation Has Many Asking, What Next? |
 Washington Post | North Korea 'tests two missiles' BBC News North Korea has tested two short-range missiles, South Korean media report, as concern mounts in the region that a long-range test could be days away. It test-fired other similar missiles earlier this week and has incurred fresh UN sanctions since ... North Korea fires Scud missiles: report NKorea test-fires two missiles: defence ministry Further N. Korean nuclear test possible - UK envoy |
 BBC News | Honduran court defiant on Zelaya BBC News The Supreme Court of Honduras has rejected a demand by the Organization of American States to reinstate the ousted President, Manuel Zelaya. OAS chief Miguel Insulza was told that the court's position was "irreversible" when he met its president for ... OAS chief says Honduras unwilling to restore Zelaya Ecuadoran president ready to accompany Zelaya back to Honduras Video shows Honduran troops shooting protesters' bus tires |
 guardian.co.uk | Iran Cleric Says British Embassy Staff to Stand Trial New York Times Worshipers at Friday Prayer in Tehran. Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati said that embassy employees would be tried for their role in inciting protests after the election. By JOHN F. BURNS and STEPHEN CASTLE LONDON — A high-ranking Iranian cleric said Friday ... Hardline sermons in Iran stiffen EU resolve Iranian cleric: British Embassy staff to be tried Iran will put British Embassy staffers on trial |
 Telegraph.co.uk | US Marine commander out shopping in Afghanistan AFP GARMSIR, Afghanistan (AFP) — Brigadier General Larry Nicholson demonstrated the more open approach he wants to see among the new US troops sent to southern Afghanistan by going shopping for melons. Nicholson, commander of the 4000 Marines deployed on ... Failed strategy in Afghanistan Marines targeting Taliban in Afghan push US Marines fight to expel Taleban from south Helmand as canal seized |
 ABC News | Sanford heads for Florida for tense reunion with wife New York Daily News Love-sick Gov. Mark Sanford ditched his security detail before jetting to an Argentine rendezvous with his mistress last month. But he took the guards with him Friday for a Florida groveling session with his wife and in-laws. ... Sanford spending holiday weekend with family in Florida SC residents mixed over fate of cheating gov South Carolina governor mixed business, pleasure in '08 Argentina trip |
 Voice of America | UN chief gambles on Burma breakthrough BBC News Ban Ki-moon is not a man known for taking risks. Yet his decision to visit Burma and meet its secretive military rulers - at a time when the rest of the world is outraged by their decision to put opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on ... UN Chief Asks Burmese Junta for Meeting with Aung San Suu Kyi UN chief faces steep challenge in Burma UN chief presses Suu Kyi release |
 BBC News | Aid workers kidnapped in Darfur Aljazeera.net Armed men have abducted two foreign female aid workers in Sudan's western Darfur region, United Nations officials have said. The two women, one Irish and one Ugandan, both working for the Irish aid croup Goal, were abdutced late on Friday from their ... Two foreign aid workers kidnapped in Darfur: officials African leaders denounce international court Charity worker kidnapped in Sudan |
 CTV.ca | Drone Targets Taliban in Pakistan, at Least 6 Dead Washington Post ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 3 -- The followers of one of Pakistan's most feared Taliban commanders, Baitullah Mehsud, came under a fresh round of US drone attacks Friday in bombings that killed at least six people, ... US drone attacks said to kill 17 at Taliban outposts in Pakistan 'Militant deaths' in US drone hit Suspected US drone attacks target Pakistan Taliban leader |
 Washington Post | Germany: Demjanjuk Cleared for Trial New York Times Doctors have determined that John Demjanjuk, who is accused of complicity in atrocities as a guard at a Nazi death camp, is fit to stand trial, prosecutors said Friday in Munich. Mr. Demjanjuk, 89, a retired autoworker, was deported ... Accused war criminal Demjanjuk 'fit to stand trial' Prosecutors: Demjanjuk fit to stand trial FACTBOX: Five facts about accused Nazi guard John Demjanjuk |
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