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  • 5.6 magnitude quake hits Iran

    5.6 magnitude quake hits Iran

    Osaka News.Net

    A strong earthquake shook parts of Iran Friday injuring many and burying scores.

  • Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

    Wikileaks editor says national security concern is a deflection

    Osaka News.Net

    Julian Assange denies his Web site is responsible for any extra blood spilled in Iraq or Afghanistan, calling on the US government to provide proof of such claims.

  • Church in Florida hosting Quran burning party

    Church in Florida hosting Quran burning party

    Osaka News.Net

    A US-based religious group calling for everyone to burn a copy of the Quran in remembrance of 9/11 victims has been slammed by groups across the US.

  • Major overhaul of bushfire response plan following report

    Major overhaul of bushfire response plan following report

    Osaka News.Net

    A royal commission which heard testimony from more than 400 people has found Australia's system for responding to bushfires deficient and has called for major changes.

  • Boy shoots playmate with gun left on kitchen table

    Boy shoots playmate with gun left on kitchen table

    Osaka News.Net

    A young boy accidentally shot dead his friend after playing with unattended gun in Indianapolis.

  • Military to supply fuel to Greece as strike continues

    Military to supply fuel to Greece as strike continues

    Osaka News.Net

    The Greek government has announced that the military will step in to supply fuel to critical sectors of the economy to ease the pressure created by a crippling lorry driver strike.

  • Runway destroyed and several injured following Israeli airstrikes

    Runway destroyed and several injured following Israeli airstrikes

    Osaka News.Net

    The Israeli military has attacked parts of the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire on Friday.

  • King of Saudi Arabia and president of Syria call for unity in Lebanon

    King of Saudi Arabia and president of Syria call for unity in Lebanon

    Osaka News.Net

    The leaders of Saudi Arabia and Syria, both major regional powers, have visited Lebanon to throw their support behind the fractured unity government.

  • Death toll climbs from wildfires across Russia

    Death toll climbs from wildfires across Russia

    Osaka News.Net

    Fire fighters across central Russia have been battling to contain runaway fires that have destroyed hundreds of homes and killed many.

  • Police break up of protest in Paris didn't go well

    Police break up of protest in Paris didn't go well

    Osaka News.Net

    Police filmed dragging a women along the pavement with her baby slung round her back are accused of brutality.

  • Official: Pakistan plane crash black box found

    WHP CBS 21

    (Inergize Digital Media) ISLAMABAD (AP) — An official says recovery workers have found the black box flight data recorder from the wreckage of the worst-ever plane crash in Pakistan.The crash in t...

  • More than 800 dead in Pakistani floods

    Washington Times

    Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of fever, diarrhea and other wate...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Washington Times

    Pakistan , on Friday, July 30, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by local carrier Airblue crashed into hills overlooking the country's capital, Islamabad, during stormy, monsoon weather, killing all 152 ...

  • Debris in relief well sets back work on gusher

    Washington Times

    Gulf oil gusher a little memento that is expected to push their work back about a day.Crews found debris in the bottom of the relief well that ultimately will be used to plug the leak for good, retire...

  • Poles hope deadly knights will now bring some good

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    FILE - In this file photo dated July 17, 2010, actors perform as modern-day ancient knights, to re-enacted the Battle of Grunwald in which Poles and Lithuanians helped by Russians and Czech forces, re...

  • Black box from Pakistan plane crash recovered

    RTE

    Pakistani investigators this morning found the data recorder from AirBlue flight 202, which crashed in heavy rain near Islamabad this week killing all 152 people onboard. The Airbus 321 crashed on We...

  • Flash Floods Kill At Least 65 In Afghanistan

    RadioFreeEurope

    Afghan officials say flashfloods have killed at least 65 people across the country. Abdul Matin Edrok, head of the Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, told reporters "we estimate ...

  • Optimism That Cement Will Shut Down Gulf Oil Well

    International Herald Tribune

    Engineers for the company are preparing to pump heavy drilling mud and then cement into the Macondo well early this week, potentially killing it for good — or at least offering critical clues ab...

  • Jewish Group Opposes Muslim Center Near Ground Zero

    International Herald Tribune

    An influential Jewish organization on Friday announced its opposition to a proposed Islamic center and mosque two blocks north of ground zero in Lower Manhattan, intensifying a fierce national debate ...

  • More Than 800 Dead in Pakistani Floods

    International Herald Tribune

    Pakistan (AP) -- Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said Saturday as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims and some evacuees showed signs of f...

  • Pakistan plane crash 'black box' found

    KRQE

    An official of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority carries the covered 'black box' of crashed Airbus A321 at Margalla Hills in Islamabad, Pakistan on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Recovery workers found the ...

  • Exhibiting fair and square

    Jerusalem Post

    ‘We bring the outside world to Israel because we know that the Israeli public won’t get to every country,” explains Sara Malka, the producer and artistic director of the Hutzot Hayotzer Intern...

  • The hutzpa to be exceptional

    Jerusalem Post

    Born and raised in Clemson, Welsh is the child of a mixed marriage; his mother is Jewish and his father is Christian. Both his parents, though, are Zionists, he said, who instilled within him a pass...

  • Al Gore won't be prosecuted over sex assault allegation

    USA Today

    won't be prosecuted over allegations by a masseuse that he groped and assaulted her in his Portland hotel room in 2006, the county prosecutor said Friday.

  • Georgia pastor fired up over school's demon mascot

    USA Today

    WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Pastor Donald Crosby moved to Warner Robins about a year ago was furious when he found out his ninth-grade son would soon become a "demon."

  • Schools report surge in homeless students

    USA Today

    WASHINGTON — Nearly 1 million homeless students attended public schools in 2008-09, a 41% increase over the previous two years and another sign of how broadly the economic recession has struck Am...

  • 'Love Parade' memorial held

    C News

    Members of rescue service who attended to victims of the Love Parade stampede, react during a memorial service in Salvator Church (Salvatorkirche) in Duisburg July 31, 2010. (REUTERS/EPD/Friedrich Sta...

  • Child killed at Kashmir protest

    C News

    SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - Indian police opened fire on Saturday to disperse thousands of people protesting against Indian rule in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, killing a child and woundi...

  • Black box found at Pakistan plane crash site: officials

    Calgary Herald

    Pakistani investigators search for evidence in the wreckage of an Airblue passenger plane at the Margalla Hills on the outskirts of Islamabad on July 31, 2010.

  • S4C chief 'faced plot,' claims AM

    BBC

    Former heritage minister Rhodri Glyn Thomas has claimed members of the S4C authority may have plotted to oust the Welsh language TV channel's former chief executive.

  • Giant hailstone breaks US record

    BBC

    According to the National Weather Service, the hailstone that landed in the town of Vivian eclipsed previous record-setters in Nebraska in 2003 and Kansas in 1970.

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Los Angeles Times

    Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesda...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Los Angeles Times

    Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesda...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Los Angeles Times

    Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesda...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Los Angeles Times

    Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide clues as to why the Airblue flight crashed Wednesda...

  • Obama hopes Rep. Rangel can leave "with dignity"

    Reuters

    Rep. Charles Rangel (R) stands in front of the media after meeting of the Congessional Black Caucus with President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington, March 11, 2010. From L-R are: Rep. Han...

  • Second senior Democrat to face ethics trial: source

    Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A second senior Democratic lawmaker may face a public ethics trial this fall, posing a possible setback to the party's efforts to keep control of the House of Representatives in...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Boston Herald

    I SLAMABAD — Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan’s worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials s...

  • Aerial Assault Waged on Calif. Wildfire

    CBS News

    Calif. Fire Out of Control Fast-moving wildfires threaten homes north of Los Angeles and officials say there is zero containment. Hattie Kauffman reports.

  • Chelsea: Presidential Kid in the Public Eye

    CBS News

    (CBS) Being a presidential daughter or son looks glamorous and seems exciting - especially on a wedding day. But being a presidential child can be far from easy. Franklin D. Roosevelt once said, "O...

  • Obama Slams GOP's "Do-Nothing Policies"

    CBS News

    President Barack Obama places his order for a submarine sandwich with Carl Padavano, before meeting with small business owners at the Tastee Sub Shop in Edison, N.J. on Wednesday.

  • Phils' bats tend to come up short

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Top starting pitchers are sort of the same way. They might have the kind of stuff that has batters muttering unprintables to themselves as they trudge, head down, back to the dugout. They might shatte...

  • Graham happy to get in camp

    Philadelphia Daily News

    BETHLEHEM - Brandon Graham's lease was up in Ann Arbor, where he was working out with the Michigan football team. Graham had to negotiate an extra week of wiggle room. Meanwhile, he was getting ribbed...

  • The quiet Main Liner who's marrying Chelsea Clinton

    Philadelphia Daily News

    Astor Courts in Upstate New York will be the setting Saturday for the wedding of Chelsea Clinton and Marc Mezvinsky. They met in 1996 and got reacquainted and started dating years later.

  • Paul Hagen: Phils should have just kept Cliff Lee

    Philadelphia Daily News

    IT'S ALL RIGHT to be unhappy with the trade that sent Cliff Lee packing last December. There were good, sound arguments for pairing him with Roy Halladay at the top of the Phillies rotation and going ...

  • Ellen Gray: Ellen's backing away from 'Idol' feels right

    Philadelphia Daily News

    A FEW THOUGHTS on Ellen DeGeneres bowing out of Fox's "American Idol," and the multiple reports, including one from the not-prone-to-speculation Associated Press, that Jennifer Lopez will re...

  • 'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage

    Sign on San Diego

    Pakistani rescue workers search for evidence and victims of Wednesday's deadly plane crash, in the mountains surrounding Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, July 29, 2010. The Airbus A321 operated by...

  • Ethics panel to charge California Rep. Waters

    Washington Times

    Rep. Maxine Waters of California with ethics violations, raising the possibility of a second trial this fall. People familiar with the investigation, who were not authorized to be quoted, said Friday ...

  • Germany Pays Tribute To Love Parade Victims

    RadioFreeEurope

    Thousands of people have attended a memorial service in Germany for the 21 people who were killed during a stampede at the Love Parade dance music festival one week ago.Mourners and officials gathered...

  • Thousands Of Firefighters Battle Flames In Central Russia

    RadioFreeEurope

    WATCH: Deadly forest fires reached the outskirts of the city of Voronezh in central Russia on July 29, destroying private homes and forcing the evacuation of hospitals and tourist facilities.