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For the second time in four months, prison guards foiled an attempt to smuggle a cellphone into a prison by carrier pigeon, the authorities said Friday. Full Article at The New York Times
(CNN) -- Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reformist party newspaper reported on... Full Article at CNN
This file photo taken on February 25, 1999 shows Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi addressing an impromptu press conference in Yangon. View Photo »
Part of the reason is because Ghana has now undergone a couple of successful elections in which power was transferred peacefully
A South Korean official reports North Korea has fired two missiles off its eastern coast. Here, two short-range missiles are fired from an undisclosed location in North Korea on Jan. 5. Full Article at USA Today
A Chinese man was sentenced to 16 years in prison for a plot to harm a pro-democracy politician and a newspaper publisher. The man, Huang Nanhua, 50, was accused of planning to assassinate the politician, Martin Lee, in August. Full Article at The New York Times
The death toll from a train accident this week rose Friday to 22 after three hospitalized people died, officials said. Full Article at The New York Times
U.S Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead speaks during a interview in Tokyo, Saturday, July 4, 2009. View Photo »
A suppressed EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) study says old United Nations data ignore the decline in global temperatures and other inconvenient truths. This was supposed to be the most transparent administration ever. Yet as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the Waxman-Markey Bill ...
The Vatican opened the path to the beatification of the 19th-century English cardinal John Henry Newman and a Palestinian nun, Maria Ghattas, after Pope Benedict XVI signed a decree, recognizing miracles attributed to the pair. Full Article at The New York Times
Thirty-one teenagers died from complications after botched circumcision rites in the rural Eastern Cape region, officials said. Full Article at The New York Times
In this file picture taken on May 6, 2002 Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi addresses a press conference after beeing freed from 19 months under house arrest at her party's headquarters in Yangon.
View Photo »This file photo taken on February 25, 1999 shows Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi addressing an impromptu press conference in Yangon.
View Photo »U.S Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead speaks during a interview in Tokyo, Saturday, July 4, 2009. Roughead said Saturday that a United Nations resolution was responsible for the change of course by a North Korean ship suspected of carrying illicit weapons.
View Photo »President of South Africa Jacob Zuma delivers a statement after the conclusion of the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009.
View Photo »Syrians walk at the old city in Damascus, Syria, Friday July 3, 2009.
View Photo »United States Vice-President Joe Biden (L) meets with U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill at military base outside Baghdad, July 3, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden (C) meets General Ray Odierno and U.S. Ambassador Christopher Hill (R) at Odierno's headquarters at the military base outside Baghdad July 3, 2009.
View Photo »U.S. President Barack Obama points the way to Marine One for his guests as they depart Washington for Camp David in Maryland July 3, 2009. Obama and his family and guests are spending the night at the presidential retreat.
View Photo »Russian traditional wooden dolls, Matreshkas, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, are displayed by a street vendor in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, July 3, 2009. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8.
View Photo »Newly elected Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Yukiya Amano of Japan attends a meeting at Vienna's UN headquarters July 3, 2009.
View Photo »A Russian traditional wooden doll, Matreshka, depicting Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and U.S. President Barak Obama, is held by a street vendor in downtown Moscow, Friday, July 3, 2009. Obama is to visit Russia on July 6-8.
View Photo »Newly elected director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano of Japan, arrives at the headquarters of the UN atomic watchdog in Vienna on July 3, 2009.
View Photo »Newly elected director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Yukiya Amano of Japan, prepares to take his seat arrives at the headquarters of the UN atomic watchdog in Vienna on July 3, 2009.
View Photo »A U.S marine patrols in the Garmsir district of Helmand province July 3, 2009. Thousands of U.S. Marines stormed deep into Taliban territory in an Afghan valley on Thursday, marking the start of a major new effort by the Obama administration to regain the initiative in the war.
View Photo »Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win (far right) and other members of the military regime await the arrival of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009.
View Photo »United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (L) holds a meeting with Myanmar's junta supremo Senior General Than Shwe (R) in Naypyidaw, July 3, 2009. Ban had a rare meeting with Shwe on Friday but left with no clear answer to his request to see detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
View Photo »Viktor Mirosiichenko, the public face of Kontora loan company, sits at his office in Riga July 2, 2009. Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times? In Latvia, where the crisis has raged more than in the rest of the European Union, you can.
View Photo »FILE-In this file photo taken on Monday, May 18, 2009, a boy holds a poster of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during anti-Myanmar government protest, outside the Myanmar embassy in Bangkok, Thailand.
View Photo »President of South Africa Jacob Zuma talks to reporters after attending the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya, Friday, July 3, 2009.
View Photo »Viktor Mirosiichenko, the public face of Kontora loan company, shows a contract with a borrower at his office in Riga July 2, 2009. Ready to give your soul for a loan in these difficult economic times?
View Photo »Marine One takes off with US President Barack Obama on board from Fort McNair in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2009 en route to Camp David.
View Photo »An officer directs the Marine One helicopter as it takes off with US President Barack Obama from Fort McNair in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2009 en route to Camp David.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama boards the Marine One helicopter at Fort McNair in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2009 en route to Camp David.
View Photo »President of South Africa Jacob Zuma, center, arrives with unidentified aides to attend the closing session at the third day of the 13th African Union summit of heads of state and government in Sirte, Libya Friday, July 3, 2009.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama (C-blue shirt) and family friends arrive at Fort McNair in Washington, DC, on July 3, 2009 to board the Marine One helicopter en route to Camp David.
View Photo »This file photo taken on February 25, 1999 shows Myanmar opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi addressing an impromptu press conference in Yangon.
View Photo »Part of the reason is because Ghana has now undergone a couple of successful elections in which power was transferred peacefully
A suppressed EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) study says old United Nations data ignore the decline in global temperatures and other inconvenient truths. This was supposed to be the most transparent administration ever. Yet as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the Waxman-Markey Bill ...
I've made it clear that the United States respects the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and is not interfering with Iran's affairs.
The president (Barack Obama) and I appreciate that Iraq has traveled a great distance over the past year but there is a hard road ahead if Iraq is going to find lasting peace and stability. It's not over yet
I mean, Kobe's terrific. Don't get me wrong ... But I haven't seen anybody match up with Jordan yet.
Barack Obama is truly the American president ... He is not the white American president or the black American president. He is our president. A number of our viewers might have had a different expectation.
As I've said from the moment that I walked into the door of this White House, it took years for us to get into this mess, and it will take us more than a few months to turn it around
Russia has negative priorities, so-called red lines, such as NATO enlargement that might include Georgia or Ukraine ... Russia would absolutely not want this to happen -- or American plans to deploy elements of its antimissile defense system in Central Europe.
I think that Michael Jackson will go down in history as one of our greatest entertainers ... His brilliance as a performer also was paired with a tragic and, in many ways, sad personal life.
BBC under fire for £1.5m ‘Glasto Army’ as it sends 414 people and Alan Yentob to cover a pop festival.
I've always believed that affirmative action was less of an issue, or should be less of an issue, than it's made out to be
You saw the chaos our country went through after the fall of the former regime, but in spite of Al-Qaeda being in the country, our sons believed the victory was coming. You lived under those difficult circumstances and won against the enemies of freedom with security forces and the elections were proof ...
I have a very narrow definition of success when it comes to our national security interests and that is that al Qaeda and its affiliates cannot set up safe havens from which to attack Americans
That would have provided a tremendous stimulus to industries that are hurting the most, such as manufacturing and retail. To be sure, the current stimulus package has had an impact, but I don’t think the [President Barack Obama] administration could be satisfied with the current results.
I grew up on his music ... I still have all his stuff on my iPod.
I am excited that so many people have decided to join us to help create the new BBC North and this news is a big boost for our future prospects. What is pleasing is not just the numbers but the quality of the people who are now getting engaged with our new enterprise from some crucial parts of the BBC. ...
I'm not reconciled with [Iran's possession of nuclear weapons], and I don't think the international community is reconciled with that
I am excited that so many people have decided to join us to help create the new BBC North and this news is a big boost for our future prospects. What is pleasing is not just the numbers but the quality of the people who are now getting engaged with our new enterprise from some crucial parts of the BBC. ...
In addition, my administration is committed to rescinding the discriminatory ban on entry to the United States based on HIV status
This is one of the most extraordinary reversals of fortune in the history of American warfare. In 2006 and 2007 — after years of rising violence and disappointed expectations — much of the public and Congress had concluded, as Sen. Harry Reid did, that ‘this war is lost.’ Some, such as then-Sen. Barack ...
I don't think that outstanding businesses that are doing good work in Tennessee are going to be disadvantaged; I think they will be advantaged
The reason I came is (President Barack Obama) wants focus within the White House on the implementation of our administration's plan to ... draw down troops in Iraq
If you get some Cadillac plan that costs $17,000, then what we're going to do [under this scenario] is you're going to have to pay taxes on that last $4,000
If there is a world ranking of the most valued allies according to U.S. President Barack Obama, then France, Britain, Germany and Japan occupy the top slot
Whenever you start hearing these arguments about socialized medicine, government takeover, rationing, Canada-style health care, what I need you to do is to actually pay attention to the argument
