Senegal terrace collapse kills 11 fans watching Uruguay-S. Korea World Cup match, police say

DAKAR, SENEGAL – Police in Senegal say 11 people died after the collapse of a terrace on which they had gathered to watch a World Cup match on television. Police said the collapse happened as the people were watching the Saturday afternoon matchup between Uruguay and Korea. A police official said …

Washington Examiner · June 27, 2010, 4:36 AM (PST)

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Belfast Telegraph

Voting-day clash kills 4 in contested area of Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia

HARGEISA, Somalia (AP) – Officials in Somaliland say a voting-day skirmish killed four people in a contested area of the self-declared republic. The election board says a militia from neighboring Puntland region tried to raid a polling station in an area claimed by Somaliland and Puntland …

KTLA.com · June 27, 2010, 4:00 AM (PST)

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Middletown Journal

Afghan and NATO officials say airstrike in northern Afghanistan killed local Taliban commander

A U.S. airstrike killed eight militants including a local Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan, NATO and Afghan officials said Sunday. The battle against the Taliban in Afghanistan has been expanding increasingly to the whole country, with insurgent cells operating and launching attacks in the …

Newser · June 27, 2010, 1:37 AM (PST)

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That’s Cricket

North Korea open to talks with Seoul over warship

North Korea said on Sunday it was open to inter-Korean military talks to address the sinking of a South Korean warship but urged the United States to cease its involvement in the case. The North, however, renewed a demand that the South first allow Pyongyang to carry out its own inspection to verify …

Raw Story · June 27, 2010, 4:07 AM (PST)

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Huffingtonpost.com

Overloaded bus plunges into ravine while traveling to funeral in China; 11 dead, 31 hurt

BEIJING – State media say an overloaded bus traveling to a funeral veered off a mountain road in northwestern China and plunged into a ravine, killing 11 people and injuring 31. Xinhua News Agency says 42 people were in the 19-seat bus when it crashed Saturday in Ningxia region’s Haiyuan county …

San Francisco Examiner · June 27, 2010, 5:12 AM (PST)

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msnbc.com

Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz leaders make risky referendum bet

Kyrgyzstan holds a referendum on a new constitution Sunday, a risky gamble amid deadly ethnic tensions but one the interim government hopes will legitimize its power until elections in October. The Central Asian nation was on a high security alert for the vote, deploying almost 8,000 police officers …

Tulsa World · June 27, 2010, 4:58 AM (PST)

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Burlington County Times

Big Disputes Over Value of Stimulus vs. Spending Cuts

TORONTO (AP) — A
fter achieving notable success in dealing with the worst economic crisis in decades, major countries are now struggling to manage the global recovery. President Obama and other leaders of the Group of 20 rich industrial and major developing countries were wrapping up their summit in …

KNx 1070 · June 27, 2010, 4:00 AM (PST)

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CBS News

Pope says Belgian church sex abuse raids deplorable; stresses justice but also church autonomy

Pope Benedict XVI issued a message Sunday to the head of the Belgian bishops’ conference, Monsignor Andre-Joseph Leonard. In it, he expressed solidarity with all Belgian bishops for the "surprising and deplorable way" in which Thursday’s raids were carried out. Benedict said justice must take its …

Newser · June 27, 2010, 5:05 AM (PST)

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Houston Chronicle

More Condemnations of Israel, this Time from the G8

The leading eight democratic industrial nations known as the G8, have turned to Israel in a message of condemnation, calling the situation in Hamas-controlled Gaza ??Ãunsustainable??Ä. The industrial forum also calls on Iran to respect human rights. Not wishing to put the Mavi Marama commando …

YESHIVA WORLD NEWS · June 26, 2010, 10:38 PM (PST)

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France 24

SUMMIT NOTEBOOK: Obama, Cameron share helicopter

President Barack Obama holds a bottle of 312 beer from Chicago as he and British Prime Minister David Cameron exchange beers during a bilteral meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Toronto, Saturday, June 26, 2010. Very special indeed. When British Prime Minister David Cameron needed a lift …

CharlotteObserver.com · June 27, 2010, 1:37 AM (PST)

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