Tropical Storm Alex sets sights on Gulf of Mexico

BELIZE CITY (AP) – Tropical Storm Alex headed overland toward the Gulf of Mexico early Sunday, drenching Belize, northern Guatemala and Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula with torrential rains. Meteorologists project Alex, which made landfall on Belize’s coast late Saturday, will weaken as it passes over …

Delaware County Daily Times · June 28, 2010, 1:43 AM (PST)

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China says 107 people trapped in a landslide

BEIJING – A landslide caused by heavy rains has trapped at least 107 people Monday in southwestern China, and there is little hope for their survival, a local official said. Rescue work was under way and the number of casualties was not immediately known, said an official in Guizhou province who …

Austin American-Statesman · June 28, 2010, 4:21 AM (PST)

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Israeli inquiry into Gaza flotilla raid opens

JERUSALEM, June 28 (Reuters) – Israel’s prime minister and defence chief will be called to testify in an investigation into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, the leader of an Israeli commission of inquiry said in an opening statement on Monday. An international observer on the commission said …

Reuters · June 28, 2010, 3:23 AM (PST)

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North Korea rejects U.N. Command talks on sinking of warship

SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea said Sunday it has rejected a proposal by the American-led U.N. Command to hold military talks on the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang. The U.N. Command, which oversees the armistice that ended the three-year Korean War in 1953, has …

Deseret News · June 27, 2010, 8:07 PM (PST)

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NATO says Taliban leader killed in Kandahar operation; residents claim troops killed civilians

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan – NATO said Monday that a Taliban commander was among several armed people killed during a search operation in Kandahar, but residents claimed the troops killed eight innocent civilians, including two elderly men. NATO said in a statement that coalition and Afghan troops went …

Minneapolis Star Tribune · June 28, 2010, 4:06 AM (PST)

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G8 nations to take stock of development needs

G8 leaders including (rear L-R) Italy’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, President Barack Obama and France’s President Nicolas Sarkozy, walk with (front L-R) EU council President Herman Van Rompuy, Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, Japan’s Prime Minister …

Reuters · June 27, 2010, 11:34 PM (PST)

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Kyrgyzstan OKs constitution

OSH, Kyrgyzstan – Barely two weeks after ethnic purges left many minority Uzbek communities in smoldering ruin, about two-thirds of Kyrgyzstan’s voters went to the polls Sunday to peacefully and overwhelmingly approve a new constitution they hoped would bring stability to the Central Asian … >

San Mateo Daily Journal · June 28, 2010, 3:38 AM (PST)

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7 Israeli Arabs charged in attacks

Israel’s internal security service says seven Israeli Arabs inspired by al-Qaida have been indicted in the killing of an Israeli cab driver and other attacks on Jews and Christians. The Shin Bet security service says the seven underwent a process of Islamic radicalization in recent years through …

Rapid City Journal · June 28, 2010, 4:06 AM (PST)

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Trial of Serb For Attack on NY Student Postponed EU

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) Serb judges have postponed until September the trial of a former college basketball player charged with beating an American student into a coma. Miladin Kovacevic, accused of inflicting severe bodily harm with possible deadly consequences on Bryan Steinhauer in May 2008 in …

WNCT · June 28, 2010, 3:09 AM (PST)

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