Palestinians, Israel hold high-level talks

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad met Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Monday for the first high-level talks between the two sides since they began indirect peace negotiations two months ago. The meeting was taking place at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, ahead of talks in Washington …

msnbc.com · July 05, 2010, 4:34 AM (PST)

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Houston Chronicle

Cost of the queen: less than $1 per person a year

Buckingham Palace says the royal family cost Britons 62 pence ($0.94) per person last year, 7 pence less than in 2008-2009. Accounts released Monday show the total cost of supporting the monarchy was 38.2 million pounds in the year to March 31, more than 3 million pounds less than the year before …

AP – msnbc.com · July 05, 2010, 2:32 AM (PST)

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Daily Telegraph

WBTV 3 News, Weather, Sports, and Traffic for Charlotte, NC-Somali pirates seize chemical tanker in Red Sea

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The EU’s anti-piracy task force says Somali pirates have hijacked a chemical tanker carrying lubricating oil in the Red Sea. The force says pirates attacked the Marshall Islands-flagged MT Motivator on Sunday in the northern Strait of Bab al Mandeb. The seizure was only …

WBTV · July 05, 2010, 3:58 AM (PST)

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WSVN-TV

Petraeus faces decision on ‘rules of engagement’ in Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – "We are in this to win," Gen. David Petraeus said Sunday as he took the reins of an Afghan war effort troubled by waning support, an emboldened enemy, government corruption and a looming commitment to withdraw troops – even with no sign of violence easing. Petraeus, who …

Oroville Mercury-Register · July 04, 2010, 11:12 PM (PST)

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Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Komorowski’s presidential win strengthens Polish government’s hold on country

WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Bronislaw Komorowski’s near-certain victory in Poland’s presidential election has strengthened his party’s hold on power ahead of parliamentary elections next year. Full final results of the election are due later Monday but with 95 percent of the votes counted Komorowski …

KTLA.com · July 05, 2010, 2:03 AM (PST)

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Digital Chosunilbo

Chinese court sentences US geologist tortured by state security agents to 8 years in jail

BEIJING – An American geologist held and tortured by China’s state security agents was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for gathering data on the Chinese oil industry in a case that highlights the government’s use of vague secrets laws to restrict business information. In pronouncing Xue …

San Francisco Examiner · July 05, 2010, 3:37 AM (PST)

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USA Today

One Killed, 23 Hurt During Iowa Parade

(BELLEVUE, Iowa) – Two runaway horses pulling a wagon trampled spectators at a small-town Fourth of July parade, killing a 60-year-old woman and injuring at least 23 other people, four critically. The horses bolted after one rubbed its head against the other, removing that horse’s bridle, police …

Time · July 04, 2010, 11:
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Washington Post

Mexico’s drug war heats up near Arizona border

Very few residents dare to drive on one of the roads out of this watering-hole for migrants, fearing they will be stopped at gunpoint. They worry they will be told to turn around after their gas tanks are drained or, worse, be kidnapped or killed. A shootout that left 21 people dead and six wounded …

AP – msnbc.com · July 05, 2010, 2:39 AM (PST)

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Bellingham Herald

Drug-smuggling submarine seized in Ecuador jungle is quantum leap for traffickers, DEA says

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) – A 100-foot (33-meter), twin-screw diesel submarine seized at a jungle shipyard in Ecuador marks a quantum, if anticipated, leap in drug-smuggling evasion technology, the top U.S. counter-drug official for the region said Sunday. "It is the first fully functional, completely …

FOX News · July 04, 2010, 11:04 PM (PST)

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