Running Of The Bulls: Two Gored During San Fermin In Pamplona, Spain (PHOTOS)

PAMPLONA, Spain (Associated Press) – Two people were gored Thursday during a tense and dangerous second running of the bulls at Spain’s famed San Fermin fiesta, and at least five other people were hospitalized after falling or being trampled by the hulking beasts, officials said. Thousands took part …

Huffingtonpost.com · July 08, 2010, 4:30 AM (PST)

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Seattle Times

Norway al-Qaida bomb plot: 3 arrested

OSLO — Three suspected al-Qaida members were arrested Thursday morning in what Norwegian and U.S. officials said was a terrorist plot linked to similar plans in New York and England. The three men, whose names were not released, had been under surveillance for more than a year. Two of the men were …

Washington Post · July 08, 2010, 4:59 AM (PST)

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Nine dead as Israel storms aid ship

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli marines stormed a Turkish aid ship bound for Gaza on Monday and at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed, triggering a diplomatic crisis and an emergency session of the U.N. Security Council. European nations, as well as the United Nations and Turkey, voiced …

Reuters · July 08, 2010, 4:09 AM (PST)

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Court: UK Must Delay Extraditing Britons to Us, EU

STRASBOURG, France (AP) The European Court of Human Rights says Britain must hold off on extraditing four Britons to the United States where they are wanted on terror charges. The four face very long jail terms without parole and in maximum security conditions. The rights court said Thursday the …

WNCT · July 08, 2010, 3:47 AM (PST)

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2 NATO troops and Afghan police official killed

Two international troops died in insurgent attacks and a senior Afghan police official was assassinated, officials said Thursday as violence spiraled across the country. NATO also said it captured a suspected Taliban-linked supplier of bomb-making materials overnight in an eastern province, as the …

North County Times · July 08, 2010, 5:06 AM (PST)

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Boston Globe

UK treasure hunter finds hoard of 52,000 Roman coins in an English field

LONDON (AP) – A British treasure hunter has found a hoard of about 52,000 Roman coins, one of the largest such finds ever in Britain. The British Museum and the Portable Antiquities Scheme announced the find on Thursday. Dave Crisp located the coins in April in a field in southwestern England. The …

FOX News · July 08, 2010, 12:13 AM (PST)

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Sky.com

Turkey’s opposition to campaign against constitutional reforms ahead of September vote

ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey’s pro-secular opposition vowed Thursday to campaign for a "no" vote in a September referendum on constitutional reforms that it fears will increase the Islamic-oriented government’s power over the judiciary. The comments came a day after Turkey’s highest court rejected the …

Minneapolis Star Tribune · July 08, 2010, 3:26 AM (PST)

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Al Jazeera

Catholic Church says Cuba agrees to free 52 political prisoners, nearly a third of all held

HAVANA (AP) – Cuba has promised the Roman Catholic Church it will free 52 political prisoners, slashing the number it holds by nearly a third in what would be the communist-run island’s largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998. Five would be released inititially and …

FOX News · July 08, 2010, 4:23 AM (PST)

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