Arrests made in bomb attacks on World Cup fans in Uganda

KAMPALA, UGANDA — Police have made several arrests in connection with the twin bombings Sunday that killed 76 people watching the World Cup final, Ugandan officials said Tuesday. Investigators also unearthed an unexploded suicide vest in a local discotheque — suggesting that the Somali militants …

Washington Post · July 13, 2010, 5:14 AM (PST)

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Swiss set Polanski free; reject US extradition request

BERN, Switzerland – Roman Polanski was declared a free man on Monday after Switzerland rejected a U.S. request to extradite him to be sentenced for having sex in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. The Swiss government blamed the decision on U.S. authorities, saying they had failed to address defense …

Post-Tribune · July 13, 2010, 2:01 AM (PST)

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Rogue Afghan soldier kills 3 NATO troops

A rogue Afghan soldier fired a rocket-propelled grenade into a group of international forces early Tuesday, killing three British troops, a military spokesman said. Four others were wounded. Afghan President Hamid Karzai sent a letter of apology to the British government, and a joint NATO-Afghan …

msnbc.com · July 13, 2010, 4:17 AM (PST)

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San Jose Mercury News

Mugabe: Diamonds can revive Zimbabwean economy

Zimbabwe’s president says his nation will sell its massive stores of diamonds despite not receiving authorization from the world’s diamond control body. A defiant President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday told lawmakers diamond sales have "huge potential" to revive the shattered economy. He says Zimbabwe …

Beaver County Times · July 13, 2010, 5:14 AM (PST)

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BBC Africa

EU finance ministers under pressure to agree new financial oversight agencies

BRUSSELS (AP) – European Union finance ministers are under pressure at Monday talks to fix a compromise with EU lawmakers over new financial oversight agencies due to be set up at the end of the year. Austrian Finance Minister Josef Proell told reporters "the decision time has come" despite some …

Orlando Sentinel · July 13, 2010, 1:40 AM (PST)

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Beaver County Times

17 Dead, 44 Missing as Landslides Hit China

(BEIJING) – Landslides slammed into three mountain hamlets in western China early Tuesday, killing 17 people and leaving 44 missing, while crews drained a fast-rising reservoir in another part of the country following heavy rains. The landslides swept through three different areas before dawn …

Time · July 13, 2010, 3:06 AM (PST)

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Iran: Missing Scientist Is in Washington

(TEHRAN, Iran) – Iran said Tuesday a missing Iranian nuclear scientist, who Tehran claims was abducted by the U.S., has taken refuge at the Pakistani embassy in Washington and is asking to return to his homeland. The state TV reported that the scientist, Shahram Amiri, entered the embassy’s office …

Time · July 13, 2010, 5:14 AM (PST)

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Buenos Aires Herald

Police: Drunk Australian bitten by ‘Fatso’ the crocodile after trying to sit on animal’s back

PERTH, Australia (AP) – A man ejected from a pub in Australia broke into a zoo and climbed onto the back of a crocodile named Fatso, which bit him on the leg but then let him go. Police say they’re surprised the croc didn’t inflict worse damage. The 36-year-old man, who police said had just been …

FOX News · July 12, 2010, 8:18 PM (PST)

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Analysis: N.Korea’s call for talks hardly welcome by South, U.S.

North Korea, which escaped U.N. censure over the sinking of a South Korean warship, is signaling it wants to restart nuclear weapons negotiations. For the United States and South Korea, the talks are fraught with risk. Washington is well aware of the political mileage it gives the hermit state by …

msnbc.com · July 13, 2010, 2:37 AM (PST)

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