Fri 3 Jul 2009
TOKYO, July 2 — North Korea on Thursday continued to rattle its neighbors by firing four short-range missiles into waters off its east coast.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Obama Supports ÃÂRobust’ Protection for Catholic Health-Care Workers
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President Barack Obama said today that he still favors a “robust” federal policy protecting health-care workers who have moral objections to performing some procedures even though he plans to roll back a Bush administration rule that expanded such protection.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
A U.S. soldier discovered missing yesterday from a small outpost in eastern Afghanistan is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants when he walked away from his base, military officials said.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
Air France Jet Was Intact When It Hit Surface of Atlantic, Investigators Say
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PARIS, July 2 — French crash investigators said Thursday they have determined that an Air France jetliner that plunged from a stormy sky on June 1 was intact when it smacked belly-first into the Atlantic Ocean at high speed, killing all 228 people aboard, but acknowledged they still have no clear…
Fri 3 Jul 2009
U.S. Troops Move Deeper Into Afghanistan’s Helmand Province; One Marine Killed
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CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan, July 2 — Columns of U.S. Marines in eight-wheeled armored vehicles pushed deep into southern Afghanistan on Thursday in an attempt to cut off Taliban supply lines from Pakistan and restore order in areas long neglected by short-handed NATO forces.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
AP - Firefighters are battling a blaze that has trapped about 30 people in a London high-rise.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
AP - The Americas’ top international diplomat has arrived in Honduras to give the coup-backed government a firm ultimatum: Restore the president within 24 hours or face crippling sanctions.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
AFP - Russian Gazprom’s recent deal to buy natural gas from Azerbaijan will not endanger Europe’s flagship pipeline project Nabucco, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said here Friday.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
AP - NAWA, Afghanistan U.S. Marines pushed deeper into Taliban areas of southern Afghanistan on Friday, seeking to cut insurgent supply lines and win over local elders on the second day of the biggest U.S. military operation here since the American-led invasion of 2001.
Fri 3 Jul 2009
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon could leave Myanmar empty-handed after apparently failing to win any concessions Friday from the country’s top military ruler or to gain permission to visit opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi in jail.