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Americans celebrate Independence Day amid political battles
AFP - Saturday, July 5WASHINGTON (AFP) - - With fireworks displays lighting the skies from coast to coast, Americans celebrated Independence Day as White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain geared up Saturday for new clashes on the campaign trail. More »
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Afghan MP shot dead: official
AFP - Saturday, July 5KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) - - Unidentified gunmen have shot dead a member of Afghanistan's parliament in the troubled southern province of Kandahar, a district governor told AFP Saturday. More »
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Major quake hits region of Okhotsk Sea
AFP - Saturday, July 5MOSCOW (AFP) - - A major earthquake with a magnitude of 7.5 hit the region of the Sea of Okhotsk early Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, but no casualties were reported. More »
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Suriname ex-dictator was present for political killings: witnesses
AFP - Saturday, July 5PARAMARIBO (AFP) - - Witnesses told a court martial Friday that Suriname's ex-dictator Desi Bouterse was present at the killings of 15 political opponents more than two decades ago. More »
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Four injured in accident at Danish fairground
AFP - Saturday, July 5COPENHAGEN (AFP) - - Four people were injured late Friday in a roller-coaster accident at the Tivoli fairground in Aarhus, eastern Denmark, a police spokesman said Saturday. More »
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More headless corpses found as Mexican drug wars rage
AFP - Saturday, July 5MEXICO CITY (AFP) - - Three decapitated corpses were discovered in Mexico's northwestern Sinaloa state Friday, bring to a total of seven headless bodies found and 11 police assassinated in a bloody week of often drug-related violence in the country, officials and news reports said. More »
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Several thousand opposition supporters rally in Armenia
AFP - Saturday, July 5YEREVAN (AFP) - - Several thousand opposition supporters rallied Friday in the Armenian capital Yerevan to call for a series of anti-government protests. More »
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Bosnian Serb fears violence on massacre anniversary
AFP - Saturday, July 5BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) - - The Bosnian Serb speaker of parliament on Friday warned of anti-Muslim violence during the commemoration of a 1995 massacre next week after a recent "scandalous" UN verdict. More »
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Rebel Georgian region mobilises forces after shelling
AFP - Saturday, July 5TBILISI (AFP) - - Georgia's rebel region of South Ossetia ordered its residents to mobilise on Friday and threatened to use heavy weapons against Georgian forces after two people were killed in intense shelling. More »
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Poland sticks to security demands in US missile shield talks
AFP - Saturday, July 5WARSAW (AFP) - - Poland refused to budge Friday from its demands for extra air defence-type security guarantees from the United States in exchange for agreeing to host elements of a US missile shield. More »
- US eyes plan to empty Guantanamo prison: reportAFP -Saturday, July 5
- Former DR Congo rebel appears before warcrimes courtAFP -Saturday, July 5
- Freed hostage Betancourt arrives in FranceAFP -Saturday, July 5
- Iran says any attack on its nuclear sites means warAFP -Saturday, July 5
- Dozens injured in Belarus concert blastAFP -Saturday, July 5
- UN chief calls on fellow Koreans to do more for worldAFP -Friday, July 4
- SKorean police bust 'Taliban-linked' drug ringAFP -Friday, July 4
- Bells across Canada ring for Quebec City's 400th anniversaryAFP -Friday, July 4
- After tearful family reunion, Betancourt heads to FranceAFP -Friday, July 4
- Wildfires blaze across California, tourist haven besiegedAFP -Friday, July 4
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