Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Iran tested more missiles in the Gulf on
Thursday, state media said, and the United States reminded
Tehran that it was ready to defend its allies.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
AP - Iran test-fired more long-range missiles overnight in a second round of exercises meant to show that the country can defend itself against any attack by the U.S. or Israel, state television reported Thursday.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:09 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Hurricane Bertha weakened back into a
Category 1 storm on Thursday as it churned its way toward the
British colony of Bermuda, U.S. hurricane forecasters said.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:09 am, Over one day old
AFP - Israeli troops shot dead an unarmed Palestinian militant on the border in the Gaza Strip Thursday, the first fatality of a fragile three-week-old truce, prompting retaliatory rocket fire.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:09 am, Over one day old
Reuters - The United States said on Thursday it
would push to get a nuclear trade deal with India past domestic
and international hurdles with the clock ticking towards an
effective deadline set by U.S. elections in November.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
AP - Going after the women's vote, Democrat Barack Obama chastised Republican John McCain on Thursday over his opposition to an equal-pay Senate bill, his support for conservative-leaning Supreme Court justices and his abortion-rights objections.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan
pledged on Thursday to boost ties with Iraq and urged the
region to do more to help the Baghdad government rebuild after
years of war.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
Reuters - Police detained four suspects and
patrolled the high-walled perimeter of the U.S. consulate in
Istanbul on Thursday after 3 policemen and 3 gunmen were killed
in what a minister said was a suicide attack.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
AP - Firefighters worked overnight to keep flames from reaching more homes after a lightning-sparked wildfire advanced early Thursday in California's Sierra Nevada foothills.
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Posted Thursday July 10, 2008, 1:08 am, Over one day old
AP - Better bring a book on flights. US Airways says it will start removing in-flight entertainment systems on domestic flights in November to save about $10 million annually in fuel and other costs.
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