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Iraqi Kurds dig frontier around disputed areas
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01 Jul 2014

MARIAM BEK, Iraq (AP) — As Islamic extremists seek to sweep away borders in their advance across the Middle East, Kurds in northern Iraq appear to be in the process of digging a new one, asserting their claim to hotly disputed territory and expanding their semi-autonomous region in a bid for greater autonomy or outright independence. The emerging...

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A Kurdish peshmerga fighter carries his weapon walks onto his base, where two flags of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are seen on a building, right, and water tower, left, at the front line with the al-Qaida-inspired militants in Tuz Khormato, 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of the oil rich province of Kirkuk, northern Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014.
photo: AP / Hussein Malla

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Iraqi Kurds Dig Frontier Around Disputed Areas
updated 29 Aug 2009; published 29 Aug 2009
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Northern Iraq Kurdistan War (1)
updated 20 Jun 2014; published 20 Jun 2014
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Kurds Emerge As Winners In Iraq Chaos
updated 25 Nov 2009; published 25 Nov 2009
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Kurdistan: Disputed Territories in Iraq
updated 20 Jun 2014; published 20 Jun 2014
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Kurds Emerge As Winners In Iraq Chaos
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Kurdish fight for freedom in 1966 part2
Nicolas Sarkozy arrested over ‘influence peddling’
Full Article The Irish Times
01 Jul 2014

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was held today for questioning over suspicions that a network of informers kept him abreast of a separate inquiry into alleged irregularities in his 2007 election campaign, a legal source said. It was the first time a former head of state had been held for questioning...

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy gestures while speaking during a final press conference at an EU summit in Brussels, Saturday, May 8, 2010.
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French ex-president Sarkozy held for questioning over inquiry leaks
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Ex-French President Nicolas Sarkozy held over suspected influence-peddling
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy held for questioning over inquiry leaks - Lonewolf Sager
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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BREAKING NEWS - French ex President Sarkozy 'held' over influence claims
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy is taken into custody
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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French ex-president Sarkozy held over alleged graft, influence peddling
Former New Zealand batsman Lou Vincent admits he is a 'cheat who has shamed cricket' ...
Full Article The Daily Telegraph
01 Jul 2014

Related Articles Vincent to be given life ban for fixing within days 30 Jun 2014 Sussex 'disgusted' by allegations 27 May 2014 Two county stars face fixing charges 22 May 2014 Profile: Lou Vincent 22 May 2014 County player backs Vincent's claims 19 May 2014 "I have lived with this dark secret for so many years, but months ago I reached the point...

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 New Zealand´s Lou Vincent makes a catch to put out Australia´s Ricky Ponting for 104 runs in their one day international cricket match in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Feb. 4, 2007. Australia won by 5 wickets with 10 balls remaining.  (rks2)
photo: AP Photo/Rick Rycroft

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Former New Zealand Batsman Lou Vincent Is Banned for Life Afteradmitting Match-Fixing
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Kiwi cricketer Lou Vincent admits to match fixing
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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New Zealand Batsman Lou Vincent Admits To Cheating Banned For Life news
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Cricketer Lou Vincent Life ban for self confessed cheat
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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Lou Vincent handed life ban after match fixing confession
updated 01 Jul 2014; published 01 Jul 2014
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New Zealand's Lou Vincent Gets Life Ban for Match-Fixing
Indian media: 'Space diplomacy' in South Asia
Full Article BBC News
01 Jul 2014

Media in India welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi's pitch for a regional satellite to benefit South Asian nations. During a speech on the launch of a commercial rocket, Mr Modi urged Indian scientists to develop a satellite that provides services to countries in the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) region. "Today...

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks after the successful launch of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C23) in Sriharikota, India, Monday, June 30, 2014.
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Indian Assertiveness Vs Pakistani Slavery In Foreign Relations
updated 06 Jan 2014; published 06 Jan 2014
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Rocket launch puts India in 'cryo-club'
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WW3: JAPAN Vs CHINA - Devastating Effects To Come
updated 24 Nov 2013; published 24 Nov 2013
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Closing in on Iran's Nuclear Capability - Panel discussion with J.E. Dyer, Rick Richman, Elan Journo
updated 16 Mar 2014; published 16 Mar 2014
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7 March 2014 Allied Powers "hi-jack" Malaysia Airlines MH370 to open Red China's Space Defense
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Asia's space exploration push to the moon
UN: More than 2,400 killed in Iraq in June
Full Article Boston Herald
01 Jul 2014

BAGHDAD — Violence has claimed the lives of 2,417 Iraqis in June, making it the deadliest month so far this year, the United Nations said on Tuesday, underlining the daunting challenge the government faces as it struggles to confront Islamic extremists who have seized large swaths of territory in the north and west. In recent weeks, fighters from...

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Iraqis gather at the site of a bombing in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, Wednesday, June 25, 2014.
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1000+ killed: October Iraq's deadliest month since 2008
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Nearly 800 Killed In Iraq's Bloodiest Month This Year: U.N.
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UN says 750 Iraqis killed in violence in April-1th may 2014
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Iraq violence kills 799 people in May UN
updated 01 Nov 2013; published 01 Nov 2013
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New casualty figures indicate that October was Iraq's deadliest month since April 2008
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More Than 1,000 Iraqis Killed In May Violence

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San Francisco Chronicle
Twenty-five years ago, an Islamist party backed by the Sudanese military took power in the nation's capital, Khartoum. A quarter century later, Omar al Bashir's reign continues....
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The Examiner
About 12,000 years or so ago God created man, named him Adam, gave him dominion over all beasts, fish, and foul, and tasked him with naming all the critters found under the sun....
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Yahoo Daily News
The new film "Earth to Echo" — which follows a group of kids on a fictional journey to help save a small alien robot — might have a bit of extraterrestrial truth at its...

The General Motors headquarters is seen in Detroit, Thursday, July 9, 2009.
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Vehicles Affected: Approximately 6.8 million model-year 1997-2014 vehicles, including 1997-05 Chevrolet Malibu and 2000-05 Impala and Monte Carlo sedans; 1998-2002 Oldsmobile Intrigue and 1999-2004 Alero sedans; 1999-2005...
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New Zealand's batsman Lou Vincent, right, survives a run out as Pakistan's bowler Mohammad Asif, left, and umpire Daryl Harper of Australia, center, looks on during their Semi Finals of the Twenty20 World Championship cricket match against Pakistan at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, Saturday, Sept. 22, 2007.
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Wellington - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced a life ban on disgraced former New Zealand cricketer Lou Vincent on Tuesday, just hours after the player admitted he was a “cheat” and had shamed his country and the sport...
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DF's Nahal Brigade conducting a search in the Hebron area
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Netanyahu is pledging retaliation against Hamas, but his intelligence minister says the Palestinian Authority is supposed to prevent terrorist acts like the killing of three Israelis. The discovery Monday by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) of the bodies...
photo: Creative Commons / Israel Defense Forces
Germany's Thomas Mueller runs off the pitch
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Germany needed just 90 seconds of extra time to accomplish what it couldn't in 90 minutes of regulation play: It finally scored a goal against Algeria. With all the goals coming in extra time, Germany topped Algeria 2-1 in a tense Round of 16 clash...
photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko
 A Muslim man walks past a church gate decorated with paintings of Jesus Christ in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday April 10, 2005. Winding its way across Africa is an invisible faultline between a mainly Muslim north and a majority Christian south. Across this fro
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Lagos - An attack on churches in north-east Nigeria blamed on Boko Haram killed more than 50 people, an official said on Monday, overshadowing festivities ahead of a last-16 World Cup match against France. Gunmen stormed Sunday services in four...
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Rolf Harris
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Veteran TV personality Rolf Harris was today found guilty of 12 indecent assaults at Southwark Crown Court. The Australian entertainer was found guilty after more than a week of deliberation by jurors. Harris, 84, was found guilty of the assaults on...
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Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, right, walks from number 10 Downing Street to attend Prime Minister's Questions at the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, April 25, 2012.
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British Prime Minister David Cameron has called Jean-Claude Juncker to congratulate the man he tried to block from becoming president of the European Commission. Cameron's failure to prevent Juncker getting the job after a bitter campaign was seen as...
photo: AP / Matt Dunham