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A man and child look out from an apartment window as Chinese security forces pass by in Urumqi, China, Thursday, July 9, 2009.

China flexes muscles in strife-torn Xinjiang read more
The Star

URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Armoured vehicles and trucks carrying thousands of Chinese troops rumbled through riot-damaged streets of the regional capital of northwestern Xinjiang on Thursday, blaring our propaganda urging ethnic unity. Ethnic Uighurs gather in a street in their neighbourhood, as security forces stand outside in Urumqi in China's...

photo: AP / Ng Han Guan

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Press and privacy: Secret spies | Editorial read more
The Guardian

The world is waking up to the extent to which modern technologies can destroy privacy. Any...

All Hail Jessica Lange read more
The Daily Beast

Jessica Lange will likely earn an Emmy nod next week for Grey Gardens, and is now an acclaimed...

A Right to a Revolution and Self-Determination read more
WorldNews.com

Article by WorldNews.com Correspondent Dallas Darling. As if conjuring up patriarchal...

Need for exit strategy sure to trouble G20 read more

G8 Summit - first working session with, in a clockwise direction: Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, Italian Prime Minister, Taro Aso, Japanese Prime Minister, Angela Merkel, German Federal Chancellor, Dmitry Medvedev, President of Russia and José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC

The Guardian

By Brian Love ROME, July 9 (Reuters) - Germany failed to secure harder commitments from Wednesday's G8 meeting on a post-crisis "exit strategy" for cutting public deficits, but the issue is sure to return to haunt leaders in the months ahead....

photo: European Community / © European Communities 2009

Tough fight coming up in Afghanistan, Petraeus says in Seattle read more

Afghans walk through the streets of Carabar village, Afghanistan, while U. S. Army Soldiers, with 2nd Platoon, Company B, 82nd Airborne Division Special Troops Battalion, provide security, July 4. The DSTB, or Task Force Gladius, is responsible for security and development projects in Afghanistan’s Parwan province, where the village and Bagram Airfield are located.

Seattle Times

Tough months are ahead and "difficult fighting will be necessary" for U.S. troops in Afghanistan, Gen. David Petraeus told a Seattle audience Wednesday night. Speaking before the Seattle World Affairs Council, the head of the U.S. Central Command...

photo: US Army / Pfc. Richard W. Jones Jr.

Srebrenica Ceremony To Take Place on July 11 read more

A Bosnian Muslim woman reacts among the coffins of Srebrenica victims during a funeral ceremony at the Memorial center at Potocari near Srebrenica, 120 kms northeast of Sarajevo on Friday, July 11, 2008. The 307 bodies were excavated from mass-graves in Eastern Bosnia and were identified as Muslims killed by Bosnian-Serb forces in the Srebrenica area. Bosnian Serb troops massacred up to 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men after capturing Srebrenica on July 11, 1995, during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The 307 identified victims will be buried on July 11, in Potocari, next to some 3,200 victims of the massacre already buried t

Balkan Insight

Despite the fact that requests made by the Association of Victims of Srebrenica have not been met, a decision has been made to proceed with the burial in Potocari of around 530 killed people on the 14th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide....

photo: AP / Amel Emric

Peirsol reclaims world record read more

Aaron Peirsol reacts to setting a world record during the finals of the men's 100-meter backstroke at the U.S. National Swimming Championships in Indianapolis, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

Al Jazeera

Aaron Peirsol reclaimed his world record in the 100-metre backstroke at the US championships in Indianapolis. The Olympic champion trailed Matt Grevers at 50 metres, then poured it on to win in 51.94 seconds, becoming the first person ever to swim...

photo: AP / Michael Conroy

Artest becomes a Laker read more

Ron Artest pauses during a photo shoot during an announcement that he has signed with the Los Angeles Lakers in Los Angeles, Wednesday, July 8, 2009.

Al Jazeera

Houston Rockets star forward Ron Artest signed a three-year contract with NBA champions Los Angeles Lakers, fulfilling a long-cherished dream. The 2004 NBA Defensive Player of the Year, free agent Artest had agreed terms with the Lakers last week...

photo: AP / Philip Scott Andrews

G-8 Voices Concern Over Iran Actions read more

Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gives a victory sign during a high-level conference on World Food Security held at the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization headquarters, in Rome, Tuesday, June 3, 2008.

Wall Street Journal

By JONATHAN WEISMAN ROME, Italy -- The leaders of the eight largest industrial democracies issued a unanimous declaration Wednesday night expressing "serious concern" about post-election violence in Iran, the "unjustified" detention of journalists...

photo: AP / Andrew Medichini, pool